Day 729 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama.
The FISA warrant Trump referenced targeted Carter Page. #TrumpLies
Day 517 since the deadliest mass shooting on U.S soil in Las Vegas that killed 58, injuring 546.
Although a bump stock ban takes effect in 15 days, Congress must take action to prevent future mass shootings. #NeverForget #NeverAgain #EnoughIsEnough
There have been 3 American mass shootings (4+ shot and/or killed, not including shooter) in the 3 days of March, bringing this year's total to 51.
January: 27 mass shootings
February: 21 mass shootings
March: 3 mass shootings
#NationalEmergency
Real-time U.S. gun violence numbers*:
•2,344 gun deaths
•4,024 gun injuries
•86 children shot
•372 teenagers shot
•51 mass shootings
•317 armed home invasions
•209 defensive gun use incidents
•245 unintentional shootings
*not including suicides
#NationalEmergency
MUST READ by Maria Hiaasen, the widow of the Capital Gazette editor - Rob Hiaasen - who was shot and killed by a disgruntled man in Maryland who never should have had a gun.
If she can find the fortitude to fight for gun safety, we ALL can.
capitalgazette.com/opinion/column…
The House Judiciary Committee requested docs from the @NRA to investigate "actions that threaten our nation’s longstanding commitment to the rule of law, including allegations of obstruction of justice, public corruption and abuses of power." thedailybeast.com/house-judiciar…
The Intel Committee asks Hope Hicks for “any personal or work diary, journal, or other book containing notes, a record or a description of daily events related to your employment" with Trump, campaign, WH, Trump Org
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FYI: The Trump admin has quietly resumed separating immigrant families at the border.
At one agency, the children were put into temporary foster care and shelters with little or no indication that they arrived at the border with their parents: propub.li/2QcsPvY
Reminder: The Trump administration is systematically locking up thousands of children at unheard of rates - now almost 15,000 are in U.S. custody.
The government classifies these children as "unaccompanied"
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Thousands more kids may have been separated from their parents at the border under the Trump administration than was previously thought, according to an internal government report.
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It's always someone else's fault according to 45.
Trump blames Cohen testimony in part for failed deal with North Korea wapo.st/2Trdmcj?tid=ss…
“[Trump] complained to one confidant that the hearing made him “look weak” to Kim Jong Un, as did a reporter’s shouted question about the Cohen matter in front of the North Korean leader.” apnews.com/750ece5f658044…
North Korea Waged Cyber Attacks on US In Midst of Trump/Kim Meeting hillreporter.com/north-korea-wa…
House Minority Leader McCarthy says hush payments aren't impeachable offenses.
Wait. What?
nbcnews.to/2EBd1KW
The Intel Committees are examining whether any effort was made to influence Michael Cohen through discussions about a pardon after the FBI raid. The intent of the inquiry is to determine whether there was any effort to obstruct justice.
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Nadler demands documents within two weeks from all aspects of Trump world, with 81 letters requesting a broad array of info as part of new obstruction probe. Committee got greenlight from SDNY and Mueller team; expect public hearings too cnn.com/2019/03/04/pol…
Politico reports that the massive document request from the Judiciary Committee will not be the only request. Nadler's staff said another round of letters would be going out soon and cautioned against reading into why some people didn't get letters. politico.com/story/2019/03/…
Pelosi this AM on new House Judiciary probe: “I think what they’re doing is exercising their constitutional responsibility for oversight. That is part of article 1 of the Constitution. To do anything less would be delinquent in our duties than to exercise our oversight.”
As the GOP express outrage at Dems demanding documents from the Trump admin, please check out this October 2016 piece about the GOP's plans to probe Hillary if she won. washingtonpost.com/politics/house…
Chris Christie: "Bob Mueller is not nearly the threat to [Trump] and those around him that the Southern District is ... There's no restriction on what the Southern District can look at ... SDNY has both Rick Gates & Michael Cohen as tour guides through" Trump world. @MSNBC
Graham blasts Trump admin briefing on Khashoggi killing as "complete waste of time" hill.cm/4gF1JYy
This is disgusting!
Documentary says Jamal Khashoggi's body may have been burned in a large oven at the home of the Saudi consul general in Istanbul. The Saudi crown prince's government still claims ignorance. trib.al/B26OygH
Day 18 since Trump declared a national emergency in response to a manufactured crisis to seize power and subvert the Constitution.
"I didn't need to do this"
Rand Paul says that, based on conversations with colleagues, there are "at least 10" Republican senators who are prepared to vote to nullify Trump's emergency declaration. washingtonpost.com/national/mccon…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Trump's veto threat: "We'll fight him in the Congress" and courts
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‘Where are the women’s teams?’: Trump ignores women’s champions in White House sports ceremonies wapo.st/2Tt5M0V?tid=ss…
What did Trump tell FEMA about Puerto Rico?
