Day 546 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama.
The FISA warrant Trump referenced targeted Carter Page. #TrumpLies
This is not how the FISA court works.
The duty judge doesnt normally hold a hearing to consider an application.
Day 333 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 #NeverAgain #EnoughIsEnough
@DebbieforFL: If Congress is not willing to do what is necessary to keep our children and our communities safe from gun violence, then it is time to change Congress. #FL26 #GunReformNow
497 of 2654 children are STILL separated, including 22 children under 5. credit: @ifindkarma @jacobsoboroff
Trump admin says parents of 167 gave up the opportunity to reunite.
But @ACLU strongly disputes that: "some parents may have been coerced or misled by U.S. government actions that deprived the parents of their right to seek asylum."
More. ⬇️
Kim had no intention of unilaterally surrendering his nuclear weapons, which he has called North Korea’s “treasured sword of justice,” and he never committed to do so. trib.al/s6LImxA
North Korea accuses US of 'hatching a criminal plot to unleash war' while trying to continue dialogue
U.S. will not let Americans travel to North Korea for one year.
Relations couldn't be better.
From late last night in a court filing: George Papadopoulos says Sessions supported Putin-Trump campaign meeting, contradicting the Attorney General’s sworn testimony to Congress cnn.it/2Pkb0Go
DOJ officials tried to turn Oleg Deripaska into an informant on Russian organized crime & whether Manafort was a link between Trump and the Kremlin.
Ohr once wrote Deripaska was "almost ready to talk" regarding "the money Manafort stole."
nytimes.com/2018/09/01/us/…
Ex-Republican official in Connecticut says he's resigning from the Republican Party and blamed Trump, calling him "the worst president our country has had — ever."
courant.com/opinion/insigh…
As John McCain's casket was arriving at the National Cathedral, Trump was attacking the DOJ on Twitter.
Literally every Washington power player -- Democratic and Republican, past and present -- was at McCain's funeral, except the sitting president, who was tweeting his grievances about the DOJ and FBI.
Apparently Lindsey Graham invited Javanka to today's funeral.
Wait, was Ivanka texting during the service?
Describing several private meetings with McCain, Obama says that through those conversations, “We never doubted we were on the same team.”
John McCain understood "that part of what makes our country great is that our membership is based not on our bloodline ... but on adherence to a common creed: That all of us are created equal." (via PBS)
George W. Bush: "Above all, John detested the abuse of power. He could not abide bigots and swaggering despots." (via ABC)
Rob Tibbetts, the father of Mollie Tibbetts: "Do not appropriate Mollie's soul in advancing views she believed were profoundly racist."
desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/…
'The fever will break eventually,' Senator Flake said outside the Cathedral. 'It has to.'
newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…
Some money from Trump's inaugural committee went to Apprentice creator Mark Burnett, who was involved in producing inaugural activities.
Burnett's involvement was requested by Trump. Burnett also has unaired footage of Trump.
nytimes.com/2018/02/15/us/…
The Trump admin is withholding more than 100,000 pages of Brett Kavanaugh's records from the Bush White House on the basis of presidential privilege.
apne.ws/FGcq6rL
Senate Dem Leader Chuck Schumer calls the Trump-hidden Kavanaugh documents a “Friday night document massacre” and says “it has all the makings of a cover up” in a statement provided to @BuzzFeedNews:
Trump says "there is no political necessity to keep Canada in the new NAFTA deal," and if no deal is reached, "Canada will be out," and warns US Congress not to interfere with the negotiations or, he asserts, he will "simply terminate NAFTA entirely."
An ethics watchdog has asked the HHS inspector general and HHS ethics panel to investigate Secretary Alex Azar and his ties to his former employer, Eli Lilly. The complaint wonders if a recent rule change proposed by Azar would benefit Eli Lilly. bit.ly/2wtyIcA
The Trump admin's plans to take back over $3,000,000,000 in congressionally-allocated foreign aid were killed this week in a major win for foreign assistance.
huffingtonpost.com/entry/foreign-…
Diplomats with disabled children say Mike Pompeo has been ignoring their pleas for help in a struggle they’ve had for more than a year against the erosion of their medical and education benefits.
The revelation has stunned lawmakers. buff.ly/2vJsHI7
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wants to consolidate 49 regional offices down to 12. kunc.org/post/zinke-reo…
Today in conservatism Laura Ingraham suggests it may be time for the government to take over Facebook and Twitter and run them as public utilities to eliminate bias against conservatives.
Trump is subtweeting Megan McCain, who said at her dad’s funeral that America doesn’t need to be made great again because it’s already great
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