Wednesday, March 6, 2019
THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION
Cohen’s Evidence
- Cohen’s 4th day of testimony could touch on Russia, finances
- The Latest: Cohen hands over documents about Moscow project
- Michael Cohen reportedly gives Congress documents showing Trump’s lawyers edited his false statement
I’ll cover this more in the Cohen section. The next part, too.
Pardon me, while I burst into flames
- Michael Cohen alleges pardon was dangled. Others say his lawyer broached the idea.
- Giuliani says lawyers have approached him seeking Trump’s pardon
- Lawyers claiming ties to Rudy Giuliani approached Michael Cohen after FBI raids; investigators looking at contacts
Security Clearances
- President pressured staff to grant security clearance to Ivanka Trump
- Trump reportedly pressured his staff to grant Ivanka and Jared Kushner their security clearances
- Trump Reportedly Granted Ivanka’s Security Clearance, Bypassing Kelly And McGahn | Rantt
- Walter Shaub: Ethics Crisis Reminder: Trump tried to help Chinese state-controlled telecomm giant ZTE after China lent money to a project in Indonesia that may benefit the Trump Organization and granted his daughter trademarks.
- Anderson Cooper Rips Ivanka Trump: ‘What Does She Actually Do?’
- The Troika Laundromat – OCCRP
- Trump plans to nominate D.C.’s U.S. attorney, Jessie Liu, for Justice Dept.’s No. 3 job
- Opinion | The completion of the Mueller report almost guarantees division
- Judge warns Roger Stone of ‘costs and consequences’ for his new book release amid gag order
- Congress to receive memo detailing each time Mueller was told “no”
COHEN, NEW YORK, AND THE OTHER LAWSUITS
- Investigators looking into lawyers’ contacts with Cohen after FBI raids
- 911corlebra777: This is a bad movie of Goodfellas, doing a bad movie of Casino, doing a bad movie of The Godfather #PlasticMafia
- Dr. Dena Grayson: Looks like Michael Cohen brought MANY more receipts than a couple of cancelled hush-money checks to his closed-door testimony before @HouseIntel.😎
- Manu Raju: NEW: Michael Cohen gives House Intel new docs showing edits by Trump attorneys to false written statement he delivered to Congress in 2017 about the Trump Organization’s pursuit of the Trump Tower Moscow project into the 2016 campaign season w/@jeremyherb. It’s unclear what the edits say but they are intended to explain Cohen’s statements last week about Sekulow and Lowell role in the prep of the 2017 statement.
- Jed Shugerman: Potentially a big deal for suborning perjury/false statement/obstruction: 1. Did Sekulow or Abbe Lowell knowingly add falsehoods to Cohen’s statement? 2. Did Trump, Ivanka, Jared or others tell Sekulow and Lowell to add lies? Atty-client privilege does not apply to crimes/frauds.
- Shimon Prokupecz: Michael Cohen has provided the House Intelligence Committee with new documents showing edits to the false written statement he delivered to Congress in 2017 about the Trump Organization’s pursuit of the Trump Tower Moscow project. @mkraju
- Pesach ‘Pace’ Lattin: Michael Cohen has provided hand written edits from Trumpco showing that he was ordered to lie to Congress. Boom. Fuckaboom.
- Eric Garland: AKA 18 U.S. Code § 1622 – SUBORNATION OF PERJURY. “Whoever procures another to commit any perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury, and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.”
- Emptywheel: So basically Trump is being investigated for witness tampering in two different USAO District, involve two separate personal lawyers, with up to four Joint Defense Agreement buddies, even ignoring Jerome Corsi and Julian Assange? Sounds corrupt. I mean, maybe if just ONE of his personal lawyers was floating pardons again, ignoring Julian Assange). But two (or, with Corsi, maybe three)? That’s … a pattern.
- Kyle Griffin: Michael Cohen just now to reporters: “The hearings went very, very well. I believe that all of the members were satisfied with the statements and responses that I gave to them.” He says he will continue to cooperate “to the fullest extent of my capabilities.”
