Day 640 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama.
The FISA warrant Trump referenced targeted Carter Page. #TrumpLies
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Day 430 since the deadliest mass shooting on U.S soil in Las Vegas that killed 58, injuring 546 and Congress has taken NO action to prevent future mass shootings. #NeverForget #NeverAgain #EnoughIsEnough
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Real-time U.S. gun violence data for 2018, as of December 5th:
•13,496 gun deaths
•26,077 gun injuries
•621 children shot
•2,617 teenagers shot
•1,879 armed home invasions
•1,647 incidents of defensive gun use
•1,474 unintentional shootings
•325 mass shootings
Gun violence is the second leading cause of death for U.S. children; 35% of child/teen gun deaths are suicides—900+ per year. In 80% of cases, the gun belonged to a parent or relative.
Gun homicides are driving down life expectancy rates among young black Americans — nearly twice as much as their white counterparts, according to a new Boston University study.
bostonherald.com/2018/12/05/stu…
Gun violence researcher and ER physician Dr. Garen Wintemute said the NRA did his cause a favor when they tweeted that doctors should "stay in their lane.”
“The NRA kicked a hornets’ nest, and there’s just been a tremendous spike in interest." buff.ly/2FXIACf
Army Ranger dog dies in Afghanistan saving US soldiers hill.cm/CYhhk34
Two US Marine aircraft crashed off the coast of Japan, the US Marine Corps announced Wednesday in a statement.
bit.ly/2RBf1rK
Looks like intense rain in the area where two US aircraft (F/A 18 Jet and a KC130 refuelling tanker) collided in a training incident. No doubt complicating the search for survivors.
So far 1 marine crew member rescued - 6 are still missing.
Reminder: The Trump administration is systematically locking up thousands of children at unheard of rates - now more than 14,000 are in U.S. custody.
The government classifies these children as "unaccompanied"
sfchronicle.com/nation/article…
American Oversight: We filed five lawsuits against four agencies for records about the Trump administration's family-separation policy: americanoversight.org/american-overs…
New satellite images reveal North Korea has significantly expanded a key long-range missile base. They also show construction on a facility that has not been publicly identified, located just 7 miles away from a previously known site.
cnn.com/2018/12/05/pol…
"A number scaring the hell out of the Trumps: 119.
"The equation: 70 hours of Michael Cohen interviews with Mueller's team + 30 hours of interviews with former White House counsel Don McGahn + 19 Michael Flynn interviews with prosecutors."
axios.com/mueller-invest…
Corker said Gina Haspel gave the “most precise presentation I’ve ever heard in 12 years.”
He said that a colleague corrected his comments that a jury would convict MBS in 30 minutes.
It would have been “20 minutes,” he said a colleague told him. cnn.it/2E0KUGd
Senators introduce resolution calling Saudi crown prince "complicit" in Khashoggi slaying
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Sean Penn in Istanbul for a documentary on Khashoggi case
A month after Trump was elected, Saudi-funded lobbyists began reserving blocks of rooms at Trump's DC hotel. 500 rooms were rented, in the middle of the busy weeks around Trump's inauguration.
Total cost: more than $272K.
washingtonpost.com/politics/saudi…
Last sentence: "...the general manager of Trump’s hotel at Central Park said a single stay by some Saudi customers — who were traveling with Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman — was so lucrative, it helped the hotel turn a profit for the quarter."
washingtonpost.com/politics/saudi…
After Trump helped send markets tanking by feeding doubts about his trade deal with China, he stepped in Wednesday to pump up optimism in a series of early-morning tweets.
cnn.it/2RAz8Gv
Trumps arrived for the Bush funeral.
He did not acknowledge his predecessors as he arrived. Mrs. Trump and President Obama shake hands. Once seated, the Obamas shake hands with him.
Clintons, Carters never looked over to acknowledge him.
Trump either forgets or refuses to not place his hand over his heart as flag draped casket with veteran president passes him.
This is how you respectfully greet others.
And yes, George gave Michelle candy.
Striking that all the former Presidents and First Ladies recited the Apostles Creed, but Trump and Melania stood silently and did not.
The creeds are at the heart of historic orthodox Christianity.
Evangelicals, what say you?
“His life code was: Tell the truth. Don’t blame people. Be strong. Do your best. Try hard. Forgive. Stay the course. And that was, and is, the most American of creeds," @jmeacham says of Bush, as Trump looked on.
