After the release of excerpts of a new book by Michael Wolff allegedly showing Steve Bannon criticizing Trump's son, Donald, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, the White House released an uncharacteristically long statement denouncing Bannon that says, in part: Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my [p]residency.  When he was fired, he not only lost his job[;] he lost his mind.  Steve was a staffer who worked for me after I had already won the nomination by defeating seventeen candidates, often described as the most talented field ever assembled in the Republican [P]arty. Steve pretends to be at war with the media, which he calls the opposition party, yet he spent his time at the White House leaking false information to the media to make himself seem far more important than he was.  It is the only thing he does well.  Photo credit: Gage Skidmore. In other words, Bannon is accused of being self-aggrandizing.  Where have we heard...(Read Full Post)