On Tuesday evening, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin hired Hulk Hogan’s lawyers and sued the New York Times for defamation for falsely accusing her in a June 14 editorial of inciting Jared Lee Loughner to shoot Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ). The Times’ editorial was published on the day that James Hodgkinson shot House Majority Whip […]
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Burr: Senate Panel to Get Comey Memos…
The Senate Intelligence Committee has reached an agreement to receive memos written by former FBI Director James Comey detailing his interactions with President Donald Trump, Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) told POLITICO on Wednesday. It had been an open question whether Congress would get access to the memos, which several committees in both the House and […]
Lindsey Graham Asks Very Simple Question about ‘Unmasking’; Massive Evasion Effort Ensues…
For months now, Senator Lindsey Graham has been trying to get an answer to a very simple question, namely ‘if his conversations are ‘incidentally’ captured while he’s overseas talking with a foreign leader who’s being surveilled by the U.S. intelligence community and his name is subsequently unmasked, is he, as a United States citizen and/or […]
Roger Stone Has Set a Date to Testify in the House Russia Probe Behind ‘Close Doors’…
Roger Stone has scheduled July 24 as the date of his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, according to his attorney. Stone, a longstanding ally of President Trump, will appear before the panel during a closed hearing, Robert Buschel told Politico Tuesday. “We tried really hard,” he said of publicly conducting the hearing, which comes […]
Podesta Meets With House Intelligence Panel Behind Closed Doors…
The House Intelligence Committee met behind closed doors Tuesday with John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign chairman, amid complaints by President Donald Trump that the Obama administration didn’t do enough to counter Russian interference in the U.S. election. Podesta’s email account was hacked, as was the Democratic National Committee’s. Many of those emails were then […]
It’s My Party by Andrew Cockburn…
Close to a decade ago, as Barack Obama was cresting toward his first presidential victory, Jim Martin pleaded desperately for his help. Martin was a progressive Democrat running for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, and for most of the race he had been an underdog, outspent five to one. Then, a month before the vote, […]
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On Russia, a Senator’s Deception and a Timeline of Trump Frustration by Byron York…
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley’s accusation that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer lied about President Trump and the Russia investigation — that Schumer said the president was under investigation after he, Schumer, had been specifically told by the FBI that Trump was not — is shedding new light on the events that led to the president’s […]
Theater That Put on Trump Assassination Play Gets New $100,000 Grant…
The Public Theater in New York has received an additional $100,000 grant from the federal government, fresh off its controversy for staging a Julius Caesar production where a Donald Trump lookalike is assassinated. Just days after controversy over the graphic mock Trump killing began, the National Endowment for the Arts announced its newest round of […]
58 Republican Lawmakers Demand Ginsburg Recuse Herself from Trump Travel Ban Case…
A group of fifty-eight Republican congressmen sent a letter to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Monday asking that she recuse herself from the proceedings on President Donald Trump’s travel ban. The complaint stems from a series of comments Ginsburg made in July 2016 attacking then-candidate Trump. The octogenarian said Trump was a “faker” and […]
McCain Institute Refuses to Disclose Big Donations…
McCain Institute for International Leadership executives refuse to disclose how much money big donors have contributed to the nonprofit that’s named after Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group has learned. McCain was the architect of the landmark Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 — more popularly known as “McCain-Feingold” […]
Lawyers Representing Bernie Sanders Supporters Fear for Their Life…
Jared Beck is not a lawyer likely to file a frivolous motion in Federal court. He’s an honors graduate of Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review, and a Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude graduate of Harvard College. Prior to setting up his own practice with his […]
Flynn Didn’t Disclose Role in Saudi Deal with Russians…
Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn appears to have failed to report a 2015 trip to Saudi Arabia on behalf of a U.S./Russia business plan to build nuclear reactors, according to a congressional letter issued Monday requesting documents from the companies he allegedly represented. The seven-page letter — which contains the signatures of Democratic ranking […]
Rand Paul: “Federal Government Shouldn’t Be Giving Insurance Companies Any Money” (VIDEO)…
Sen. Rand Paul joins CNN’s Wolf Blitzer to discuss warrantless spying on American citizens, and his stand opposing the Senate Republicans’ health care plan. Sen. Paul is one of four GOP senators who have come out against the current form of the bill. “It is not going to win any Pullitzer prizes for reading, I’ll […]
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A Democratic Party Official Was Booted after He Allegedly Wished Scalise Dead…
A Nebraska Democratic Party official was ousted Thursday after audio recording surfaced of him making offensive remarks about U.S. Rep Steve Scalise. Phil Montag, former co-chair of the state party’s technology committee, said he wished Scalise was dead. Montag was relieved of his volunteer duties after Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb received audio recording […]
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Texan Voter Has Had Enough with ABC News…
A Donald Trump supporter in Texas has paid for a billboard attacking ABC News for its coverage of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. “I grew up with you. We are through. The Russians didn’t elect Donald Trump. I did,” the billboard reads. Local resident Kyle Courtney, who paid for the advertisement, told […]
Arkansas Bar to Decide on Potential Discipline Against Hillary Clinton…
Ty Clevenger, a New York lawyer, filed an attorney misconduct complaint last year against Mrs. Clinton in Arkansas, accusing her of dishonest behavior and lying under oath in testimony to Congress. In an email Wednesday, Michael E. Harmon, deputy director of the state bar’s office of professional conduct, told Mr. Clevenger he’s still working on […]
Georgia Vote Says More about Trump Now Than House in ’18 by Byron York…
The Georgia 6th District results don’t tell us what will happen in 2018. But they do tell us what is happening right now. In a conversation two weeks before the GA06 election, a Republican strategist involved in the fight mused on the possibility that all the money spent, all the doors knocked, all the phones […]
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Here’s the Russia Influence Controversy That John McCain Doesn’t Want You to Know About…
There was just one fact missing from his narrative: Exactly one decade earlier it was McCain’s own presidential campaign that was being roiled by concerns of possible Russian influence in his own inner circle. In fact, McCain’s drama involved the same foreign lobbyist Paul Manafort; one of the same Russian oligarchs, Oleg Deripaska; the same […]
Rob Portman Met with North Koreans Last Year in Push to Release Otto Warmbier…
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, secretly met with North Korea’s delegation to the United Nations in December in hopes of securing University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier’s release from captivity, according to a report. Portman shared the details of his discussion with the North Korean delegation in a weekly meeting with constituents on Capitol Hill on […]
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Obama’s Homeland Security Chief Says DNC Rejected Help Following Email Hacks…
The Democratic National Committee rejected help from the Department of Homeland Security following Russian hacks into its computer systems during the 2016 election cycle, according to former DHS chief Jeh Johnson. In testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, Johnson also said that the DNC, much to his “disappointment,” did not cooperate in any […]
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