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  MISSED THIS POST LAST NIGHT....SSUBSCRIBE TO RECEIVE TIMELY POSTS... Today in Politics, Bulletin 346. 4/10/26 Ron Filipkowski Apr 10 ∙ … Trump has reportedly offered mass pardons before leaving office to everyone who worked for him in the WH. WSJ broke the story that Trump has repeatedly dangled this to staffers so they will conduct themselves with no concerns about being prosecuted in the future for illegal conduct. … Trump initially broached the subject by stating to staff: “I’ll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval.” They responded by laughing, but it’s not clear that Trump intends this as merely a joke. He isn’t exactly known for his sense of humor. … WSJ: “That radius appears to be expanding as the president repeats the line. Another person who met with Trump earlier this year said the president quipped about pardoning anyone who had come within 10 feet. In one conversation with advisers in the dining room next to the Oval Office last year, Trump said he ...

Today in Politics, Bulletin 331. 3/19/26 Ron Filipkowski Mar 19 ∙ … Trump during his meeting with Japanese PM  Sanae Takaichi   in the Oval Office: Q - “Why didn't you tell allies about the war before attacking Iran? Trump: We wanted it to be a surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? (Gestures to Takaichi) Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?” … After creating an international incident with one of our most important allies with that classless statement, (I can imagine what Japanese media is going to look like) Trump went on to make the following remarks: He wants Japan to bail him out on Iran: “I expect Japan to step up because, you know, we have that kind of relationship and we step up for Japan. We have 45,000 soldiers in Japan. We don't need anything from Japan or from anyone else.” “NATO doesn’t want to help us defend the strait and they're the ones that need it. But now they're getting much nicer because they're seeing my attitude. But i...

  This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 256. Ron Filipkowski Nov 23 … A firestorm erupted this weekend over whether the US’s 28 point “peace plan” to end the war in  Ukraine  came directly from the  Russians . If you read these Bulletins, since the plan was first revealed in Axios, I have cited various sources who said it appeared to be something that came directly from the Kremlin that was translated into English and adopted by the US. What made it even worse was that  Trump  demanded Ukraine accept the surrender plan by this Thur. … Reuters: “US officials and lawmakers are increasingly concerned about a meeting last month in which representatives of the Trump admin met with  Kirill Dmitriev , a Russian envoy who is under US sanctions , to draft a plan to end the war in Ukraine. The meeting took place in Miami at the end of Oct and included special envoy  Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner  and Dmitriev, who leads the Russian Direct Investment Fund. ...