Monday, June 10 and Tuesday, June 11, 2019
THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION
- Trump administration buckles and agrees to give Congress key Mueller evidence
- The House begins to tell the story of Trump’s criminality
- The House just voted to hold Attorney General William Barr and former White House Counsel Don McGahn in civil contempt
- Georgia congressman refuses to read Mueller report because he no longer trusts investigations
- House votes to take Trump officials to court to make them hand over Mueller evidence
- Justice Dept. Agrees to Turn Over Key Mueller Evidence to House
- MSNBC host presses GOP lawmaker on why he didn’t read Mueller report
- Mueller Report Is ‘Sufficient To Obtain A Guilty Verdict’ On Donald Trump, Law Professor Tells Congress
- Ex-Fed Prosecutor Joyce Vance Testifies to House About Trump’s Alleged Crimes
- Former U.S. Attorney Tells Congress Trump Committed ‘Multiple Crimes’
CONGRESS
- Justin Amash leaves the conservative Freedom Caucus
- Holding William Barr and Don McGahn in Contempt Must Be Just the Beginning
- House Contempt Vote Against The Attorney General: What You Need To Know
- Poll: 74 percent of Americans say former Trump officials should obey congressional subpoenas
- Republican senator says studying Watergate is ‘a total waste of time’ because it happened before his birth
- Watergate Figure John Dean Testifies On Monday And Trump Is Already Freaking Out
- Are Calls For Impeachment Being Replaced With ‘Lock Him Up?’ Two prominent Democrats backed Nancy Pelosi’s recent remarks about the president committing crimes
- Impeachment Fever: The Freedom Caucus Reaps What It Has Sown — Far-Right House Members Spent Years Trying to Impeach Obama Appointees. Suddenly They’re Concerned With Civility.
- Impeachment Isn’t an Easy Shortcut. It’s the Hard, Necessary Thing to Do.
- Cummings Schedules Vote to Hold Barr and Ross In Contempt for Blocking Census Investigation
- House Votes To Enforce Its Subpoena Authority In Court
- Jon Stewart excoriates lawmakers for skipping hearing on 9/11 victims fund
- Jon Stewart Goes Off On Congress During 9/11 Hearing
- Jon Stewart just reminded us how outrage is supposed to work
- Jon Stewart lashes out at hearing on 9/11 responders bill: “You should be ashamed of yourselves”
- Jon Stewart tears into Congress over 9/11 first responders: Why is this so damn hard?
COHEN, NEW YORK, AND THE OTHER LAWSUITS
- Company part-owned by Jared Kushner got $90m from unknown offshore investors since 2017
- ‘Corruption in Plain Sight’: Jared Kushner Firm Took in $90 Million From Unnamed Foreign Entities Since 2017
- Kushner’s Company Received $90M From Anonymous Foreign Investors, Says Report
TRUMP THE RUSSIAN ASSET A.K.A. INDIVIDUAL-1
- Trump is the enemy of the American people
- Trump reportedly ordered aides to bury an internal poll showing him losing Michigan and Pennsylvania
- Trump Says He’s No Nixon Because ‘He Left. I Don’t Leave.’
- Trump’s Nixon-like poll numbers on impeachment
- Trump Appeals Ruling Over Congressional Subpoena. His Brief Is a Disaster.
TRAITOR TOTS
McConnell and Chao
- Chao created special path for McConnell’s favored projects
- Chao Paved Way For Husband To Get Funds For Special KY Projects Before 2020
- Elaine Chao and Mitch McConnell’s potential conflict of interest, explained
- McConnell dismisses report that his wife, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, steered funds to Kentucky
- McConnell Is Blocking Any Plan to Prevent Russian Election Attack in 2020
- McConnell Stands In The Way Of Bipartisan Election-Security Safeguards
- McConnell’s Wife Gave Him a Special Reelection Present: $78 Million in Federal Funding
- Mitch McConnell Has a Vested Interest in Blocking Election Security Efforts
- Mitch McConnell is Making the 2020 Election Open Season for Hackers
- Mitch McConnell Poses a Threat to Democracy
- US ‘now a full-fledged banana republic’ after Mitch McConnell wife $78m grants revelation
FIGHTING BACK
- Bryan Cranston slams Trump’s ‘demagoguery’ at the Tony Awards
- David Letterman Says Trump Is Now “Psychotic” and a “Soulless Bastard”
- Juan Williams: Cloud of illegitimacy hangs over Trump
- Protesters want to fly ‘Baby Trump’ balloon during the president’s Fourth of July address in Washington
EMERGENCIES, SHUTDOWN & IMMIGRATION
- Mexican ambassador to US all but admits no specific deal made with Trump to buy more American agricultural products
- Mexico denies Trump’s claim of secret concessions in deal
- The GoFundMe Border Wall Blocked Access To A Monument. It’s Been Ordered To Keep A Gate Open Indefinitely.
