Thursday, November 30, 2017

First expense report from Mueller's Trump-Russia probe to be released next week


Tom Cotton, Said to Be Trumps C.I.A. Pick, Would Bring Ambition but Little Experience


ERIK PRINCE details Seychelles meeting to House Intel, confirming he met with Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of Russian Direct Investment Fund. Prince called interview a "meaningless fishing expedition."


For some Russian oligarchs, sanctions risk makes Putin awkward to know


Trump has told others that a government shutdown could be good for him politically and is focusing on his hard-line immigration stance as a way to win back supporters unhappy with his outreach to Democrats this fall


The National Tree Lighting ceremony was beautiful this evening - but hard not to notice the empty seats


The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that the fiscal trigger, which was important in winning deficit-wary Sen. Bob Corker's support, will not work under the rules of the Senate.


It's Time

Our questions to Stephen Miller after Papadopoulos revelations


GOP leaders agree to reduce tax relief by $350 billion to win over deficit hawks


The Joint Committee on Taxation said the Senate bill will add $1 trillion to the deficit over a decade


NEW by @KendallTTaggart and me: Conservative Megadonor Robert Mercer Funded Project Veritas


Ahead of Vote, Promised Treasury Analysis of Tax Bill Proves Elusive


White House maintenance requests show building infested with cockroaches and vermin


Me on Tillerson public shaming: Isn't this kind of sad, to do it this way? Source close to WH: Is it though? Rex should have seen the writing on the wall.


NEW: Senate Ethics announces it has opened a “preliminary inquiry” into Sen. Al Franken’s “alleged misconduct”


Adam Schiff says Sessions declined to answer if Trump ever asked him to obstruct the Russian investigation.


Americans don’t want a tax bill written in secret, cobbled together at the last minute & filled with goodies for special interests.


If true #Tillerson out, #Pompeo to State, #Cotton to CIA, this would be Trump’s NatSec Team - Recipe for war with Iran & North Korea


Trump plans to oust Rex Tillerson, replace him as Secretary of State with Mike Pompeo


Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is missing some numbers


Scarborough: Trump allies told me he has dementia


U.S.-Russia relations are in "disgusting" condition, Russian PM says


White House: Trump sharing anti-Muslim videos "elevated" the conversation

Yup, this is a coup alright.

Blackwater Brass Rips ‘Spineless, Worthless’ Jeff Sessions


UPDATE: We may vote on the Republican tax bill TONIGHT. We don't have the final bill. We don't have analysis from the Joint Committee on Taxation as to whether or not the bill would boost the economy. We don't have a Treasury Department analysis. This is OUTRAGEOUS!


BREAKING: OFFICIAL, NONPARTISAN SCORE (JCT): Senate tax bill will explode the debt by $1 TRILLION—even after accounting for economic growth.


Eric Trump just sent out a fundraising email characterizing Democrats as "America haters"


The Trump Administration Is Mulling A Pitch For A Private “Rendition” And Spy Network


Turkish President Ordered Banks to Violate U.N. Sanctions on Iran, Architect of Scheme Testifies


Just in: Paul Manafort's motion to modify his release conditions, which Mueller's team has agreed to — no house arrest and no GPS, and he would forfeit four properties valued at $11.65M if he flees


Elizabeth Warren says Steve Mnuchun “grossly misled the public,” is calling for the Treasury I.G. to investigate whether the department formally analyzed the GOP tax plan and if there was ‘political interference’.


Whether by instinct or design, Trump's racially charged comments are meant to inspire his supporters to despise other Americans more than they may otherwise grow to dislike him. In 2016, Hillary was his foil. In 2018 and 2020, it will be minorities.


Fox News refuses to run an ad explaining how Trump personally benefits from his tax plan....


Welcome to the new America, where white resentment and fear took over a major political party, and threatens the soul of our nation.


Paul Ryan says Dems blew DACA negotiations by skipping Trump meeting


Nancy Pelosi on John Conyers and Congresss Sexual-Harassment Problem


How Rex Tillerson Wrecked the State Department


The head of the Church of England speaks out against Trump: “I join the urgent call of faith groups and others for President Trump not just to remove these tweets, but to make clear his opposition to racism and hatred in all forms.”


Here Are All the Ways the President Has Been Accused of Violating the Constitutio


Republicans continue to grapple with the tax bill's automatic trigger provision


U.S. commandos weren't just in Niger in 2017. They were also in Burkina Faso and Burundi and DRC and Ethiopia and Kenya and Liberia and Libya and Mauritania and Morocco and Tunisia and more than 20 other African nations


Senate tax drama enters complicated end-game gambit


The insane ramblings of a guilty man who knows full well that Mueller is getting close!


