Monthly Archives: April 2019

Dems To Vote On Subpoena For Full Mueller Report

Mother Jones reports: House Democrats say they will vote this week to subpoena Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s complete report, underlying evidence, and other material—rejecting as insufficient Attorney General William Barr’s pledge to produce a redacted version of the report later this month. House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) announced Monday that the panel will meet Wednesday morning to consider a …

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POLL: Bernie Sanders +11 Among Young Democrats

The Hill reports: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) holds a double-digit lead among young voters in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, according to a poll released Monday. Thirty-one percent of likely voters between 18 and 29 years old surveyed by Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School said they prefer the Vermont lawmaker in a hypothetical primary. Former Vice President Joe …

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Homocon Blogger Jim Hoft, Alex Jones, Others To Face Defamation Suit Over Nazi Rally “Deep State” Claims

Courthouse News reports: A Virginia federal judge ruled on Friday a defamation suit can move forward against Alex Jones, former Florida Rep. Allen West and other right-wing commentators who claimed a former State Department official was a “deep state” operative after he posted video online that showed a white supremacist plow his car into a crowd in Charlottesville, Virginia in …

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Pastor Robert Jeffress: The Death Penalty Is Sometimes Mistakenly Applied But Jesus Christ Was Also Innocent

“Let’s admit, the death penalty is sometimes inequitably and even mistakenly applied. We know that. And we ought to do everything we can to prevent that. But I remind people, the greatest example of an innocent person being executed was Jesus Christ himself. He was totally innocent, and yet in spite of that, the New Testament never calls for an …

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Mayor Pete Reveals $7 Million Haul In First Quarter

South Bend’s NBC News affiliate reports: South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg released early fundraising numbers from his presidential exploratory committee Monday morning. Buttigieg said on Twitter his committee raised more than $7 million in the first quarter, which ended Sunday. Buttigieg launched an exploratory committee for a 2020 presidential bid in January, but has not officially launched a campaign. Two …

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WaPo Counter: Trump Told 9451 Lies In First 800 Days

The Washington Post reports: It was only 200 days ago, on his 601st day in office, that President Trump exceeded 5,000 false or misleading claims. Now, on his 801st day, the count stands at 9,451, according to The Fact Checker’s database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement the president utters. That’s a pace of 22 fishy claims a …

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REPORT: Trump Is “Saving” Judge To Succeed RBG

Axios reports: President Trump told confidants he had big plans for Judge Amy Coney Barrett. “I’m saving her for Ginsburg,” Trump said of Barrett, according to three sources familiar with the president’s private comments. Trump used that exact line with a number of people, including in a private conversation with an adviser two days before announcing Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination. Barrett …

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