- Tea Pain: Looks like Colludy Rudy is involved in witness tamperin’. Has Mueller got an indictment with his name on it?
- Brad Heath: After a fourth day of testimony before Congress, Michael Cohen says he “will continue to cooperate to the fullest extent of my capabilities.” Today was supposed to be the day Cohen reported to federal prison. Instead, he spent it giving Congress documents and testimony about his former boss, President Trump. Rep. Adam Schiff, the intelligence committee’s chairman, says Cohen “provided important testimony and materials relevant to the core of our probe and that will allow us to advance our investigation substantially.” He didn’t elaborate.
- Natasha Bertrand: Schiff says Michael Cohen “provided important testimony and materials relevant to the core of our probe” today during his testimony before House Intel
- Pesach ‘Pace’ Lattin: BREAKING: I have been told SDNY Federal investigators have asked @RudyGiuliani to turn over all records of his contact with Cohen, and are looking why he contacted Cohen on “behalf of Trump” to ordered him to do illegal things AFTER Cohen’s office was raided. They are also considering a Grand Jury into Rudy on this matter, I am told. if they get evidence, which they believe, may show he did in fact, try to illegally influence Cohen to not work with Feds.
Well, this got interesting.
First, the hearing. Cohen visited the House Intel Committee to drop off documents. Him and his legal team walked in with 3 suitcases. 3. 2 carryons and a bag large enough to be checked at the airport. That’s more luggage than my family took on our last vacation. According to reports, one of the things he handed over was the hand written edits to his statement to Congress. You know, the statement that got his ass thrown in jail. The edits were made by Trump’s lawyers, Jay Sekulow and Abbe Lowell.
Speaking of shady lawyers, we’re getting more on the dangling of pardons. At some point, a conversation took place between Cohen’s early legal team that wasn’t his legal team and Trump’s legal team with Colludy Rudy. The reason for the confusion is which liar do you want to believe?
According to Trump’s team, two lawyers that represented Cohen approached them and asked about Trump issuing a pardon for Cohen after his shit got raided. Two of the three said no, but Rudy said “Ask again later.”
According to Cohen’s team, two lawyers that were not representing him approached Trump’s lawyers before the raid and asked about a pardon. Two of the three said no, but Rudy said “Ask again later.”
The things the two stories have in common are that the two lawyers asked about a pardon, and Rudy said “Ask again later” while the others said no. This is where the hair will be split. And makes perfect sense. Technically, they weren’t Cohen’s lawyers, so he wasn’t committing perjury when he testified that he didn’t ask for a pardon. That would be like my wife asking my boss for the day off.
- N.Y. regulators subpoena Trump’s insurance broker as probes of his campaign, White House and businesses multiply
- Mere Days After AOC Got Cohen to Implicate Trump in Fraud, Regulators Subpoena Trump Org Insurance Broker
Undocumented Workers
- Washington Post: Trump sons employed undocumented immigrant at hunting retreat
- Second undocumented worker says he worked directly for Eric Trump: report
CONGRESS
- From /r/KeepTrack: Organized by area of inquiry: the 81 People and Organizations Targeted By the House Judiciary
- Cohen’s 4th day of testimony could touch on Russia, finances
- Hakeem Jeffries Defends House Dems: ‘We’re Not Going to Be Lectured By Mitch McConnell on Anything’
- House Democrats erupt in protests over indirect sanction of Rep. Omar for alleged anti-Semitism
- Democratic lawmaker announces plans to file impeachment resolution
- Former Trump adviser says he does not plan to cooperate with House Judiciary inquiry
- Michael Cohen is back on the Hill today for his return appearance before the House Intel Committee. Note what appear to be a good number of records he is wheeling in
- New Sheriffs in Town – This American Life
