Saturday, February 23, 2019

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Sir Christopher Chope to be questioned by Conservative officials after he blocked bill to protect girls from FGM: Local party arranges ‘urgent’ meeting as MP faces calls for deselection

Trump Revives Racist ‘Pocahontas’ Slur Against Warren, Donald Jr. Responds: ‘Savage!’

When I was Working at the National Enquirer They Killed a Story of Mine that Could Have Potentially Derailed Bush Jr.’s Election

West Virginia GOP lawmaker compares gays to the Ku Klux Klan after using ‘f*ggot’ on the House floor

Trump appeared to joke about the Trail of Tears in a tweet mocking Elizabeth Warren

New Mexico governor retweets hilariously quirky video, literally busting through walls

Kamala Harris wins Daily Kos Straw Poll again, as the women crush their male competitors

Trump administration continues to flout the law, McConnell continues to yawn

Rep. Elijah Cummings demands Congress make history as Democrats continue the fight for voter rights

With the clapback heard round the world, Nancy Pelosi steals the show and launches a thousand memes

State of the Union: Stacey Abrams proves why she's a rising star in Democratic politics

Trump used the State of the Union to threaten America, full stop. Democrats aren't having it

Why Democratic governors shouldn't tap Democratic legislators in at-risk seats for government jobs

Leaked Video Shows Trump "Meeting with Russians in Moscow in 1995

This Mitch McConnell tweet will make you spit coffee, nails, what-have-you

Actress Ellen Page has no problem castigating Mike Pence in front of millions

Image surfaces showing Trump's HUD secretary chumming it up with Russian oligarch's point man

After an 'unrestrained' Trump frees himself of aides that would temper him, Jared takes the wheel

Speaker Pelosi owns GOP (again): 'Seldom-used' law will force Mitch to take disaster vote.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez slams Trump’s State of the Union Address in the most effective manner

Jimmy Carter Wins 2019 Grammy Award For Spoken Word Album: The former president won for his audiobook “Faith: A Journey for All,” giving the 94-year-old his second Grammy.

GOP leader apologizes for tweeting: 'Time for another Kent State'

A Lot of People Want Bernie Sanders to Run in 2020: Including the Republicans who believe there's no way he can beat Donald Trump.

Looks like Bernie Sanders is running for president again, despite big warning signs

What Iowa Democrats Want In A 2020 Candidate: Someone Who Can Beat Trump

US election 2020: Meet the Democrats running against Trump and the ones who could join the race: Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg are among a slate of top candidates who could challenge the president in 2020

Trump's 2019 State of the Union Address: A Closer Look

Watch live: Beto O'Rourke joins protest march past Trump's border wall rally in El Paso

The Trump-Russia Investigation and the Mafia State

Jake Tapper: Donald Trump is lying to you to get his border wall

Calling Bill That Makes Voting Easier a "Power Grab," McConnell Exemplifies a GOP Terrified of Democracy: Majority Leader, notes one critic, "is saying the quiet part out loud, admitting Republicans lose when more people vote."

New Mueller Transcript As Rare As A ‘Unicorn Sighting’ | Deadline | MSNBC

Scott Galloway: AMI Is Out Of Business, They Just Don’t Know It Yet | Velshi & Ruhle | MSNBC

"We're Here to Help": ACLU Schools Marco Rubio on First Amendment Rights and His Anti-BDS Bill
"We urge you and your colleagues to focus on protecting the First Amendment rights of Americans, rather than undermining them," ACLU tells Florida Republican

What I’ve Gained by Leaving the Republican Party: I’m more willing to listen to those I once thought didn’t have much to teach me.

BBC Cameraman ‘Violently Pushed and Shoved’ at Trump Rally: A BBC spokeswoman said Ron Skeans is ‘fine’ following the incident in El Paso, Texas.

ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ’S ‘CORRUPTION GAME’ SPEECH IS NOW THE MOST VIEWED TWITTER VIDEO OF ANY POLITICIAN

Trump Supporter Who Attacked BBC Cameraman at Rally May Not Be Charged: El Paso DA.  During the El Paso rally Monday night, a Trumpkin “violently pushed” a BBC cameraman. The DA’s office says it will not press charges.

Donald Trump Jr.: “You don’t have to be indoctrinated by these loser teachers that are trying to sell you socialism”

The Democrats' dilemma

Trump tweeted, ‘We will build a human wall if necessary.’ These supporters took it literally.

VLADIMIR PUTIN’S ADVISER TELLS AMERICANS: ‘RUSSIA INTERFERES IN YOUR BRAINS, WE CHANGE YOUR CONSCIENCE’

Trump's State of the Union gave us the same old polarizing demagoguery at great length

A Dud of a State of the Union Speech by Trump

From Pelosi, Trump just demanded total capitualation.  He won’t get it.

Federal Prosecutors Subpoena Trump's Inaugural Committee: Federal prosecutors in New York have issued a subpoena seeking documents from Donald Trump's inaugural committee.

'Willful Ignorance.' Inside President Trump's Troubled Intelligence Briefings

As newspapers shrink, the civic cost grows

Trump’s DHS Guts Task Forces Protecting Elections From Foreign Meddling

By withdrawing from the INF Treaty, Trump puts America in grave danger

Killing the INF Treaty is a gift to Putin from Trump

‘All this plays into Putin’s hands’: Nuclear weapons expert explains how Trump just gave a huge ‘gift’ to Russia

With Trump Set To Exit The INF Treaty, We're Headed Toward A New Nuclear Arms Race

Howard Schultz Wants a President Who Will Tell Billionaires Their Favorite Lies

Howard Schultz's own advisers just unmasked his cynical game.  Trump will cheer. 

If Howard Schultz can 'steal voters' from your party, maybe try to appeal to those voters

The Howard Schultz Delusion: Most Americans are not socially liberal and economically conservative.

Kamala Harris' 'The Truths We Hold' Demonstrates What's Wrong With Campaign Books

Kamala Harris’s Political Memoir Is an Uneasy Fit for the Digital Era: The senator’s new book shows the difficulty of translating short-form virality into a substantive text.

Former White House Staffer Cliff Sims on Trump’s Emotional Life and the Fine Points of Leaking

'Team of Vipers' author Cliff Sims sues Trump

Politics: Want to Be President? You Better Write a Book.  The defining quality of most campaign books is the author’s moral narcissism.

Chris Christie’s Memoir Praises Trump, but Says, ‘I Told You So’: Chris Christie in January 2018, delivering his final State of the State address as governor of New Jersey.

GOP congressman forgets he's no longer in charge, throws tantrum after getting checked

David Pecker 'Apoplectic' Over Jeff Bezos Investigation Which Now Includes Roger Stone Carter Page

BREAKING NYT: Manafort court hearing last week reveals collusion/conspiracy case very much alive

Elizabeth Warren in Iowa - In 2020, Trump "may not even be a free person." Update w/ Video.

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez slams GOP as 'intellectually bankrupt' in response to meme about low credit score

As Trump blusters about his hard work, White House seeks to expose their 'executive time' leaker

Fear and loathing in America

Defying Trump's false dichotomy of 'vengeance or vision'

Trump wants to make 2020 about 'socialism'? Please proceed.

Trump declares national emergency to unlock $8 billion for his border wall

Trump will sign government funding bill ... and declare national emergency, top Republican says

“Why Should we believe anything You Say?” How Ilhan Omar Nailed Elliot Abrams for Iran-Contra Lies

Congress OKs border deal; Trump will sign, declare emergency

Trump Declares National Emergency to Build Border Wall

GOP Lawmaker Shares Document Calling For ‘Holy Army’ To Kill Men Who Flout Biblical Law: Washington Rep. Matt Shea (R-Spokane) on Friday said he didn’t mean to promote violence, but some of his donors aren’t buying it.

