Good News from the Resistance: It was bound to happen. Our Traitor-in-Chief took his bromance with Putin to the next level. In all of his wildest dreams, he could not have imagined a more fabulous bonus excursion to top off his best European Vacation ever, where he got to sit in Winston Churchill’s chair (oops!), walk in front of the Queen (oops!) and admire her brooch (good one, Queen!), take in the witty signs being carried by the hundreds of thousands of supporters who cheered him in London, and wave to the smaller — albeit no less enthusiastic — crowd who greeted him at his Scottish golf resort, including the creative guy who paraglided onto the course just to say, “Good Job, Donald!”
A summit with his beloved Vladdy –on Reality TV nonetheless — was the cherry on Trump’s NATO sundae. He’d been preparing for this moment since 1987. There was no disputing it now: He rocked it like no other American president had ever rocked a summit. No one knew how to do Diplomacy better than DT. As he walked off the stage Donald was bouyant, already planning to invite Vladdy over to his place to meet his peeps. Flying high on Cloud 9 as he boarded (soon-to-be-redesigned) Air Force One, Donald was a bit confused when most of his aides hid in the back of the plane.
As it turned out, the aides traveling with The Great Negotiator were the lucky ones; they were cut off from the press during the 8.5 hour flight. Their colleagues in D.C.? Not so fortunate. It took a record-breaking 24+ hours for anyone to figure out a lie to defend their boss’s behavior. In those heady first hours, the best they could do was field press calls with questions of their own, notably, How bad was that?
The Good News? Our Russian Asset-in-Chief did not receive quite the Hero’s Welcome he’d anticipated. “Traitor,” “treasonous,” “high crimes and misdemeanors” were descriptors used – and not only by Anderson Cooper – by a Tea Party lawmaker, former CIA director and Russian ambassador, and — like a knife in his heart — his pals at Fox News. An Ohio GOP chairman quit in protest.
The Best News? Thanks to the on-going TrumPutin bromance, U.S. election security is finally in the spotlight. Suddenly, high-level agency heads are ignoring their boss’s (as of yet) inexplicable longing for Putin’s affection, and his desperate attempts to let the murderer off the hook. Director of national intelligence Dan Coats announced, “we have been clear in our assessments of Russian meddling in the 2016 election,” and pledged his on-going commitment to providing “unvarnished and objective intelligence”; Rod Rosenstein released DOJ’s anti-hacking strategy report, documenting how, with the help of private sector tech companies, DOJ has upped its game tackling election hacking and other cyber-crimes; National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command are joining forces to counter Russian election meddling— without input from the White House. Trump’s flaccid performance in Helsinki was the Red Bull shot U.S. election security sorely needed.
As for those sad, lost aides who work in the White House? We’re told they’re depressed.
There’s more Good News from the Resistance:
- Elevate your mood by watching Randy Rainbow sing A Very Stable Genius
- Keep rooting for Mueller – here’s what his 35 (so far) indictments and pleas tell us
- Applaud for activists who got a barbaric Medicaid policy reversed in Kentucky
- Show up at a rally to support Grannies Respond/Abuelas Responden, or join them at the McAllen detention center
- Stare at this mug shot and know justice is moving in the right direction
- Prepare for the midterm GOTV blitz with The Last Weekend
- Help Michelle O and her celebrity friends register new voters with We All Vote
- Warm your heart with this story of connection and action — on a crowded Southwest flight
- Thank this CA judge for making life a tiny bit less hellish for detained migrants
- Use this interactive tool to track progress in gun laws since the Parkland shooting
- Cheer for this 11-year old entrepreneur who’s Flexin’ in her Complexion
- Take Action: Sign up for Americans of Conscience Checklist and create your activism plan
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WE 
RANDY RAINBOW’S NEW SONG
It’s an updated version of a Gilbert & Sullivan standard. Randy’s in top form.
WE WHAT MUELLER’S BEEN UP TO
As our Diverter-in-Chief tweets, Bob & Team keep on plugging away. Their score card is impressive, and only getting better.
WE RESTORING MEDICAID BENEFITS
Kentucky’s GOP governor decided to “overhaul” Medicaid, stripping thousands of recipients of dental and vision care. The story ends well.
WE GRANNIES RESPOND/ABUELAS RESPONDEN
These grannies are on a mission: to demand the immediate release of children and their families from detention camps. They are traveling together to McAllen, Texas … and stopping for rallies along the way.
WE THIS MUG SHOT
It’s the tip of the iceberg.
WE THIS GET OUT THE VOTE COALITION
23 (!) of the top liberal organizations have joined forces to recruit volunteers to GOTV the weekend before the 2018 midterms. Please sign up.
WE MAKING MICHELLE AND LIN-MANUEL HAPPY
And what will make them happy is joining We All Vote.
WE SIMPLE ACTS OF KINDNESS ON OVERCROWDED FLIGHTS
This is the most compelling reason we’ve heard for talking to the person next to you on a flight.
WE JUDGES DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO STOP THE SUFFERING OF TRUMP’S DETAINEES
There is little Good News to report regarding the families the Trump Administration has separated and jailed. This story reminded us that there people with gavels working to mitigate the horrible mess.
WE THAT GUN LAWS ARE CHANGING
Use this handy map to see how, and where. Thank-you, Parkland students.
WE THIS 11-YEARD OLD FASHION DESIGNER
She was bullied for her skin color. Now celebrities are wearing her anti-bullying clothes.
WE TAKING ACTION: SIGN UP FOR AMERICANS OF CONSCIENCE CHECKLIST
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