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Trump Supporters Chanted ‘War!’ at Conference

October 15, 2019 at 6:33 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

ProPublica: “On Sunday, news broke that a video of a fake President Trump massacring journalists and others had been shown during a conference at one of the president’s resorts last week.”

“But the now-infamous video was far from the only violent imagery and rhetoric at the conference, which was held at the Trump National Doral Miami. One of the speakers at the conference opening repeatedly urged the crowd to go to ‘war’ in support of Trump.”

Said Pastor Mark Burns: “We’ve come to declare war! War! War!”

He went on: “Do I have anybody who is ready to go to war for Donald J. Trump, for this nation? I can’t hear you? Anybody? Ready to go to war! Because we’re citizens of the greatest country in the world!”

Pete Sessions Subpoenaed Over Interactions With Giuliani

October 15, 2019 at 6:20 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A grand jury has issued a subpoena related to Manhattan federal prosecutors’ investigation into Rudy Giuliani, seeking documents from former Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) about his dealings with President Trump’s personal lawyer and associates,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The subpoena seeks documents related to Mr. Giuliani’s business dealings with Ukraine and his involvement in efforts to oust the U.S. ambassador in Kyiv, as well as any interactions between Mr. Sessions, Mr. Giuliani and four of Mr. Giuliani’s associates who were indicted last week on campaign-finance and conspiracy accounts.”

“Mr. Giuliani is the primary focus of the subpoena.”

Pence Will Not Cooperate with House Inquiry

October 15, 2019 at 6:04 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Vice President Mike Pence’s office Tuesday said it will not comply with a request from the House to turn over documents related to President Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, NBC News reports.


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Extra Bonus Quote of the Day

October 15, 2019 at 6:01 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“He is a fraud. His sudden concern about endless wars is just cover for his having facilitated a disaster.”

— Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI), quoted by The Atlantic, on President Trump’s decision to pull troops out of Syria.

Trump Emoluments Case Gets Second Life

October 15, 2019 at 5:31 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit claiming President Trump is illegally profiting from foreign and state government visitors at his hotel in downtown Washington,” the Washington Post reports.

“The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit agreed to rehear the lawsuit, brought by the attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia, that was dismissed last summer by a three-judge panel of the same court. The brief order set oral argument for Dec. 12, and essentially gives the novel lawsuit testing the anti-corruption emoluments provisions of the Constitution a second chance.”

Video Shows Russians Have Moved Into Former U.S. Base

October 15, 2019 at 4:44 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A journalist traveling with Russian-backed forces released a video that appeared to show Russians inside of a now-abandoned U.S. base near the town of Manbij in northern Syria.

Axios: “As the U.S. carries out a sudden, near-total withdrawal from Syria, Russia is rushing into the breach.”

Bonus Quote of the Day

October 15, 2019 at 3:32 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I think it’s a terrible mistake if the Democratic nominee would publicly support Medicare for All.”

— Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), quoted by CNN, urging Democratic candidates to focus on improving the Affordable Care Act instead.

Giuliani Won’t Comply with House Subpoena

October 15, 2019 at 3:14 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rudy Giuliani told ABC News on Tuesday he is not complying with a congressional subpoena and “if they enforce it then we will see what happens.”

He went on to say he’s no longer retaining the services of Jon Sale, who was acting as his attorney for this matter.

Giuliani told the New York Daily News that he is dropping his lawyer because it is “silly to have a lawyer when I don’t need one.”

Democrats Mull Vote on Impeachment Probe

October 15, 2019 at 3:13 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“House Democratic leaders are taking the temperature of their caucus as to whether the party should stage a floor vote to launch an impeachment inquiry officially — a move leadership has insisted is unnecessary to pursue their investigation into President Trump,” The Hill reports.

Said a source: “We’re gauging where our members are.”

“Such a vote would mark a sharp shift in tactics, as Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA.) and other other Democratic leaders have argued for months that a vote on the House floor is not legally mandated to launch the impeachment process.”

Trump’s Trade Adviser Has an Imaginary Friend

October 15, 2019 at 2:43 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Peter Navarro, President Trump’s top trade adviser, has quoted staunch China hawk “Ron Vara” more than a dozen times in at least six of his books, the Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

However, it turns out that Ron Vara — which is an anagram of Navarro — doesn’t actually exist.

When asked about his source, Navarro declined to speak on the record, but he did send a statement in which he called Ron Vara a “whimsical device and pen name I’ve used throughout the years for opinions and purely entertainment value, not as a source of fact.”

Trump Trails Generic Democrat In National Poll

October 15, 2019 at 2:22 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Georgetown Battleground Poll finds 56% of voters have an unfavorable view of President Trump, as opposed to 42% with a favorable view of him.

If the election were held today, voters would pick the Democratic candidate over Trump by a margin of 50% to 42%.

Voters also say that President Trump should be impeached and sent to the Senate for a trial by a 51% to 46% margin.

Ohio Almost Wrongly Purged 40K Voters from Rolls

October 15, 2019 at 1:54 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New York Times: “Around 40,000 people, nearly one in five names on the list, shouldn’t have been on it, the state determined. And it only found out before anyone was actually turned away at a polling place largely because of volunteer sleuthing. Few people had expected a problem at that scale. But the process gave hope to people working on voting rights, who for years had pushed the state to be more transparent in how it was maintaining its voter rolls.”

Duncan Hunter Fails to Win Party Nod

October 15, 2019 at 1:47 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Federally indicted Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) failed to earn the endorsement of his local Republican Party on Monday despite representing San Diego County in the House for more than 10 years,” Roll Call reports.

Quote of the Day

October 15, 2019 at 1:41 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“We’re not going to beat Trump with pocket change.”

— Mayor Pete Buttigieg, in a Snapchat interview, on Elizabeth Warren’s small donor strategy.

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Shari Redstone Mulls Starting Fox News Competitor

October 15, 2019 at 1:35 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“In the midst of closing a merger between CBS and Viacom, Shari Redstone is quietly exploring a plan to launch a conservative TV outlet meant to square off with the Fox News Channel,” sources tell the Hollywood Reporter.

“Redstone has approached current and former Fox News personalities about such a plan, sources say, and she has spoken with former NBC News host Megyn Kelly.”

Bonus Exchange of the Day

October 15, 2019 at 1:14 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was interviewed by Stephanie Ruhle on MSNBC:

PAUL: If we’re going to investigate Rudy Giuliani, then we should investigate Hunter Biden.

RUHLE: Does that mean we should investigate how Jared Kushner’s family got foreign money? Ivanka’s Chinese trademarks?

PAUL: If we want to go down the road of self-destruction, we can do that.

Impeachment Could End Collins’ Career

October 15, 2019 at 12:31 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Public Policy Polling survey in Maine shows Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has a dismal 35% to 50% approval rating.

Collins trails a generic Democrat for reelection 41% to 44%. That represents a big drop for Collins compared to a September poll when she led a generic Democrat by 6 points at 44% to 38%.

Also interesting is that 53% of Mainers support impeaching President Trump with 44% opposed. When asked who they would choose if Collins opposed impeachment, she goes from a 3-point deficit against a generic Democratic opponent for reelection to a 7-point deficit at 40% to 47%.

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