The wife of Senator Bernie Sanders is being investigated for allegedly defrauding a bank when she was head of Burlington College. Her husband is slamming the charges as being politically motivated. Federal investigators are conducting interviews regarding Jane Sanders, who was the president of Burlington College from 2004 to 2011. It is alleged that she […]
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Pruitt’s EPA Axes Half of Key Scientific Review Panel…
Scott Pruitt’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has abruptly dismissed as many as half the members of a key scientific review board, and is seeking to replace them with representatives of the very industries the agency is tasked with policing. “Today, I was Trumped,” wrote Robert Richardson, an environmental economist at Michigan State University and former […]
House Oversight Panel to Investigate Iran Deal…
Citing a POLITICO investigation, Republican leaders of the House oversight committee said Friday they have launched a sweeping investigation into whether the Obama administration, in trying to win support for a nuclear deal and prisoner swap with Tehran last year, undermined an ambitious U.S. counterproliferation effort to thwart Iranian weapons trafficking networks…
NYT: Yeah, You Should Be Skeptical About the Comey Letter Costing Hillary the Election…
The pollsters said that the letter by FBI Director James Comey probably did not tilt the election, and now we have The New York Times’ Nate Cohn throwing more cold water on the notion that the document was a decisive factor in the 2016 election. The October 28 letter informed Congress that the FBI would […]
Feinstein: We Have Zero Evidence of Russian Collusion During 2016 Campaign…
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, said that there is no definitive proof of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian intelligence. Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee have also said they don’t expect to find any evidence of collusion. Now, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), a member of the […]
Kushner Family Offers Wealthy Chinese Investors the Chance to Buy Their Way into the U.S….
The Kushner family told a group of 100 wealthy Chinese investors Saturday that they could secure immigration visas to the U.S. with an investment of half a million dollars, several media outlets revealed. Speaking in Beijing, Nicole Kushner Meyer, sister of senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, encouraged wealthy Chinese investors to invest at least […]
The Resistance Changes Its Attack from “Russian Puppet” to “Trump Is Crazy” – Which Works Best?…
I’m watching this week as the so-called “Resistance” movement changes their attack on Trump from “Russian Puppet” to “Trump is crazy.” This has the look of a coordinated change. Watch how often you will see “Trump is crazy” articles and commentary in the coming weeks as the Opposition Media tests this new line of attack…
Former Obama Techies Will Fund Startups to Help Dems…
A group of technologists who worked under President Obama have formed an organization—Higher Ground Labs—to fund and mentor early-stage startups focused on politics. The goal is to help make the type of tech tools found in national political campaigns available off-season to left-leaning candidates in local and state elections, co-founder Betsy Hoover told Recode…
Wasserman Schultz IT Guy Threatened Kidnappings for Cash, Court Docs Say…
A former congressional information technology (IT) aide allegedly threatened to have his stepmother’s Pakistani relatives kidnapped if she talked to U.S. law enforcement authorities, according to court documents obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation’s (TheDCNF) Investigative Group. “Imran Awan threatened that he is very powerful and if I ever call the police again…
Congress Refers Hillary’s Private Server Company to DOJ for Prosecution…
Last September we were among the first to note that Hillary’s “Oh Shit Guy” (a.k.a Paul Combetta), who was responsible for wiping her private server clean with BleachBit despite acknowledging he was aware of a Congressional subpoena demanding the preservation of all records, was looking like he would be the ‘fall guy’ to take the […]
HEALTHCARE BILL PASSES HOUSE 217 – 213…HEADS TO SENATE…
It wasn’t pretty, but Republicans have finally secured enough votes to pass the American Health Care Act. In a vote of 217-to-213, the House has voted to repeal and replace Obamacare. No Democrats were on board. The legislation passed despite moderate Republicans’ concerns over protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions. Rep. Fred Upton’s (R-MI) amendment […]
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Hillary Clinton Shouldn’t Be Writing a Book–She Should Be Drafting a Long Apology to America…
Hey, Hillary Clinton, shut the f— up and go away already. I voted for Clinton on Nov. 8 and thought she’d be a good president. But she lost. And she still wants us to feel bad about that. And, worse, she’s still blaming everyone else. On Tuesday at the Women for Women conference, she reminded […]
Pro-Clinton Probe of 2016 Reveals That, Yes, Democrats Have a ‘Wall Street Problem’…
Underscoring previous assessments that the Democratic establishment, including the party’s 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, has “a Wall Street problem,” new polling and focus group data shows that Democrats are perceived as woefully out of touch when it comes to the economy. The pro-Clinton super PAC Priorities USA surveyed 801 voters who backed former President…
Hillary Clinton: “I Was On The Way To Winning Until Comey And ‘Russian’ WikiLeaks”…
Speaking during an interview on CNN, losing presidential candidate Hillary Clinton explained why she thinks she lost the election. “I was on the way to winning before Jim Comey’s letter and ‘Russian’ Wikileaks… scared off late voters.” So to be clear – until the head of the FBI admitted to the world that many of […]
Nancy Pelosi Feels the Bern, Faces Pro-Sanders Primary Challenger…
More than any other Democrat currently holding elected office, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi embodies how out of touch Democratic Party leadership is with voters. Under Pelosi, Democrats lost more than 60 seats in the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2016, and her tenure represents just how corrupt the party has become.
NYT Chides Obama Ever So Gently for Betraying His Own Words…
The editorial board of The New York Times published a piece Monday under the headline, “The Cost of Barack Obama’s Speech.” The piece discusses the $400,000 price tag on the former president’s scheduled speaking engagement on Wall Street. Beginning with a quote by Obama himself on how fundraising disconnected him from the people he began […]
DNC Lawyers Argue DNC Has Right to Pick Candidates in Back Rooms…
On April 28 the transcript was released from the most recent hearing at a federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on the lawsuit filed on behalf of Bernie Sanders supporters against the Democratic National Committee and former DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz for rigging the Democratic primaries for Hillary Clinton. Throughout the hearing, lawyers representing […]
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FBI Court Filing Reveals Grand Jury Targeted Hillary Clinton…
The T-Room here: So, if the FBI secured subpoena’s via a Grand Jury, then were they ever presented with charges or did Comey short circuit said opportunity when he held his infamous press conference? You’ll recall, Comey laid out the case against Hillary Clinton but stated no prosecutor would file charges for reckless behavior. Why […]
The DCCC Did an Autopsy of 2016 Election But You Don’t Get to Read It…
Why won’t the DCCC release its autopsy report? Good news: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has prepared a thorough autopsy report about its flaws. Bad news: You can’t read it. According to Politico, the report is the long-awaited result of Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney’s investigation into the DCCC’s weaknesses, which were evident in the disaster […]
Obama the Hamiltonian by Matt Stoller…
When former President Barack Obama decided to take $400,000 from a Wall Street investment bank for the first paid speech of his post-presidential career, he accelerated an important debate within the political establishment. As a policy leader, Obama’s Presidency was largely defined by the financial crisis. The government’s response, organized first by Bush and then […]
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