Michael Catanzaro, who has headed domestic energy and environment issues at the White House’s National Economic Council (NEC), plans to leave next week and return to CGCN Group, the law and lobbying firm where he previously worked.

traderdave wrote:Goodness. Haley has to defend herself, right? I mean the Administration is basically saying "the stupid bitch doesn't know what she is talking about".

An increasing number of Americans see the FBI as biased against Trump

A group of Colorado homebuilders paid for a luxury hotel stay last fall for EPA chief Scott Pruitt, eight months after the Trump administration began work on a major priority for their industry by unwinding an Obama-era wetlands regulation.

During his visit to Colorado Springs, Pruitt gave a speech to the builders and invited them to EPA headquarters in Washington, where he later told his staff to regard them as the agency’s “customers,”

thephan wrote:

traderdave wrote:Goodness. Haley has to defend herself, right? I mean the Administration is basically saying "the stupid bitch doesn't know what she is talking about".

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No way. that ends her, and since the RNC is all-in with Donald-isms in its communications strategy, she needs to live with it. That is either who she has to be, or she can find self respect and become an outsider. She has been a pretty staunch messenger for the president, so this rebuke will be met with acceptance of her being put in her place. Somebody puts Niki in a corner.

Peter Alexander @PeterAlexander
Nikki Haley with the brushback tonight after Larry Kudlow said there may have “been some momentary confusion” when Haley said new Russian sanctions were coming.

Tonight, Haley firing back: “With all due respect, I don't get confused.”

Woody wrote:In all seriousness, does the EPA actually engage in any P of the E

Monkeyboy wrote:I'm starting to think the GOP actually wants donald to fire Mueller (hence no bill keeping him from doing so) so they can then impeach him. They would then say they took care of the problem. There would also then be little need to continue with the investigation, so they won't reappoint Mueller. Or they'll appoint someone they can control. This will keep us from knowing that this scandal involves a lot more people with R's by their name.

What's the alternative reason for them refusing to make a simple law to protect Mueller? Future scandals?