Monday, March 11, 2019

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

WH Whistleblower Who Advised Against Jared Kushner's Security Clearance Seeks Protection From Feds

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

AOC just keeps deflecting bullets — this time they went after her boyfriend

I used to be a 'centrist' Democrat

Trump rages after former top official explains why the FBI investigated his Russia ties

Former acting FBI director ordered Russia investigation due to 'concern of national security threat'

We must methodically take our wealth back from the super-rich—before it's too late

Seven weeks into 2019, we already know the media didn't learn 2016's lesson about sexism

Republicans pin their 2020 hopes on tricking voters into fearing the 'radical' Democrats in Congress

Are we a democracy or are we a monarchy?

House Democrats zero in on Deutsche Bank as a point of leverage over Trump

The Republican Party has become a cult

Conservative WaPo columnist says the GOP is now a 'cult' that should be 'banished from government'

NRA very successful at ending laws requiring permits for concealed guns. 3 more states ponder this

Somebody's been forging Nobel Peace Prize nominations for Donald Trump. No, really

Pelosi says House will vote on Resolution opposing Trump’s emergency declaration

The Daily 202: The biggest challenges facing Bernie Sanders 2.0

The Trump administration is finalizing plans to strip funding from Planned Parenthood: A rule released Friday will make it harder for abortion providers to offer birth control.

Donald Trump Jr hints he could run for president in 2024: Eldest son may be next in line for the White House

Former national security officials to issue a declaration on national emergency

Republican opposition mounts against Trump's emergency declaration, could trigger President's first veto

Elizabeth Warren says 2016 Democratic primary was rigged

Tulsi Gabbard Educates Ignorant Women Of The View

'Our President Is An Idiot’: Trump Facing Both Sides Over Emergency Declaration | Deadline | MSNBC

Rep. Ilhan Omar shuts down Donald Trump's war criminal 'special envoy' choice

The Democratic Party Attacks on Ilhan Omar Are a Travesty: I’m Jewish and have worked against anti-Semitism for decades. I was sitting a few feet from Omar at Busboys & Poets and I heard nothing—nothing—that smacked of anti-Semitism, overt or coded or otherwise.

I will not be aiding the Saudis, Trump and Pence in a pre-planned character assassination.

Arrested Trump operative Roger Stone just appeared to threaten a federal judge in ominous post

French officials just announced they’re openly ignoring Trump’s latest set of demands

Bush’s former Communications Director just sent Republicans a warning they can’t afford to ignore

16 States Sue to Stop Trump’s Use of Emergency Powers to Build Border Wall. 

Trump just disgusted the nation with infantile bathroom joke about McCabe and Comey

Alec Baldwin just accused Trump of putting his and his family’s lives in danger

Justice Thomas unleashes ire on libel law

The dos and don’ts for women running for president

Beto O’Rourke could be democrats best shot at taking back the senate

Sanders Asks Campaign Surrogates To ‘Engage Respectfully’ With Democratic Rivals: The Vermont senator faced criticism for the rhetoric some supporters used during his 2016 White House run.

House Democrats To Subpoena Mueller If Report Isn’t Made Public, Says Adam Schiff: “We will take it to court if necessary,” the House intelligence committee chairman said.

Report: Plan To Force God Into Public Schools Released

Cohen Plans to Call Trump a ‘Con Man’ and a ‘Cheat’ in Congressional Testimony: Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, on Tuesday in Washington.

Live Video: Michael Cohen Testifies

Trump administration imposes gag rule on family planning clinics, targeting Planned Parenthood

Trump rages after former top official explains why the FBI investigated his Russia ties

It's on.... Mueller subpoenaed a Cambridge Analytica director

McCabe believes Nunes was leaking information to the subject of a criminal investigation

A reporter asked Trump if he tried to interfere in the Cohen case and oof ... this pause

McCabe's 'masterful chess move' may have cemented Mueller's appointment and Trump's fate

Trump presidency continues to devalue Trump brand as another NYC building votes to change its name

Federal prosecutors broke law in Jeffrey Epstein case. Trump Appointee Acosta in the Hot Seat.

