Sunday, March 4, 2018

State Dept. Was Granted $120 Million to Fight Russian Meddling. It Has Spent $0.


‘Call it chaos’: Trump adrift after week of White House anarchy


Maxine Waters: Stormy Daniels should give her interpretation of Trump's mental health


Florida billboard blasts NRA as a "terrorist organization"


Reps. Elijah Cummings and Stephen Lynch want info from Defense Sec’y James Mattis about “extremely troubling” reports suggesting that banker Stephen Calk may have made loans of up to $16,000,000 to Paul Manafort in exchange for alleged promises to name him Sec’y of the Army.


‘Pure madness’: Dark days inside the White House as Trump shocks and rages


Trump's nominee to oversee toxic waste sites at the EPA is a former executive of Dow Chemical. Another example of this White House appointing officials to regulate their former employers — a troubling conflict of interest.


Presidential Address Cold Open - SNL

Saturday Night Live Published on Mar 3, 2018 President Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) convenes a bipartisan symposium featuring Vice President Mike Pence (Beck Bennett) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (Cecily Strong) to address gun control.


Retired 4-star general Barry McCaffrey: "The president is starting to wobble in his emotional stability & this is not going to end well. Trump’s judgment is fundamentally flawed...& the more isolated he becomes, his ability to do harm is going to increase”


Donald Trump wants to execute drug dealers. Let's talk about all the reasons why that's a terrible idea


.@Blue_Bunny ice cream donates to @SteveKingIA who is leading personal attacks on the Parkland survivors.


TRUMP'S INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN IS ACTUALLY PENCE'S—AND IT'S ALL ABOUT PRIVATIZATION


EXCLUSIVE: @SenAngusKing on the relationship between House and Senate Intelligence Committees - "I would say there's not much of a relationship at this point, to tell you the truth."


WATCH: @DenisMcDonough says Mitch McConnell “watered down” the White House’s statement on Russian interference in the election


The President of the United States on the unelected leader of authoritarian China: “He's now president for life. President for life. And he's great," Trump said. "And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll give that a shot some day."


SHAMEFUL: The FL State Senate voted against an Assault Weapons Ban & then immediately held a moment of silence for the victims of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.


“I spent years as a foreign correspondent in Latin America. To say we are being governed like a banana republic is an insult to banana republics.” Eugene Robinson.


"Whatever [Mueller] concludes legally about "collusion," evidence on public display already paints a jarring picture... an American president who has embraced Russian money and illicit favors, while maintaining rhetoric and policies benefiting Russia."


FRONTLINE examined the geopolitical feud between Iran and Saudi Arabia that has added fuel to the turmoil in Syria, Yemen and Iraq. Watch our 2-part series online:


A presidential milestone: Trump has spent 100 days in office at one of his golf clubs


Currently in Kentucky, children under 16 can be married with a judge’s permission, while those aged 16 or 17 can do so if they have their parents’ permission. Kentucky has the third highest rate of child marriage in the United States; 10,000 children were married there between 2000 and 2015.



After research on gun violence in the 1990s found that firearms do not make people safer, the NRA backed a federal funding freeze on gun policy research. It's still in effect today


Koch Convention to Rewrite Constitution Runs Into Roadblocks


The Trump admin plans to allocate family-planning grants to groups that stress abstinence.


Mueller’s Focus on Adviser to U.A.E. Indicates Broader Inquiry


“Russians were paid to attend @PutinRF’s election rally” what a loser


If you don't think education matters


Chris Murphy: “If the reason that this administration put U.S. troops at risk in Qatar was to protect the Kushner’s financial interests, then that’s all the evidence you need to make some big changes.”


WATCH: Father of Florida shooting victim says Rubio is the only lawmaker who didn't call to offer condolences


Trump on China's Xi consolidating power: 'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day'


CNN obtained a tape of Trump at a closed-door fundraiser. He said this about China's president: "He's now president for life. President for life. And he's great. And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll give that a shot some day."


Angela Merkel wins a fourth term after Germany’s SPD votes to back coalition


POLITICO investigation: The 285 people connected to the Russia probes


Just got our power back after nor'easter

Thank you for your patience


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