- Payments to corporation owned by Ocasio-Cortez aide come under scrutiny
- Rep Lieu Amendment to Stop Taxpayer-Funded Private Jet Travel is Adopted, Will be Included in Final HR 1 Vote
- Trump officials already stonewalling House Democratic requests
- Will House Democrats Subpoena Ivanka Trump? Judiciary Committee Member Suggests She Could Soon Face Documents Request
TRUMP THE RUSSIAN ASSET A.K.A. INDIVIDUAL-1
- Donald Trump Is an Utter Failure as President
- Donald Trump is laying the groundwork to de-legitimize the 2020 election
- Trump reportedly wants to win re-election to avoid indictments
- 60 false claims in 2 hours: Trump’s CPAC speech was by far his most-dishonest single event as president | The Star
- Most Americans think Trump committed crimes, believe him less than admitted liar Michael Cohen
- Poll: 64% think Trump committed crimes before presidency
- Something is seriously wrong with Donald Trump: Let’s stop kidding ourselves about that
- President Trump just referred to Apple’s CEO as ‘Tim Apple’
- Opinion | If Trump really attempted to ruin CNN, he deserves to be impeached
- Opinion | Otto Warmbier will haunt Trump forever
- The president just called the CEO of Apple ‘Tim Apple’
- Trump lashes out at ‘Weirdo’ Democratic donor Tom Steyer in late-night Twitter barrage
- Trump news live – President launches late-night Twitter storm as poll shows most Americans think he is a criminal
- Andrew Feinberg: BREAKING: @realDonaldTrump has signed an executive order to revoke a previous order requiring the DNI to report the number of civilians killed in US military strikes each year.
- Opinion | Trump has given North Korea a valuable bargaining chip for free
- Opinion | Trump’s proposal to enforce campus free speech will only hurt conservatives
- Josh Campbell: The President has claimed he committed no crimes, but as he sat down on multiple occasions to sign off on checks to Michael Cohen in furtherance of an apparent campaign finance violation, he HAD to have known he was breaking the law. What other new violations will we learn about?
- ‘I think you mean that, too’: Trump’s aides struggle to defend, explain his foreign policy statements
Grades
- ‘Grab that record’: How Trump’s high school transcript was hidden
- Kelly Meno: No, @realDonaldTrump. You were not “first in your class at Penn.” This is what happens when you spend years falsely accusing other people to make you feel better about your own ineptitude. I am a lifelong republican who has jumped ship for good. Disgraceful, sir. #SummaCumLiar
TRAITOR TOTS
Epstein
Proceedings begin in about 5 minutes.
julie k. brownVerified account @jkbjournalist
The Miami Herald, supported by 32 news organizations, including the NYT and Washington Post, will argue in federal court in NY on Wednesday to unseal Epstein documents. #PerversionofJusticehttps://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article226922729.html …
Service advisory: No live tweet, but I’ll give an update later.
Hearing’s over. The 2nd Circuit panel seemed quite inclined, without ruling, to unseal much of the record. “You can’t possibly be serious,” Judge Cabranes told an attorney for Maxwell, who wanted the entire record to remain sealed. Plus claims against Alan Dershowitz. More TK
Note: Those claims were the ones by Virginia Roberts Giuffre (previously reported). Dershowitz and Giuffre now want the records unsealed; only Maxwell opposes.
Another party in the mix: Mike @Cernovich, whom Giuffre’s attorney Paul Cassell described as a professional “slut-shamer” and Dershowitz “proxy” who acts as his “cat’s paw.” Cernovich also wants the documents released.
Story TK. Long story short: No ruling yet, nor probably much mystery about what the ruling will be. #Sunlight
One more thing for now: At an impromptu post-hearing press scrum, Dershowitz vehemently denied allegations that Epstein, via Maxwell, trafficked Giuffre to him.
The Miami Herald’s attorney summarized Dershowitz’s position, favoring unsealing, this way: “If you put the whole record out, his name is cleared. If you don’t, he’s smeared.” (Guiffre’s attorney Cassell denies this, but all now want docs out.)