Neal Katyal, author of Special Counsel regs, weighs in on imminent Mueller report; upd w/ video

Senate would like to talk with one of Trump's other friends in Moscow

Individual-1 was apparently signing Trump Organization checks while he was POTUS*

Jacob Wohl may have rooked an innocent woman into his scheme to frame Mueller

Russia claims Trump asked for advice ahead of meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un

Confirmed: GOP's tea party win under Obama got twice as much media coverage as 2018 blue wave

Who we think about when we think about domestic policy

Panicked congressman deleted tweet threatening Cohen and then publicly apologized to Nancy Pelosi

Michael Cohen's full opening statement released and it's one bombshell after another

WTF?! John Cornyn is okay with quoting Mussolini

On Tuesday, Americans can watch Republicans betray the Constitution—and the country—in real time

Sarah Kendzior Goes Off on Manafort on AM Joy's Show. I Love this Woman!

Manafort sentencing documents are out, include redactions, and weigh in at 875 pages

Colorado Sex Education Bill Challenges Abstinence-Only

How Norman Rockwell brought Roosevelt's 'Four Freedoms' to life

Indicted Vice President Bids Senate Farewell

“Mr. Jones” tells the story of the man who exposed the Ukrainian famine: The film, starring James Norton, Vanessa Kirby and Peter Sarsgaard, portrays journalism as a type of heroism

Revealed: Wife of former Vladimir Putin minister is major Tory party donor The Conservative Party received hundreds of thousands from a woman with ties to the Russian president

Trump Wants to "Cause Chaos" in the Democratic Primary: A Closer Look

Florida Bar investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz for Cohen tweet

The Wall Street Journal just tried to smear Ocasio-Cortez as “ignorant” and her response is priceless

Fordham confirms Cohen threatened legal action if it released Trump's grades, SAT scores

Cenk Uygur: "If You Can't Understand That President Trump Is Stupid, Then You're Stupid"

Lawyer in Trump administration with many arrests for anti-abortion activism lied to get his job

Former acting solicitor general: ‘If this is a witch hunt, Mueller’s found a coven'

Trump just had to tweet about Cohen testimony

'Shame on you, Mr. Jordan'—Michael Cohen shuts up Republican Congressman

Max Boot identifies five felonies Trump likely committed, based on Cohen's testimony

Donald Trump Jr. retweets a tweet saying Cohen had no reason to lie

Roger Stone Breaks Gag Order, Tells Vice News Cohen Testimony 'Entirely Untrue' UPDATE2

Rep. Ilhan Omar sums up Republican hypocrisy during Cohen hearing with a single tweet

Like father, like daughter—Ivanka Trump boldly lied on national television about security clearances

Cohen reaffirms, in no uncertain terms, that the Trump Organization is a 'criminal conspiracy'

Donald Trump: Sociopath?  Taking his biographer’s claim seriously

CNN Caught Colluding With Democratic Party Against Bernie Sanders’ 2020 Campaign

Trophy Hunting Lies EXPOSED

'I don't' think it's a contradiction: 2020 candidate Kirsten Gillibrand says fundraiser at Pfizer exec's home shouldn't be a cause for alarm

Ethics and Transparency

Cooper slams Trump: His idea of leadership is not normal

Putin Foreign Minister Lavrov in Vietnam ahead of Trump-Kim summit

Matt Gaetz BUSTED Bragging To Trump About Threatening Michael Cohen

Reality Winner, Former N.S.A. Translator, Gets More Than 5 Years in Leak of Russian Hacking Report

The Novichok files: It was a year ago this week - but only now can the full chilling truth of the Salisbury poisoning be told in minute by minute detail... by those who lived through it

U.S. Cyber Command Operation Disrupted Internet Access of Russian Troll Factory on Day of 2018 Midterms

Cohen Warns Trump-Loving Republicans: You’ll End Up Like Me.  The Republican game plan was to impugn Cohen’s nonexistent integrity. Cohen told them that if they continue down their path, they’ll end up as disgraced as he is.

