Monthly Archives: July 2017

Sean Hannity Urges Viewers To Troll Journalists [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: During tonight’s broadcast of Hannity, the pro-Trump commentator devoted yet another segment to lobbing personal attacks at media personalities. But this time he added a twist — he also called on his viewers to troll these CNN and MSNBC hosts on social media. “I am not encouraging you to get in your neighbor’s face like former President Obama …

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Kremlin Denies Ordering Banker To Meet With Kushner

Reuters reports: A senior Russian banker who met President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, did not do so on the Kremlin’s orders, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. Kushner, who was quizzed on Monday by Senate investigators on his contacts with Russians as part of an investigation into possible Kremlin meddling in last year’s presidential election, …

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Trump Launches Yet Another Attack On Jeff Sessions

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump blasted Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Twitter early Tuesday as having a “very weak position” when it comes to investigating Hillary Clinton and intelligence leakers. His tweetstorm began with claims that Ukraine had tried to “sabotage” his campaign in favor of his Democratic rival. He appeared to allude to a Politico report in January …

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White House Floats Ted Cruz For Attorney General

Ted Cruz is widely hated by his own chamber, so approval seems rather iffy. From the Washington Post: Among the names being floated as possible Sessions replacements are Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) and former New York City mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, according to people familiar with the conversations. Giuliani dismissed a report floating his name as a possible attorney general …

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Satanic Temple: Probably Half Our Members Are LGBT

From a Vice profile on the Satanic Temple: There’s still ample confusion about what it means to be a Satanist. Given society’s long history of pegging Satan as the root of all evil, that’s fair—though it’s worth making some distinctions. Anton LaVey, a then 36-year-old American musician, founded the Church of Satan in 1966 with the mission of creating an …

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White House Continues Attack On Jeff Sessions: The President Is “Very Disappointed” By His Russia Recusal

They REALLY want him to quit. The Hill reports: White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday that President Trump is “very disappointed” by Attorney General Jeff Sessions decision to recuse himself from investigations pertaining to Russia. “I think the president has been extremely clear about his position, I know I’ve answered this question a number of times over the …

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Senate Republicans Press For John McCain’s Return In Time For Tomorrow’s Obamacare Repeal Vote

Politico reports: Senate Republicans are still hoping John McCain makes it to Tuesday’s crucial Obamacare repeal vote. The absence of the Arizona senator, who was diagnosed with brain cancer last week, has made getting 50 votes to start debate on the bill exceedingly difficult. GOP leaders are hoping he can surprise everyone and return Tuesday. “They were trying to get …

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GOP Senate Ad Uses Audio From Scalise Shooting, Scalise Staffer Calls It “Stomach Churning” [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: An Alabama congressman running for Attorney General Jeff Session’s open Senate seat is facing criticism for a campaign ad that includes audio of the June shooting of a Louisiana lawmaker in a Virginia ball field. Five gun shots and frantic yelling from the shooting of House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., at a Republican congressional baseball …

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MSNBC Tops All Cable Networks For First Time

Via press release from MSNBC: For the first time in the network’s 21-year history, MSNBC finished the week as the most-watched cable network during weekday prime (M-F 8-11pm) in total viewers.  According to Nielsen, MSNBC ended the week of July 17-21 as the #1 cable network for all weekday prime, averaging 2.34 million viewers, ahead of FOX News at 2.25 …

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Trump Bemoans “17 Years Of Obamacare Havoc”

Heavy.com reports: President Donald Trump began his statement on health care this afternoon by incorrectly saying that Obamacare was passed 17 years ago. “For the past 17 years, Obamacare has wreaked havoc on the lives of innocent, hardworking Americans,” Trump said at the very top of a statement delivered from the White House on Monday. Not counting Trump thanking everyone …

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GOP House Rep Suggests He’d Duel Female Republicans “Aaron Burr-Style” Over Their Opposition To Trumpcare

The Texas Tribune reports: A Texas GOP congressman says if the three female Republican senators who oppose a bill repealing Obamacare were men from South Texas, he might challenge them to a duel. “The fact that the Senate does not have the courage to do some of the things that every Republican in the Senate promised to do is just …

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Michele Bachmann: It’s Beyond My Wildest Expectations How Trump Has Brought Prayer To The White House

“He is unashamed in standing up for increasing an awareness of God in the United States. He recognizes how important that is and that that is a basis of Western civilization. As a believer in Jesus Christ, I could not be more happy with what I am seeing coming out of the Trump White House. This is beyond my wildest …

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REVEALED: Kushner Did Real Estate Deal With Russian Oligarch Under Investigation For Money Laundering

This could be big. The Guardian reports: Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald Trump, who acts as his senior White House adviser, secured a multimillion-dollar Manhattan real estate deal with a Soviet-born oligarch whose company was cited in a major New York money laundering case now being investigated by members of Congress. A Guardian investigation has established a series of …

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Dem Senator Blasts Jared Kushner: I Don’t Trust Him Just Based On His History Of Lying About His Finances

The Washington Examiner reports: Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., wants Jared Kushner to testify openly before the Senate Intelligence Committee, and said Congress shouldn’t assume he has told all of the truth about his meetings with Russian officials in his early morning statement Monday. “It is imperative that the public hear Jared Kushner testify in an open session […], under oath, …

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Jared Kushner Speaks: I Did Not Collude With Russia, Nor Do I Know Of Anyone Else Who Did So [VIDEO]

CBS News reports: Senior White House adviser and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, standing before cameras at the White House called his service there the “honor and privilege of a lifetime” and said he comes to work every day with “enthusiasm” for what can be. He reiterated part of a statement released earlier Monday, telling reporters that he “did not collude …

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Townhall Columnist: One-Third Of US Officials Are Satanic Cannibals Who Drink The Blood Of Children

Townhall columnist and Pizzagate loony bird Liz Crokin is sounding the alarm about a Satanic ring of highly-placed government officials and Hollywood celebrities who are raping and murdering children and then drinking their blood. But Trump is stopping them! Secretly! Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: What is happening is “so abhorrent and so horrible and so unbelievable,” Crokin …

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Trump Smirks When Asked If Sessions Should Resign

The morning as Trump posed with a group of White House interns, a press pool reporter shouted, “Mr. President, should Jeff Sessions resign?” Trump responded by rolling his eyes and smirking, much to the amusement of the gathered interns. When the reporter followed up with a question about health care, Trump chastised her for interrupting the photo op, saying “be …

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FLORIDA: State Agrees To Pay $1.1M Over Law That Banned Doctors From Discussing Guns With Patients

The New York Times reports: Florida has agreed to pay $1.1 million in legal fees to lawyers who sued the state over a 2011 law that barred doctors from talking to patients about gun ownership, according to a gun control organization involved in the case. The organization, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said Gov. Rick Scott of Florida …

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REPORT: Trump Mulls Replacing Sessions With Giuliani

Axios reports: President Trump is so unhappy with Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he has raised the possibility of bringing back Rudolph Giuliani to head the Justice Department, according to West Wing confidants. In internal conversations, Trump has recently pondered the idea of nominating Giuliani, a stalwart of his campaign. Even before last week’s blast at Sessions in a New …

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GOP Super PAC Ad: Radical Democratic Extremists Are Burning Cars While Trump Fixes America [VIDEO]

Roll Call reports: A Republican super PAC aligned with House leadership is preempting the new Democratic messaging point with its own digital ad. Democrats are expected to unveil their new slogan, “A Better Deal” on Monday. And the Congressional Leadership Fund is launching a digital ad in House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s district and in 12 others that President Donald …

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