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"If we need them to save us from Donald Trump, can they and will they?" Bill Maher bluntly asked John O. Brennan — referring to the U.S. intelligence services — after the ex-CIA chief confessed that Trump is "without question" what that worries him most. “No, Brennan said. Members of the intelligence community are…

President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has sent a letter to TV news producers presenting its blacklist of Democratic politicians, and intelligence experts, who have spoken critically of POTUS on-air. In the memo, with the subject line "Credibility of Certain Guests," Team Trump recommended that, going forward…

At a rally in Wisconsin, President Donald Trump took no responsibility for the country’s current political quagmire, instead blaming his opponents and the media for the climate that led to bombs being sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Obama’s AG Eric Holder, and former CIA chief John Brennan via…

"I'd like to begin today's remarks providing an update on the suspicious packages and devices mailed to current and former high ranking government officials,” President Donald Trump said this afternoon at a White House presser that had been set up to discuss his administration’s progress in its fight against opioid…

The usual suspects showed up to hold a presser in New York City about what appears to be alive explosive device sent to former CIA chief John Brennan at CNN’s New York HQ. It has been removed from the Time Warner building on Columbus Circle, but an envelope containing white powder also inside the package is still…

President Donald Trump, who most often communicates his important thoughts via Twitter to his tens of millions of followers, finally tweeted about this morning’s suspected pipe bombs sent to his favorite targets: -Former President Barack Obama, whose legitimacy in office Trump questioned for eight years -Former…

Former Director of the CIA John Brennan today likened Saudi Arabian crown prince and major Hollywood player Mohammed bin Salman (nicknamed MBS) to North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Speaking on NBC-TV’s Meet The Press, Brennan – a one-time station chief in Saudi Arabia for the CIA –  was…

UPDATE with video Former CIA Director John Brennan told Bill Maher tonight that President Donald Trump is getting “desperate,” that Republicans in Congress are spineless – and that “it’s going to get worse before it gets better.” “He’s taken a page out of the playbook of autocrats and authoritarians around the world,&#8221…

James Clapper scolded former CIA Director John Brennan on CNN in an effort to hang on to his security clearance, President Donald Trump crowed on Twitter this morning, confirming suggestions that POTUS is pulling security clearances to intimidate and silence current and former government officials. Trump insisted…

Shortly after First Lady Melania Trump delivered a nationally televised speech about cyber bullying, saying “Let’s face it, most children are more aware of the benefits and pitfalls of social media than some adults,” her husband demonstrated that fact on Twitter, calling former CIA director John Brennan “the worst CIA…

UPDATED with John Brennan’s MSNBC interview: “I’ve seen this type of behavior and actions on the part of foreign tyrants and despots and autocrats for many, many years during my CIA and national security career,” former CIA director John Brennan told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace on Wednesday after President Donald Trump…

UPDATED with additional information: President Donald Trump exacted revenge on former CIA director John Brennan this afternoon, announcing he had revoked Brennan’s security clearance and warning there is plenty more where that came from. The thunderbolt comes one day after Brennan scolded Trump for his tweet calling…