Trump Ordered Officials to Give Jared Kushner a Security Clearance: The president’s son-in-law has traveled around the world, conducting high-level work on behalf of the White House. Yet the Department of Justice found substantial issues related to his security clearance.

Court hands down a stunningly aggressive attack on illegal gerrymandering: People who steal elections should not be rewarded for their theft.

Nunes: 'I want everything that Mueller did made public'

Trump administration tells Congress that being transgender is like having a disease: The Pentagon's justification for the trans military ban fell completely to pieces.

House Democrats launch broad probe into allegations of potential corruption, obstruction of justice against Trump: The effort is guided by two attorneys brought on by the majority.

REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED IDAHO CONGRESS REJECTS BILL TO END CHILD MARRIAGE FOR THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 16

Can Senate follow House’s lead on gun control bills?

'Coming Forward Has Broke Me': #MeToo Movement Comes To Rural Nevada

After Stinging Presidential Loss, Popular Vote Movement Gains Momentum In States

Trump calls Russia probe "bullshit" at CPAC 2019

With Sweeping Document Request, Democrats Launch Broad Trump Corruption Inquiry: Representative Jerrold Nadler, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, outlined his investigation into obstruction of justice by President Trump on Monday.

JOAQUIN CASTRO CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER JARED KUSHNER SHARED INTELLIGENCE THAT LED TO KHASHOGGI KILLING

Donald Trump’s Companies Destroyed Emails in Defiance of Court Orders

Trump: Democrats have gone 'stone cold crazy' with investigations

Former Trump White House lawyer calls Mueller 'American hero,' says probe is no witch hunt: On Congressional investigations into the White House: "It's never gonna be over"

Ivanka Trump just said being Donald Trump's daughter is the 'hardest job in the world'

House Intelligence member confirms Cohen offered 'game-changing' testimony in closed-door meeting

Texas Republicans push plan to strip new citizens of voting rights

I did not turn my back on the church. It turned its back on me

Trump promotes his own 'greatest' golf course on Twitter, gets slammed for ethics violation

John Bolton on Trump taking North Korean dictator 'at his word': 'My opinion doesn't matter'

After two years, Rep. Jim Jordan still misleading public about the Russian election-hacking probe

Michael Cohen shows we should never stop blaming GOP primary voters for picking a criminal

A move to the center is a continued fraud on Americans

Trump scandals still demand way more coverage—like how the press covered Bill Clinton

Republican Senator malfunctions while defending Trump’s abuses of power

Trump's not stable—and that should be a huge news story

Two congressmen just referred Jared Kushner to the Dept. of Justice for criminal investigation

White House tweets picture of Trump clinging to American flag, widespread mockery and jeers ensue

Bombshell report: Fox News rigged a debate primary, buried Stormy Daniels story before 2016 election

Cohen's warning about a 'peaceful transition' after 2020 reminds us: The authoritarian tide is high

AOC: Trump is 'such a small, mediocre person'

Jay Inslee schools Meghan McCain's RW nonsense about the Green New Deal

Meghan McCain's GOP Hubris: "I'm a Highly Educated Woman."

North Carolina schedules do-over election and Republican candidate issues bizarre sexual challenge

Trump Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defends collapsed North Korean talks, gets caught lying

Trump promises 'A Plus treatment' to Alabama tornado victims. California fire victims got threats

Clinton-era centrist says it is time to give the Democratic Socialists a chance

Ohio GOP's gerrymander goes on trial. Here's how a nonpartisan map could hand Democrats more seats

Bernie Sanders Files To Run As A Democrat — And An Independent

The Mueller Papers: Compiled by Strong Arm Press with an Introduction by Ryan Grim Kindle Edition

What happens with the Mueller report: The attorney-general, William Barr, decides how much to make public, though the whole report could be subpoenaed

Unbreaking America: A NEW Short Film about Solving the Corruption Crisis

Oath of Office

White House Letter to The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings

Trump administration ‘rolling back women’s rights by 50 years’ by changing definitions of domestic violence and sexual assault: 'I was massively surprised and really shocked. It’s quite scary how quietly it’s happened. It’s a massive step backwards. We have literally gone back to the 70s,' says academic

