Following last week’s statements by White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney, regarding the “hierarchy” he established as a congressman to determine which lobbyists he treated favorably, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and five Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday demanded a federal investigation into Mulvaney’s political activities. Mulvaney’s remarks “reinforce the American public’s worst fears about a corrupt…
Read more'Nixonian': To Kill Iran Deal, Trump Camp Hired Israeli Spy Firm to Dig Up Dirt on Obama Officials
An ethics expert is declaring the Trump team “out of control” following a bombshell report by the UK’s Observer that aides for the sitting president hired Israeli spies to dig up dirt on two officials in the Obama administration who helped negotiate the Iran nuclear deal. “The idea,” said an unnamed source familiar the campaign,…
Read more'Time for a Moral Confrontation': Poor People's Campaign Launches With Local Rallies Nationwide
Aiming to continue the work that Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was doing when he was assassinated 50 years ago, a new Poor People’s Campaign officially launched on Monday with advocates for economic justice rallying in Washington, D.C. and more than 30 state capitols nationwide. The campaign, with an emphasis on voter mobilization and…
Read moreWhistleblower Leaked Suspicious Cohen Payments Due to Concerns Over Missing Files—and Possible Cover-up
A law enforcement agent leaked three government documents detailing suspicious financial activity by the firm of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, due to concerns that information on Cohen’s dealings were missing from a government database—a serious red flag pointing to the possibility that files detailing possible criminal activity were intentionally covered up, or…
Read moreIsraeli Supreme Court Gives Military 'Green Light' to Keep Killing Unarmed Palestinians
Once more affirming its role as an enabler of Israel’s brutal occupation and murder of Palestinians, the Israeli Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a legal effort by human rights groups to revoke military rules that permit soldiers to use live ammunition against unarmed civilians. In its unanimous ruling—which comes less than two weeks after Israeli…
Read moreAmid Signs of 'Cronyism, Nepotism, and Conflicts of Interest,' Watchdog Demands Probe of Trump-ZTE Dealings
Highlighting the appearance of “cronyism, nepotism, abuses of power, and conflicts of interest” in U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent negotiations to rescue the failing Chinese telecom giant ZTE after Beijing dumped $500 million into a major Trump development project in Indonesia, the watchdog group Common Cause sent a letter (pdf) to two key congressional committees…
Read moreActivists Declare #FireZinke and State AGs File Suit After Interior Dept Guts Methane Rules for Public Lands
After the Interior Department on Tuesday gutted Obama-era regulations requiring fossil fuel companies to curb methane emissions and take certain safety precautions to prevent leaks on public lands, a pair of state attorneys general filed suit and protesters gathered outside the department’s Washington, D.C. headquarters to demand the ouster of Secretary Ryan Zinke. Activists with…
Read morePoll: Trump approval rating ticks up to 47 percent
President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE’s approval rating has ticked up to 47 percent in the new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released exclusively to The Hill, a…
Read moreGOP Senate candidate accidentally sent mailer vowing to 'defend' sanctuary cities
Michigan GOP Senate candidate John James accidentally sent out a mailer on Monday saying he would “defend,” rather than “defund,” sanctuary cities, according to The Detroit News. James, whose opponent has accused him of supporting sanctuary cities, was trying to take a stand against the practice. Cities across the U.S. have declared themselves “sanctuaries,” meaning they…
Read moreWisconsin GOP Senate candidate rips his own parents for donations to Dems
Click:wps官网 Wisconsin GOP Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson slammed his own parents for making the “maximum contribution” to his Democratic opponent in a fiery editorial published by Fox News on Monday. The hopeful who is currently embroiled in an intense primary battle for the GOP nomination accused his parents of turning “their back on me, my wife” and…
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