The list of men in media and elsewhere whose bad behavior has cost them their jobs is vast and growing. In politics, it's a different story, says Ana Navarro


Jeff Sessions is likely to take fire from both parties when he faces the House Trump-Russia probe


Thousands of religious leaders come out against Senate GOP tax plan


'Donald Trump is a madman'



By becoming press barons, even if passive ones, the Koch brothers may burnish their images more effectively


Trump veers past guardrails, feeling emboldened and invincible.


Russia loves the NRA. The NRA loves Russia. Together they destabilize the U.S. democracy


How Congress handles sexual harassment: 535 policies


Analysis: Deeply unpopular Congress aims to pass deeply unpopular bill for deeply unpopular president to sign


Three reasons Republican senators will end up without real tax reform


Yes, Donald Trump Is a Role Model for Men Accused of Sexual Abuse


Blackwater Brass Rips Spineless, Worthless Jeff Sessions


Russia rejects US call to cut North Korea ties

Former Reagan Treasury official describes tax bill process as "malpractice"; rushed for political reasons.


Tell your Senators not to raise taxes on middle-class seniors — AARP Advocates


Russia says takes negative view of U.S. call to cut ties with North Korea: agencies


It Started as a Tax Cut. Now It Could Change American Life.


"The bill also includes tax cuts so large that they would trigger across-the-board spending cuts — including billions for Medicare. The last time Medicare was hit with cuts like this, patients lost access to critical services like chemotherapy treatment."


GOP places risky bet on trickle-down tax cut


Challenge for Patriotic Hackers


The Senate Republican tax bill is Obamacare repeal-lite, and it’s a serious threat to the safety net


Hmmm, Marco Rubio says that the tax plan is just the first step before "instituting structural changes to Social Security and Medicare" benefits to reduce the federal deficit.


This is what could pop the bitcoin bubble


No serious lawmaker should support this tax bill


Researchers raise new questions about the hurricane death toll in Puerto Rico


The GOP tax plan could be forced to include a break for legal weed


NRA's role in connecting Trump campaign with Russians is under Senate investigation


Opinion: Trump says pharma gets away with murder. Alex Azar is the guy with the hatchet.


'Chaos' Is At The Heart Of The Trump Camp's Defense. But It Can Cut Both Ways


The thinking behind Kim Jong Un's 'madness'


London's Mayor Sadiq Khan: "President Trump has used Twitter to promote a vile, extremist group that exists solely to sow division and hatred in our country. It's increasingly clear that any official visit from President Trump to Britain would not be welcomed."


President Trump responds to criticism lobbed by British Prime Minister May in tweet saying "don’t focus on me" — but tags an unrelated Twitter account


The Senate Just Broke with a Century-Old Tradition to Give Trump the Judges He Wants


Corporations plan to turn over gains from GOP tax cuts to shareholders, not workers


"Russian Military Working on Deal to Use Egypt Air Bases: Document" by REUTERS via NYT


Trump criticized by Britain, U.S. Muslim groups and some members of Congress after sharing anti-Muslim videos on Twitter


U.S. demands that China cut off all oil exports to North Korea after missile launch


British PM May issues rare rebuke of Trump for retweeting anti-Muslim videos


Twitter has allowed Trump to continue accessing fringe websites and viewing racist videos by looking at his mentions


Trump's behavior raises questions of competency


"Putin owns Trump," says 'Art of the Deal' ghostwriter Tony Schwartz


NOAA nominee ignores Trump administration talking points on cause of climate change


The @FCC is refusing to help my office conduct a serious investigation into the flood of fraudulent comments submitted during the FCC’s #netneutrality process.


Russia Conducts Nuclear Exercises Amid Orthodox End-Times Talk


President Trump sparks international outrage for re-tweeting anti-Muslim videos


Kushner discussed secret channel to RU via diplomatic facilities to avoid monitoring by US communication systems


Trump campaign had at least 19 Russia-connected contacts

Rachel Maddow updates a running list of Russia-connected contacts by members of the Donald Trump campaign, bringing the count to 19, with the open possibility of new ones being exposed.


Jared Kushner met with Robert Mueller in Trump Russia probe: NYT

Rachel Maddow replays breaking news from the New York Times that Jared Kushner has spoken with special counsel Robert Mueller, with additional reporting from CNN that the main subject of discussion was Mike Flynn.


World astonished at yet more falsehoods from Donald Trump

Eric Mouthaan, correspondent for RTL Dutch TV, talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump's retweet of a false anti-Muslim propaganda video and the reaction of the world to a U.S. president who so regularly disgraces himself and his country.


