Day 730 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 518 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 14 days, Congress must take action to prevent future mass shootings. #NeverForget #NeverAgain #EnoughIsEnough
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There have now been 51 mass shootings in 20 different U.S. states (and Washington, D.C.) in the 63 completed days of the year.
#NationalEmergency
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America has now witnessed 246 unintentional (accidental) shootings so far in 2019 — an approximate average of 3.9 per day.
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Male New Hampshire lawmakers on the hearing committee wearing pearls to mock @MomsDemand volunteers and gun safety advocates. #NHPolitics
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Trump signs bill reversing Obama rule to ban gun purchases by mentally ill
What the hell?!?
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2 months after declaring all US troops are leaving Syria, Trump wrote to members of Congress that he now agrees "100%" with keeping a military presence in Syria.
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The Army Spent $30 Billion on These 5 Wonder Weapons (And they Flopped) ow.ly/UZ8q30nF6iW
New Mexico sues Air Force over groundwater contamination at bases hill.cm/AB6GfYN
It's been 36 days since the last WH press briefing, January 28, per @AlliemalCNN
That January 28 briefing broke a streak of 40 days without a briefing. So we are talking 76 days with only 1 briefing.
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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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Separated immigrant families. Missing, kidnapped, caged, abused and dead children. Crimes against humanity. And the GOP support all of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the actual crisis at the Southern border.
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North Korea is pursuing the "rapid rebuilding" of the long-range rocket site at Sohae Launch Facility, according to new commercial imagery and an analysis from a team of researchers.
This activity was seen just two days after 2nd Trump-Kim summit. nbcnews.com/news/north-kor…
Six more checks to Cohen shed light on the parallel lives Trump was living as president of the United States — at once managing affairs of state while secretly paying the price of keeping his personal secrets out of the public eye. @maggieNYT
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Senate Republicans are rejecting calls to probe Trump role in hush-money payments
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After Dems accused Trump of obstructing justice, Trump responded by accusing them of obstructing justice.
His go-to defense mechanism is always the same: projection.
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Richard Blumenthal: "Donald Trump Jr. and Michael Cohen belong back in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee."
@RepAdamSchiff hires experienced Russia organized crime prosecutor to lead investigation of Trump
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House Democratic leaders plan to pursue a slow-bleed strategy with lengthy public hearings and scores of witnesses to methodically pick apart Trump's finances and presidency.
Trump will essentially be on public trial for months to come. axios.com/donald-trump-i…
New York State regulators have issued an expansive subpoena to the Trump Organization’s longtime insurance broker, the first step in an investigation of insurance policies and claims involving Trump’s family business nyti.ms/2EC7XG5
A bipartisan group of senators are fuming over the Trump administration's handling of the death of Jamal Khashoggi cnn.it/2TvSoZP
Day 19 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"
Up to 15 GOP senators may vote against Trump emergency declaration hill.cm/aaXEMAD
Trump administration seeks GOP support on border wall as senators confront hard choices Via @seungminkim and @ericawerner washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
Among the "innocent" people House Judiciary sent letters to:
Paul Manafort
Michael Flynn
Julian Assange
Michael Cohen
WH rejects Elijah Cummings’ request for information about specific details about the security clearance process and Kushner’s clearance - and Cummings says he will now decide next steps. Here’s the WH letter: oversight.house.gov/sites/democrat…
Cummings: "The White House's argument defies the Constitutional separation of powers, decades of precedent before this Committee, and just plain common-sense.
The W.H. security clearance system is broken, and it needs both congressional oversight and legislative reform."
@tedlieu & @RepDonBeyer want an investigation in Kushner’s security clearance- tell the attorney general: “Your loyalty is to the United States, not Mr. Kushner or even the President.”
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Trump reportedly pressured his then-chief of staff John Kelly and White House counsel Don McGahn to grant Ivanka Trump a security clearance against their recommendations. cnn.com/2019/03/05/pol…
Here's Ivanka Trump last month telling ABC that her father "had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husband's clearance." That now seems to be contradicted by new reporting from CNN.