Bill would ban police as school resource officers

WISCONSIN BOSS GIVES EVERY EMPLOYEE A HANDGUN FOR CHRISTMAS: 'WE HAVE AN ENTIRE ARMED STAFF'

Federal Panel Of Judges Dismisses All 83 Ethics Complaints Against Brett Kavanaugh

Bumpstocks Banned, AR-15s Next?

Paul Manafort in Ukraine: An adventure that wrecked a country.

Ann Coulter Fires Back at Trump: 'The Only National Emergency Is that Our President Is an Idiot'

ANN COULTER SAYS THE ONLY NATIONAL EMERGENCY IS DONALD TRUMP 'IS AN IDIOT'

‘A recipe for disaster’? Trump’s border emergency drags the GOP into a risky fight ahead of 2020.

The Last Word W/ Lawrence O'Donnell 2/15/19 | Lawrence O'Donnell MSNBC News February 15, 2019

Trump goes 'off the rails,' forces Republicans to 'eat a manure sandwich' on national emergency

Donald Trump's rambling emergency announcement was an hour of absolute insanity

Donald Trump unable to explain where his fake immigration crime statistics come from

Trump admits his fake 'national emergency' is not an emergency; history says this won't end well

Donald Trump's Friday: Declare national emergency, jet off for golf weekend

Where is Trump getting border wall money? From funds intended for military family housing upgrades

Democrats on Trump's 'national emergency': 'Plainly a power grab by a disappointed president'

Trump announces national emergency, saying 'I didn't need to do this'

Ethics director under Obama perfectly sums up Trump's emergency declaration

Pelosi Can Force a Senate Vote on Trump's National "Emergency" and She Should.
Pelosi to Trump: Declare an emergency--the next Dem President may declare an emergency on guns

Trumps press pause on their big hotel expansion plans due to investigations and ‘lack of deals'

Federal contract workers won't get back pay after shutdown: 'The president won't sign that'

Here's how we could replace the Electoral College with a national popular vote by 2024

Bombshell: Texts Between Roger Stone And Wikileaks Found In Russian Files.  If there is proof of direct communication between Roger Stone and Wikileaks about the DNC hack and other emails, this would spell COLLUSION.

Philly gains in Congress: Brendan Boyle, Dwight Evans land on powerful committee

Youth want gun control; will the candidates listen?

Elizabeth Warren should embrace Native American causes

More than 80% of Americans support almost all of the key ideas in Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal

Our son, killed in the Parkland massacre, is and eternal activist

A year after Parkland shooting, a sign of hope

Experts rank the best U.S. presidents of all time

Stephen Miller defends Trump's national emergency decision

GOP Lawmakers Who Complained About Obama’s ‘Overreach’ Give Trump A Pass: The current White House occupant is evading the “emperor” label Republicans gave to his predecessor.

Madeleine Albright Warns: Don't Let Fascism Go 'Unnoticed Until It's Too Late'

Bob Woodward: 'People Need To Wake Up' To What's Happening Under Trump

NPR News Interviews Professor Anita Hill

Japan nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize after White House asked, newspaper reports: Asahi Shimbun, one of Japan's largest national newspapers, cited multiple government sources as saying the U.S. "informally" asked Japan to nominate Trump.

Full Mueller Report Must be Made Public

Trump’s “Emergency” sets a dangerous precedent

President Trump’s national emergency threatens democracy

'I think we do' have enough votes to put emergency termination on Trump's desk: Sen. Tammy Duckworth

How sexist will the media’s treatment of the candidates be? Rule out “not at all”

Sean Hannity says declaring a national emergency at the border "is a necessity".  Hannity: "The president would need to declare a national emergency. This is the time. That is a necessity"

Video: Fox urges Trump to declare a national emergency over border wall funding

Trump is taking his Fox cabinet's advice and declaring a national emergency: We warned you this would happen.

