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| Title | Author | Date | Comments |
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| Pompeo responds to reports of rage-filled tirade against reporter with lie-filled statement The non-impeachment bombshell of the week was NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly's interview with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the interview in which he blustered and lied to the unflappable Kelly; the interview that so enraged him that he followed up... |
Joan McCarter | 01/25/2020 | 384 |
| Is Moscow Mitch the messenger of the 'heads on pikes' threat from Trump to Republicans? Moscow Mitch McConnell has a team working overtime to work the refs, and getting the traditional press to spin out stories about his masterful control of the Senate. Like this one quoting people from his inner sphere, in which he is credited with... |
Joan McCarter | 01/24/2020 | 98 |
| Pentagon: 34 suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iran airstrike. Trump: They're 'headaches' The Pentagon has disclosed that 34 U.S. service members have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries due to the Iranian missile strike on U.S. forces in Iraq in early January. That's more than triple the number acknowledged earlier this week. On... |
Joan McCarter | 01/24/2020 | 106 |
| Texas Republicans are running scared. Let's help Eliz Markowitz keep them that way Texas Republicans are eyeing 2020 with no small amount of panic. They are in such a panic that they are plotting even now how to change the rules when Democrats gain seats in the legislature. The Dallas Morning News reports on Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's... |
Joan McCarter | 01/24/2020 | 13 |
| Trump's 'best people' in HHS forgot to renew public health emergency declaration on opioids For the past two years, the nation's opioid crisis has been deemed a national public health emergency. That ended last week, temporarily, because no one in Health and Human Services bothered to renew it when it lapsed. They're calling it a "clerical... |
Joan McCarter | 01/24/2020 | 33 |
| Republican senators sure are selective in what they find offensive in Trump's impeachment trial The third day of Donald Trump's impeachment trial once again featured Republican senators competing with each other to see who could show the most disdain for the idea of their constitutional duty and the oath they took to provide impartial justice.... |
Joan McCarter | 01/24/2020 | 49 |
| Susan Collins finds a principle to stand behind: Tattling on 'both sides' in the name of civility Just when you thought Maine Sen. Susan Collins couldn't get any worse, you find out she's a tattle-tale. Yes, the one thing that woke Chief Justice John Roberts out of his stupor during the ongoing impeachment trial was a note from Collins tattling on... |
Joan McCarter | 01/23/2020 | 70 |
| Trump is abusing his power and obstructing Congress right now while impeachment trial continues In the middle of an impeachment trial in which Donald Trump is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, the Trump administration is brazenly abusing its power, flouting a court order, and ignoring Congress. Just this week, the... |
Joan McCarter | 01/23/2020 | 37 |
| Trump celebrates impeachment for abuse of power by bilking the taxpayers even more Smack dab in the middle of his impeachment trial for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, Donald Trump is shamelessly grifting off the taxpayer, spiking room rates at his Doral Resort just ahead of a Republican National Committee meeting there,... |
Joan McCarter | 01/23/2020 | 22 |
| Chief Justice Roberts lets Senate Republicans show blatant disdain for impeachment proceedings Senate Republicans are united again in saying they've heard absolutely nothing new in the House impeachment managers presentation against Donald Trump. That's after they voted en masse, as a unified bloc, against 10 amendments from Democrats to provide... |
Joan McCarter | 01/23/2020 | 302 |
| Schiff shines bright light on Moscow Mitch's dangerous negligence in protecting our elections Rep. Adam Schiff, in his role as impeachment manager, both distilled the import of this trial and put Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell under a harsh light, without ever mentioning McConnell's name. In his opening argument, as prepared and... |
Joan McCarter | 01/22/2020 | 25 |
| McConnell is also covering up the bad behavior of Republican senators during this impeachment trial The D.C. press corps is filling in where the cameras that Mitch McConnell refused to allow into the impeachment trial are absent. So we know just what a farce Republicans consider this exercise to be. And precisely why McConnell made sure the American... |
Joan McCarter | 01/22/2020 | 142 |
| Majority of Maine voters say Collins is 'driven by political self-interest, not principle' Susan Collins is damned if she does stick with Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump on impeachment and damned if she doesn't. The filing deadline for the primary for her Senate seat is March 16, and while she's got the backing of the state's rabid... |
Joan McCarter | 01/22/2020 | 57 |
| Trump says cutting social insurance programs in his second term would be 'the easiest of all things' Hanging out with all the international obscenely rich at Davos this week most have rubbed off on Donald Trump, making him think he's invincible. Trump told CNBC's Joe Kernen that cutting social insurance programs (entitlements, in CNBC-speak) is... |
Joan McCarter | 01/22/2020 | 137 |