Fmr. Treasury Secretary Summers slams tax bill, Mnuchin

Larry Summers breaks with tradition and slams the Trump administration's tax bill, saying the president is speaking "nonsense." He explains why the bill is designed to reward the wealthy and says current Secretary Steven Mnuchin's tax claims aren't "serious."


Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Charles: Putin is behaving just like Hitler


AARP: 5.2 million seniors could see taxes increased by the brutal GOP bill but Trump and family benefit hugely from the tax bill...


Trump must resign. We won’t tolerate a WH that emboldens hate groups


The #GOPTaxPlan would add over $1 trillion to our already ballooning deficit and stick our children with the ta


Leading @MIT financial expert says the TrumpTax bill "gives US companies a perverse incentive to move US tangible assets to foreign countries."


Kellyanne Conway Was Just Named Trump's Opioids Czar


NBC reports that the Trump Administration asked Boente to resign so Trump could name his successor.


New signs of potential PLEA DEAL for Flynn: Mueller delays grand jury testimony of key witnesses


NBC News poll of millennials should terrify Republicans. Only 19% identify as GOP and 71% say the Republican Party doesn’t care about people like them. Demographic crisis only getting worse


Trump's USDA delays Obama-era rules making school lunches healthier for kids


New York Times editorial board issues rare call to action to oppose GOP tax bill


Simpson and Bowles come out against the tax bill for it's huge debt impact


Trump Shares Racist Videos and Tweets False Conspiracy Theories—All Before 10 AM


Jake Tapper: Trump is "indecent" and "inhumane" for bringing up death of former Scarborough staffer


New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on What It Takes to Keep Trump in Check


No small thing when Downing Street condemns the President of the United States


Breaking News: The British prime minister's office said Trump was "wrong" to share anti-Muslim videos by UK nationalists


Subpoenas are being sent to 23 Trump businesses requiring them to preserve records in emoluments case


GOP holdouts on the Senate tax bill are falling into place for Republican leadership.


JUST IN: British lawmaker demands Trump's invite to visit UK be withdrawn after he retweets anti-Muslim videos


Here's "Diamond & Silk's" real names: Lynette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson, sisters from North Carolina (Prince there). Reportedly began w/Trump campaign 12/15. What were they doing before shilling for tRUmp?


San Juan mayor: GOP tax bill would be more devastating to Puerto Rico’s economy than hurricanes


Trump circuitously accuses Scarborough of murder during twitter rage

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How Tax Bills Would Reward Companies That Moved Money Offshore


You’d think the GOP would be able to craft a competent tax bill. You’d be wrong.


Moody’s warns coastal cities from Maine to California to confront climate risks or face downgrades.


Trump demands investigation of dead intern linked to ‘low ratings Joe Scarborough’ in Twitter rampage


KellyAnne Conway bought the DC mansion right next door to the one Putin oligarch Oleg Deripaska bought secretly


President Trump spoke w/ President Xi of China this morning, per WH readout -- discussed latest North Korea missile launch


Top-secret cache of Army intel data left exposed on the internet


Justices Seem Ready to Limit Whistle-Blower Protections

Point of Order raised in British House of Commons regarding President Trump's tweets


We wake up to our own Commander-in-Chief endangering our country and our troops in the field.


Federal judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, ruled in the president’s favor on Tuesday in the ongoing tug-of-war over who is acting director of the CFPB.


NEW LOW President Trump Tweets Out ISIS ‘Snuff Film’


.@realDonaldTrump now knows that his verbal abuse will no longer be tolerated. His empty chair photo opp showed he’s more interested in stunts than in addressing the needs of the American people. Poor Ryan and McConnell relegated to props. Sad!


BREAKING: Croatian state TV says Slobodan Praljak has died after taking poison at war crimes court in The Hague.


A German court ruled on Wednesday that a 96-year-old German, Oskar Groening, known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz" was fit to go to prison, rejecting his plea for the sentence to be suspended.


Newly revealed incident at American embassy in Uzbekistan raises suspicions of Russian involvement in attacks targeting U.S. diplomats in Cuba


Trump continues cultivating Republican alliance with fascism


Senior Cyprus prosecutor Eleni Loizidou allegedly offered private advice to Russians, and criticism of Interpol ignoring a request from Russia for the arrest of Bill Browder - per private emails published las weekend


James O’Keefe is creating fake rape victims to discredit real ones. These are the people funding his efforts.


Court sides with Trump in CFPB leadership dispute


British MPs are (rightly) condemning Trump for promoting the racist, neo-fascist hate group Britain First. Trump's reckless racist outbursts don't just divide the country, they help turn our allies against us. This must end.



This #GOPTaxPlan would raise taxes on countless women and families while giving tax breaks to the wealthy one percen


Politico fails to disclose conflicts of interest in article attacking Democrats for protecting consumers