Source: The Bulwark
by Jill Lawrence
“Say what you will about MAGA podcasters and influencers and the media owners making humiliating moves to stay on Donald Trump’s good side, but actual reporters by and large are doing their jobs and informing the public. The same can’t be said of the Republican Congress. There’s no outrage dark or damaging enough to spur it to action. It is an epic, ongoing institutional failure. The latest test for U.S. leaders came early Sunday morning when ABC News revealed that Trump is getting a $400 million gift from Qatar: A ‘palace in the sky’ for use while he’s in the White House and then later at his planned presidential library. So what’s the big deal? It’s not like we didn’t know Trump was transactional, even when the transactions are illegal and/or unconstitutional.” (05/13/15)