Trump friend Tom Barrack plans to cooperate with House Judiciary Committee cnbc.com/2019/03/05/tru…
Former Trump adviser says he does not plan to cooperate with House Judiciary inquiry - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/politics/forme…
Ty Cobb, who represented the White House as Mueller ramped up his investigation, said he considers Mueller "an American hero" and does not share Trump's view that the Russia probe is a politically motivated hoax. abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump…
New Quinnipiac poll:
-Trump approval: 38-55
-Committed crimes before becoming president: 64-24
-Committed crimes while president: 45-43
-Believe Cohen over Trump: 50-35
-Congress should investigate Cohen claims: 58-35
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Judge Amy Berman Jackson has scolded Roger Stone over his new book that criticizes Mueller and demanded Stone explain his efforts to comply with a gag order that bars him from bad-mouthing the Special Counsel. cnb.cx/2TrdJ6V
Prosecutors for Mueller's office say that none of the reasons and cases Paul Manafort's attorneys have used to argue for a lighter sentencing actually apply to Manafort himself in the case due for sentencing on Thursday in Virginia. @NBCNews
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T-Mobile admits it spent $195,000 at Trump's DC hotel, directly lining the Trump family's pockets while company's $26 billion merger awaits federal government approval
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What do announced or possible 2020 Democratic candidates Biden, Gillibrand, Booker, Harris, Kerry and McAuliffe have in common?
All of them once received campaign money from Trump or his family. @eliokun politico.com/story/2019/03/…
Companies Falsely Labeled Products ‘Made in U.S.A.’ Their Financial Penalty from Trump's FTC? $0.
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The U.S. federal deficit grew by 77% in ONE YEAR.
It’s $310 billion for the first four months of fiscal 2019, says the Treasury Department.
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Growing evidence shows that Trump's trade wars are hitting the U.S. economy, with as much as $68.8 billion in annual losses, according to a @UCLA study
Trump's tariffs cost US companies & consumers $3 billion a month in additional tax costs & companies a further $1.4 billion in deadweight losses, according to economists from Fed Reserve Bank of NY, Princeton University, Columbia University bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
@USTradeRep Lighthizer faced some tough questions from @UAW members per @freep Said one member: “He pretty much evaded questions when we brought up the issue of plants closing in the U.S." freep.com/story/money/ca…
Federal judge orders Trump admin to restore Obama-era rule designed to prevent pay discrimination
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Donald Trump said that he intends to end India's preferential trade treatment under a program that allows $5.6 billion worth of Indian exports to enter the United States duty free. thewire.in/trade/exporter…
Chinese hackers have targeted more than two dozen universities in the U.S. & around the globe as part of an elaborate scheme to steal research about maritime technology being developed for military use, cybersecurity experts say. wsj.com/articles/chine…
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has resigned and plans to leave the agency in a month.
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And... the Senate confirmed Allison Jones Rushing, 37, to be a lifetime U.S. circuit court judge.
She used to work for the anti-LGBTQ group Alliance Defending Freedom and is now the youngest federal judge in the country.
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Final vote was 53-44. Party-line vote.
Sen. Durbin on Rushing's level of experience: “That is the most scant, weakest legal resume imaginable for someone who’s seeking a lifetime appointment to the second-highest court of the land.”
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Sen. Rand Paul used his perch on the Senate Health committee today to push the notion that it’s fine for parents not to vaccinate their kids and that vaccines cause harm
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One More Time, With Big Data: Measles Vaccine Doesn’t Cause Autism - The New York Times
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A new, large study finds that children who did not get childhood vaccines were more likely to be diagnosed with autism than kids who did get their recommended vaccinations.
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WH: Advisers recommend that Trump veto HR 1 "For the People Act."
The sweeping bill introduced by Democrats would make election day a federal holiday and crack down on efforts to prevent voters from casting ballots.
Former officials of the military academy where Trump went to high school say that wealthy alumni directed them to retrieve, remove and hide Trump's academic records.
The request came in 2011, days after Trump challenged Obama to "show his records." washingtonpost.com/politics/grab-…
College football player wears Democratic Socialists pin while visiting White House hill.cm/vDL6RUU
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.
A team of attorneys has been guiding the House Ways and Means Committee to craft an "air-tight" legal strategy to compel Trump to hand over 10 years of his tax returns, ABC News reports. The Committee aims to submit the request by April 15, Tax Day. abcnews.go.com/Politics/dems-…
House Democrats plan to formally demand Trump's tax returns in about two weeks, according to Rep. Bill Pascrell, a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee. politico.com/story/2019/03/…
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