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Amash Condemns Trump’s “Racist” Attack On Dems

The Hill reports: Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.), who recently left the Republican Party to become an Independent, on Sunday lambasted President Trump for telling a group of progressive congresswomen to go back to where they came from, saying it was “racist and disgusting.” The comments from Amash came just hours after Trump targeted a group of female lawmakers, saying that …

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Trump Tells Immigrant Democrats: Go Back To The “Broken And Crime-Infested Places” You Came From

The Independent reports: US President Donald Trump has said that some Democrat congresswomen from countries “whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe” should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” Whilst it is not explicitly clear to whom he is referring, it comes after the president launched an extraordinary attack …

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Newly Leaked British Diplomatic Cable: Trump Only Scuttled Iran Nuclear Deal Because Obama Made It

Sky News reports: Britain’s ambassador to the US said Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal in an “act of diplomatic vandalism” because it was agreed by his predecessor Barack Obama, according to the latest leaked cables. The May 2018 memo was said to have been written by Sir Kim Darroch after a visit to the US by Boris Johnson, …

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Prosecutors Cite Epstein’s $500M+ Wealth In Bail Filing

Law & Crime reports: Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York said today that convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, 66, is worth more than $500 million dollars, citing “records relating to the defendant recently obtained by the Government from a financial institution (‘Institution-1’).” The detail came out in the government’s response to the accused child sex-trafficker’s motion for pre-trial …

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Trump Tweet Promotes His “Spectacular” Golf Courses

Yahoo News reports: President Donald Trump kicked off the weekend with yet another wild retweeting rampage on his favorite social media platform. In what is becoming something of a Saturday morning habit for the president, Trump reposted two dozen tweets from people promoting his favorite talking points. Trump shared posts from his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., Vice President Mike …

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Prosecutors Accuse Epstein Of Witness Tampering

The New York Times reports: Jeffrey Epstein, the financier facing sex-trafficking charges in New York, was accused of witness tampering on Friday by federal prosecutors, who said he wired $350,000 to two people who were potential witnesses against him. Mr. Epstein sent the money to the potential witnesses in late November and early December, 2018, shortly after the Miami Herald …

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Trump: Maybe Paul Ryan Was Bribed To Insult Me

New York Magazine reports: In a lengthy rant to reporters at the White House today that was unhinged even by Trumpian standards, the president made several attacks on the former Speaker of the House. Employing his favorite method of turning the insult around on the insulter, Trump claimed it was Ryan who had no knowledge of the government: “Frankly, he …

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REPORT: Epstein Hired Investigators To Intimidate His Accusers, A Dozen New Alleged Victims Come Forward

The Miami Herald reports: At least a dozen new victims have come forward to claim they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein even as the multimillionaire money manager tries to convince a federal judge to allow him to await a sex trafficking trial from the comfort of the same $77 million Manhattan mansion where he’s accused of luring teenage girls …

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Pentagon: North Korean Nukes Can Hit Any US Target

Newsweek reports: The U.S. military has acknowledged that North Korean intercontinental ballistic missiles can now hit targets anywhere in the continental U.S., confirming fears raised by weapons tests conducted in 2017. U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) released its 2019 Strategic Digest on Thursday, detailing the current state of play for American troops on the Korean peninsula. As part of its summary, …

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House Votes To Restrict Trump’s Power To Launch War

The Washington Post reports: The House voted Friday to prevent President Trump from launching into war with Iran without getting Congress’ approval first, after more than two dozen Republicans joined Democrats to include the provision in the House’s annual defense authorization bill. The move sets up a likely showdown with the Senate over whether the Iran restriction, which includes an …

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Trump Condemns Bitcoin And Facebook’s Libra

Wired reports: Late Thursday, President Donald Trump unleashed a three-tweet squall declaring himself “not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies,” and referring to the use of “unregu­lated digital assets” for “drug trade and other illegal activities.” He included Libra in that category, saying the platform “will have little standing or dependability” and would fall prey to similar dependability issues. …

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Trump: It’s Not Freedom Of Speech If You Criticize Me

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump had a lot to say at the White House Social Media Summit on Thursday, including offering his take on what does and does not constitute free speech. “So to me, free speech is not when you see something good and then you purposely write bad, to me that’s very dangerous speech, and you become angry …

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Trump Predictably Attacks “Failure” Paul Ryan

USA Today reports: President Donald Trump lashed out at Paul Ryan late Thursday night on Twitter following the release of excerpts from an upcoming book in which the former Speaker of the House criticized him for not knowing “anything about government.” Shortly after CNN covered Ryan’s comments about Trump in Tim Alberta’s “American Carnage,” which details how Republicans have changed …

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Trump To Seek Citizenship Data Via Federal Agencies

The Huffington Post reports: President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he is dropping his administration’s effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, an abrupt reversal that came after Trump repeatedly insisted he would push ahead with trying to add the question. Rather than add the question to the 2020 census, which will go to every household in …

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Epstein Asks Court For Detention In $77M NYC Mansion

Courthouse News reports: Wealthy pedophile Jeffrey Epstein asked a federal judge Thursday for leave to await trial inside his $77 million mansion — an Upper East Side building that allegedly doubled as his sex-trafficking hub, where authorities claim to have recovered a large stash of child pornography. “Mr. Epstein stands ready and willing to pay for 24-hour armed guards should …

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CALIFORNIA: Lawmakers Pass Bill Requiring Trump To Release Taxes To Appear On 2020 Ballot, Gov To Sign

The Sacramento Bee reports: California lawmakers approved a bill on Thursday to force President Donald Trump to publicly release his tax returns ahead of the 2020 election, setting the stage for another legal showdown between the state and the Trump administration.The proposal passed both chambers of the Legislature on a party-line vote. Democrats say the measure will serve as a …

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REPORT: Trump To Cave On Census Question, Will Seek Citizenship Data Via Other Means Through Exec Action

CNN reports: President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive action Thursday directing the Commerce Department to obtain citizenship data through means other than the US census, according to two people with knowledge of the plan. These people said Trump is expected to table his effort to add a question about citizenship status to the 2020 census, setting aside …

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Paul Ryan: I Retired To Get Away From Donald Trump

The Washington Post reports: Now out of office and trading in his power suits for a blue vest, Paul Ryan is back to critiquing Trump in unflattering terms in conversations with Alberta, who writes the former speaker could not stand the idea of another two years with the president and saw retirement as the “escape hatch.” “We’ve gotten so numbed …

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Trump To Announce Executive Order On US Census

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump is expected to announce on Thursday that he is taking executive action to add a citizenship question to the census, according to an administration official. Trump tweeted that he will hold a press conference in the afternoon to discuss his latest efforts at including the citizenship question as part of the census. BC News …

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Trump: I’m A Great Looking Truly Stable Genius And The Media Will Not Get Away With Lying Much Longer

Glorious Leader went on one of his increasingly bizarre Twitter rants this morning in which he predicted that the “Fake News” industry will go out of business after he leaves office in “10 or 14 years.” While he adds that he’s “just kidding” about staying in office past his second term, this is at least the fifth time he’s publicly …

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