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Congress returns from vacation, loaded legislative plate

09/08/2019 Ms. G 34

Congress convenes Monday with a hefty legislative to-do list, facing limited time and potential partisan land mines MORE

Trump says he canceled secret Camp David meeting with Taliban leaders

09/08/2019 Rachel Kennedy 108

President Donald Trump said Saturday that Taliban leaders were to travel to the US for secret peace talks this weekend but that the meeting has been canceled and he’s called off peace talks with the MORE

Officials blast NOAA for Backing Trump Over Science

09/08/2019 Rachel Kennedy 43

Former top officials of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are assailing the agency for undermining its weather forecasters as it defends President Donald Trump’s statement MORE

Military Base Loses Funding for New School to Trump’s Border Wall

09/06/2019 Community 137

For almost two decades, families at Fort Campbell, the sprawling Army base along the Kentucky-Tennessee border, have borne the brunt of the country’s war efforts as a steady clip of troops with the 101st Airborne Division and from Special Operations units deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. MORE

Mike Pence “Shat On The Carpet” in Ireland

09/06/2019 Community 48

Mike Pence’s praise of Brexit leader Boris Johnson caused humiliation to Ireland according to members of the Irish press. Beginning with complicated travel plans due to the stay at the Trump hotel far away from the meetings, his outright praise of the British prime minister MORE

Trump Administration hoarding billions in disaster relief funds

09/06/2019 Community 27

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is sitting on tens of billions of dollars in unspent recovery money meant to help Americans recover from disasters, leaving people less able to rebound from the effects of Hurricane MORE

Boris Johnson’s Brother Quits U.K. Government Amid Brexit Chaos

09/05/2019 CrazyEyes 89

Jo Johnson, 47, Conservative MP for Orpington and the minister of state for universities and science, made the announcement on Twitter. “It’s been an honour to represent Orpington for 9 years & to serve as MORE

The Pentagon Wants More Control Over the News. What Could Go Wrong?

09/05/2019 Rachel Kennedy 84

If there’s a worse idea than the Pentagon becoming Editor-in-Chief of America, I can’t remember it. But we’re getting there. From Bloomberg over Labor Day weekend: Fake news and social media posts are such a threat to MORE

Moscow Mitch very upset he’s called, Moscow Mitch

09/03/2019 Ms. G 66

In an interview with Hugh Hewitt (Salem Radio), Moscow Mitch expressed his anger and disappointment with his political opponents for calling him, Moscow Mitch. He said the insults are “over the top” and meant to MORE

Trump allies aim to raise $2 million to investigate reporters, editors: Axios

09/03/2019 Community 52

President Trump’s political allies are hoping to raise at least $2 million ahead of the 2020 election to investigate members of major media outlets including The New York Times and The Washington Post, according to an Axios report. MORE

Pence defends decision to stay at Trump property in Ireland

09/03/2019 Rachel Kennedy 56

DOONBEG, Ireland (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence’s staff is defending his decision to stay at one of President Donald Trump’s properties while in Ireland amid criticism by Democrats that he’s enriching Trump at taxpayers’ MORE

Labor Day: 125 Years Old, thank a union

09/02/2019 Ms. G 57

Some fun facts about Labor Day, which is a 125 years old today. From the Department of Labor: Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated MORE

Yiddish, With Faces This Time

08/31/2019 forkless 44

In support of the use of more colorful speech, here’s a handy guide to useful terms from one of America’s favorite dialects. To make it easy to remember, each word is keyed to a representative public figure. You can even make up your own! MORE

Trump Tweets National Intelligence Data Normally Not Shared with Even Allies

08/31/2019 Community 39

President Donald Trump claimed Friday that the US had nothing to do with the explosion of an Iranian rocket Thursday, tweeting a photo of such high resolution that it prompted questions about whether the President had publicly released classified imagery. MORE

How Veterans Affairs failed to stop a pathologist who misdiagnosed 3,000 cases

08/30/2019 Community 4

NOTE: This is a rather long article and a few paragraphs cannot do it justice. Please read through the entire article to get the complete story. This was the moment they would finally learn why MORE

Trump smears companies being crippled by his tariff wars

08/30/2019 Community 56

Hair Hitler again attempts to shift the blame for his trade policies and minimize the size of his tariffs and their effect on US industry. In a mid-morning tweet, the president argued that the real MORE

Trump’s new campaign video: Swinging bull cajones and fascist dog whistles

08/30/2019 Ms. G 27

What appears as a typical Trump maneuver, retweet something praising himself for all the bigly things he’s accomplished since taking office, takes a subtle twist at the end–a retweet of a White Supremacist logo used MORE

GOP exodus under Trump

08/29/2019 Ms. G 62

Although still popular with his base, the GOP has lost 93 House seats out 241 or more than 38% since Trump took office. “Beneath the surface there is deep discomfort in the party under Trump MORE

Allies of British prime minister resign amid outrage over Parliament suspension

08/29/2019 CrazyEyes 145

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced defections from senior allies Thursday as a backlash built and opponents planned legal challenges to his decision to suspend Parliament to push his Brexit plans. The resignation of Ruth MORE

Russia Says Donald Trump Has the Right to Try to Buy Greenland

08/28/2019 CrazyEyes 70

Russia has said President Donald Trump has the right to put an offer on Denmark’s semi-autonomous territory of Greenland. Reports earlier this month of Trump’s desire to buy the world’s largest island, which lies between MORE

Biden Edges Higher

08/27/2019 Community 52

Former Veep Joe Biden increased his lead by 2 points over his nearest competition according to a Morning Consult survey. He now has support of 33% of voters according to a poll of over 5,000 voters with a margin of error of 1%. MORE

FEC loses power to police elections after vice chairman resigns

08/27/2019 Community 17

The federal agency charged with policing violations of campaign finance laws just lost its power to enforce those laws as the country heads into the 2020 elections. The Federal Election Commission will have just three MORE

Where the Democratic candidates stand in the polls

08/26/2019 Ms. G 52

Monmouth University Polling Institute released a new poll showing Bernie Sanders (20%), Joe Biden (19%), and Elizabeth Warren (20%) in a virtual three-way tie. In June Monmouth showed Biden up 32% compared to Warren at MORE

Tom Cotton: The U.S. should buy Greenland

08/26/2019 Community 150

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) called Monday for the United States to buy Greenland from Denmark, citing the potential economic benefits in purchasing the mineral-rich Arctic island territory. MORE

LIVE: President Trump Participates in a Joint Press Conference with the President of France

08/26/2019 Community 102

Presidents Trump and Macron will be making a joint statement from the G7 at Biarritz, France. MORE