Free Chat Friday, Week 5
“In a room wherepeople unanimously maintaina conspiracy of silence,one word of truthsounds like a pistol shot.” ― Czesław Miłosz “That’s just the way: a person does a low-down thing, and then he don’t want to take no MORE
“In a room wherepeople unanimously maintaina conspiracy of silence,one word of truthsounds like a pistol shot.” ― Czesław Miłosz “That’s just the way: a person does a low-down thing, and then he don’t want to take no MORE
We may be witnessing the end of the United States presidency as we know it. It doesn’t come in large, destructive gestures, like the demolition of the White House. Instead, we most often see it MORE
DATELINE: CLEARWATER, Florida, Smile Design Dentistry According to an arrest report, Bruce G.Clark, 66, sent his sister to his dentist’s office on Jan. 5 to pick up a pair of dentures that had been made MORE
DATELINE BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. (KFVS 12) -The Blytheville Police Department was called to a Blytheville Vision Care about a customer who shot himself. From responding Deputy Matthew Richardson’s police report: “Upon arrival at Dr. Johnson’s office, MORE
” The presiding officer declines to read the question as submitted.” -Chief Justice John Roberts Once again, the ‘esteemed’ Senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul, tried but failed to out the whistleblower. After Chief Justice Roberts’ MORE
The House passed two measures Thursday to restrain President Trump’s ability to target Iran militarily, as lawmakers continue to insist that the administration consult them before taking action that could lead toward war. The first, MORE
Daily Beast: “I don’t know who this man is.” -Donald J. Trump New audio obtained by The Daily Beast appears to show former Rudy Giuliani associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman attending an April 2018 MORE
Join News Views for a Live Discussion on the Senate Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump. The Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump adjourned late Wednesday night with Republicans appearing focused on bringing the proceedings to MORE
The White House is set to hold a press briefing Thursday morning on the administration’s work addressing the opioid epidemic. White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, National Drug Control Policy Director Jim Carroll and Assistant Secretary MORE
Lev Parnas, indicted Rudy Giuliani associate, implicated Lindsey Graham in the Ukraine plot on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” saying that the Senator was “in the loop.” Parnas’ attorney Joseph Bondy released letters Wednesday signed by a Ukraine-born MORE
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions tweeted his loyalty to Trump on Wednesday by criticizing former national security advisor John Bolton for tattling on his boss. Trump also broke his silence on Bolton on Wednesday, calling MORE
The White House and Senate Republicans worked aggressively on Wednesday to discount damaging revelations from John R. Bolton and line up the votes to block new witnesses from testifying in President Trump’s impeachment trial, in MORE
***The video explains the year long Associated Press investigation into the conviction of Myon Burrell . Both the NAACP and BLM call for Amy Klobuchar to suspend her presidential campaign. During a presidential debate, Amy Klobuchar MORE
A representative of ACC Liverpool, the venue owner, issued the following statement. “Over the past few days we have been made aware of a number of statements which we consider to be incompatible with our MORE
Newly installed panels from the US border wall fell over in high winds Wednesday, landing on trees on the Mexican side of the border. The area is part of an ongoing construction project to improve existing MORE
The thousands of people who descended upon the Jersey Shore town for President Donald Trump’s ‘Keep America Great’ rally at the Wildwoods Convention Center left behind a sea of trash in the parking lot — MORE
“Members, officers, and employees posting deep fakes or other audio-visual distortions intended to mislead the public may be in violation of the Code of Official Conduct. Prior to disseminating any image, video or audio file MORE
After Trump attacked John Bolton on Twitter, CNN has reported the White House has issued “a formal threat to former national security adviser John Bolton to keep him from publishing his book, “The Room Where It Happened: MORE
On Wednesday, Trump took to Twitter to attack “his former national security adviser John Bolton, whose explosive allegation in the Ukraine scandal has opened the door for GOP support of potential witnesses in Trump’s impeachment trial.” MORE
Join News Views for a Live Discussion on the Senate Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump. U.S. senators will get the first opportunity to ask questions of President Donald Trump’s attorneys and House managers on Wednesday after both sides MORE
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) told Morning Joe on Wednesday morning that he believes Hunter Biden would be a relevant witness in the impeachment trial, adding that he believes it would be an opportunity to clear MORE
The State Department has denied press credentials to an NPR reporter for an upcoming trip to Europe with Mike Pompeo, and NPR officials are seeking clarification regarding this trip and future trips. NPR President and MORE
***Oh boy:** As the global death toll from an alarming new coronavirus surged this week, promoters of the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory were urging their fans to ward off the illness by purchasing and drinking dangerous bleach. MORE
The Pentagon now says 50 American military service members suffered traumatic brain injuries following Iran’s Jan. 8 missile attack on a base in western Iraq that was housing the U.S. military personnel. Initially the Pentagon said there were no injuries in MORE
WSJ: *McConnell Made Remarks in Private Senate GOP Meeting* The reports of Mr. Bolton’s account unsettled Republican senators and bolstered the odds of a successful vote to hear further witness testimony. Several on-the-fence Republican senators MORE