U.S. intelligence had evidence that voter registration systems or websites in seven states – Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Texas and Wisconsin – were compromised by Russian-backed operatives before the 2016 election but never told the states, NBC News reported on Tuesday.
Rachel Maddow brought up the fact Jared Kushner was mixing policy and personal business in what was a serious breach of national security. Video: Rachel Maddow goes after Kushner hard for breaching national security. https://t.co/uHepunh1C1 #Maddow #JaredKushner pic.twitter.com/UA1XmCPvFQ — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 28, 2018 Maddow said, “According to current and former officials briefed…
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) said Jared Kushner having his security clearance downgraded was a good first step, but he also called out Ivanka Trump for being a completely unqualified national security risk who is only a senior White House adviser due to nepotism. Video: Rep. Ted Lieu just called out of nepotism senior White House…
Trump’s last shred of legitimacy vanished as the Russians penetrated voting systems in seven states including swing states Florida and Wisconsin. NBC News reported, “Three senior intelligence officials told NBC News that the intelligence community believed the states as of January 2017 were Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Texas and Wisconsin. The officials say systems…
Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday pushed for a vote on legislation that would require “universal” background checks for gun sales, saying a narrower bipartisan bill to improve background checks did not go far enough.
Several state officials on Tuesday offered Delta Air Lines a new place to call home after a Georgia legislator said he would kill lucrative tax benefits to the Atlanta-based carrier as retribution for its decision to sever ties with the National Rifle Association.
The prospect of manipulating a.k.a blackmailing Jared Kushner was discussed by four countries due to Kushner deep debt the conflict of interest that comes with his senior White Hous position. The Washington Post reported, “Officials in at least four countries have privately discussed ways they can manipulate Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, and senior adviser,…
Jared Kushner has lost his top secret security clearance and what that means in political terms is that the Trump White House is at war with itself and imploding. Politico reported, “Presidential son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner has had his security clearance downgraded — a move that will prevent him from viewing many of the…
Rachel Maddow’s dominance over Fox News with younger viewers has made her program the only show on cable news to grow with viewers age 25-54, and Maddow beat Fox among viewers age 18-49 for the fourth straight month. MSNBC confirmed the ratings via a press release sent to PoliticusUSA: “The Rachel Maddow Show†at 9…
Sarah Huckabee Sanders got visibly angry and went on blame Obama tirade as reporters pressed her on Trump’s non-response to Russian cyber attacks. Video: Sarah Huckabee Sanders has herself a blame Obama tantrum as reporters ask why Trump has done nothing to stop Russian election interference. https://t.co/1AtjXPBJak pic.twitter.com/43VYYfKepJ — PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) February 27, 2018 Sanders…
The fact that 20,000 teachers went on strike in West Virginia with better healthcare being one of their key demands should terrify Republicans. Video: The fact that 20,000 teachers went on strike in West Virginia with better healthcare being one of their key demands should terrify Republicans. https://t.co/XLN8HkRS6c #55strong pic.twitter.com/5u6rclpzqq — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah)…
According to a new report published Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League, the number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States soared by 57% in 2017 from the previous year. The figure includes assaults, harassment, and vandalism. The total number of attacks — at least those the ADL was able to keep track of — was…
Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) made it clear during his weekly press conference that fixing the federal background check system was as far as he is willing to go on guns. In other words, there will be no vote on an assault weapons ban. Video: Ryan said, “Of course we want to…
John Dean, a former White House counsel who served during Nixon’s years in office, took to Twitter on Saturday to give his thoughts on what the testimony of former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates could do to the administration. “Mueller is throwing everything he can against Manafort, including Gates who can nail him,” Dean wrote….
As the Russia investigation steadily intensifies, Trump continues to show signs that he’s unraveling under the scrutiny. He started off his Tuesday by having one of his regular meltdowns on Twitter. As he does every morning, he followed his routine of watching cable news for hours. This time, it was his favorite, Fox News. He…
“I will kill any tax legislation that benefits @Delta unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with @NRA,” Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, a Republican, wrote on Twitter. “Corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back.”
The National Democratic Redistricting Committee alleged in the lawsuit filed in Dane County Circuit Court that Gov. Scott Walker was violating the law and denying Wisconsin voters representation by leaving the elected offices unfilled until 2019.