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is asked which candidate she's endorsing for 2020 and her answer is perfect

Wealthy alumni of Trump's high school ordered the headmaster to retrieve, hide records in 2011

Yes, he's a 'sociopath' who can start a nuclear war—Ted Lieu and Ed Markey aim to remove that power

The circular firing squad: How Donald Trump and Fox News assassinate the truth

Republicans reject calls to probe Trump role in hush-money payments

Donald Trump is laying the groundwork to de-legitimize the 2020 election

Poll: Dems want 'electable' challenger who can beat Trump. Values come second.  This year is a change from what qualities voters are looking for in their 2020 nominee.

Ex-Trump Campaign Boss Manafort Gets 47-Month Sentence: Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort sentenced to nearly four years in prison.

Trump is very, very pleased with the Manafort judge

Founder Of Florida Spa Tied To Sex Trafficking Linked To Other Republicans Too
Florida spa founder watched Super Bowl with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, attended Republican events

Trump watched Super Bowl with founder of day spa that 'serviced' Robert Kraft

Founder of busted Florida massage parlor chain reportedly ran business promising access to Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Tha POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS of @wcsteelerfan - Hosted by @wcsteelerfan

MOST REPUBLICANS WOULDN'T SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT EVEN IF MUELLER PROVES HE ACCEPTED RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE OR OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE, POLL SHOWS

House Passes the Most Significant Democracy Reform Bill in a Generation: The Democratic measure would expand voting rights and crack down on gerrymandering and dark money.

Only One Roadblock on the Road to Reform: Mitch McConnell.  Why no vote on the House-passed ethics and election reform bill, Mr. Senate Leader? “Because I get to decide what we vote on.”

The Making of the Fox News White House: Fox News has always been partisan. But has it become propaganda?

Former chief of staff John Kelly's rehabilitation tour gets an assist from the New York Times

Rep. Deb Haaland makes history, gets a bipartisan standing ovation on the House floor

OUR FOCUS SHOULD BE ON GETTING RID OF TRUMP, NOT FIGHTING AMONG OURSELVES

Elections have consequences—House just passed an 'Ivanka amendment' to close an ethics loophole

White House Communications Director Bill Shine Abruptly Resigns

Kansas Republican legislators get drunk, rowdy and then banned from Topeka Restaurant

The Ninety Nine Names of Donald J. Trump

Liberals and the left fail to notice - and celebrate - the intellectual death of conservatism

British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I've Read

Trump and McConnell's stacking of the courts 'not healthy for the judiciary or the nation'

Manafort’s sentence is a joke; next judge needs to be harsher

The Trump kids and the orange jumpsuit fantasy

Trump losing the public opinion battle over his guilt: A new poll shows the president has no credibility in claiming a "witch hunt" -- even as he faces stepped-up investigations on multiple fronts.

Why The Trump Organization Now Risks Being Charged As A Criminal Enterprise

Trump ‘to be removed by force’ if he refuses to leave after 2020 election loss. Exclusive: America could wake up to Fox News and the billionaire reality TV star claiming a rigged election on 4 November 2020 – but what would happen next?

Ex-Bush and Whitman adviser: Trump won’t be impeached, but he will leave the presidency in 2019

Economic Update: Fighting the System

I SURVIVED THE OPIOID CRISIS. THE SACKLERS.

Chris Hedges - The American Empire Will Collapse Within a Decade, Two at Most (11-19-18)

How the Mueller investigation could play out for trump

House passes election and ethics overhaul, but McConnell says it’s dead on arrival

Pete Buttigieg calls Mike Pence a 'cheerleader for the porn star presidency'

Trump invokes new demand for extracting billions of dollars from US allies

The week that could reveal Mueller’s end-game

2020 rankings: It's now or never for Democrats who want to be president

Utopia is a dangerous ideal: we should aim for ‘protopia’

Debunked: "Socialism Has Never Worked"

Constructing Rebellion, The Overthrow of Corporate Tyrrany - Chris Hedges

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