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Every day in the Trump presidency is a wild ride, but yesterday was particularly emblematic of the breakneck pace.

Let's recap.

The White House released Trump's financial disclosure, which showed he paid

his attorney who paid off a porn star, something he has denied. New details emerged in the Trump Tower

meeting with Russians, including an effort by Donald Trump Jr. to coordinate statements after the

meeting became public. And number three, the Senate Intel Committee agreed with the intelligence

community that Russians did, in fact, try to help Trump win the 2016 election.

That's not all. Number four, Trump's former Secretary of State took a veiled shot at his old boss, saying lies are a threat to democracy.

Number five, the Senate, which is controlled by Republicans, rejected their own president's approach to net neutrality.

Number six, House Republican leadership warned its own numbers that they could lose a majority over DACA.

And number seven, embattled EPA administrator Scott Pruitt said he has a illegal defense fund, allowing others to contribute to pay his attorney bills.

And finally, number eight, the president called some undocumented immigrants animals.

There are four days left in the week. What else could happen?

Here's the state of play in the House. Weakness abounds.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and House Majority Whip Steve

Scalise, have spent this week trying to get Republicans to not sign a discharge petition

that would open the House floor to a wide-ranging immigration debate.

As of now, it's been a complete failure.

House Republicans are openly

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