Lucie Gikovich, a longtime friend and former member of California Governor Jerry Brown’s staff, repeatedly lobbied his office on behalf of a group of oil and gas companies that won major concessions from the governor on important state legislation, according to a report released today by a New York-based non-profit organization. Gikovich’s decades-long friendship with […]
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DNC Chair Tom Perez Goes to War with State Parties…
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez launched an attack on his own party’s state organizations Saturday with a long and angry email over the future of the party’s most valuable asset — its voter data file. Just days before an important Tuesday meeting in D.C. on the future of the data operation, Perez sharply criticized […]
Ten Years Ago, @AlGore Predicted the North Polar Ice Cap Would Be Gone by Now, It’s Still Here…
On December 14, 2008, former presidential candidate Al Gore predicted the North Polar Ice Cap would be completely ice free in five years. As reported on WUWT, Gore made the prediction to a German TV audience at the COP15 Climate Conference: Al warned them that “the entire North ‘polarized’ cap will disappear in 5 years.” […]
MSNBC Uses 2011 Video to Claim Trump Administration Denies Water to Illegal Aliens…
MSNBC used footage from the Obama administration to claim that the Trump administration has denied water to illegal aliens. Host Joy Reid, who appeared to have lied about being hacked earlier this year, used footage from YouTube that dated back to 2011 during her Dec. 15 show. “One of the issues was dehydration. We’re going […]
Payoffs to Mistresses as In-Kind Contributions? It’s an Open Question…
Kevin, if I can butt into your exchange with Rich for a moment (since you raise a question that he and I batted around in The McCarthy Report podcast this week), the question of whether the Trump/Cohen transactions are campaign expenditures as a matter of law has not been addressed, much less settled. The Southern […]
Meet The Board Of The Fusion GPS-Linked Group Investigating Trump…
Days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, a nonprofit organization opened up shop in Washington, D.C., to continue a private investigation into the president’s possible ties to Russia. Only a few details of the group, the Democracy Integrity Project, have trickled out over the nearly two years since its founding. The organization’s founder, a former Senate Intelligence […]
Senate Won’t Consider Reinstating Former Broward Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes…
The Florida Senate has declined to consider reinstating former Broward County elections head Brenda Snipes, paving the way for an ally of Republican Gov. Rick Scott to fill the remainder of her term, according to a memo on Thursday from Senate President Bill Galvano. Snipes had announced she would resign her post on Jan. 4, […]
Bernie Sanders Backers Battle DNC in 11th Circuit…
A group of Bernie Sanders supporters faced off against the Democratic National Committee before an 11th Circuit panel Tuesday, fighting to resurrect their claims that the committee shafted them by favoring Hillary Clinton over Sanders in the 2016 presidential primary. The Sanders supporters urged the Atlanta-based federal appeals court, which held hearings in Miami on […]
LA Democratic Party Office Shuts Down. Seven Party Top Officials Fired…
Less than a month after its chairman resigned in the wake of sexual harassment allegations, the California Democratic Party has again been roiled by internal strife — this time, the abrupt firing of seven of the party’s top officials and the shuttering of its Los Angeles office by the acting chairwoman, Alexandra Gallardo-Rooker. Those fired […]
House Passes $867B Farm Bill…
The House on Wednesday passed an $867 billion farm bill to help those in the agricultural industry, sending the legislation to President Trump for a signature. The measure easily passed the lower chamber by a 369-47 vote after overwhelmingly passing the Senate the previous day, capping off months of negotiations. The legislation expands farm subsidies […]
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Senate Votes to Overturn Trump Donor Disclosure Rule…
The Senate passed legislation Wednesday to reverse a Trump administration policy limiting donor disclosure requirements for political nonprofits in a rare rebuke to the White House. In a 50-49 vote, the Senate approved a resolution from Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) that would block the recent Treasury Department change to IRS forms […]
Circling the Swamp? The Five U.S. Counties with Highest Household Incomes Surround Washington D.C….
The five counties in the U.S. with the highest median household incomes are surrounding the Washington, D.C., metro area. The 2013-2017 American Community Survey found in its report released Thursday that the five-year estimates shows Loudoun County, Va.; Fairfax County, Va.; Howard County, Md.; Falls Church City, Va.; and Arlington County, Va., are the top […]
Judge Orders Stormy Daniels to Pay Trump $293,052 for Lawyers in Defamation Suit…
A federal judge has ordered porn star Stormy Daniels pay President Trump nearly $300,000 in attorneys’ fees and dismissed her defamation case. Central District of California District Court Judge S. James Otero on Tuesday cleared Trump and instructed Daniels to pay him $293,052.33 in attorneys’ fees and other costs he ensued during the legal matter. […]
A College Kid Running for 13th Ward Alderman Gets a Lesson in the Chicago Way…
The history of the little guy being squashed by massive Chicago political clout at election time is just too long to print without weeping. But the story for today is so amazing that some Chicago election officials have never seen the like. “No one can remember anything approaching this,” said an election official. Really? It’s […]
Senators Press for Expanded Probe of FEMA Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico Relief Efforts…
Senators Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal, Bernie Sanders, and Dick Durbin last week sent a letter to John Kelly, acting inspector general (IG) of the Department of Homeland Security, asking him to expand the ongoing investigation into the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) contracting in Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Puerto Rico. The senators asked the […]
Clintons Resort to Groupon After Speaking Tour Fails to Draw Crowds…
Bill and Hillary Clinton, who just can’t seem to exit stage-left, have resorted to selling tickets for their 13-city speaking tour on Groupon for nearly 60% off after failing to attract crowds at full price – or any price. What’s worse, their Groupon deal is for a May 4, 2019 appearance in the liberal stronghold […]
What a Whackadoodle: Dems Have Hard Time Connecting to Voters Because They Know So Much…
Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, on Tuesday told a conference that she heard one of the reasons that her party has a difficult time connecting with voters is because Democrats know so much, and have a tendency of appealing to voters’ minds instead of their hearts. Hirono made the comment at a conference in Washington, D.C. […]
Pelosi Says No to Support for Border Wall Funding in Exchange for DACA Solution (VIDEO)…
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) took questions from reporters about spending negotiations as well as the legislative priorities for the 116th Congress. On spending, the Democratic leader dismissed the idea of Democrats agreeing to more funding for a wall along the Southern border in exchange for a permanent solution for undocumented children brought to […]
Wisconsin Republicans Pass Legislation to Reduce Powers of Governor, Attorney General…
Republicans in Wisconsin passed legislation on Dec. 5 that will weaken the power of the governor and attorney general while strengthening the Republican-controlled legislature. The move comes nearly a month after Gov.-elect Tony Evers, a Democrat, narrowly beat Republican Gov. Scott Walker. The attorney general-elect, Josh Kaul, is also a Democrat. He beat challenger Brad […]
Emails of Top NRCC Officials Stolen in Major 2018 Hack…
The House GOP campaign arm suffered a major hack during the 2018 election, exposing thousands of sensitive emails to an outside intruder, according to three senior party officials. The email accounts of four senior aides at the National Republican Congressional Committee were surveilled for several months, the party officials said. The intrusion was detected in […]
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