Greets and saluts from the Resistance in the fogged in NYC metro area. A couple of interesting developments since I last checked in.

How many times did Trump’s aircraft fly to Russia?
Zero, the records say.
Not even in Nov 2013, when he was there for Miss Universe pageant. pic.twitter.com/m84RfMW9rq

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) June 1, 2017

That’s curious to say the least.

Then there’s the report that Trump’s finding it more and more difficult to find people to staff his administration.

NEW: Trump faces shrinking talent pool for new hires https://t.co/ZxEJkVYdHB pic.twitter.com/sjht8IDJIM

— The Hill (@thehill) May 31, 2017

When loyalty is most important credential to @realDonaldTrump, there’s no need for talent in the pool https://t.co/63jCsYoSir

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 1, 2017

The Hill calls it a shrinking talent pool. It was always shallow, but filled with scum of the earth and those with a moral and ethical flexibility that allows them to lie on command and the only qualification that matters is loyalty to Trump.

Of course, the big policy news today is that Trump’s breathlessly touting his 3pm (Russia time? EDT?) newser where he’ll announce what he plans to do on the Paris Accord on climate change. Trump and the know-nothings want the US out (as they also want to push a xenophobic, isolationist, regressive, tarriff imposing, and inward-looking policy that harms the very people who think this somehow benefits any Americans).

The Trump twits who are all supportive of Trump don’t even understand how any of this stuff works, or why it makes sense to be involved. Trump doesn’t care. He doesn’t care about the science. Or that every country other than Syria and Nicaragua are in the accord. Even the Saudis are in it.

Just to put this in context: Saudia Arabia, an oil-dependent theocracy, supports the Paris Agreement while the United States will not.

— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) June 1, 2017