“There is a presumption of openness with virtually every document.” – @MiamiHerald and @JKBJournalist‘s attorney, on Epstein trove. Without ruling, a three-judge panel seemed to agree. Some 167 files may see (redacted) sunlight. My story @CourthouseNews:
Note: The Second Circuit releases audio of all oral arguments on its website. Today’s hearing is not yet available, and my quick write-up gives just a flavor of the proceedings. Much more on this to come, after the ruling and sound file go live.
- Panel Signals Epstein Files Likely to See Sunlight The Second Circuit appeared inclined Wednesday to unseal an enormous tranche of documents that would shed light on the case of wealthy sex … courthousenews.com
- Thread by @KlasfeldReports: “Proceedings begin in about 5 minutes. Service advisory: No live tweet, but I’ll give an update later. Hearing’s over. The 2nd Circuit panel […]” #Sunlight
- Open the Jeffrey Epstein files. All of them.
- Appeals court appears likely to unseal potentially explosive records in Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case
- Jeffrey Epstein, Alan Dershowitz and Pals Accused of Sex Trafficking Ring
- Lincoln’s Bible: Always important to remember that Ghislaine Maxwell is the daughter of Semion Mogilevich’s former business partner, Robert Maxwell (rip). And, aside from one client, no one knows whose billions upon billions Epstein was “managing.”
- Jon Cooper: GOP Rep @MattGaetz Driving Record 6/11/00 Speeding 11/27/00 Speeding 7/13/01 Ran stop sign 7/13/01 Speeding 9/26/01 Not wearing seatbelt 11/24/01 Speeding 7/12/08 Driving unsafe car 10/30/08 DUI 10/30/08 Speeding 10/7/13 Speeding 5/8/14 Careless driving 7/7/15 No proof insurance
- Mitch McConnell Could Be Out in 2020. Good Riddance.
FIGHTING BACK
- It’s Upsetting to Me That the President Wouldn’t Care if I Got Kidnapped and Murdered by a Foreign Death Squad
- Obama warns that if the world isn’t careful, democracy could be in danger: ‘Democracy is a garden that has to be tended’
- Obama: I Based My Presidency On ‘Facts And Reason And Logic’
- Joyce Alene: It’s increasingly clear that if Trump was not the President he would have already been indicted. Either Congress does its job or it makes a mockery of the rule of law. A lot of folks want DOJ to change it’s policy & indict. We’re only having that conversation because the GOP-led Congress abdicated its oversight role for 2 years. Voters shouldn’t forget or reward that failure in 2020. Congress shouldn’t get off by passing the buck to DOJ.
- Joe Walsh: Democrats wouldn’t be investigating so much if Republicans had done their job these past two years. Democrats wouldn’t be investigating so much if Trump hadn’t given them so damn much to investigate.
- ‘The silence is deafening’: Major brands avoid Trump even as he promotes them from the White House
- Walter Shaub: After two years of Congress abdicating its constitutional oversight responsibility for overtly partisan reasons, we’ve had two months of oversight of the most corrupt POTUS in history and some pundits who breathlessly covered Benghazi ask if it’s too much. The answer is no. Next.
- Walter Shaub: From October 1996 — March 1998, Clinton White House staff spent over 55,000 hours responding to hundreds of congressional requests, producing hundreds of thousands of pages of documents and hundreds of video or audio recordings. Call me when this White House ties that record.
EMERGENCIES, SHUTDOWN & IMMIGRATION
- Democrats Plan to Grill Kirstjen Nielsen on Perjury Allegations
- Family migration, already at record levels, rocketed to new high in February
- Nielsen: I had no idea ripping kids from their parents would traumatize them
- One detained baby remains in ICE custody in Dilley, Texas
- Eric Swalwell: No child should be separated from their parents. But if you’re going to take tired, hungry children from their mothers’ arms, you better know how many you took and where they are. @DHSgov Sec. Nielsen doesn’t seem to care to know. Nothing less than her resignation would be just.
