WTF Just Happened Today

Thursday, February 15, 2018

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1/ Trump, in a tweet, suggested that students and neighbors should have reported the Florida shooter to authorities.

2/ A student who witnessed the shooting called out lawmakers on TV, looking directly into the camera and saying: "We're children. You guys are the adults."

3/ The leader of a white supremacist group said the gunman of the Florida shooting was a member of his "white separatist paramilitary proto-fascist organization."

4/ The admission that Michael Cohen facilitated a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels is raising legal and ethical questions.

5/ Trump's travel ban unlawfully discriminates against Muslims, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 9-4 vote.

6/ The bipartisan immigration bill failed in the Senate after Trump threatened to veto the deal.

7/ At least 130 White House officials did not have permanent security clearances as of November 2017.

8/ Steve Bannon was interviewed by Robert Mueller over several days this week.

NOTABLES.

• The IRS and the Justice Department issued subpoenas for documents from lenders and investors related to projects managed by Jared Kushner's family.

• Reince Priebus convinced Jeff Sessions not to resign.

• Trump's inaugural committee paid nearly $26 million to an event planning firm started by Melania's adviser and longtime friend Stephanie Winston Wolkoff.

• Trump's 25-cent per gallon gas tax would wipe out 60% of tax cut benefit for individuals.

• The Department of Defense has five options for Trump's military parade.

• A week after Rob Porter resigned following allegations of domestic violence, Trump said that he is "totally opposed to domestic violence."

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