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Politics
‘Only the best people:’ Another Trump sycophant sentenced to prison
Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., the congressman who was once the first to stand up and endorse then-candidate Trump during the 2016 election, was sentenced to two years and two months in federal prison on Friday. MORE
Health
Trump administration announces changes to Michelle Obama’s school lunch program on her birthday
In another punitive and petty move that targets the Obamas, Michelle Obama specifically, the Trump administration announced it will “roll back school nutrition standards championed by her, an effort long sought by food manufacturers and MORE
Sports
Trump’s visit with the LSU football team: “They’re trying to impeach the son of a bitch.”
Trump met with the LSU football team on Friday at the White House. Besides going off about the Stock Market and clicking off his usual rally rhetoric, he told the team they had good president MORE
Middle-East
U.S. soldiers did sustain injuries in Iran missile attack despite Trump’s false claims
The day after the missile strikes, President Donald Trump said that no American or Iraqi lives were lost because of precautions that had been taken, the dispersal of forces “and an early warning system that MORE
Impeachment
Trump’s hot shot, impeachment legal team
Trump’s legal team will include former Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr, the former independent counsel who led the Whitewater investigation into President Bill Clinton, according to a person familiar with the MORE
News
More than 8 in 10 black Americans believe Trump is a racist; they’re deeply pessimistic about the country under him
Remember when a handful of tokens of African-Americans claimed that black people were leaving the Democratic Party because of freedom or some other non-existent reason and they really, really, deep down inside support Trump ? MORE
News
Federal prosecutors to investigate James Comey…again
Federal prosecutors in Washington are investigating a years-old leak of classified information about a Russian intelligence document, and they appear to be focusing on whether the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey illegally provided details MORE
Newscasts
Rachel Maddow’s interview with Lev Parnas Part 2: “I think he’s like a cult leader”
A follow-up to a current News Views article: “I don’t think Trump is like organized crime, I think he’s like a cult leader. There are a lot of Republicans that would go against him. … MORE
Politics
AZ Senator Martha McSally attacks CNN reporter: “You’re a liberal hack”
Rather than answer a question about the pending impeachment trial of President Trump, Republican Sen. Martha McSally repeatedly on Thursday called a CNN reporter a “liberal hack” — an exchange that a McSally staffer taped MORE
News
Fourteen states and two cities sue to block Trump administration from cutting off food stamp benefits
A coalition of 14 states along with Washington, D.C., and New York City sued Thursday to block the Trump administration from cutting off food stamp benefits from nearly 700,000 unemployed people, the first of three MORE
News
Trump’s ‘Right to Pray’ Executive Order and his comments on Lev Parnas
There is no change to existing law or regulations, but the White House says it wants to empower students and teachers to exercise their rights. In other words, more pandering to his Fundie base. The MORE
Live Discussions
Watch Live-Senate Swearing in of Chief Justice Roberts
The Senate Impeachment trial of Trump begins.
Breaking News
Shocking! The Trump administration broke the law by withholding aid to Ukraine
KTLA: The Government Accountability Office says the Trump administration broke the law when it withheld US security aid to Ukraine last year that had been appropriated by Congress — an issue at the center of the impeachment MORE
Newscasts
Rachel Maddow’s interview with Lev Parnas
Indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas was interviewed by Rachel Maddow Wednesday. During the interview, Parnas describes his relationship with Rudy Giuliani, White House officials, and other individuals tied to the Ukraine scheme. “President Trump knew MORE
Impeachment
Live Stream: House votes on impeachment managers, sending articles to Senate
The House of Representatives will host ten minutes of public debate on the impeachment resolution, followed by a vote to send the articles to the Senate.
Live Discussions
Another Live Discussion: Trump Participates in a Signing Ceremony of an Agreement Between the U.S. and China
Trump Participates in a Signing Ceremony of an Agreement Between the U.S. and China
Civil Rights
Tennessee bill would allow private adoption agencies to deny LGBTQ couples
“This bill simply protects children to be placed in homes that agree with their stated religious and moral convictions,” said Republican Senator Paul Rose. News Channel 5: The Tennessee State Senate voted to pass a MORE
News
Michael Flynn asks judge to withdraw his guilty plea
“The prosecution seeks to rewrite history and send Mr. Flynn to prison,” his lawyers wrote. CNN: Former national security adviser Michael Flynn, whom federal prosecutors recently said should go to jail for lying to the FBI in MORE
Impeachment
Watch Nancy Pelosi announce Trump impeachment managers
Live Discussion: Watch Nancy Pelosi announce Trump impeachment managers.
Asia
The entire Russian Government resigns after Putin carves out new power base
During his annual state-of-the-nation speech, Putin suggested changing the constitution to hand the State Duma, the lower house of Parliament, the power to choose Russia’s prime minister and other key positions. Following his speech, Russia’s MORE
Blog
PSA: We dance on your grave, 5 O’Clock Charlie
During the last few months, News Views experienced a serial down voter that Jaye and I referred to as 5 o’clock Charlie. He nailed each one of us 3x, sometimes more if he had help, MORE
News
Fact Checking the Seventh Democratic Primary Debate
Below is the condensed version of some claims the candidates made in Tuesday’s Seventh Democratic Primary Debate. First off, here is the latest, average of Democratic Iowa Caucus polling: And…the National Average: Bernie Sanders: Claim: MORE
Live Discussions
Seventh Democratic Primary Debate
Join News Views for a Live Discussion on the Seventh Democratic Presidential Primary Debate. We will not have a Live Streaming video because…it’s on CNN. You will need to put your tele on CNN or MORE
News
Florida woman arrested for allegedly making a bomb inside local Walmart
Thirty-seven year old Emily Stallard of Tampa, Florida will appear before a judge on Tuesday after police arrested her for allegedly making a bomb inside of a Walmart. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said a MORE