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Manafort gets 7 years, bids for Trump pardon
Manafort gets 7 years, bids for Trump pardon: Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, got a second prison sentence this week.
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Trump Budget Relies on Up to $1.2 Trillion in Potentially Phantom Revenues
President Trump’s budget blueprint for the next decade relies on up to $1.2 trillion in revenue that might not materialize. The budget assumes the government will collect as much as that amount between 2020 and 2029 from taxes the administration opposes or from scheduled tax increases that are likely to draw strong business opposition. The $1.2 trillion estimate comes from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, an independent bipartisan nonprofit.
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It's Not Socialism; It's What the People Want
"Socialism," snarled Donald Trump at a recent pep rally of far-right Republicans. And the obedient crowd of faithful Trumpistas snarled back in unison: "So-shull-izz-ummm!" And there you have the entire intellectual content of the GOP's 2020 re-election strategy under Generalissimo Trump—slap Democrats silly with a scurrilous campaign branding them as Lenin-Trotsky-Stalin reincarnate.
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Here’s Every Defense of the Electoral College — and Why They’re All Wrong
Most of the arguments for preserving our insane system are morally odious, unsubstantiated, and/or factually incorrect.
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Nihilist in Chief
The banal, evil, all-destructive reign of Mitch McConnell
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Mueller concludes Russia-Trump probe with no new indictments
Special counsel Robert Mueller closed his long and contentious Russia investigation with no new charges Friday, ending the probe that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump’s presidency but launching a fresh wave of political battles over the still-confidential findings. The report’s details remained a mystery, accessible to only a handful of Justice Department officials while Attorney General William Barr prepared to release the “principal conclusions” soon.
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Trump's son-in-law Kushner cooperating with U.S. House probe: source
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is cooperating with a wide-ranging probe by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee into Trump and possible obstruction of justice and abuse of power, a person knowledgeable about the matter said on Friday.
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Jared Kushner Used WhatsApp for White House Business
NOTHING MUCH HAPPENED this week except, oh yeah, special counsel Robert Mueller filed his report on Friday night. Though attorney general William Barr now has the report in hand, the American people will still have to wait to see how much of it he decides to make public. In anticipation of the report, Mueller expert Garrett Graff laid out what information it could contain that would get Trump impeached.
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Christians who support Trump are morally and spiritually superior, Pastor Robert Jeffress tells Fox News
A prominent evangelical pastor of a Texas megachurch, who is also a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, on Sunday said Christian followers of Trump have “deeper convictions” than other devotees. Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Dallas Church, appeared on Fox & Friends earlier today to discuss a new poll which found a decrease in the number of people who call themselves Evangelicals and what it means for the future of America.
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Michael Avenatti's alleged co-conspirator is reportedly Jussie Smollett lawyer Mark Geragos
The Michael Avenatti Nike extortion saga just got even stranger. Prosecutors on Monday indicted Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' former lawyer, for allegedly trying to extort $20 million from Nike, saying he and a co-conspirator threatened to release damaging information about the company unless they were paid millions of dollars. While prosecutors didn't name the co-conspirator, who was not charged, The Wall Street Journal reports that it is celebrity attorney Mark Geragos.
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Monica Lewinsky has some choice words about the differences between the Mueller and Starr reports
Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr wasted no time sharing his report on former President Bill Clinton with America
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Donald Trump’s wind power comments amount to “malicious ignorance,” scientist says
President Donald Trump has raised eyebrows for once again arguing that wind turbines are a poor source of electricity, stating people would have to turn off their TVs because "the wind isn’t blowing." During a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Thursday, Trump told supporters: "If Hillary got in…you'd be doing wind."
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Andrew Yang is running for president in 2020. Here's everything we know about the candidate and how he stacks up against the competition.
Based on a recurring series of national surveys we conduct, we can figure out who the other candidates competing in Andrew Yang's lane are, and who the broader opponents are within the party. Yang is a more recent addition to our surveys and at this time has an insufficient sample size for which to draw conclusions.
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Subpoena for Mueller Report and Documents Approved by House Judiciary Committee
The House Judiciary Committee, on a party-line vote, authorized its chairman to subpoena the Justice Department for the full Mueller report and all underlying evidence.
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House panel approves bill reinstating net neutrality rules
House Democrats advanced their flagship net neutrality bill on Wednesday, clearing the final hurdle before a floor vote next week. The House Energy and Commerce Committee in a 30-22 party-line vote approved the Save the Internet Act, which would reinstate the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Obama-era regulations requiring internet service providers to treat all web traffic equally. The Democrats beat back more than a dozen attempts from Republicans to gut the bill with amendments throughout the bill's markup that lasted 9 1/2 hours.
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Senate Republicans can’t explain why they keep blocking a resolution calling for the release of the Mueller report
Senate Republicans say they want “transparency” around the Mueller report — but they keep rejecting a measure that would actually offer it. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Thursday, once again, blocked a resolution pushing for the public release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. It’s the fifth time Republicans have rejected Democratic efforts to consider the resolution — even as multiple news reports this week questioned how comprehensive Attorney General Bill Barr’s summary of the full report was.
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Steve Bannon caught admitting Breitbart lost 90% of advertising revenue due to boycott
Steve Bannon has been caught claiming an activist-led advertising boycott of Breitbart decimated the company’s revenues. In footage reportedly shot in London last summer during a dinner with far-right European nationalists, Mr Bannon said Breitbart was in “tough financial shape” after seeing advertising revenues plummet "90 per cent".
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John Kerry: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez shown 'more leadership in one day' than Trump in 'his lifetime' on climate change
Former Secretary of State John Kerry blasted Republicans and President Donald Trump during congressional testimony on Tuesday, saying that freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had shown more leadership than the president has in his life when it comes to the issue of climate change.
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White House Considers Restricting Remittances to Mexico to Stop Illegal Migration
The White House is considering a plan to curb payments sent to Mexico and Central American countries in order to stem a surge of illegal aliens pouring into the United States. A senior administration official told reporters on April 10 the plan would restrict remittances from the United States in order to discourage migrants.
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Trump administration sabotages major conservation effort, defying Congress
Scientists and officials around the US have told the Guardian that the Trump administration has withdrawn funding for a large, successful conservation program – in direct contradiction of instructions from Congress. Unique in scale and ambition, the program comprises 22 research centers that tackle big-picture issues affecting huge swaths of the US, such as climate change, flooding and species extinction. They are known as Landscape Conservation Cooperatives – or were, because 16 of them are now on indefinite hiatus or have dissolved.
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