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Eric Swalwell Brings It And Tells Congress To Start Checking Trump
Rep. Eric Swalwell reminded Republicans in Congress that the United States is a democracy and they need to start checking Donald Trump.
Daily Archives: Fri, Oct 19th, 2018
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Alaska governor ends re-election campaign, throws support to Democrat
Alaska Governor Bill Walker, a political independent, halted his re-election campaign on Friday and said he would support his Democratic challenger, ending a three-way race in which the Republican candidate had appeared to possess an insurmountable lead.
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Trump criticized for praising congressman who body-slammed reporter
Flake, a frequent critic of Trump, wrote on Twitter: “Body slamming journalists is nothing to be proud of.”
Olivier Knox, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, accused Trump of “cheerleading for a violent act targeting a free and independent news media.”
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Saudi Arabia says journalist Khashoggi died after fight in consulate
Saudi Arabia said on Saturday preliminary results of investigations showed U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi died in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul after a fight with people he met there, state media reported.
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Saudi Arabia admits Khashoggi died in consulate, fires two senior officials
Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has died, and said it fired two senior officials over the incident that has provoked an international outcry and strained relations between Riyadh and the West.
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Dick Durbin Shuts Down Trump’s Claims Of Democratic Mobs With 3 Words
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) had three words that shut down Trump’s projection that Democrats are an angry mob.
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Russian Midterm Election Attack Pushed Articles From Fox News
The Russian disinformation campaign that resulted in a criminal indictment had been pushing articles from Fox News and other conservative websites.
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Russia Used Trump’s Talking Points On Mueller To Interfere In Midterm Election
The Russians used Donald Trump’s talking points on Robert Mueller as part of their effort to interfere in the 2018 midterm election.
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Russian charged with conspiring to interfere in the midterm elections
The U.S. government on Friday charged a Russian national with playing a key financial role in a Kremlin-backed plan to conduct “information warfare” against the United States, including to influence next month’s congressional elections.
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U.S. Interior Department watchdog faults Zinke’s travel practices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sending a security detail to protect Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and his wife on a vacation to Turkey and Greece cost taxpayers more than $25,000, the U.S. Interior Department’s watchdog agency has said, according to the Washington Post. The department’s report, published by the Post on Thursday, also said Zinke allowed his…
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Trump praises U.S. congressman from Montana who body-slammed reporter
Donald Trump heaped praise on a U.S. congressman from Montana who body-slammed a reporter during a campaign for a special election in 2017.
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Civil Rights Groups File Emergency Motion To Stop Georgia From Blocking Thousands Of Naturalized Citizen Voters
A coalition of Georgia civil rights groups have filed a complaint seeking that thousands of naturalized citizens who were inaccurately flagged as non-citizens be allowed to vote.
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Fox News Blasted By Bipartisan Senators For Smearing Jamal Khashoggi
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont both criticized conservative media outlets like Fox News for smearing Jamal Khashoggi.
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Joe Scarborough Busts Republicans For Lying About Supporting Pre-Existing Conditions
As Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer blasted Mitch McConnell for admitting Republicans wanted to cut Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid as well as wanting to try to repeal Obamacare again on MSNBC’s Morning Joe Friday morning, host Joe Scarborough, a Republican, busted Republicans for lying about supporting pre-existing conditions.
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Georgia GOP Election Rigging Gets Worse as 107,000 Voters Purged
Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp purged 107,000 voters in a single day in 2017 under the state’s use it or lose it law.
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Democrats Believe High Hispanic Turnout Will Turn Arizona Blue
In Arizona, the population is about 30 percent Hispanic, but only 23.4 percent of eligible voters are Hispanic, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center. This means about 1.1 million Hispanics in Arizona are now eligible to vote, a huge increase from the 992,000 who were eligible in the 2016 election. For…
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Hurricanes Have Finally Convinced Republicans That Climate Change is Real
President Donald Trump continued this week to deny the effects of climate change in the face of overwhelming scientific agreement that it is occurring. However, even while Trump and many other Republicans deny man-made climate change, a shift appears to be occurring among Republican voters in North Carolina, a state which has been severely damaged…
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Taylor Swift May Help Democrat Win in Tennessee Senate Race
Could Taylor Swift be responsible for giving Democrats control of the U.S. Senate? After The New York Times  released a poll concerning the U.S. Senate race in Tennessee, many people wrote off the Democratic candidate Phil Bredesen because it showed Republican candidate Marsha Blackburn with a massive fourteen point lead. But things seemed to have…
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Voter Turnout For Midterm Elections Could Be the Highest Ever
The 2018 elections could see the highest turnout for a midterm since the mid-1960s, according to an elections expert who has been studying voting patterns. In fact, based on evidence to date, it could be the highest midterm election turnout ever. “It’s probably going to be a turnout rate that most people have never experienced…
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Republicans in Georgia Have Created a Blue Monster
Voter suppression has been a flash point in the Georgia governor’s race, where Democrat Stacey Abrams would become the first African American woman governor of any state if she beats Republican secretary of state Brian Kemp. Unfortunately Kemp has used his position as secretary of state to try to stop tens of thousands of African…
