Trump mob update

Vanity Fair -  Many moons ago, the way to get a job working in the executive branch of the U.S. government was to do relevant work and demonstrate at least a modicum of understanding about issues the job would entail .... Now, the path to employment comes down to being able to answer one or more of the following questions in the affirmative: 1) Are you diametrically opposed to the mission of the agency at which you’ll be employed? 2) Are you willing to be slavishly devoted to Donald Trump? 3) Are you rich? 4) Are you racist? All of which is to say, it’s easy to see why Monica Crowley was hired to serve as Trump’s assistant Treasury secretary for public affairs, and—spoiler alert!—it’s not her deep knowledge of fiscal policy.

CNN reports that Crowley, formerly a syndicated radio host, columnist, and Fox News contributor, has a long history of spreading conspiracy theories suggesting that Barack Obama was secretly a Muslim who took orders from terrorist organizations:

MSN -   After instituting a $1.5 trillion tax cut and signing off on a $675 billion budget for the Department of Defense, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the only way to lower the record-high federal deficit would be to cut entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

Axios - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday blocked Democrats from pushing forward a House-passed bill to authorize $775 million in state funding over the next 2 years to bolster voting system security, CNN reports.