11/04/2019 – News Views

Seth Meyers: A closer look

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Trump Lies and Stonewalls as Impeachment Inquiry Ramps Up: A Closer Look.

Boris Johnson accused of cover-up over report on Russian meddling in UK politics

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Boris Johnson was on Monday night accused of presiding over a cover-up after it emerged that No 10 refused to clear the publication of a potentially incendiary report examining Russian infiltration in British politics, including the MORE

Giuliani goon Lev Parnas ready to cooperate with impeachment inquiry

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“We are willing to comply with the subpoena to the extent that it does not violate any appropriate privilege that Mr. Parnas may properly invoke,” said Joseph A. Bondy, who along with Edward B. MacMahon, MORE

RNC paid thousands to blast Democratic House members’ phone lines whining about impeachment

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The Republican National Committee paid to generate thousands of calls to the congressional offices of nearly three dozen House Democrats in recent weeks, an effort that was aimed at both shaping opinion around the impeachment inquiry and MORE

US formal withdrawal from Paris Accord issued today

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The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement. The withdrawal will be complete this time next year, after a one-year waiting period has elapsed… MORE

White Supremacist Arrested In Plot To Blow Up Colorado Temple Emanuel

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A known white supremacist named Richard Holzer has been arrested in a plot to blow up Temple Emanuel in Pueblo, according to newly unsealed federal court documents. An undercover FBI employee made contact with Holzer MORE

PSA: 2019 Election

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No, that’s not a typo. Voters in Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia will take to the polls on November 5, 2019 to vote for their state’s governor, legislature, initiatives, mayors, etc. What are MORE

Trump welcomes the 2019 World Series Champions: The Washington Nationals

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Trump will welcome the 2019 MLB Champs, the Washington Nationals. Pitcher Sean Doolittle will not join his teammates because he supportS immigrants and the LGBTQ community and won’t go to the White House because of MORE

Trump Trails Biden but Leads Warren in Battleground States on Year from Election Day 2020

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Signs that the president’s advantage in the Electoral College has persisted or even increased since 2016. Despite low national approval ratings and the specter of impeachment, President Trump remains highly competitive in the battleground states MORE

House Committees release first round of transcripts

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The Republicans got their wish. On Monday, the three committees leading Democrats’ impeachment probe have released the first transcripts of closed-door interviews as part of their inquiry into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. The MORE

Warren’s Medicare for All attacked, parodied by Republicans, Democrats and ‘SNL’

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Elizabeth Warren’s $20.5 trillion “Medicare For All” plan was attacked over the weekend by Republicans, fellow Democrats, and “Saturday Night Live.” The proposal, released on Friday, calls for cuts in defense spending and passing immigration MORE

Federal Appeals Court orders Trump’s taxes turned over to NY grand jury

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UPDATE: “The decision of the Second Circuit will be taken to the Supreme Court. The issue raised in this case go to the heart of our Republic. The constitutional issues are significant,” Jay Sekulow, counsel MORE

Oklahoma to release 400 inmates

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Oklahoma will release more than 400 inmates after a state panel approved what they say is the largest single-day mass commutation in U.S. history. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board unanimously approved the commutations Friday, MORE

Pelosi Writes Letter Outlining 8 Stalled Bills on McConnell’s Desk

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) released a letter to her congressional colleagues on Saturday outlining a list of House-passed bills that currently await action in the GOP-controlled Senate. Why it matters: The letter acts as a MORE

Wealthy Americans Will Receive Billions in Tax Cuts if Obamacare Overturned

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While a federal court in New Orleans is expected to rule any day on a lower court’s decision to overturn Obamacare, an analysis released on Monday from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has MORE

Milwaukee man has acid thrown in face, ‘Go back to your country!’

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A man has been arrested after allegedly throwing acid in the face of a US citizen, who says his attacker told him to “go back to (his) country.” Milwaukee police say they arrested a 61-year-old man in MORE

Liveblog - Impeachment Updates: 11-04-19

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All four White House officials scheduled to testify before the House today will not attend. They include the following: National Security Council lawyers John Eisenberg and Michael Ellis Robert Blair, assistant to the president and MORE

Trump’s GOP Gasbags Think We’re Idiots

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For the past four weeks, I’ve been monitoring the evolving defenses put forth by President Trump’s allies. They began with flat-out denials of wrongdoing that didn’t survive casual brushes with scrutiny. Some of Trump’s defenders then tried to MORE

Actress and climate change activist Jane Fonda gets arrested – every week

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Fonda has already been arrested on the last four Fridays and she says she is ready to be arrested “again and again” at least until mid-January, because after that, she is due in Hollywood to MORE