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Ginsburg Watch
As Chief Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been facing numerous health issues, she made a public appearance Monday morning at the court for a brief session. She stepped up to the bench unassisted, and was MORE
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Impeachment
Audience applauds, GOP microphone turned off at end of Yovanovitch hearing
Applause from the audience broke out at the end of Marie Yovanovitch’s testimony today in the impeachment inquiry. As Adam Schiff gaveled the meeting closed, Republican representative Mike Conaway (TX) was repeatedly asking to be MORE
Impeachment
Russian spies likely intercepted Sondland’s cell phone call with Trump
The day after a “perfect” phone call between Trump and Ukraine President Zelensky, Gordon Sondland was observed and overheard in a restaurant making a cell phone call to Trump to discuss “the investigations,” according to MORE
Opinion
Colin Kaepernick is about to get what he deserves: a chance
The end is near in the three-year-old saga of Colin Kaepernick and the NFL, and it’s about time. After Kaepernick attends a bizarre combine-style workout Saturday in Atlanta in front of representatives from many NFL teams, he MORE
Impeachment
Trump Moves to Dismiss Kupperman Lawsuit
Trump lawyers filed a motion on Thursday to dismiss Charles Kupperman’s lawsuit. Kupperman is seeking guidance from the court on whether he is compelled to testify under subpoena, or abide by White House orders to MORE
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Bill Clinton Advises Trump: Ignore Impeachment, Do Your Job
Former President Bill Clinton had words of advice on Thursday for Trump during a phone interview with CNN. “My message would be, look, you got hired to do a job,” Clinton said during a phone MORE
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Matt Bevin Concedes Kentucky Governor’s Race
Kentucky’s outgoing governor Matt Bevin has conceded defeat on Thursday, to the Democrat Andy Beshear. A recanvass showed Bevin trailed by 5,136 votes. The Republican Bevin told reporters that the recanvass effort did not significantly MORE
Impeachment
Ukraine Minister Says Sondland Did Not Link Aid to Biden
Today Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Vadym Prystaiko, said that Ambassador Gordon Sondland did not specifically link military aid to the investigation of Joe and Hunter Biden. “Ambassador Sondland did not tell us, and certainly did not MORE
2020 Elections
Hillary Clinton Says She Faces Pressure to Run in 2020 Election
Hillary Clinton said she faces “enormous pressure from many, many, many people” to run in the 2020 presidential election, but that she has no intentions to do so. Her remarks were made during a radio MORE
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Erdogan Plays Anti-Kurd Propaganda on i-Pad in Oval Office Meeting
The Oval Office meeting between Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Trump, along with five Republican senators, turned tense when Erdogan pulled out his iPad to play a propaganda video that depicted the Kurds as MORE
Impeachment
Watch GOP Counsel’s Outlandish Questioning of Kent and Taylor
The Republican’s counsel Steve Castor appeared to suggest that the Trump administrations interactions with Ukraine could have been more “outlandish” than they were. Taylor laughed, but then conceded that it was not. See PBS
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One-in-a-Million Rare 3-Antlered Deer In Michigan
An amateur photographer in Marquette, Michigan, spotted and photographed a 3-antlered deer, a rare sighting. Steve Lindbergh, a former state Rep, gave up firearm hunting for photographing wildlife, saying he’d rather shoot deer with a MORE
2020 Elections
New Ads Show Trump Voters Saying They Made a Mistake
A left-leaning Super Pac named American Bridge has sunk $50 million into an ad campaign that features Trump supporters with regrets. The focus will be on rural working-class voters in the swing states of Michigan, MORE
2020 Elections
Why Biden is Crushing It Nationally, But Slipping in Iowa and NH
… alternate realities are playing out in real time — reflected in Biden’s solid standing atop national polls versus his middling performance in Iowa and New Hampshire surveys on the other. The disparity is at MORE
Immigration
DACA Hits the Supreme Court on Tuesday
The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments over DACA on Tuesday. The controversy over Obama’s protections for Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals is expected to have a ruling by next summer, just before the 2020 elections. MORE
Impeachment
Transcript Reveals How Adam Schiff Gave Matt Gaetz the Boot
One of the transcripts released Friday captures how one of Trump’s soldiers attempted to crash the deposition party at the Capitol basement. As Fiona Hill’s testimony is beginning, Adam Schiff notices a face in the MORE
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Founders Brewing Reopening in Detroit, Donating Profits After Racial Discrimination
Founders Brewing of Grand Rapids, Michigan, is reopening their Detroit taproom and donating 100% of its profits there for the next three years. The decision follows a controversial racial discrimination suit that forced the taproom MORE
Entertainment
Trump Jr. on The View
Don Jr. showed up on “The View” today and defended his father’s hurtful and controversial claims to Meghan McCain, daughter of the late Sen. John McCain. When asked whether he “felt good” about the pain MORE
Politics
Experts Say Trump Identifying Whistleblower Not Legally Prohibited
According to four former top federal government officials in intelligence and national security, it would not be a federal crime if Trump were to reveal the identity of the whistleblower. “If Trump thinks he knows MORE
Editorials
What Trump Actually Hears When He Gets Booed
A bit over four years ago, I was with Donald Trump when, perhaps for the first time, he was publicly booed in the context of the presidency. Given the catcalls he received last Sunday at MORE
Politics
How a Gun-Control Group Helped Flip Virginia Blue
A $2.5 million spending spree by the gun-control organization Everytown For Gun Safety targeted three seats in Virginia with contributions, mailings and digital ads. The group is affiliated with former New York City mayor and MORE
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Roger Stone Leaves First Day of Trial Early Complaining of Food Poisoning
As jury selection and swearing in was proceeding in day one of Roger Stone’s trial in a federal court in Washington, Stone’s defense attorney told Judge Amy Berman in a sidebar that his client was MORE
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Woman Who Gave Trump the Finger Wins Election in Virginia
Juli Briskman, the woman who gave Trump’s motorcade the middle finger in 2017, has won a seat on a county board in Virginia. She defeated an 8-year Republican incumbent to win a seat with the MORE
Wingnut Watch
Don Jr. Says Dad Warned Him to Tone Down His Tweets
Don Jr. told the hosts of Fox and Friends this morning that his father had warned him several times to cool down his social media rhetoric, that it was “getting a little hot.” “You know, MORE
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Leaked tape: ABC News killed an interview with an accuser of Jeffrey Epstein
News of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes was prematurely quashed by ABC News network executives, according to reporter Amy Robach in a video released by Project Veritas, a right-wing activist group. In the video, news anchor MORE