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TEXAS: Senate Panel Advances Anti-Transgender Bill

The Texas Tribune reports: After 13-plus hours of emotional testimony, largely in opposition, the Senate State Affairs Committee voted Wednesday to advance the so-called Texas “bathroom bill” to the full chamber. The vote was 7-1; Sen. Judith Zaffirini voted against, and Sen. Charles Schwertner was not present at the meeting but asked to be shown as voting yes. The vote …

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Jon Huntsman Tapped As Ambassador To Russia

Politico reports: Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman has been offered the job of U.S. ambassador to Russia and is in the process of submitting paperwork to accept the position, two administration sources have confirmed. Huntsman, who served as ambassador to Singapore under President George H.W. Bush and then to China under President Barack Obama, was an outspoken critic of President …

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Propaganda Minister Kellyanne Conway: Don’t Call It “Trumpcare” Because This Isn’t About Branding [VIDEO]

The New York Daily News reports: Start brainstorming alternative nicknames to “TrumpCare.” Top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday suggested the real-estate mogul turned President wasn’t slapping his name on the GOP’s proposed Obamacare replacement — demurring when asked during a Fox News interview if it were to be branded “TrumpCare.” “Well, it’s the American Health Care Act and I …

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Jim Bakker: “Thinking People Know” God Would Have Destroyed America If Hillary Clinton Had Won [VIDEO]

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: This week on The Jim Bakker Show, televangelist Jim Bakker discussed the 2016 presidential election with End Times preacher Jonathan Cahn, who described Donald Trump’s victory as a divine “miracle.” Cahn said that God used Trump to save America from a Hillary Clinton presidency and a liberal majority on the Supreme Court, which …

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FBI Director James Comey: I Have No Intention Of Resigning So “You’re Stuck With Me For Six More Years”

Bloomberg reports: FBI Director James Comey signaled he has no plans to resign despite once again being at the center of a political storm — this time over probes into Russian hacking of the 2016 election and his request that Justice Department officials reject President Donald Trump’s claims that his predecessor “tapped” his phones. “You’re stuck with me for about …

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GOP Lawmaker Introduces Obamacare Replacement Bill Titled “World’s Greatest Healthcare Plan Of 2017”

The Daily Beast reports: A House Republican has reintroduced his own Obamacare repeal measure with the not-so-subtle title of the “World’s Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017.” Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the powerful Rules Committee, introduced the legislation last week, just days before GOP leadership unveiled their proposal to begin the process of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care …

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Trump Grants Oval Office Meeting To TMZ Founder

The New York Times reports: Since Inauguration Day, President Trump has spent his time meeting with heads of state, titans of industry, economic advisers and public health specialists. And the founder of TMZ. Mr. Trump, in a meeting last Wednesday that went unmentioned on his public schedule, spent about an hour in the Oval Office chatting with Harvey Levin, the …

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LIVE VIDEO: White House Press Briefing

Remember a few months ago when these things were deadly dull? Via CNBC: White House press secretary Sean Spicer holds his daily briefing on Wednesday afternoon. He will likely face more questions about the Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and President Donald Trump’s unfounded accusation that his predecessor wiretapped Trump Tower before the 2016 election.

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POLL: Slim Majority Want AG Jeff Sessions To Resign For “Lying Under Oath” About Secret Russia Meetings

Just in from Quinnipiac Polling: American voters say 52 – 40 percent that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath during his confirmation hearings and say 51 – 42 percent that he should resign, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today. Voters disapprove 54 – 32 percent of the way President Donald Trump is handling U.S. policy …

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