Day: February 8, 2018

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Senate Village Idiot (Rand Paul) Shuts Down Govt. Over Deficit After Voting For Deficit Exploding $1 Trillion Tax Cut

Republicans are so incompetent when it comes to running the federal government that they have caused the second shutdown in three weeks because they can’t get their act together. Video of the Senate adjourning: JUST IN: The Senate has recessed until 12:01am ET Friday. The government will shutdown https://t.co/OMIgK6vkMd pic.twitter.com/EU1pTSoCaZ — NBC News (@NBCNews) February…

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Senate adjourns till 12:01 a.m. EST without approving budget deal

The U.S. Senate adjourned on Thursday until 12:01 a.m. EST (0500 GMT) without approving a budget deal. The current temporary measure funding the U.S. government expires at midnight.

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Rachel Maddow Exposes Rand Paul As A Deficit Fraud Desperate For Attention

Rand Paul – a man who voted for a $1.5 trillion tax cut for the wealthy – is grinding the government to a halt for a few hours just to get some attention on cable news.

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Democrats Obliterate Rand Paul For Holding Government Hostage Over Phony Deficit Concerns

What’s obvious is that Republicans don’t truly care about the deficit – they never have. Instead, they use it as a political football to get some cable news coverage or boost their poll numbers in an election year.

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Donald Trump Jr. Just Provided Proof That He Is Colluding With Fox News And Putin To Kill The Russia Investigaton

An effort by to smear the top Democrat on the Senate Russia investigation, Sen. Mark Warner is underway, and it involves, Fox News, Russia, and Donald Trump Jr. Come with me for a moment down the Fox News Steele Dossier conspiracy rabbit hole: This is Fox News colluding with Donald Trump Jr. and Russia to…

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Chuck Todd Unloads On Trump: The White House Has Reached A ‘Level Of Crazy’ We’ve Never Seen

“It feels like we’ve reached a level of crazy in the White House, and it’s difficult to take it anymore. Reality TV appearances, tabloid gossip, conspiracy theories, name-calling, vulgarities, and a level of egomania few have ever seen in Washington.”

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Opinion: John Kelly Keeps Proving He Is Unfit to Be the White House Chief of Staff

Remember when some pundits were singing the praises of John Kelly? They praised his work at the Department of Homeland Security, of which ICE is a part.

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Trump’s Russia Cover Story Just Fell Apart As White House Can’t Provide Evidence Of FBI Bias

Deputy White House Press Secretary Raj Shah was asked to provide evidence of FBI bias besides the texts, and he had nothing. Video: The White House fell apart in almost comical fashion when asked for evidence of FBI bias against Trump. https://t.co/p95m2kp9b5 #NoFBIBias #conspiracyfail pic.twitter.com/KmkN6ZCCLj — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 8, 2018 Transcript: Q:…

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Trump In Free Fall As White House Lies About John Kelly’s Knowledge Of Rob Porter’s Wife Beating

At the daily White House press briefing, the White House falsely claimed that Chief of Staff John Kelly knew nothing about Rob Porter’s domestic violence against his two ex-wives. Video: The White House was flat out lying when they claimed John Kelly didn't know anything about Rob Porter's domestic violence. pic.twitter.com/MRjC1gCYrs — PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) February…

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Democrats Give Trump A Massive New Headache By Pressing Investigation Into Security Clearances

House Oversight Committee Democrats led by ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) are giving Trump a major headache by pressing for a credible investigation into the White House security clearance process. Read the letter from Rep. Cummings to Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC): [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.politicususa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2018-02-08.EEC-to-TG-re.security-clearance-process-at-WH.pdf” title=”2018-02-08.EEC to TG re.security clearance process at WH”] Rep. Cummings wrote,…

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Democrats To Turn Blue Wave Into A Tsunami By Targeting Over 100 House GOP Seats

Democrats are competing everywhere and expanding the map by targeting 100 Republican-held House seats. NBC News reported, “At House Democrats’ annual conference on Thursday, Rep. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), is expected to tell colleagues the committee is expanding the battleground to include 101 Republicans…

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Pentagon Won’t Answer Who Would Pay for Trump’s Expensive Military Parade

When asked who would pay for the cost of the parade, White said the Pentagon was still in the planning phase.

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House Democrats Calls For Emergency Hearings After Revelation That Russia Hacked US Voter Rolls

House Judiciary Democrats have issued a letter calling for immediate emergency hearings after the revelation that Russia has hacked the US voter rolls. Here is the letter: [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.politicususa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/FINAL-DRAFT-Letter-to-Goodlatte-re-Election-Security-2.pdf” title=”FINAL DRAFT – Letter to Goodlatte re Election Security (2)”] The Democratic members wrote, “It is our Committee’s responsibility to examine the vulnerabilities and risks facing…

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Russia meddled in U.S election, George W. Bush says

Former U.S. president George W. Bush accused Russia on Thursday of meddling in the U.S. 2016 presidential election, calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “brilliant tactician”.

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Trump’s Own White House Ignores His Calls For A Shutdown And Says He’ll Sign The Budget Deal

More proof that Trump’s own White House isn’t paying any attention to him came when the White House released a statement saying that Trump would sign the budget deal, days after Trump himself said he would support shutting down the government. Here is Trump saying that he wants a shutdown: Trump just shot Republicans in…

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Joe Biden Just Showed Trump What A Real President Looks Like When Asked About Rob Porter

Former Vice President Joe Biden showed the sort integrity, decency, and leadership that is missing in this White House under Donald Trump when he was asked about Rob Porter. Video: Joe Biden speaks for America when he says he is having difficulty understanding how this White House functions. #Biden #p2 #ctl pic.twitter.com/aHKwYyU8X7 — Sarah Reese…

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Trump Is Blocking Efforts To Fight Russian Interference In US Elections

Members of Congress are sounding the alarm, but the White House has been blocking efforts to fight Russian election interference by refusing to admit that there is a problem. After Sen. Mark Warner tweeted: Russian election interference is a threat not just to the United States, but to all Western democracies. @SenatorBurr and I are…

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Trump offshore oil drilling plan draws protest in California

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Environmental activists in California on Thursday plan to protest a Trump Administration proposal to vastly increase offshore oil drilling in the United States. The protest was planned to immediately precede a public meeting by the U.S. Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in Sacramento, where officials will…

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