During national emergency declaration, Trump praises Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Tucker Carlson for supporting him

Twitter Really Is the Best Way to Understand Donald Trump

Fox's Bill Hemmer calls Trump's national emergency speech "a tour de force"

Sean Hannity wants new Attorney General William Barr to prioritize investigating Trump's enemies
Hannity's enemies list features a slew of Obama-era officials, including Hillary Clinton

Lou Dobbs calls on Attorney General Barr to investigate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts.  Dobbs: "He’s one of, I think, many suspects that should be investigated thoroughly"

Fox & Friends on Trump's national emergency for a wall: "31 of the emergency actions are still on the books since 1976. So, how bad could they be?"  Brian Kilmeade: "President Obama did it dozens of times"

Some conservatives admit Trump's emergency declaration will allow future action on climate change or gun violence

Our Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration Revealed How It Lies About Terrorism

"This is not about immigration": Fox figures stress the border wall is about Trump's political standing and 2020 chances

Steve Doocy says Trump needs a wall "because he needs to start running for re-election".  Doocy: "A fence or a barrier, close enough to a wall given everything else, because he needs to start running for re-election"

Fox News guest co-host admits that the wall is not about immigration but about giving Trump a "political victory".  Dan Bongino: "This is not about immigration. I think everybody at this table knows this. This is about a political victory"

The founder of this extremist armed militia had a front-row seat to Trump’s rally: Stewart Rhodes and his Oath Keepers embrace white supremacist talking points and have provided security to far-right extremists while endorsing the use of “lethal force” against left-wing protesters

The Oath Keepers, which claims tens of thousands of present and former law enforcement officials and military veterans as members, is one of the largest radical antigovernment groups in the U.S. today. While it claims only to be defending the Constitution, the entire organization is based on a set of baseless conspiracy theories about the federal government working to destroy the liberties of Americans.

Fox News dominated prime-time cable coverage of the Green New Deal: Fox covered the plan far more than CNN and MSNBC, and often failed to even mention climate change

Fox News almost single-handedly manufactured anti-abortion outrage before Trump’s State of the Union: Before the State of the Union, Fox News devoted over 6 and a half hours to inaccurately saying state abortion measures allow “infanticide”

Major Sunday shows discuss climate change and Green New Deal, but through narrow lens of political horse race

Conservatives invoke murderous dictators to attack Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Green New Deal

Fox & Friends tries to smear Kamala Harris following an interview she did with The Breakfast Club

Meghan McCain, Fox News Try To Smear Kamala Harris' Breakfast Club Quotes

On MSNBC, hosts of The Breakfast Club say Fox News "absolutely positively lied" about interview with Senator Kamala Harris

Fox figures continue to smear Kamala Harris for The Breakfast Club interview after hosts debunk claim

Right-wing media claim Cory Booker “wants to impose his meat rationing on us” after article quotes him saying the opposite

Infowars caller tells Roger Stone he’s going to prison. Michael from Florida: “You guys are snowflakes, and you’re going to go down in prison. You’re facing 40-plus years, Stone. It’s coming down on you.”

Alex Jones is souring on his indicted Infowars employee Roger Stone.  Jones: "Gateway Pundit can hire Roger"

Lou Dobbs: Democrats "would love to carry out an actual coup d'état"

Right-wing media figures line up to defend Elliott Abrams, a Trump appointee complicit in crimes in Latin America

Fox's Andrew Napolitano: Paul Manafort is old and facing "so much jail time, he might very well be a candidate for a pardon".  Napolitano: "And the public might accept the pardon"

In their ongoing effort to smear the Green New Deal, right-wing media misrepresent Sen. Mazie Hirono’s joke about air travel to Hawaii.  Hirono said that it’d be “pretty hard for Hawaii” to abandon air travel. Luckily, no one is asking the state to.