| DNC invests early and big to build presence in presidential battleground states The Democratic National Committee is ready to go with millions of dollars in presidential battleground states Donald Trump won in 2016—Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Florida, North Carolina, and Arizona—CNN reports. Two of those states, North... |
Joan McCarter | 01/22/2020 | 37 |
| Warren's new plan shows she gets how much damage Trump has wrought and how critical it is to undo it "We cannot assume that everything will be fine once Donald Trump leaves office," writes Elizabeth Warren. "The next president will need to have the energy, expertise, and vision to safeguard our ... |
Joan McCarter | 01/22/2020 | 119 |
| Before he was Moscow Mitch, McConnell wanted to hear all the impeachment witnesses Oh, Moscow Mitch. I mean, it’s clear he thrives on being a blatant hypocrite. Normal people’s anger at his total commitment to his complete lack of principle and wanton destruction of our republic seems to be his fuel. So, here we go again. Here’s what... |
Joan McCarter | 01/21/2020 | 24 |
| McConnell and Republicans kill first attempt by Democrats to get records in Trump impeachment trial Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's first cover-up vote in Donald Trump's impeachment trial occurred Tuesday afternoon, when he moved to kill Sen. Chuck Schumer's amendment to the organizing resolution to subpoena certain documents and White House... |
Joan McCarter | 01/21/2020 | 107 |
| Trump administration reportedly moving ahead with plan that could destroy Medicaid in red states The Trump administration appears ready to resurrect one of its most destructive plans for Medicaid, an idea it had floated but apparently rejected in November of last year to allow states to turn their Medicaid money into block grants. The Wall Street... |
Joan McCarter | 01/21/2020 | 31 |
| Collins mum on impeachment witnesses, as if she hasn't already cleared her votes with McConnell Sen. Susan Collins is remaining completely mum on Moscow Mitch's impeachment cover-up resolution. But don't think that that's because she didn't totally capitulate to it from the get-go. Collins told the Portland Press Herald that she's been consulting... |
Joan McCarter | 01/21/2020 | 36 |
| Four Supreme Court justices give Trump a big gift, punt on hearing Obamacare case In case anyone is wondering if Chief Justice John Roberts will be assisting in having a fair and transparent impeachment trial of Donald Trump, look to what just happened at the Supreme Court on behalf of Trump: The justices denied a request by House... |
Joan McCarter | 01/21/2020 | 33 |
| CNN poll: 51% want Trump impeached and removed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's official cover-up resolution for Donald Trump's impeachment trial is not likely to satisfy a public that has turned on Trump. According to a new CNN poll, a majority of 51% now says Trump should be impeached and... |
Joan McCarter | 01/21/2020 | 54 |
| An Obamacare win: Racial and ethnic disparities in access to care have narrowed The Affordable Care Act accomplished one major thing: It increased health coverage for Black Americans, according to a study just released by the Commonwealth Fund. In fact, the insurance rate ... |
Joan McCarter | 01/20/2020 | 7 |
| Here's another way to fight Trump: Help feed people Cruelty is the point for Donald Trump and his minions, to the point of making more Americans go hungry . The work requirements and other restrictions the administration is imposing on Supplemental ... |
Joan McCarter | 01/19/2020 | 47 |
| Trump administration escalates attack on nutrition standards for children's school meals The latest assault on hungry people from the Trump administration attacks school lunches. All those kids whose families can't provide nutritious meals at home any more because they no longer qualify for nutrition assistance can be fed with total... |
Joan McCarter | 01/17/2020 | 60 |
| Moscow Mitch, perjurer As we head into Donald Trump's impeachment trial next week, it's worth remembering this promise from Moscow Mitch McConnell: "I'm not an impartial juror. This is a political process. There's not anything judicial about it. […] The House made a partisan... |
Joan McCarter | 01/17/2020 | 99 |
| Susan Collins overtakes Mitch McConnell as most unpopular senator in the land Susan Collins' bad week continues. She's now the subject of a tough CNN fact-check over her ridiculous impeachment statements ("Her comments suggest she is either confused, unaware of the relevant facts or intentionally ignoring them to ding the... |
Joan McCarter | 01/17/2020 | 49 |
| Trump's impeachment trial will have McConnell's 'somber,' 'serious' veneer, but will still be a sham Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the Washington Post tells us, wants a "drama-free" impeachment trial, and got what he wanted out of the first day with "a Senate looking somber and serious […] A Senate that might, as he put it a day before, be... |
Joan McCarter | 01/17/2020 | 74 |
| What to expect next week as the Senate impeachment trial begins The Senate will take up Donald Trump's impeachment next week, essentially bringing a halt to the body's business. Given that Majority Mitch McConnell has shut down legislating anyway, that's not going to be much of a blow. What won't be happening,... |
Joan McCarter | 01/17/2020 | 64 |
| Susan Collins caught telling flat-out lies about donations from opioid manufacturers Maine Sen. Susan Collins is not having a good week. All eyes are on her over impeachment, where she's alternately trying to pretend she's all responsible for getting witnesses for the Senate ... |
Joan McCarter | 01/17/2020 | 106 |
