Politics

Submitted by Yves Manou via The Gatestone Institute,

President elect Donald Trump offered the position of CIA director to three term Republican representative Mike Pompeo and Pompeo has accepted. The transition team also confirmed that the position of attorney General will go to Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), and the National Security Advisor post will go to retired General Michael Flynn.

Moments ago, the Hollywood Reporter released the much anticipated Michael Wolff interview with Steve Bannon, the controversial president-elect's chief strategist. As a preface, Wolff reveals that Bannon - unlike virtually anyone else in the "credible" media - predicted exactly how things would play out:

The lobbying game is simple.  The first step is to work on "The Hill" for a while to build up your sphere of relationships and influence.  Of course, you don't have to work in an elected capacity, being a high-level staffer for a prominent Senator or Congressman is more than sufficient.  Then, after you've hobnobbed with enough people on The Hill to be deemed worthy, you get recruited by a lobbying firm just down the road that's willing to pay you several multiples of your government salary in return for peddling your newly acquired influence.  And, so you join the lobbying ranks where your

Bernie Sanders is willing to ally with President-elect Donald Trump to help fulfil his centre-left campaign promises. The Vermont senator said on Thursday that Trump’s campaign spoke of the concerns of the working class and promised to work with the President-elect…. “if Mr. Trump was sincere.” CNN Politics reports: “If Mr.