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While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has yet to present the actual bill, he's started the legislative process and is ready to bring it to the floor by the end of June—without hearings, without public scrutiny, and without any...
by Joan McCarter
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 12:38 PM PDT
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Warriors, come out and play:
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is calling for President Trump to testify before congressional investigators about his interactions with fired FBI Director James Comey, after the former top cop testified before a Senate...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 11:56 AM PDT
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So I guess Senator McCain has read the first reviews of his performance today such as these comments from his Facebook Page:
“There is a difference between the email investigation the Russian investigation you twit. Time to hang em up old fella”—...
by bitches4Hillary
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 11:57 AM PDT
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House Speaker Paul Ryan demonstrated two things Thursday: popular vote loser Donald Trump is not fit to be president, and Ryan is not fit for his own job. While fired FBI Director James Comey was delivering his blistering testimony regarding the...
by Joan McCarter
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 11:01 AM PDT
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I know the Comey hearing is the dominate story but I wanted to take a moment and highlight this:
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, the "country’s most prominent pro-life Democrat," wants his constituents to know why that distinction doesn't bar...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 10:47 AM PDT
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This morning’s hearing was hyped so much that many (including me) worried that not only would it not live up to expectations but would fall flat. From the beginning it was compelling and remained so pretty much throughout. Even those Senators...
by dsnottselliott
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 10:13 AM PDT
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Listening to the testimony and stunned by McCain’s rambling questions. It’s unfair that Hilary’s campaign isn’t also under investigation for collusion? When all the intelligence indicates the hack was done to defeat her? Somehow her campaign...
by LDubLegal
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 09:46 AM PDT
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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) just pulled Vice President Mike Pence into the heart of the Russia investigation, asking former FBI Director James Comey whether Pence was aware of the concerns about Mike Flynn's Russia connections both prior to and during his...
by Joan McCarter
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 08:38 AM PDT
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) asked former FBI Director James Comey how he perceived popular vote loser Donald Trump’s “request about Mike Flynn,” whether he “perceived it as an order, given the setting, the position and some of the circumstances,” Comey was...
by Joan McCarter
37 comments
on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 08:14 AM PDT
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James Comey just dropped another mysterious bombshell in the Senate Intelligence hearing into his firing as FBI director by popular vote loser Donald Trump—he confirmed the veracity of the infamous "Steele dossier" by telling Chairman Richard Burr he...
by Joan McCarter
176 comments
on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 07:44 AM PDT
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Unless you live in New England, you may not be aware that a generation ago Vermont was a staunchly Republican State. Even today, exurban Vermonters tend to vote Republican, a legacy extending back to the Civil War where Vermont lost many citizen...
by Greg form Vermont
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 05:46 AM PDT
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Unfortunately, convicting Trump in the court of public opinion won't get him out of the White House, but he is now under criminal investigation, regardless … Leaking to the NYTimes, oh that Comey...
"It's fair to say a storm is coming," one...
by annieli
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 09:50 AM PDT
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Feel the Bern!
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) tore into one of President Donald Trump’s nominees on Wednesday for saying that Islam is “a deficient theology” and that Muslims “stand condemned” for rejecting Jesus Christ.
Sanders went after...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Jun 07, 2017 at 10:39 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from the Council for a Livable World in support of U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D. NM) & Jon Tester’s (D. MT) re-election campaigns:
The attacks have already begun.
Council-endorsed Senators Martin Heinrich...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Jun 07, 2017 at 08:12 PM PDT
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Comey's Testimony and Callers on Trump Impeachment, NSA 'Leaker' Reality Winner: 'BradCast' 6/7/2017 On today's BradCast, it's great to be back live at our flagship Los Angeles affiliate station, KPFK on the Pacifica Radio Network in Los Angeles after their recent fund drive. So we throw open the phones to listeners in celebration after several...
