"Watergate is the biggest political scandal of my lifetime, until maybe now... Their spigot of lies - can't we finally all agree to call them lies - long ago lost them any semblance of credibility."

"From 1998 through 2016, the defendants helped smuggle approximately 20 tons of cocaine through [Miami Airport]..."

The idea that the entrenched political establishment is willing to take these risks to further their political agenda is frightening.

Yahoo's timing once again leaves much to be desired.

“You see all time new highs day after day, a trajectory with very low volatility, valuation metrics that scare you. You’re terrified when you’re in and terrified when you’re out,” said David Kotok, chief investment officer at Cumberland Advisors, in Sarasota, Fla. 

Since 1940, at the federal level, individuals and entities negotiating or working under federal contracts are prohibited from giving political cash to candidates, parties or committees. In Oregon, however, this political patronage is perfectly legal, at least for now.

While Trump expressed optimism in a "great peace deal", he urged his Israeli colleague to "hold back on the settlements a little bit", and while reiterating his support for a move of the US embassy to Jerusalem, he was non-committal: "we'll see what happens."

As previewed yesterday, of the three men mentioned as Michael Flynn's national security advisor replacements, one stood out: the former deputy commander of the US Central Command and current CEO for Lockheed Martin in the UAE, Robard Harward. Moments ago, Reuters confirmed that as expected, Trump has offered the National Security Advisor job to Robert Harward.

"General Flynn is a wonderful man.  I think he's been treated very, very unfairly by the 'fake' media. Papers are being leaked, things are being leaked.  It's a criminal action, criminal act.  People are trying to cover up for a terrible loss that the Democrats had under Hillary Clinton."