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Rep. Elijah Cummings Promises To Rachel Maddow That Democrats Will Check Trump
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the incoming Chairman of the House Oversight Committee vowed that Democrats are going to put a check on Donald Trump.
Daily Archives: Thu, Nov 8th, 2018
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In Pictures: Americans In All 50 States Take To The Streets To #ProtectMueller
Americans all across the country have taken to the streets to stand up, speak out, and protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
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Adam Schiff Warns Trump That He Will Be Held Accountable For Obstruction Of Justice
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) warned Trump that if he and Matt Whitaker obstruct justice they will be held accountable by Democrats.
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U.S. court case tests Special Counsel Mueller’s power, status
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Justice Department attorney on Thursday spelled out the circumstances under which Special Counsel Robert Mueller could be fired in a court case that took on new significance this week after President Donald Trump ousted his attorney general. The case, argued on Mueller’s behalf by Deputy Solicitor…
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Democrats Just Outsmarted Trump On Bill To Protect Mueller
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), the incoming chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said that Democrats might block the government funding bill unless it includes protections for Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
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Hundreds Of Thousands Take To The Streets To Protect Mueller
There is a massive nationwide protest going on as citizens are taking to the streets to demand that Congress protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
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Leaked Audio Busts Trump’s New Attorney General Claiming Russia Didn’t Interfere In The Election
Newly surfaced audio catches Trump’s interim Attorney General Matt Whitaker claiming that Russia didn’t interfere in the 2016 election. Whitaker said, “The left has tried to sew this theory that essentially Russians interfered with the U.S. election, which has been proven false. They did not have any impact in the election and that has been…
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Democrats ready to pursue aggressive Trump oversight: Pelosi
The top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives pledged a new era of congressional scrutiny over President Donald Trump on Wednesday, shrugging off White House threats of political warfare if Democrats launch investigations into his affairs.
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Republicans Are Scared In Florida As Sean Hannity Calls Recount An Illegal Democrat Plot
Trump propaganda minister Sean Hannity showed how scared the regime is in Florida when he attacked the recount as an illegal Democratic plot. Hannity said via Media Matters: I want to start in the state of Florida because it looks like the typical, predictable, Democratic tactics of whatever it takes to win might be going…
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Ex-Marine identified as suspect in mass shooting in California bar
An ex-Marine opened fire in a crowded Southern California bar popular with college students, killing 12 people including a sheriff’s deputy, police said on Thursday, in the latest U.S. mass shooting that stunned a community with a reputation for safety.
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Andrew Gillum Unconcedes As Florida Governor Race Heads For Recount
Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has walked back his concession of defeat as more ballots are left to be counted.
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Whitaker’s friendship with Trump aide reignites recusal debate
President Donald Trump’s pick for acting attorney general, Matt Whitaker, is a close friend of Trump’s 2016 election campaign co-chair, and a former government ethics chief said the friendship makes Whitaker unable to oversee impartially a politically charged investigation into the campaign.
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Kellyanne Conway’s Husband Says Trump’s Installation Of Matthew Whitaker As Acting AG Is Illegal
George Conway, the husband of Trump White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, wrote that Trump’s installation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general is both unconstitutional and illegal.
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Newly emboldened Democrats want healthcare protected – and Trump impeached: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Democrats have a clear message for party leaders who will take control of the U.S. House of Representatives next year, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national opinion poll: Protect their healthcare and impeach President Donald Trump.
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Stacey Abrams Files Lawsuit Demanding All Military And Absentee Ballots Be Counted
The Stacey Abrams campaign announced that they are filing a lawsuit today to force Brian Kemp to count all of the votes in Georgia.
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U.S. appeals court rules against Trump on DACA immigration program
By Tom Hals (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court in California ruled on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue a program begun under former President Barack Obama that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children. The decision by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court…
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Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg fractures three ribs in fall
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a prominent liberal who at 85 is the oldest U.S. Supreme Court justice, was hospitalized on Thursday after falling in her office at the court the night before, fracturing three ribs, a court spokeswoman said. Ginsburg initially went home after the fall, but experienced discomfort overnight…
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Democrats seek hearing on Trump’s ouster of Sessions
Congressional Democrats on Thursday demanded emergency hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate President Donald Trump’s ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, calling the move an effort to undermine a federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.
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International Press Freedom Organization Issues Alert About Trump After Jim Acosta Attack
International press freedom organization, Reporters Without Borders, has issued an alert about Trump press freedom after the White House revoked CNN’s Jim Acosta’s press credentials. Reporters Without Borders said in a statement provided to PoliticusUSA, “Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is shocked by the unbridled hostility President Donald Trump exhibited toward several White House correspondents during…
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein Calls Out Republican Cowards After California Nightclub Mass Shooting
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) called Republican refusal to pass gun control legislation immediately after the mass nightclub shooting in California an act of cowardice of epic proportions.
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Democrat McBath Wins the ‘Jon Ossoff’ Seat in Georgia
Gop Rep. Karen Handel from the sixth congressional district of Georgia finally conceded victory to her opponent, Democratic gun control activist Lucy McBath Thursday morning. Handel had won the seat in June of 2017 by narrowly defeating Democrat Jon Ossoff in a special election. McBath immediately received a congratulatory tweet from Nancy Pelosi. “Congratulations U.S….
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If Mueller Is Fired Democrats Will Invite Him For Televised Hearings
Top Democrats in the House are reportedly planning to invite Robert Mueller to testify on Capitol Hill in televised hearings if President Trump takes action to fire the special counsel and shut down the Russia investigation. Dems plan to bring in Mueller for televised hearings if Trump fires him: report https://t.co/HBJRIvdqwu pic.twitter.com/y2hLgn3Fpu — The Hill…
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How Republican Gerrymandering Backfired in 2018
Republicans don’t seem to realize that gerrymandering legislative districts can backfire. What looks like a reliably Republican district now may not be that way in a few years. This is especially true in suburban and exurban areas where people are constantly moving in from urban areas, and the populations are growing. Not only do populations…
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White House Correspondents Association Slams Trump
CNN’s White House correspondent Jim Acosta had his press pass revoked temporarily after Press Secretary Sarah Sanders lied and said he assaulted an intern. The move brought immediate rebuke from the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA). Acosta said he was asking President Donald Trump questions about his racist caravan ad when the president grew irritated with…
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Acting Attorney General Whitaker Led Secretive Anti-Dem Group
The Daily Beast reported Wednesday that acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker previously lead a mysterious right-wing organization that existed to issue false statements against Democrats. According to The Daily Beast Whitaker worked as executive director of the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT). Last year FACT had defended then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions for telling…
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At Least 13 Killed in California Nightclub Shooting, Including Deputy
At least thirteen people, including a sheriff’s deputy, were killed late Wednesday night in a mass shooting at a California bar and grill. The gunshots were reported around 11:20 p.m. at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, which is about 40 miles west of Los Angeles. Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Garo Kuredjian…
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Former Trump campaign manager Manafort’s ex son-in-law arrested on new criminal charges
The former son-in-law of Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of President Donald Trump’s campaign, has been arrested on charges that he engaged in financial fraud while out on bail on a prior case, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