- Caroline Orr: Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen is testifying before Congress this morning, and she just twice refused to answer Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s question about whether she has independence from the White House to make decisions and policies for the nation.
- Countercheckist: To curb migrant flows, we have to assist Latin American countries in creating economic prosperity at home. Part of this is helping them stomp out govt corruption/indifference by taking the fight aggressively to the cartels/criminal gangs. Free trade helps here.
- Ricky Davila: I won’t bother speaking about Kirstjen Nielsen’s testimony because there’s no point. The crimes against humanity that the blonde Nazi oversees and smiles about should be met with nothing short of world condemnation and her behind bars. Her lies aren’t worth repeating.
- Trump administration seeks GOP support on border wall as senators confront hard choices
- Wilbur Ross broke law, violated Constitution in census decision, judge rules
- ICE Agents Have Been Tracking Protests Opposed to Trump, Deportation and the NRA
- ICE has kept tabs on ‘Anti-Trump’ protestors in New York City
- Source: Leaked Documents Show the U.S. Government Tracking Journalists and Immigration Advocates Through a Secret Database
RACISM, RIGHT WING TERRORISM, & WHITE NATIONALISM
- White Supremacist Propaganda At ‘Record-Setting’ Levels, ADL Report Finds
- White Supremacist Propaganda Efforts in U.S. Rose by 182 Percent in 2018
- Want to combat hate? Stop the hazing of Ilhan Omar and start listening.
- Warren defends Omar from threats of violence over comments on Israel
- Sanders defends Omar: Can’t equate anti-Semitism with ‘legitimate criticism’ of Israel
- Pelosi left with no good options for how to address Rep. Ilhan Omar’s controversial Israel comments
- I’m Jewish, and I Find the Hypocrisy of Republican Islamophobes Hounding Ilhan Omar Breathtaking
- Opinion | The dishonest smearing of Ilhan Omar
- Democrats clash over anti-Semitism resolution in response to Omar comments
- Democrats’ criticism of Ilhan Omar suggests little room for diversity on Israel
- Guy Who Dubbed Neo-Nazis “Very Fine People” Suddenly Concerned About Anti-Semitism
- Virginia GOP offers $1,000 reward for photo of Herring in blackface
- Figuring out what’s behind the use of blackface could depend on who you ask
- Leaked Chats Reveal White Nationalist Plot To Keep Steve King In Office
- Students at Ole Miss vote to remove Confederate statue from center of campus
- Commission says Dallas Confederate War Memorial isn’t a landmark, clearing way for removal
- Lincoln’s Bible: Exposing-The-Nazis days are hard days. As a national shame, we will never remove the stain of the violent physical and emotional trauma we’re inflicting on innocent child refugees. Innocents are caged. They are abused. They are intentionally orphaned. They are gone. #TrumpLegacy
- Scott Stedman: Criticizing the Saudi Arabian government isn’t Islamophobic. Criticizing the Israeli government isn’t anti-Semitic. We can’t stifle discussion like this. Do I have to tweet the obligatory I’m Jewish thing or will that not stop people from calling me an antisemite?
SCOTUS & COURTS
- The Senate just confirmed a judge who interned at an anti-LGBTQ group. She’ll serve for life
- McConnell preps new nuclear option to speed Trump judges
#METOO & WOMEN’S RIGHTS
- GOP senator says she was raped by superior officer while serving in military
- Sen. McSally says she was raped in the Air Force
- Long overlooked by science, pregnancy is finally getting attention it deserves
- Planned Parenthood, American Medical Association sue Trump administration over abortion ‘gag rule’
- Opinion | The 11-year-old Argentine girl is not alone. Latin America’s abortion laws are a form of torture.
- Meet the teenagers who started a feminist club at their all-boys prep school
- Michael Avenatti: Key things we learned from the R. Kelly interview: 1. R Kelly is a much better singer than he is an actor; 2. He is desperate and distraught because he knows he has been caught. 3. He thinks sexual assault of young girls in the “way way past” cannot be charged. 4. He is guilty.