by TheBradBlog
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on Wed Jun 07, 2017 at 06:03 PM PDT
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by brooklynpaul
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on Wed Jun 07, 2017 at 05:17 PM PDT
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Here’s another big fight to get ready for:
President Donald Trump threw his weight behind a proposal to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system on Monday, and a White House adviser called the multibillion dollar effort “low-hanging...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Jun 07, 2017 at 05:06 PM PDT
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This was just incredible:
A Senate Intelligence Committee hearing Wednesday morning devolved into a heated back and forth between Democratic senators and the leaders of the NSA, FBI and Office of the Director of National Intelligence, after those...
by poopdogcomedy
15 comments
on Wed Jun 07, 2017 at 03:16 PM PDT
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Campaign Action
"Moderate" Republicans being what they are—Republicans—are going to be pretty easily bought off when it comes to Trumpcare. A handful of them—including the two in this story—have been making a lot of noise about protecting the...
by Joan McCarter
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 06:42 AM PDT
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Campaign Action
Let's count the people that the House Trumpcare bill, which Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is fast-tracking in the Senate with some changes, will screw. There's the disabled, the children, and even the people with employer-provided...
by Joan McCarter
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 06:42 AM PDT
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- Among the most interesting series of questions asked during the whole lengthy Senate Intelligence Committee hearing were questions that had little to do with Trump, or his meetings with James Comey. In fact, they were questions that Comey was clearly...40 comments 70 Recs
- Listening to the testimony and stunned by McCain’s rambling questions. It’s unfair that Hilary’s campaign isn’t also under investigation for collusion? When all the intelligence indicates the hack was done to defeat her? Somehow her campaign...388 comments 185 Recs
- The New York Health Act passed the NY assembly this year, just as it has the past two years. The NYHA would establish a single-payer universal health-care system in New York, covering all New York residents. Every New York resident would be eligible to...20 comments 80 Recs
- Nobody seems be talking about the hookers. Why not? First: At the conclusion of that briefing, I remained alone with the President-Elect to brief him on some personally sensitive aspects of the information assembled during the assessment. ...175 comments 178 Recs
- They removed the top of the Confederate Veterans Memorial statue in Forest Park in St. Louis today. Forest Part recently was named by Fodor’s Travel Magazine as one of the 15 most beautiful parks in the world: "It’s easy to spend an entire day...28 comments 25 Recs
- If there was any doubt that jails are horrific places that only serve to debase and dehumanize people, let the Milwaukee County Jail serve as a prime example. Over the last few years, there have been deaths of several inmates at the jail as well as...23 comments 74 Recs
- Journalists give McCain the benefit of a doubt cause he was a POW 40 yrs ago. Well, he is mixed up with Manafort and Russians too. His ‘But Her Emails’ at today’s Comey hearings and his total lack of follow through standing up to Trump may reflect his...20 comments 49 Recs
- From ThinkProgress: In his written testimony, released Wednesday, Comey writes that during a meeting the president the day after Flynn’s firing, Trump indirectly asked him to quash the Flynn probe, telling him, “I hope you can see your way clear...54 comments 97 Recs
- Image above found on Pinterest Link. Sekrit Life: Covfefe, And Da Purrsoot ob Happiness: Chapter 29. What is Covfefe? The Furry and Feathers define it. RULES OF ENGAGEMENT — You know how this works, but as always, a gentle...180 comments 70 Recs
- Jennifer Rubin has rarely been right about anything until drumpf took the stage, but her disgust with the Diaper Don defiling the Oval Office has her hitting all the right notes on the not so comic farce that took place in the Senate yesterday. ...56 comments 170 Recs
- Donald Trump’s Swamp Hotel. Remember Trump’s promise to drain the swamp? Well, Trump’s Swamp swells... time.com/… The potential conflicts of interest are dizzying. In the soaring atrium, guests kibitz under a massive U.S. flag—a gift on loan...31 comments 104 Recs
- And it needs to be asked about by Democrats in tomorrow’s hearing. Comey’s direct testimony can be found here (or near anywhere). It obviously has been carefully crafted and edited. Re-reading it, I realize that it very strongly suggests that...353 comments 421 Recs
