After days of silence, the federal judge overseeing Michael Flynn’s criminal case made his first public move since the Justice Department announced its controversial request to drop the prosecution.
Continue reading “It Doesn’t Sound Like Flynn’s Judge Is Done With His Case Just Yet”
Karl Manke, a barber in Owosso, Michigan, has not been shy about his defiance of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) stay-at-home order.
House Democrats proposed a measure Tuesday that would block a Trump administration push to diminish the political power of immigrant communities. The measure was part of a sprawling coronavirus response bill that the House could vote on later this week.
Continue reading “House Dems Target Trump’s Effort To Tilt The Playing Field For White GOP Voters”
The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee voted Tuesday to allow for “maximum flexibility” when it comes to conducting the August nominating convention in Milwaukee.
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Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell is doing his part to create an “Obamagate,” and has reportedly taken a key step towards building out a cast of characters for the fabricated scandal.
Continue reading “Reports: Grenell Declassifies Names Of Obama Officials On Flynn Case”
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Tuesday that Vice President Mike Pence is temporarily separating himself from President Donald Trump after Pence’s press secretary, Katie Miller, tested positive for COVID-19 last week.
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Senator Rand Paul said a short while ago that all the public health interventions New York City ended up taking probably didn’t make any difference in the outcome of the epidemic – a completely ignorant statement that flies in the face of over 150 years of modern public health work more and arguably thousands of years of human history. He harnesses the facts of public health to the shibboleths of his libertarian ideology: “A lot of what happens with the virus is independent of what government does.”
Whenever Paul says nonsensical stuff like this I’m reminded that he either could not or would not get board certified in his area of medical specialty – ophthalmology – and instead created his own mail order professional certification organization to accredit himself. He’s the story, from a decade ago.
The Supreme Court will hear two cases today that could dramatically broaden the President’s immunity to any form of investigative oversight, be it criminal or congressional.
Follow along with oral arguments below.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) on Tuesday picked apart boasts from the Trump administration about COVID-19 testing capacity in the United States, saying that it was “nothing to celebrate” and that early mistakes were partially responsible for thousands of deaths.
Continue reading “‘Nothing To Celebrate’: Romney Slams Trump Admin’s Boasts About COVID Testing”
While hearing a major case Tuesday on Congress’ ability to subpoena President Trump’s financial records, several justices on the Supreme Court zeroed in on the question of whether the U.S. House believed it had any limits on its power to issue legislative subpoenas.