- ‘I didn’t do this stuff! This is not me!’: R. Kelly explodes during first interview after his arrest
- R. Kelly blames parents for ‘selling’ daughters to him
- Renato Mariotti: Does R. Kelly really think this exonerates him?
- R. Kelly Is Back In Jail After Failing To Pay $161,663 In Child Support
- Briana Sacks: R. Kelly is back in custody for failing to pay $161,663 in child support to his ex-wife, Cooks County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. He was detained after a hearing this afternoon and will remain in jail until he pays the full delinquent amount owed, sheriff spox Sophia Ansari says. Kelly’s publicist, Darrell Johnson, told the Associated Press that the rapper came to the hearing with a promise to pay $50,000 to $60,000, but the judge refused that negotiation and ordered him to pay the full $161,633. His next court date is March 13. R. Kelly’s mugshot from Cook County Jail. To be released, he has to pay $161,663.00—the full amount he owes in child support.
- Michelle Bhasin: The photo of R. Kelly yelling at Gayle King should remind everyone that rape isn’t about sex. It is an act of violence, about power and control.
- After ‘Leaving Neverland,’ We Need to Reassess Michael Jackson
- The question everyone’s asking about the parents in ‘Leaving Neverland’
- Michael Jackson’s songs pulled from radio stations across world after doc claims
COLD WAR 2.0
- Bill Browder: Totally disingenuous. You hosted the screening of your boyfriend, Andrei Nekrasov’s anti Magnitsky film at the European Parliament in 2016 where Natalia Veselnitskaya and Magnitsky sanctioned Pavel Karpov and Andrei Pavlov attended. You can’t worm your way out of this one
- DOJ appoints ex-Mueller prosecutor Brandon Van Grack to run foreign influence unit
- North Korea rebuilds rocket launch site, in ominous signal about attitude to talks
- NSA has halted a counterterrorism program relying on phone records amid doubts about its utility
- Thailand’s star princess opens questions about the palace and its place in politics
- Opinion | China believes Canada’s Huawei case is political. Trump does nothing but confirm it.
- Huawei says it would never hand data to China’s government. Experts say it wouldn’t have a choice
- Opinion | It’s been four years since the murder of Boris Nemtsov. Russians haven’t forgotten.
#NEVERAGAIN
- Fatal shooting began with an accidental bump in city club, victim’s boyfriend says
- Shannon Watts: Article under today’s Union Leader story about male lawmakers wearing pearls to mock @MomsDemand volunteers and gun violence survivors at a legislative hearing: A woman was fatally shot by an armed stranger with a history of domestic violence. #NHpolitics
- NH GOPer On Pearl-Wearing: ‘The Anti-Gun Folks Need To Get Over Themselves’
- Shannon Watts: New Hampshire lawmaker who wore pearls while gun violence survivors tearfully testified about personal tragedies says @MomsDemand volunteers – his constituents – need to “get over themselves.” #NHPolitics
- Kaz Weida: Dear Salem, Kingston and Rockingham New Hampshire I found your representatives. They appear to have been bullying and mocking survivors of gun violence. Please collect them and take them home. Thanks.
- Postcards 4 USA: .@shannonrwatts 1st – I think I might also start wearing pearls with my @MomsDemand t-shirt 2nd – here’s contact details to shine a light on those New Hampshire elected officials (#VoteThemOut) who thought it was clever to mock #GunViolence survivors by wearing pearls #NHPolitics
- GOP Lawmakers Spark Controversy By Wearing Pearls To Gun Control Hearing
- Shannon Watts: Rep. John Burt, one of the New Hampshire lawmakers who wore a pearl necklace during testimony about gun violence yesterday: “Who does not want to protect their children? Oh yeah, some anti-gun folks do not.” #NHPolitics
- Florida school board votes to keep controversial superintendent — although Parkland parent voted against him
FIXING THE INTERNET
- Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg says he’ll reorient the company toward encryption and privacy
- Chief Covfefe: Zuck is just trying to distract from the fact he’s committed some serious crimes regarding people’s data. His “sorry” and “AI” schtick ain’t cutting it anymore. And he knows it. Don’t buy the PR crap
- Chris Vickery: Don’t fall for the myth that end-to-end encryption means a company providing the messaging service (e.g. Facebook) cannot read or store messages. Ask yourself this: How does the end user read the message? What could possibly stop the endpoint message from being captured? Nothing.
