Day 521 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama.
The FISA warrant Trump referenced targeted Carter Page. #fakenews #TrumpLies
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Day 308 since the deadliest mass shooting on U.S soil in Las Vegas that killed 58, injured 546 and Congress has taken NO action to prevent future mass shootings. #NeverForget
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@MomsDemand: Making 3D gun blueprints available online enables domestic abusers, terrorists, and criminals to print guns in the confines of their homes. Send Sec Pompeo at the State Dept a message.
Tell him to #StopDownloadableGuns buff.ly/2LHyT9A
Wow! This pro-Second Amendment candidate let's his son play with guns in his campaign video.
Bolton says North Korea "has not taken steps" to denuclearize weeks after Trump bragged it's no longer a "nuclear threat"
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Pompeo and Trump may have vowed to resume the joint military exercises if North Korea didn’t negotiate in good faith, but no exercises are planned even though North Korea shows no sign that it will live up to even its vaguest promises.
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Rick Gates explained in detail Manafort's offshore accounts, use of wire transfers to pay vendors. Says he bought no Bijan or Alan Couture suits himself wapo.st/2M1HTKM
MANAFORT & GATES didn't merely help elect the Russia-aligned Ukrainian president YANUKOVYCH. They were paid $4M/year through a "policy contract" to help him govern, including helping him enact ”campaign promises.”
nytimes.com/2018/08/07/us/…
One lesson of the many brazen, conspicuous scandals related to President Trump and others in his orbit: The U.S. government has been massively underinvesting in enforcement and prosecution of white-collar crime
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Two weeks after the election, Manafort sent an email recommending banker Stephen Calk to be Secretary of the Army.
Calk's bank lent Manafort $16M through loans in December '16 and January '17 that Mueller's team alleges Calk knew were fraudulent. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/mana…
"People typically don’t need to change their stories unless they have something to hide. Trump’s shifting stories about the purpose of the meeting could indicate that he knows that he and/or his campaign or his son broke the law."
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Get ready for a nightmare scenario.
It is perfectly possible we will be heading into Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings, in the full knowledge that he may be the deciding vote on whether Trump will sit for a Mueller interview.
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Lindsey Graham says that,Trump brought up Mueller and Russia "about 20 times" during their golf outing, Roll Call reports.
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Two ex-Trump campaign aides are now lobbying for Bosnia's pro-Russia Separatist Party and named their lobbying firm Turnberry Solutions, according to Mother Jones.
motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating whether Michael Cohen committed tax fraud, WSJ reports. on.wsj.com/2OSapwa
Federal authorities are looking into:
• Cohen's income from his taxi-medallion biz
• Whether bank employees improperly allowed Cohen to obtain loans
• Whether Cohen inflated the value of any of his assets as collateral for loans. on.wsj.com/2OSapwa
Prosecutors have subpoenaed Michael Cohen's ex-accountant, who was responsible for preparing many of Cohen's financial statements submitted to banks, WSJ reports.
on.wsj.com/2OSapwa
Wilbur Ross is accused of stealing $120 million from people he worked with forbes.com/sites/danalexa…
If even half of the accusations are legitimate, Wilbur Ross, the current United States secretary of commerce, could rank among the biggest grifters in American history:
forbes.com/sites/danalexa…
Here we go again.
Trump to hit China with tariffs on an additional $16 billion worth of goods hill.cm/9JMPBgy
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Biggest aluminum maker in U.S.
is seeking relief from Trump tariffs meant to help it.
Alcoa, which supplies metal used in everything from Coca-Cola cans to Boeing 747 jetliners, says it can’t get the materials it needs domestically.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
TV-maker Element Electronics said it will close its Winnsboro, SC plant in response to tariffs imposed by Trump.
126 jobs will be lost.
thestate.com/news/politics-…
For 25 yrs, Donnie & Michelle Massie have traveled with their family-run carnival across the Midwest.
Now it may come to an end thanks to the Trump admin's gutting of the federal seasonal worker program.
"I've exhausted every possible avenue." nbcnews.com/politics/white…
Soybean farmers in rural Illinois are getting screwed by Trump's tariffs. They're bracing for economic ruin, but still won't blame Trump for this mess. huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-ta…
Trump admin is considering rule barring immigrants living *legally* in the U.S. from receiving green cards/citizenship if *anyone in their household* (including, it appears, US citizen children) has ever used Obamacare, CHIP, food stamps.
nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
Hard to see how a "no citizenship for Obamacare users" rule holds up given people were fined for not signing up for insurance & the SC ruled the mandate was a tax penalty, which people could only avoid via proof of insurance, inc. thru Obamacare. nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
The ACLU says it's suing the federal government over its efforts to prevent immigrants from seeking asylum due to domestic and gang violence in their home countries.
uk.news.yahoo.com/aclu-lawsuit-a…
Federal court rules Mexican family can sue Border Patrol agent for shooting that killed son hill.cm/MadleHH
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A federal appeals court will hear arguments today by the state of California and advocacy groups who contend that the Trump admin overreached by waiving environmental reviews to speed construction of Trump's border wall.
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The EPA is allowing asbestos, a substance banned in most countries since the '70s, back into the manufacturing process for some building materials.
archpaper.com/2018/08/epa-as…
The death toll in Flint, Michigan from contaminated water may be much higher than state health officials have acknowledged, a FRONTLINE investigation found.
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Trump's ignorant rhetoric about California wildfires is embarrassing, but that's only part of the problem. Why would a president lash out publicly at a state during a natural disaster? on.msnbc.com/2MqIQJ5
Ok, this is nuts.
43 percent of Republicans want to give Trump the authority to shut down certain news outlets.
thedailybeast.com/new-poll-43-of…
91 Days until midterm elections.
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In case you missed yesterday's thread:
3 of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago pals, none of whom served in the military or government, are effectively controlling the Dept of Veterans Affairs by issuing orders. Important @iarnsdorf reporting propublica.org/article/ike-pe…
"a Palm Beach doctor who helps wealthy people obtain high-service 'concierge' medical care" has been giving orders to the VA, as has the chairman of Marvel Entertainment, which publishes comic books. propublica.org/article/ike-pe…
5 CEOs who cut White House ties after Charlottesville just dined with Trump. thedailybeast.com/five-ceos-who-…