Weekend Report: Trump subpoenas journalists for reporting on Air Force One security failures

Plus: CDC had stopped monitoring parasite causing explosive diarrhea nationwide. And: Platner consultant was barred from congresswoman’s campaign after sexual misconduct complaints.

Donald Trump is going all in on muzzling journalists for reporting on the security lapses in the new Quatar-gifted Air Force One jet. The corrupt gift apparently wasn’t retrofitted enough to secure the president, something critics warned about, even though it cost over $400 million to refurbish. When a threat against Trump surfaced from Iran, the Secret Service had him go back to the old Air Force One to fly from Turkey. The fact that it was reported by The New York Times enraged Trump, whose Justice Department had the reporters subpoenaed. How pathetic is it that the White House Correspondents Association has rescheduled their dinner with this authoritarian? …

There is a nationwide outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness causing painful cramps and explosive diarrhea as state health agencies grapple with the rapid spread of the parasite that causes it. And it will not shock you to know that the Centers for Disease Control under RFK Jr. stopped monitoring several foodborne pathogens, defunding the program that would have helped contain any outbreak…

As more comes out about the rise and fall of Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner after a credible allegation of rape was made against him, we’re learning of reports of misogyny from women on the campaign. And according to the one report, one of the outside consultants who recruited Platner had been barred from a Democratic congressman’s campaign he’d previously worked on after several complaints of sexual misconduct…