- Teen who defied anti-vax mom says she got false information from one source: Facebook
- Nancy Pelosi joins House and Senate Democrats launching new push to restore net neutrality
THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE
- FBI director: Foreign influence campaigns continue ‘virtually unabated’
- Caroline Orr: FBI Dir. Christopher Wray said Tues. that foreign influence campaigns pitting Americans against each other on social media are continuing “virtually unabated.” He also noted an uptick in “blended” attacks (nation-states partnering w/ cyber criminal gangs)
- Russia mocks Trump as a ‘clown’ for failure in North Korea
- Caroline Orr: Russian state TV is mercilessly mocking Trump for his failed North Korea summit. The saddest part is that Russia’s take on the summit is more accurate than the take offered by the White House and its propaganda arm over at Fox News.
- Russia passes law to jail people for 15 days for ‘disrespecting’ government
- Julia Davis: #Russia’s parliament has approved a controversial law that allows courts to jail people for online “disrespect” of government or state officials, including the president, Vladimir Putin.
- Caroline Orr: NEW: Russia’s parliament has approved a controversial new law that allows courts to jail people for online “disrespect” of government or state officials, including president Vladimir Putin, as well as Russia’s official state symbols and constitution.
- Democratic National Committee rejects Fox News for debates, citing New Yorker article
- Democrats won’t let Fox News host primary debates, citing ‘inappropriate’ relationship with Trump
- DNC Says It Will Exclude Fox News From Televising 2020 Debates
- Republicans launch propaganda sites designed to look like local news outlets
- Former Fox News Analyst Says Network Forbid Conservatives From Criticizing Trump, Sarah Palin
WHITE HOUSE CHAOS
TRADE WAR, HEALTH CARE, AND ECONOMY
- Bill Raising Federal Minimum Wage To $15 Heads To U.S. House Floor
- Billionaire dies during Paris penis enlargement operation
- From $22 an hour to $11: GM job cuts in Ohio show a hot economy is still leaving parts of America behind
- How Kylie Jenner became the youngest billionaire in the world
- Opinion | Trump’s economic hoaxes just collided with reality
- So Far, Donald Trump’s Trade War Is an Utter Failure
- There’s Only One Surviving Blockbuster Left on Planet Earth
- Trump promised to shrink the trade deficit. Instead it exploded.
- Trump Sets Record with Highest Trade Deficit Ever
- US Trade Gap Surges by $100 Billion Under Trump Trade Policies
GOP: THE PARTY OF LINCOLN IS DEAD
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
- DOJ appoints ex-Mueller prosecutor Brandon Van Grack to run foreign influence unit
- ‘Something is drastically wrong’: After 21 horses die, storied California track shuts down racing
- JPMorgan to stop financing private prisons and detention centers
- LAPD hosts NFL players for externship program, hopes to recruit more to police force
- Six people were convicted of a murder they didn’t even remember. Now a county owes them $28 million.
- Two sisters committed ‘the perfect murder,’ police say. A bizarre love triangle exposed the truth.
