How much does Trump hate the FBI? And, other recent bizarre things.

How much does Donald Trump hate the FBI?

The FBI is currently housed in the Hoover building in Washington, D.C. It doesn't have a lot of room for growth, so Congress, a few years ago, decided to consider alternatives. They settled on a plan to build a new campus-style site which would be more modern, more spacious, and more secure from spies. Recently the FBI canceled that contract and has told Congress they must go back to re-building the Hoover building.

Why did they do this?

When they were questioned in Congressional hearing they just said it was their FBI decision. When asked pointedly and repeatedly by several Democratic Senators if they were aware of any conversations had with the President about this project, they deflected, dodged, and simply said they were unable to give a suitable answer about their own knowledge. Did they know of such discussion? "I am not in a position to answer that." If a person doesn't even know their own knowledge of something, they are in a lot of trouble and shouldn't be working for the FBI.

Apparently President Trump has spoken to the FBI and made it clear he doesn't want the FBI to move from the Hoover Building. Does this mean he is taking orders from Vladimir Putin to keep the FBI in the Hoover building where eavesdropping is easier?

If it weren't for this decision the builders could already be constructing a new better campus. But no, Donald Trump squashed that plan.

Texas Early Voting

More Democrats than Republicans are voting in Texas.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/376520-texas-sets-early-voting-record-in-nonpresidential-year

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Texans have set a record for early voting in a nonpresidential primary election year, the Laredo Morning Times reported Friday.

More than 602,000 voters have cast ballots in the largest counties through Wednesday. That total includes votes cast in both Democratic and Republican primaries, with more ballots cast by Democrats than Republicans.

It does not include ballots that were cast on Thursday or Friday, the last day of voting.

It's the first time since 2008 — when former President Obama was battling Hillary Clinton in a presidential primary — that Texas Democrats have seen the largest turnout in a primary.

Democrats have outvoted Republicans by more than 25,000 ballots since early voting began on Feb. 20.

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Honk if you hate guns!

 The NRA loves guns. The Russians gave the NRA money, so they could fund political candidates they prefer.

https://crooksandliars.com/2018/03/npr-russian-banker-used-nra-campaign-money

The article quotes largely from the transcript of an MS-NBC television show hosted by Stephanie Ruhle and a guest she interviewed, Tim Mock of National Public Radio.

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TRANSCRIPT
STEPHANIE RUHLE: A new report by NPR reveals a Russian politician linked to the Kremlin has tied himself to the NRA. NPR says, quote, Alexander Torshin claimed his ties to the National Rifle Association provided him access to Donald Trump and the opportunity to serve as a foreign election observer in the United States during the 2012 election. I want to bring in NPR's Tim Mock. Tim, walk us through this. You say Torshin used his ties to the NRA specifically to access Trump? How'd he do this

TIM MOCK, NPR: This is through looking at Mr. Torshin's long history of tweets. This is a man who really likes to use Twitter. He's tweeted 150,000 times over the course of the last six or seven years. We see he has meticulously cultivated a network with the National Rifle Association. Mr. Torshin is the deputy governor of the Bank of Russia. He's in Vladimir Putin's party. He's served in the Russian Dualla. And has served in sensitive security roles there. It's clear he's tried to cultivate links with the National Rifle Association over time.
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Trump's Steel and Aluminum Tariff Announcement

Did Donald Trump intentionally scare Wall St. with his steel and aluminum tariff announcement? Carl Icahn, a super-rich investor friend of Trump's wasn't scared. He made a ton of money dumping his steel stocks earlier. Now something new:

https://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2018/03/msnbc-wilbur-ross-engineered-tariff

It appears the Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, secretly arranged it. See the video where Stephanie Ruhle tells the story after Al Veshi's intro.

And all that, is just the beginning. Let's hope the weekend goes better.