Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for Stormy Daniels, said that Trump lawyer has fallen into every single trap that he has laid in the case. Video: Stormy Daniels lawyer basically calls Trump lawyer Michael Cohen an idiot on #TheLastWord https://t.co/UtrITiHHNJ pic.twitter.com/tTW2xJ9PWd — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 21, 2018 Avenatti said, “let me just say this….
Trump acts like his reelection is a foregone conclusion, but Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) told Rachel Maddow that there is bipartisan support for a bill to protect and secure US elections. Video: Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) tells #Maddow that there is bipartisan support for the election protection bill. https://t.co/oBvFc7LzO1 pic.twitter.com/8G68cK6l4j — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah)…
Maddow asked critical questions about what is driving Trump’s behavior as he is defying his national security team’s advice on Russia. Video: #Maddow asked critical questions about why Trump is defying advice from his national security team on Russia. https://t.co/YrPlciBYqF pic.twitter.com/3szuvFbdES — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 21, 2018 Maddow said, “So the president’s aides…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) told Trump that it would be an impeachable offense if he fires Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Video: Bernie Sanders jumps on the Fire Mueller Impeach Trump Express on #AllIn https://t.co/ACkMfjz6Fe pic.twitter.com/8vOFrqupFX — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 21, 2018 Sanders said, “Well, you know we have an unpredictable president who acts…
UPDATE: #UPDATE: There was no package explosion in the 9800 block of Brodie Ln. Items inside package was not a bomb, rather an incendiary device. At this time, we have no reason to believe this incident is related to previous package bombs. #Breaking #packagebombmurders — Austin Police Dept (@Austin_Police) March 21, 2018 Police are responded…
Trump was warned in a written briefing from his national security team not to congratulate Putin on his “election win,” but since Trump doesn’t read his national security briefings, he congratulated him anyway. The Washington Post reported: President Trump did not follow specific warnings from his national security advisers when he congratulated Russian President VladiÂmir…
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, has gotten his Democrats an interview with Cambridge Analytica witness Christopher Wylie. ABC News reported: Christopher Wylie, a former employee of the firm Cambridge Analytica confirmed to ABC News that he has accepted an invitation to appear for an interview with congressional investigators….
When you think of the Wall Street Journal you don’t think of tabloid journalism but in a blockbuster article today the capitalist newspaper published the results of porn star Stormy Daniels’ lie detector test about her sexual relationship with President Donald Trump. According to the Journal, a polygraph exam which was taken by Ms. Daniels…
Both Sens. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) are warning Trump that firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller would be an impeachable offense. Flake tweeted: We are begging the president not to fire the special counsel. Don't create a constitutional crisis. Congress cannot preempt such a firing. Our only constitutional remedy is after the fact,…
A New York state judge on Tuesday said U.S. President Donald Trump must face a defamation lawsuit by a woman who accused him of sexually harassing her after she appeared on his former reality TV show.
By Eric Auchard and David Ingram LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The suspended chief executive of Cambridge Analytica said in a secretly recorded video broadcast on Tuesday that his UK-based political consultancy’s online campaign played a decisive role in U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory. His comments, which could not be verified, are potentially a…
The Obamacare fixes that were promised to Senator Susan Collins in exchange for her support of the Republican tax bill in December appear to be in serious trouble. Earlier this week Republicans in Congress released their plan to stabilize healthcare exchanges under Obamacare (also known as the Affordable Care Act or the ACA). In this…
Col. Ralph Peters quit as a Fox News contributor because he has become alarmed by the network’s shift away from conservatism and into Trump propaganda. Buzzfeed obtained the email that Peters sent to colleagues explaining why he quit. Peters wrote in part: I feel compelled to explain why I have to leave. Four decades ago,…
The head of the U.S. Forest Service, Tony Tooke, resigned on Wednesday amid an investigation into accusations of sexual misconduct made against him.
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a Mississippi law that would ban abortions after 15 weeks in a ruling handed down one day after the state’s governor signed the measure. The Mississippi law, which was the most restrictive abortion measure in the United States, will be blocked for 10 days while the…
Karen McDougal, the former Playboy model who claims to have had an affair with Trump, is suing the Trump allied National Enquirer to break her NDA so that she can talk publicly about Trump. The New York Times reported: Ms. McDougal, in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, claims that Mr. Cohen was…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday released its first draft recommendations on how to prevent foreign hacking of U.S. elections, calling on Congress to help states tighten security after spending more than a year investigating Russian attempts to target the voting system in the 2016 campaign. “It is clear…
When Trump was asked about the Austin bombings in the White House, he appeared to know nothing about the situation while ranting about “sick people,” and showing no grasp of the crisis. Video: Out of his mind, and Russia investigation obsessed Trump appears to know nothing about the Austin bombings as he rants about sick…
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders claimed that the Austin bombings aren’t connected to terrorism, but she offered no evidence to support this claim. Sanders tweeted: .@POTUS mourns for victims of the recent bombings in Austin. We are monitoring the situation, federal authorities are coordinating w/ local officials. We are committed to bringing perpetrators of…
“Mr. Pruitt’s trip to Rome last summer cost the taxpayers over $84,000,” said Eric Schaeffer, EIP’s director. “That’s a lot of money for Mr. Pruitt to tour the Vatican, pose for photos, and tell his European counterparts that global warming doesn’t matter,” he said.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, an administration official told Reuters without elaborating. The White House planned to release a statement on their conversation on Tuesday, the official said. Putin was re-elected on Sunday as Russia’s president, extending his tenure for another six years. Russian Deputy…
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) demanded that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testify before Congress because the Cambridge Analytica data theft that Facebook did nothing about may have swung the election to Trump. Video: Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) demands that Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress, and laid out the path for how the Cambridge Analytica data theft…
By Jon Herskovitz and Jim Forsyth AUSTIN/SCHERTZ, Texas (Reuters) – A package bomb blew up at a FedEx Corp distribution center near San Antonio on Tuesday, officials said, and the FBI was investigating whether it was linked to a series of four homemade bombs that hit the Texas capital of Austin this month. Officials did…
‘The Heat is On’ is a Glenn Frey song made famous by the 1980’s TV show ‘Miami Vice.’ Given all the news about how Facebook data was improperly used to manipulate hundreds of millions of people in elections, the song’s title is an apt description of the environment that the social media giant is currently…
On Friday President Trump is expected to announce a new round of tariffs on Chinese goods that could amount to $60 billion per year. Business leaders are saying this could create a chain reaction that could lead to an economic disaster for the United States. The White House has said to expect tariffs covering a…
Finally some people in Washington are doing something about protecting the integrity of U.S. elections from Russian hacking and other threats. Senators Richard Burr (R., NC) and Mark Warner (D., VA) have decided to take matters into their own hands since the occupant of the White House has not done anything. Â Many in government and…