- Former Rep. Aaron Schock Has Made A Deal With Federal Prosecutors
PRIESTS & RELIGION
- ‘Archaic’ blasphemous libel law repealed in Parliament
- Texas judge disciplined after claiming God told him defendant was innocent
- The latest Lent challenge for churches: Give up plastic
- Opinion | This Lent, don’t give Catholic bishops a dime
ENVIRONMENT & SCIENCE
- ‘Everyone here is family’: School mourns three young children killed in Alabama tornadoes
- ‘It was everything we had. But all of it is replaceable’: Alabama tornado survivors reckon with ‘Armageddon’
- If America can find $716bn for the military, it can fund the Green New Deal
- In biggest advance for depression in years, FDA approves novel treatment for hardest cases
- Long overlooked by science, pregnancy is finally getting attention it deserves
- Spiders in South America cause ‘surprising amount of death,’ study says
- The 20th atmospheric river of the season is set to drench California, again
- Teen who defied anti-vax mom says she got false information from one source: Facebook
- New York poised to raise purchase age for tobacco products, e-cigarettes to 21
- Volvo’s plan to keep drivers safe: Limiting the top speed of its cars.
ELECTIONS
- Total Of Four North Carolina Workers In Election Fraud Scheme Now Arrested
- Hillary Clinton’s claims about voter suppression in Georgia and Wisconsin
- McConnell won’t allow vote on election reform bill
THINKING AHEAD
- Donald Trump is laying the groundwork to de-legitimize the 2020 election
- Democratic National Committee rejects Fox News for debates, citing New Yorker article
- Democrats won’t let Fox News host primary debates, citing ‘inappropriate’ relationship with Trump
- DNC Says It Will Exclude Fox News From Televising 2020 Debates
- Will Mark Cuban run for president? ‘We’ll see what happens,’ he says.
- 2020 Dems back legal marijuana in political sea change
- Biden nabs big-name Latino operative in latest sign he’s running
- How Little Known Andrew Yang May End Up on the 2020 Debate Stage by Gaming the System
- Opinion | More candidates should have Jay Inslee’s problem
- Opinion | The 2020 race is off to a bleak start
- The Trailer: Democrats aren’t worried about ‘electability.’ Why not?
- Caroline Orr: Tulsi Gabbard voted down a measure to protect Muslims in India, voted for a bill to stop Syrian & Iraqi refugees from coming to the US, and blames extremism in Syria on Islamic theology — while discounting years of brutal civil war, displacement, & dire socioeconomic conditions.
- Caroline Orr: Tulsi Gabbard is using footage of Assad’s bombing of Syria and claiming that it actually shows the US engaged in a “regime change war” in Syria. She’s literally trying to turn Assad into the victim of his own war crimes. This is beyond reprehensible.
PROGRESS IS PROGRESS
IN OTHER NEWS…
- ‘Jeopardy’ host Alex Trebek has stage 4 pancreatic cancer, but vows, ‘I’m going to fight this’
- Alex Trebek diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer
What is some shitty fucking news? I’ll take “Thing to Ruin Your Day” for $400, Alex.
- ‘Humanity is doomed’: People keep throwing cheese on babies’ faces for social media likes
- Starbucks’s Cloud Macchiato is like a cozy, coffee-flavored bubble bath
- The first full trailer for ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 just dropped. We have some questions.
RUMOR MILL
- Scott Stedman: John Brennan on MSNBC: I believe Mueller will drop final indictments the same day he hands in his report.
- Ming: Ming sense panic. PS it was Volodin that transferred RUS secrets to #MingCo. He no longer useful to us. #basementtime
- Louise Mensch: There is too much focus on Donald corruptly granting @JaredKushner @ivankaKushner security clearances, and not nearly enough why Gen. Kelly removed their temporary clearances. Ask the right question. *Why* couldn’t Beijing Barbie get her clearance?
- 911corlebra777: Could it be they appeared in incidental SIGINT collection, I wonder 🙂
That’s it for Wednesday. I’m not sure how much I’ll get done this weekend. We’ve got plans to do things, so I might take a couple days off. Or at least take it easy.
Paul Manafort gets sentenced on Thursday. I look forward to him dying in prison of old age. I’d prefer he died a little quicker, maybe with a chemical shot in the arm at 12:01 AM, but old age will do.
Thank you, and have a good one.
“Without Journalists, it’s just propaganda.”
– Katy Tur
None of this is Normal 
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