The four eulogists never mentioned Trump's name.
But, make no mistake, George H.W. Bush's funeral was a repudiation of Trump, because it was a celebration of character.
wapo.st/2roPIOc?tid=ss…
Some intriguing lines from last night's Mueller-Flynn filing
washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/…
Jeff Flake bogging down Senate Judiciary with the second scrapped meeting on judges in consecutive weeks - until he gets a vote on Mueller protection bill. 22 judges bottled up in committee cnn.com/2018/12/05/pol…
Feds are targeting Maria Butina's GOP boyfriend, Paul Erickson, as a foreign agent.
If prosecutors bring charges, Erickson would be the 1st American in the Russia probe charged under a statute DOJ lawyers describe as "espionage-lite." thedailybeast.com/feds-target-bu…
Just in: Suspected Russian secret agent Maria Butina set to agree plea deal with US prosecutors a.msn.com/01/en-gb/BBQfN…
Russian President Vladimir Putin says if the US starts developing intermediate-range missiles, so will Russia.
In addition to allowing North Korea to continue developing nukes, aggravating the Iran nuclear situation, Trump is bringing us into an arms race with Russia.
Ukraine calls up soldier reserves.
Russia begins military exercises in Kerch strait (same area where Russia attacked Ukraine last week)
Ukraine sends troops to Russian border amid fears of an 'invasion'
Trump regime barely comments telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/0…
Amazing that Whitaker and DOJ haven't offered any clarity on this VERY basic question
cnn.com/2018/12/04/pol…
Senate Dems want DOJ to explain potential conflicts of interest involving Matt Whitaker's $1.2M compensation as executive director of an org. that has sued Democrats and Assistant A.G. Brian Benczkowski's history working on behalf of a Russian bank. politico.com/story/2018/12/…
After the midterm drubbing, Republicans settle on a survival strategy for the Trump era: thievery. wapo.st/2rn0RyZ?tid=ss…
New @taxfoundation modeling finds Trump tariffs hurt Americans across the board -- but they hurt the poor the most. taxfoundation.org/trump-tariffs-…
We are borrowing money from China to rescue our farmers from the harm inflicted on them by our quest to punish China.
forbes.com/sites/patrickw…
Trump has told aides he doesn’t care about the national debt in part because when it becomes truly untenable he will be out of office. thedailybeast.com/trump-on-comin…
Remember Blake Farenthold, the disgraced former congressman who never repaid $84,000 in taxpayer $ that he spent on a sexual harassment settlement?
Now he’s eating up $160,000 a year in taxpayer $ for a job he might have gotten illegally.
huffingtonpost.com/entry/blake-fa…
Another Trump Tower Chicago twist ==>
The famous name, conspicuously absent from a broker's earlier brochure for the property, is back in a new brochure for the building's mostly empty riverfront commercial space. chicagobusiness.com/commercial-rea…
Trump's tower in Chicago has a lot of vacant retail space. Previously, they tried to lure tenants w/ a brochure that airbrushed out the Trump name. That didn't work. They're trying again, with the name back in place.
chicagobusiness.com/commercial-rea…
Trump was presented with polling on Pence’s weakness. Inside Trump’s talks about dumping Pence in 2020
vanityfair.com/news/2018/12/m…
WATCH: New video mocks DeVos policies on campus sexual assault with Dr. Seuss spoof hill.cm/NvcuLLk
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‘We are in trouble.’ Global carbon emissions reached a new record high in 2018. washingtonpost.com/energy-environ…
Did Trump intervene in the FBI headquarters project in order to protect revenue at his hotel in DC?
Congress is planning to investigate.
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
In case you missed yesterday's thread:
Dems' national lead in House votes just surpassed 9.7 million (now 8.6%). Largest midterm raw vote margin ever; largest % margin since 1986. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
Kremlin to buy Alfa Bank from oligarch Mikhail Fridman - Either state-controlled VTB Group or Gazprombank may buy Alfa. Fridman the billionaire founder has agreed in principle to a deal although price hasn't been finalized
(1/2)
intellinews.com/kremlin-to-buy…
Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s oil firm DEA is said to buy Sierra Oil & Gas for $500M, Sierra is one of the first cos to drill in Mexico after opening to foreign investment, deal is a step to create large independent oil & gas co. (2/2)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…