Wallace the bulldog is bundled up and prepared for the "bomb cyclone" winter storm system that is slamming the east coast.
Chris Ruddy, CEO of the conservative Newsmax website and a longtime ally of President Trump, said former White House adviser Steve Bannon’s influence in national politics is greatly exaggerated by the media.
In an op-ed published Thursday at Newsmax, Ruddy said a new book quoting Bannon as attacking Trump and the president’s children reveals Bannon to be delusional and not as important as reporters portray him.
“For sure, the media loves to both beat up on Steve Bannon and inflate his influence,” wrote Ruddy. “In the past, they have called Bannon an anti-Semite and a racist. I have defended Bannon on both charges. He is neither. I believe Steve Bannon is a patriot, though misguided on many issues and dangerously zealous on others. Interestingly, his biggest fans are not conservatives like me but media liberals who have ballooned his influence.”
Attorney General Sessions to reverse Obama-era policy on pot legalization https://t.co/aTBGse88rl— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 4, 2018
Several @realDonaldTrump tweets contradict incident in Michael Wolff book suggesting @POTUS did not know who John Boehner was. pic.twitter.com/xhWAw4JcKq— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 4, 2018
Senator says embattled CFPB official got her job in 'flawed' and rushed process, wants probe https://t.co/IolHQlEo9D— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 4, 2018
A top Republican senator is raising questions about how an agency official at the center of a high-stakes power struggle with the White House landed her job, claiming her application was “hastily approved” as part of “a flawed vetting process” shortly after President Trump’s election.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., head of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, is now asking the U.S. Office of Special Counsel to investigate Leandra English’s move to “burrow” into a “career position” at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – switching from a political post at another agency in a shift that may have helped her stayed employed in the government. “Burrowing” is a term used to describe political appointees shifting to career positions.