Article snippet: The White House was knocked on its heels for a second consecutive day on Wednesday after The New York Times published an op-ed from an anonymous senior administration official describing coordinated efforts among staff to push back against MORE. In extraordinary language, the op-ed blasted the president’s “amorality” and portrayed the administration as being inhabited by aides who had banded together to “thwart” Trump’s worst instincts. It served as a double whammy of sorts for Trump coming a day after publication of excerpts from Bob Woodward’s forthcoming book that similarly casts aides as being in rebellion against the president. “That is why many Trump appointees have vowed to do what we can to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting Mr. Trump’s more misguided impulses until he is out of office,” the author wrote. The back-to-back blows come at a critical juncture for the White House, as it attempts to stave off a Democratic wave in November's midterm elections and place focus on the likely confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Trump and the White House responded with fury and speed, labeling the author as a “coward” and discrediting the Times. In a one-word tweet apparently referencing the piece, Trump posed the question: “Treason?” “We have somebody in what I call the failing New York Times that’s talking about, he’s part of the resistance in the administration. This is what we have to deal with,” Trump said at a White House e... Link to the full article to read more