773 days in office.
9,014 false or misleading claims from Trump.
That's an average of 11.66 false claims a day, according to WaPo. washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
Trump averaged nearly 5.9 false or misleading claims a day in his first year in office.
He hit nearly 16.5 a day in his second year.
So far in 2019, he’s averaging nearly 22 claims a day, according to WaPo.
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This is an incredibly important piece from @JaneMayerNYer that puts to bed forever the myth that Fox is a journalistic institution
newyorker.com/magazine/2019/…
Fox News HAD the story of Trump's hush money payoffs to Stormy Daniels BEFORE the election but killed it because the reporter said she was told, "Good reporting Kiddo, but Rupert Murdoch wants Donald Trump to win. So set it aside."
@JaneMayerNYer reports Ailes fed Trump debate questions before the first GOP primary debate on Fox in 2015
Remember the outrage when Donna Brazile shared with Hillary there might be a question about the Flint water crisis?
newyorker.com/magazine/2019/…
Trump “has ranked the loyalty of many reporters, on a scale of 1 to 10. Bret Baier, Fox News’ chief political anchor, is a 6; Hannity a solid 10. Steve Doocy, the co-host of “Fox & Friends,” is so adoring that Trump gives him a 12.”
newyorker.com/magazine/2019/…
“Trump gets up and watches ‘Fox & Friends’ and thinks these are his friends” newyorker.com/magazine/2019/…
Great find. @IvankaTrump and @realDonaldTrump were Kamala Harris donors.
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Two top Democratic congressman believe that Trump's reported demand that Jared Kushner be given a security clearance despite concerns raised by intelligence officials amounted to an "abuse of power" and was "inappropriate."
nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
Matthew Whitaker, former acting attorney general, has left the department. His last day was Saturday. He has not yet solidified plans on his next steps, according to Justice Department officials.
Subpoena him!
latimes.com/politics/la-na…
Three House Democratic chairmen -- Schiff, Engel and Cummings -- demand details about Trump's talks with Putin, sending letters to State and WH.
They say they are investigating a "number of issues surrounding these communications."
DERIPASKA PAYDAY REVEALED: Washington lawyers who negotiated a deal with @USTreasury to lift sanctions on the Russian oligarch's Co's were paid "a multiple" of the $600k+ that was paid to Mercury Public Affairs for lobbying to lift the sanctions
Robert Mueller's office has notified Judge Amy Berman Jackson about an Instagram post from Roger Stone that could be in violation of Judge Jackson's strict gag order on Stone. cnbc.com/2019/03/04/rob…
Wait, Don McGahn is going to help pick the judges that will rule on his clients' cases?
How is that not a violation of government ethics rules? washingtonpost.com/politics/mcgah…
In three opinions over eight days last month, Justice Thomas questioned New York Times v. Sullivan, Roe v. Wade and Gideon v. Wainwright.
nytimes.com/2019/03/04/us/…
Democratic California A.G. Xavier Becerra is bringing the first major lawsuit to block changes to the Title X family planning program that would shift funding from abortion providers, like Planned Parenthood, toward faith-based clinics.
Almost everything Tom Vari sells at his shop, Brandywine Lighting Gallery, is made in China. So far, he's absorbed extra costs due to Trump’s trade war.
But he says he won’t be able to shield customers from dramatic price increases much longer. nyti.ms/2EqII9m
Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma is preparing for a possible bankruptcy filing as it faces hundreds of lawsuits over its role in the U.S. opioid epidemic. lat.ms/2XEMt4a
More than a third of Himalayan glaciers will have melted by 2100, with river flows declining from the 2060s econ.st/2Ey4xnv
When deadly heat waves hit on land, we hear about them. But the oceans can have heat waves, too. They are now happening far more frequently than they did last century and are harming marine life, a new study finds. nyti.ms/2Er1EEY
Every president since Nixon has voluntarily given their tax returns. Trump hasn’t.
There’s a reason for that, he has a lot to hide.
The House will vote on a sweeping 571-page bill this week that would strengthen federal ethics laws, expand voting rights and require presidential nominees to release their tax returns, Axios reports.
axios.com/house-hr1-anti…
In case you missed yesterday's thread:
ICE officers have released 12 babies that were being held at a rural Texas detention center, where immigrant advocates claim they dealt with dirty water, limited baby food and a lack of medical care. cbsnews.com/news/immigrant…
Senate R's voted tonight to advance Allison Jones Rushing's nomination. She's a Federalist Society pick, has argued there were "moral & practical reasons" for banning same-sex marriage and is about to become a US circuit judge.
She's only 37. huffpost.com/entry/trump-ju…