Recent Diaries
- Campaign Action While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has yet to present the actual bill, he's started the legislative process and is ready to bring it to the floor by the end of June—without hearings, without public scrutiny, and without any...1 comments 4 Recs
- Three retired generals have spoken up in favor of the acceptance of transgender recruits into the military. Retired Army Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy, Army Maj. Gen. Gale Pollock, and Army Brig. Gen. Clara Adams-Ender have written a statement: ...2 comments 0 Recs
- This is going to be a short, for me at least, rant on far to many comments I have been reading about Sen. McCain’s questions during Comey’s hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. To any that were watching Sen. McCain when he was...7 comments 3 Recs
- I know we’re all focused on the Comey hearing, but there is another major political event underway. The UK snap general election is today! It’ll determine the composition of the 650 member House of Commons. Since Theresa May called the election on...9 comments 10 Recs
- “Little” Marco Rubio had himself a nice little media moment this morning with his one-liner about the President not being the target of an investigation being the only thing that hasn’t leaked. WTF? The President himself has touted that plenty...2 comments 0 Recs
- Am I the only one who wanted to reach through my phone screen and throttle Sen. McCain? I mean, wtf do Hilary Clinton's emails have to do with the hearing on Trump's campaign's ties to Russia? Why was he trying to equare a closed investigation with...4 comments 0 Recs
- Presumably exhausted from keeping Donald Trump off of Twitter during former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee, Marc Kasowitz, Trump’s personal lawyer, has released a statement insisting on exactly what you’d...16 comments 10 Recs
- Scientists at Penn State have reported a new catalytic system that can split hydrogen from water. You can read a short Penn State News release on the catalytic system here. Catalysts make chemical reactions run faster by lowering the activation...4 comments 5 Recs
- They removed the top of the Confederate Veterans Memorial statue in Forest Park in St. Louis today. Forest Part recently was named by Fodor’s Travel Magazine as one of the 15 most beautiful parks in the world: "It’s easy to spend an entire day...28 comments 25 Recs
- Battles regarding the removal of long-standing confederate monuments have been making the rounds in the South as of late. Though this debate isn’t necessarily new, recently in Louisiana, Alabama and Virginia, folks have gone to absurd lengths to...4 comments 6 Recs
- So I guess Senator McCain has read the first reviews of his performance today such as these comments from his Facebook Page: “There is a difference between the email investigation the Russian investigation you twit. Time to hang em up old fella”—...19 comments 13 Recs
- Warriors, come out and play: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is calling for President Trump to testify before congressional investigators about his interactions with fired FBI Director James Comey, after the former top cop testified before a Senate...6 comments 3 Recs
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- Who would not have predicted this? President Trump’s personal lawyer on Thursday flatly denied former FBI director James B. Comey’s assertion that Trump asked him for “loyalty” and accused Comey of improperly leaking “privileged communications”...8 comments 6 Recs
- Earlier this year, St. Louis, Missouri passed a local ordinance forbidding the discrimination against people based on their “reproductive health decisions.” Unsurprisingly, the local GOP were up in arms about St. Louis declaring itself an “abortion...2 comments 4 Recs
- In Congress, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to...1 comments 0 Recs
- Hi Daily Kos, I’m sure you know Devin Nunes. He’s the Republican chair of the House Intelligence Committee – and the member of Congress who rushed to the White House to spill the beans to Donald Trump on new information related to the...3 comments 6 Recs
- Trump’s personal attorney just told us what every single person who voted for Trump believes today, and likely from this day forward. It’s absolutely sickening watching this jackass twist all that’s happening. I don’t think Trump will suffer a...2 comments 0 Recs
- www.washingtonexaminer.com/… The Pentagon says U.S. military operations at the sprawling Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar are unaffected by the raging diplomatic firestorm in which four Arab countries have cut ties with the Qataris over the Kingdom's...17 comments 19 Recs
- Within the past 12-months, I have expressed my opinion about how can the American voter trust the word of a man who has married three times. His personal life reveals he could not maintain his marriage vows, so how can he the 45th President take the...2 comments 0 Recs
