Friday, June 7, 2019

The Trump administration has decided to send some U.S. manufacturing jobs overseas


Thread: As you can see from the attached tweet, I initially fell for Attorney General Barr’s March 24 letter of principal conclusions—but then I read Mueller’s report.


That controversial GOP gerrymandering guru? Three big Supreme Court cases hinge on his work.


Fourteen #Russia-backed YouTube channels spreading disinformation have been generating billions of views and millions of dollars in advertising revenue, and had not been labeled as state-sponsored, contrary to YouTube's policy


In his Fox interview at the cemetery in France, Trump told a new lie about NATO — saying Stoltenberg “made a speech the other day, he said, without Donald Trump maybe there would be no NATO.” NATO pointed me to their Stoltenberg speech transcripts, which include no such remark.


Update. George Nader will remain detained ahead of Monday's preliminary hearing; judge agreed Nader posed too great a risk to the community's safety and that there were "no combination of conditions" that would convince him otherwise. Story for @CourthouseNews coming up.


Trump’s Obamacare Replacement Push Has Been Totally Abandoned


The Trump Kids Go Royal


Just in the last week, Americans have been shot and killed at their desks, in their homes, outside their grocery stores & on their community streets. We #WearOrange as a reminder that it doesn’t have to be this way when we turn advocacy into action.


Laura Ingraham tells her viewers not to believe what they just heard Donald Trump say.


“All the President’s Men” Feds Say Figure From Trump Tower Meeting Had Child-Bestiality Porn


President Trump has formally told NASA to send U.S. astronauts back to the moon


It used to be a "complete and total exoneration."


Oversight Dems say the White House tried to assert executive privilege over Kobach…


"Congressional lawmakers...sent a letter to President Donald Trump this morning asking him to help the state's lobster industry that is facing huge losses because of retaliatory tariffs by China. The letter...calls for relief similar to what Trump authorized for farmers"


Elijah Cummings plans to hold Barr, Ross in contempt over census docs: "We gave A.G. Barr and Sec'y Ross every opportunity to produce the documents the Committee needs for our investigation, but rather than cooperate, they have decided that they would rather be held in contempt."


China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin are deepening ties in face of Donald Trump's America


Bill Barr’s Dangerous Claims The attorney general has said the intelligence community was “spying” on the Trump campaign—language that risks a panoply of harms.


New Trump campaign Facebook ad claims Trump will personally read the name of everyone who signs his birthday card. Earlier ads said they were closing in on 1 million signatures. Also, Trump doesn't read.


Trump lashes out at Pelosi from D-Day site: She’s a “nasty, vindictive, horrible person”


Grifters Eric and Don, Jr. work hard as bag men for their father — bagging emoluments all over the world. Impeachment is the most obvious way to put a stop to this insanity


Donald Trump's Mexico tariff threat is angering his supporters in the oil and agriculture industries


"Pro-choice" Susan Collins has voted to confirm 32 anti-abortion Trump judge


Robert Kennedy died today 1968—here is his grave at Arlington National Cemetery, photographed on 50th anniversary of his death last year:


Your Tax Money Is Funding This GOP Consultant


House Democrats likely to hold William Barr, Wilbur Ross in contempt after subpoena demands are rejected


NEW: A less redacted version of the FBI's 302 summary of the January 2017 interview with Michael Flynn just posted on the docket:


Democrats line up for chance to take down Devin Nunes


"Heya! So like, if my client, who happens to be president, is like, working with a hostile power against America, could you like, let me know? Xoxoxo byeeeeeeeeee"


YouTube rightfully removing content from their platform is no different than a restaurant removing a product from their menu. If a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually seized or destroyed by the intolerant.


NEW: We got leaked documents detailing 1,200+ different stays at @realDonaldTrump's hotel. Here's the guest who stayed the longest: a sheikh who wants to be president of Iraq, and who wants the U.S. to strike Iran. He spent 26 nights in a suite.


President Trump’s full answer to Piers Morgan on avoiding serving in Vietnam: “This isn't like I'm fighting against Nazi Germany, we're fighting against Hitler. And I was like a lot of people. Now I wasn't out in the streets marching saying I'm going to move to Canada...”


Laura Ingraham just lost her #2 biggest advertiser: Bayer


Firtash's attorney says he could be extradited as soon as early July.


The Senate has already disqualified itself from trying the case insofar as Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has prejudged the case (time to move on!)