- Trump Administration to Hold Migrant Children at Base That Served as WWII Japanese Internment Camp
- Trump’s Mexico tariff deal is fake news. Mexico has been enforcing U.S. immigration policy for years.
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection says photos of travelers into and out of the country were recently taken in a data breach
RACISM, RIGHT WING TERRORISM, & WHITE NATIONALISM
- Anti-LGBTQ Christian hate group cheers as Trump administration shuts down HIV cure research
- InfoWars Agrees to Pay Pepe the Frog Creator $15,000 in Copyright Settlement
- The FBI Admits Black Lives Matter Was Never a Threat. It’s White People You Should Be Worried About
- Trump foe and CNN journalist Jim Acosta received FBI protection after death threats
SCOTUS & COURTS
- Kavanaugh defender Amy Chua’s daughter gets Supreme Court job with Kavanaugh
- Umm, What’s the Deal with Brett Kavanaugh’s New Law Clerk Hire?
#METOO & WOMEN’S RIGHTS
- 187 companies, including Bloomberg, Tinder, and Ben & Jerry’s, teamed up to slam abortion restrictions sweeping southern states
- Alabama law still protects rapists’ parental rights while abortion banned for victims
- Being Denied an Abortion Changes a Woman’s Health in These Ways
- Clarence Thomas makes it clear: The right is coming for birth control next
COLD WAR 2.0
- Ocasio-Cortez Suggests ‘Powerful People Trying to Bribe’ Trump Into Iran War
- Trump and Macron’s symbolic friendship tree ‘has died’
- Trump says Kim has ‘kept his word’ hours after Bolton said he hasn’t
- British Politician Boris Johnson Hung Up on Donald Trump’s Call Because He Thought It Was a Prank
#NEVERAGAIN
THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE
- Fox News’ Shep Smith tells viewers ‘everyone in America’ should read Mueller report
- Fox News Stars Begin Pushing Rumors About Joe Biden’s Health
- Google rewards reputable reporting, not left-wing politics. Our statistical study revealed no evidence of ideological bias in the search engine’s news tab
- President Trump has made 10,796 false or misleading claims over 869 days
WHITE HOUSE CHAOS
TRADE WAR, HEALTH CARE, AND ECONOMY
- Drop in heart disease deaths linked to ACA’s Medicaid expansion, study says
- Foxconn: Apple Has Capacity to Make All US-Bound iPhones Outside of China if Needed
- Medicare for All Is Coming… Because Even the “Insured” Are Not Safe in This For-Profit System
- Trump Falsely Claims He Has Wiped Out 150% Of China’s Economy
- Kamala Harris claims Trump’s tariffs cost $1.4 billion per month. That’s Mostly True
GOP: THE PARTY OF LINCOLN IS DEAD
PRIESTS & RELIGION
ENVIRONMENT & SCIENCE
- Join our National Call Out to Protect Scientific Integrity
- UMBC’s Sarah Stellwagen first in world to sequence genes for spider glue – UMBC NEWS
- White House blocks testimony by retired Cal Poly professor on dangers of climate change
- How to make biodegradable ‘plastic’ from cactus juice
ELECTIONS
- Voter Suppression Is the Expressed Policy of Virtually Every Republican Officeholder – Texas is the latest example of how, rather than reach out to new voters, the GOP simply uses the power of the state to lock those voters out of the political process.
- Rev. William Barber: Racist Gerrymandering Created a GOP Stronghold in the South. We Must Fight Back
- The Koch Brothers Want to Prevent Future AOCs
THINKING AHEAD
- Bernie Sanders turns the tables on Trump over ‘democratic socialism’: The 2020 contender says the president and his “fellow oligarchs” actually “love corporate socialism.”
- Democratic primary: Joe Biden’s record favors rich special interests
- Democrats hope some presidential candidates drop out — and run for Senate
- Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg are gaining in Iowa poll
- Elizabeth Warren is proving her doubters wrong
- Elizabeth Warren Is Winning Over Left-Wing Hearts In Iowa
- Elizabeth Warren wins Broward Young Democrats presidential straw poll — far ahead of Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders
- Obama Veterans: Joe Biden’s Pledge to Work With GOP Is Delusional
- Tulsi Gabbard’s Campaign Is Being Boosted by Putin Apologists
PROGRESS IS PROGRESS
- Nevada becomes first state to ban pre-employment marijuana tests
- New law bans most Nevada employers from testing prospective hires for marijuana
PRIDE
- Embassies worldwide are defying Trump & flying the Pride flag without permission.
- Mike Pence is defending the administration’s ban on flying pride flags as patriotism
RUMOR MILL
That’s it for the last couple days.
Thank you, and have a good one.
“Without Journalists, it’s just propaganda.”
– Katy Tur
None of this is Normal 