Day 968 of the Trump (mis) administration and we’re still standing. It appears the House has launched an impeachment inquiry against the idiot…or not, depending on who you ask. So, Community Submissions to News Views MORE
Saudi Arabia’s oil production and exports have been disrupted, said three sources familiar with the matter, after drone attacks on two Aramco plants on Saturday, including the world’s biggest oil processing facility. Source:
Roee and Adiel Kiviti, a same-sex couple from Maryland, are suing the State Department over its refusal to grant birthright citizenship to their infant daughter, Kessem, who was born via surrogacy in Canada. The fathers MORE
It appears MSNBC’s Joy Reid’s compilation of Trump’s buffoonery got under his thin skin so he took to Twitter this morning to attack her and make the same false statement that he’s a “stable genius.” MORE
The Sackler family, owners Purdue Pharma and makers of OxyContin, used a Swiss bank to transfer millions of dollars from the company to themselves. New York state’s attorney general stated in court papers filed Friday MORE
Friday the 13th is here, and it’s extra spooky because we also get treated to a full moon; well, some of us do, anyway. According to the Farmers Almanac: If you live in the Eastern MORE
A negotiating team from the Taliban arrived Friday in Russia, a representative told The Associated Press, just days after U.S. President Donald Trump declared dead a deal with the insurgent group in Afghanistan. Russian state MORE
Mayor of Prospect Park, New Jersey, Mohamed Khairullah said Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents detained him at JFK International Airport in August MORE
During last night’s Democratic debate, a few Sinclair-owned, ABC affiliates in New York and Washington, D.C ran a disturbing ad that featured Alex Ocasio-Cortez burning to death and turning into skeletons. The ad’s creator, Elizabeth MORE
A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit claiming President Donald Trump violated the U.S. Constitution by profiting from foreign and domestic officials who patronized his hotels and restaurants, adding to the corruption MORE
With a few weeks left in the fiscal year, the U.S. budget deficit widened to $1.067 trillion for the first 11 months of the fiscal year, an increase of 19% over this time last year, MORE
The U.S. Department of Justice examined using fentanyl in lethal injections as it prepared last year to resume executing condemned prisoners, a then untested use of the powerful, addictive opioid that has helped fuel a MORE
While ten, Democratic hopefuls took the stage to discuss real issues the United States and the rest of the world face, Trump went to ‘rat infested’ Baltimore to deliver a speech at the GOP’s retreat. MORE
On Twitter, Texas legislature Briscoe Cain issued a threat to candidate Beto O’Rourke using Beto’s real name: “My AR is ready for you Robert Francis.” Obviously, Beto’s comments about forcing a government buy-back on ARs, MORE
Like our first Live Discussion on the Democratic 3rd Debate, this will be our first fact check. We will post this with the subject matter, a summary of the beef, and a link to the beef. MORE
Join us for our first Live Discussion the Third Democratic Primary Debate. [lazy-load-videos-and-sticky-control id=”9gtWPb0YwHo”] The Debate begins at 7PM CT/5PM PT and will feature the following candidates: Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar New Jersey Sen. Cory MORE
After several weeks of baggings on the city non-stop and criticizing one of its Congressmen, Trump heads to Baltimore to deliver a speech at the GOP’s annual retreat. Protesters will greet Trump with a giant-sized, MORE
Viaggio Winery in Acampo, CA issued an apology after receiving backlash for denying to host a same-sex couple’s wedding. Denying services, housing, or employment based on sexual orientation or identity is illegal in California. Dezanea MORE
Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen told former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe on Thursday that his appeal against possible criminal charges against him has been rejected, according to a person familiar with the decision. The MORE
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In a direct and urgent call to address gun violence in America, the chief executives of some of the nation’s best-known companies sent a letter to Senate leaders on Thursday, urging an expansion of background checks to all firearms sales and stronger “red flag” laws. MORE
A few hours before the 3rd Democratic debate tonight in Houston, TX, the Trump campaign will launch an ad blitz countering the Democrats. Trump’s campaign has taken out two, full page ads, one in the MORE
Twelve leaders of a Southern California-based church have been arrested on charges of coercing dozens of mostly homeless people into forced labor, holding them captive and compelling them to panhandle hours a day to collect MORE
“We did our job. The Senate was supposed to come back, why don’t you all get that straight? The Senate did not come back to pass the bill.I’m getting very angry about the silliness of MORE
Nicholas Haros Jr., whose mother Frances Haros was killed in the World Trade Center at age 76, wore a black T-shirt with the words “Some people did something” as he read a list of victims’ MORE