Idiot thinks her job is to be a high school cheerleader. Sane ppl don’t “celebrate” tragedy. We *remember* & *honor* sacrifices during terrible events. We remember & honor heroes. No reason to “celebrate” DJT or any person who wasn’t there.


Storm-battered Indiana farmers fear new Trump tariff tempest


Opinion: To regulate "Big Tech," we need prudence, not politics


Parkland Survivors Launch Tour To Register Young Voters And Get Them Out In November


“Faced with the facts and the truth, Barr has done what many good defense attorneys do — attack the investigation and the investigator. But he's not a defense attorney.” My latest take


You can’t put lipstick on a pig—or slap a coat of paint on a wasteful xenophobic vanity project. A gross misuse of troops’ time & talent, & an embarrassing waste of taxpayer dollars


This constitutional scholar explains how an impeachment inquiry ‘bypassing the Senate’ could be Democrats’ best option


NEW: House Democrats have formally introduced a resolution to hold AG Bill Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress


Public's buy-in on Trump impeachment guides some Democrats' views


Pressure to begin impeachment of Trump builds among Democrats


Missouri unnecessary pelvic exam rule invites ire of women voters


Note: someone arrested 4 times for child molestation and child pornography possession was a witness for the Mueller investigation BECAUSE Trump PICKED someone arrested 4 times for child molestation and child pornography possession to be a member of his campaign + transition


Judge won’t allow Flynn to fire his attorneys


Bernie Sanders' son retweeting Russia Today...is kinda perfect.


#BREAKING: Trump plans to declare new national emergency to impose tariffs on Mexico


Sean Hannity on Fox tonight, without any hint of irony: "Based on no actual crimes, [Pelosi] wants a political opponent locked up in prison. Umm, that happens in banana republics. Beyond despicable behavior."


"Women are now furious. We're fighting back. And we're taking this to the voting booth. And I think they've overplayed their hand and they're going to suffer losses politically if they keep this course going." -Katherine Spillar, executive editor of Ms. Magazine


The Trump admin. paid an Irish funeral home $933,000 to use four Mercedes limousines for two days in Doonbeg. In 2013, the same company charged just $114,000 for two vehicles for three days for use by Michelle Obama & her daughters when Pres. Obama visited.


Opinion: Trump is destroying three decades of hard work with Mexico


Gov. Ron DeSantis has lost as many as seven top aides in the past 24 hours. Everyone is wondering: What is going on over there?


This is the voicemail left for @GenFlynn’s lawyer by John Dowd, then the personal attorney for President @realDonaldTrump. Dowd was looking for a “heads up” on any information that “[implicated] the President” & reminding Flynn’s lawyer of the “warm feelings” POTUS had for him.


Tea Pain thinks this is likely to happen now that Mueller’s gone and Barr’s obstructin’ 24/7. If Flynn’s plea deal is gone, he can’t be compelled to testify before Congress against Trump. Expect some very Trump-linked lawyers to take over his case


Thousands of people are protesting in Dublin against the visit of Donald Trump to Ireland


Do you sense a lotta folks are headin' for the exits?


CNN's Amanda Carpenter torched Fox News and Laura Ingraham for their interview with Trump at the D-Day cemetery in Normandy: "There’s a whole network behind it. This isn’t just one person’s bad judgment"


Today I was forced by the state of Missouri to perform an unnecessary pelvic exam on a patient terminating her pregnancy for a fetal anomaly. She is heartbroken over her situation and I was forced to do an invasive, uncomfortable exam. It broke me as a physician to do this to her


Trump has every autocrat's belief that all that matters is power in the moment, and anything is justified to gain it. He always has praise for Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong-Un, Erdogan, Duterte.


He makes these comments on ground hallowed by the blood of our best and most beloved Americans. It is disrespectful and shameful. And sadly typical.


Within a week or two of an election in which the Russians were accused of meddling, the first thing Kushner and Flynn think to do is hold a sensitive meeting with Kislyak at Trump Tower


Members of the military deployed near the border have been assigned to spend a month painting a mile-long stretch of barriers to improve their "aesthetic appearance," CBS News reports. Rep. Joaquin Castro: "These are soldiers, they are not painters."


LISTEN: Here's Trump lawyer John Dowd's voicemail to Michael Flynn's attorney, which raises potential obstruction of justice suspicion


Missouri forcing invasive pelvic exam on women seeking abortion


CNN's Amanda Carpenter torched Fox News and Laura Ingraham for their interview with Trump at the D-Day cemetery in Normandy: "There’s a whole network behind it. This isn’t just one person’s bad judgment"