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Archive for November 20th, 2018
Trump wanted Clinton and Comey prosecuted
President Trump wanted Hillary Clinton and James Comey prosecuted, and repeatedly asked Justice Department officials what progress was being made in that direction, the New York Times reported Tuesday. Read this story here. During the 2016 campaign, Trump led “Lock her up!” chants at his[...]
Avenatti slapped with protection order
Update: The L.A. District Attorney declined to file a felony charge, and referred the case to the city prosecutor for potential misdemeanor charges. Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, made news last week by getting himself arrested in California on felony domestic violence charges. Init[...]
Cindy Hyde-Smith is a relic of the Jim Crow era
A Democratic win in Tuesday’s runoff election in Mississippi could limit the party’s 2018 Senate losses to 1 seat, and controversies swirling around the GOP candidate have changed the odds of that happening from highly improbable to conceivable. The current Senate has a 51-49 GOP majorit[...]
Alternative GOP explanation for California fires
As “not enough logging” and “environmental radicals” don’t seem to be catching on, a GOP congressman is trying out another theory: (Read story here.)[...]