Fox & Friends hosts: Funding border wall with seized drug money "would be an indirect way to make Mexico pay for it".  Steve Doocy: "It's a great idea"

Turning Point's Candace Owens has been paid over $40,000 for GOP fundraisers in the past 9 months

Laura Ingraham says immigrant schoolchildren have led to a “diminished product” in schools

Fox's Tom Homan: "Criminal organization, the cartels, they're getting fat with money and the Democrats are helping them"

Fox host blames the media for backlash over lower tax refunds after GOP tax bill: Charles Payne: Political consequences would be due to "disingenuous reporting" because "the main problem is people are not adjusting their paycheck withholdings"

On CNN, Stephen Moore whines about "this kind of hate-the-rich mentality -- that somehow the rich are sinister".  Moore: "The Democratic Party has been the party of greed and envy"

Fox's Andrew Napolitano: Congressional oversight of President Trump "is a form of harassment".  Napolitano: "This is just the way the Democrats are"

Laura Ingraham and Raymond Arroyo attack Galentine's Day for "male bashing," suggest "Malentine's Day" to counter

Climate denier on Fox & Friends: International efforts to address climate change are "medieval witchcraft".  Marc Morano: "This is medieval witchcraft to think that we can all come together with some treaty, make a bunch of pledges, and have the temperature a hundred years that's different."

Fox host complains about investigations into Trump's potentially corrupt business practices: "This is not Benghazi or Whitewater".  Fox contributor Dan Bongino: "The difference between the investigations under President Obama is Benghazi had evidence"

NRATV host has a meltdown over Childish Gambino’s This is America winning a Grammy: Grant Stinchfield likens the video to "an ISIS video in a Syrian warehouse” and says that the real problem is "minorities killing minorities"

Top European diplomats just blew the lid off Trump’s hidden agenda to implement Putin’s goals

Are you a Franklin Delano Roosevelt progressive.

To Defeat Trump With People-Powered Political Revolution, Bernie Sanders Announces 2020 Run
What's going to be different this time? "We're going to win," said the Senator from Vermont

McCabe: 'I think it's possible' Trump is a Russian asset

Roger Stone Shares a Photo of Judge With Crosshairs Near Her Head: Another day, another bizarre moment from the former Trump advisor

'I'm not giving you another chance': Judge tightens Roger Stone gag order after contentious hearing

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is under fire because she’s right

Bernie Sanders Is the Democratic Front-Runner: Even though many Democrats blame him for Donald Trump’s election—and his rivals think he’ll fade

Haley Tried to Block Appointment of Chinese Diplomat to Key U.N. Post. He Got the Job Anyway.  As the United States pulls back from the world body, experts say it is ceding influence to China.

Michael Flynn under investigation for plan to give Saudi Arabia nuclear technology: The House Oversight Committee has launched a formal investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn for planning to give nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia, which may have violated the law.

Noam Chomsky: Bernie Sanders can win back Donald Trump supporters: ‘The Sanders movement, [if it] offered an authentic, constructive program for real hope and change, it would win these people back’

Intimidation, Pressure and Humiliation: Inside Trump’s Two-Year War on the Investigations Encircling Him

New York Times publisher rips 'reckless' President Trump after his 'true enemy of the people' attack

Seven Ways Trump Tried to Stop Investigations into his Corruption

Maddow walks through the shocking degree to which the Obama administration went to protect evidence against Russia

The Mueller Report Is Coming. Here’s What to Expect.  A concise report will probably act as a “road map” to investigation for the Democratic House — and to further criminal investigation by other prosecutors.

Trump's 'SNL' attack crosses the line

Wow: North Carolina Republican at center of election fraud investigation calls for new election

Bernie Sanders raises $6 million in first 24 hours

Roger Stone Says He lost his Health and Life Insurance and is eating PB&J Sandwiches to Survive Financially

'Even Nixon wasn’t like him': Trump's bid to upend Russia inquiry unprecedented, experts say: Democrats have compared Trump’s fixation on the federal inquiry to Watergate, but legal experts say it’s worse than that

'You didn't vote for me': California senator responds to young activists on Green New Deal

Colorado legislature sends bill to governor that would favor popular vote over Electoral College

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