Friday, November 3, 2017

Mercers “bought their way into stratospheric influence, even as regulators and legislators stand by,”


Trump administration releases report finding ‘no convincing alternative explanation’ for climate change

Im calling, alongside @replouiegohmert & @RepAndyBiggsAZ, for #Mueller to step down from Special Counsel immediately


Bob Corker blasts Trump for pressuring DOJ


BREAKING: Canada sanctions 52 individuals from Russia, South Sudan & Venezuela on the basis of new Magnitsky Act


Solving the Mystery of the Maltese Professor


BREAKING: Mass. adopts ban on bump stocks; becomes 1st state to do so since Las Vegas massacre


Right wing blogger Jenna Abrams, who has 70,000 followers, does not exist, was created by St. Petersburg troll farm


JUST IN: DNC email hacker altered stolen emails to get media attention: report


JUST IN: Conservative tax group: Economic growth from GOP tax bill will only pay for a third of its cost


What's in the House GOP tax plan? News Hour read through the 400-page bill to explain what it might mean for you


Federal judge in NY has denied request for Natalia Veselnitskaya to re-enter the US for new Prevezon hearings


Here’s why Ed Gillespie doesn’t like to talk about his lobbying clients


My full statement — Senator Bob Corker


Source who is being examined by special counsel: "It's every man for himself"


tRUmp and #TeamTreason need Sessions out as AG so they can quickly replace with a lackey to fire Mueller. Don’t fall for it.

These folks are always right.

Sen Warren respomds to Trump


NEW Filing In Manafort Case🇺🇸 Manafort’s response to Judge’s Minute Order.


Trump is leading the most corrupt administration in US history, one of first-class Kleptocrats


News: Special counsel told US District Court judge that prosecution will need 3 weeks (15 trial days) to present case against Manafort/Gates


EN+, Russian Firm Controlled by Putin Ally Oleg Deripaska, Raises $1.5 Billion in IPO on Friday


Judge mulls gag order in Manafort, Gates case


Carried Interest Loophole Preserved in House Republican Tax Bill


Monsanto created a huge problem. Now that problem might be driving sales.


How Russian Facebook ads used race and religion to inflame divisions


Ivanka Trump's speech about sexual harassment baffles everyone


Why are Republicans suddenly willing to embrace $1.5 trillion in new debt?


Declaring the NYC attacker an "enemy combatant" would just be faking toughness on terrorism, argues


At courthouse overseeing Trump-Russia probe, DOJs Rosenstein extols rule of law


Most Aggressively Unqualified Presidential Staff Like Ever, OK?


The GOP’s hidden 46% tax bracket


Drinking water at risk? Crazy: Trump administration recommends uranium mining in the Grand Canyon


President Trump is the master of abhorrent identity politics


Republicans have a plan to hurt blue states. It could backfire.


The Massachusetts Legislature moves to ban bump stocks


Drill, baby, drill: GOP aims to sell wilderness drilling rights — dirt cheap


Senate littered with tax reform land mines


BREAKING: Possible Trump-Putin at APEC summit being discussed


The Trump Administration Is Being Sued Over Its Secretive Plan To Shrink National Monuments


Republicans want to send the NY terror suspect to Guantanamo because he could be tortured there


As Mueller Picks Up Pace, Capital Roils With Talk Of Pardons And Firing


With Asia Trip, Trump Hopes To Shift Focus From Russia To North Korea


Senate Republicans Say Trump Ruled Out 'Dreamer' Protections In Spending Bill


My Latest-->We'll know soon why this Reality TV president kowtows to Putin. The season finale is gonna be YUGE!


Duty to warn


If Johnson Amendment is repealed, you can kiss the idea of separation of church and state goodbye.


Opinion | The grotesque GOP tax bill is a plan almost nobody can love


Joseph Mifsud, Papadopoulos's professor contact, has closed up shop in London, and the Guardian can't find him.


Milo SVB Mercer story reveals Bob Mercer’s SVB link. This story is why Mercer is under an espionage investigation

ICYMI

A 'digital hit list' and new DOJ findings offer the clearest evidence yet that Russia hacked the DNC


58% of Americans approve of how Robert Mueller is handling Russia probe, ABC News / Washington Post poll finds.


Why does Lindsey Graham applaud Trump's irrational foreign policy?


35% of US stocks are foreign-owned, so $70 billion a year of tax benefits would go to people in other countries.


Trump: 'I will be blaming Mnuchin and Cohn' for any trouble with tax reform


Former CIA director John Brennan says on record he asked Repubs to condemn Russian sabotage, and was rebuffed


Ex-Trump adviser: Sessions warned campaign aides not to discuss proposed Putin meeting over leak concerns


Oregon and New York top the list of states hit by ending certain tax deductions


Poll: Almost half of Americans think Trump committed a crime related to Russian meddling


The fix is in. They set up Sessions to take the fall. After he is gone, a new acting AG fires Mueller.


Trump withdraws US from international agreement to fight oil and gas corruption


Lawmakers: Carter Page withholding documents from their Russia probe


A departing Twitter employee deactivates Donald Trump's account on their way out the door


There are two Donald Trumps. Which will show up in Asia?


Trump: 'We'll see' if Tillerson lasts duration of term


Trump and Sessions denied knowing about Russian contacts. But Mueller filed court documents suggesting otherwise.


Trump: "We don't need" to fill top State Department posts because "I'm the only one that matters"


Exclusive: Carter Page testifies he told Sessions about Russia trip


WATCH our two-part investigation, "Putin's Revenge," online, at any time


Trump: It's "sad" and "frustrating" that I can't be involved in FBI investigations


Facebook now says as many as 60,000,000 of its accounts are fake


The Republicans’ tax bill would let ministers endorse political candidates


Robert Mercers Horseh*t Mea Culpa Is Too Little, Too Late


NEW: Carter Page privately testified that he mentioned to Sessions he was traveling to Russia during 2016 campaign


Holy cow. The Cut Cut Cut Act repeals the credit for small businesses to provide access to disabled people. Not a joke


NEW: George Papadopoulos met with Greek politician in December-that same politician met with Pence, was at WH event w/Trump & at Blair House


Pence spokesman clarifies: Pence never spoke with Russian officials during campaign


Security and trade will loom large during President Donald Trump's first official visit to Asia.


Lamar Smith to retire from Congress


Who gets most of the $1.5 trillion in tax cuts?

The Trump-GOP tax cuts mostly go to big business, followed by the super-rich. Less than a fifth goes to ordinary Americans. Josh Barro and David Cay Johnston join Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss.


Carter Page says he told Jeff Sessions about Russia trip

Rachel Maddow reports late breaking news that Donald Trump campaign adviser Carter Page says he told Jeff Sessions about his trip to Russia, exposing Sessions for having told the Senate he wasn't aware of any such contacts.


Schumer: Trump hurts country seeking political gain in tragedy

Senator Chuck Schumer talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump attacking him on immigration in the immediate aftermath of the terror attack in New York City.


Schumer: GOP tax bill stinks like a dead fish

Senator Chuck Schumer talks with Rachel Maddow about the problems he sees in the new Republican tax bill, the right wing's faux concern about deficits, and the GOP's twisted idea of bipartisanship.


Schumer on Sessions Russia testimony: Perjury would be looked at

Senator Chuck Schumer talks with Rachel Maddow about Jeff Sessions' ever-evolving story about contacts with Russia, and protecting Robert Mueller's Trump Russia investigation from Trump supporters who would derail it.