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How Trump Plotted Revenge Against the Democrats

April 26, 2019 at 12:51 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Daily Beast: “In multiple conference calls and closed-door gatherings at the White House that have taken place since January, the president began mapping out, with both White House and outside counsel, how to handle the coming onslaught of congressional probes and subpoenas aimed at his administration, his family, and his business empire.”

“By February, Trump was actively asking those around him about the ways in which subpoenas from Democratic-controlled House committees could be fiercely challenged, a senior administration official said. By that time, those close to Trump say he had already settled, firmly, on a path forward.”

“President Trump’s opinion—an assessment reinforced by the advice of his lawyers and friends—was that he and his legal war council shouldn’t give an inch to congressional investigators and liberal lawmakers.”

Mueller Prosecutors Concluded Trump Obstructed Justice

April 26, 2019 at 11:57 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Murray Waas: “Prosecutors working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded last year that they had sufficient evidence to seek criminal charges against President Trump for obstruction of justice over the president’s alleged pressuring of then FBI Director James Comey in February 2017 to shut down an FBI investigation of the president’s then national security adviser, Michael Flynn.”

“Privately, the two prosecutors, who were then employed in the special counsel’s office, told other Justice Department officials that had it not been for the unique nature of the case—the investigation of a sitting president of the United States, and one who tried to use the powers of his office to thwart and even close down the special counsel’s investigation—they would have advocated that he face federal criminal charges.”

Trump Reverses Himself on Vaccinations

April 26, 2019 at 11:51 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump “weighed in on the recent measles outbreak in the United States, appearing to do an about-face on his previous claims linking child vaccinations to autism,” CNN reports.

Said Trump: “They have to get the shots. The vaccinations are so important. This is really going around now. They have to get their shots.”


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Court Says Abortion Protected by Kansas Constitution

April 26, 2019 at 11:45 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The Kansas state Supreme Court ruled that women “have the right to end a pregnancy, in a decision that sets up a bitter fight among lawmakers over abortion,” the Wichita Eagle reports.

“While abortion has been legal for decades under the U.S. Constitution, the court found Friday that the Kansas Constitution also protects the right to an abortion.”

British Opposition Leader Will Snub Trump Dinner

April 26, 2019 at 11:42 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Britis Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn declined to attend a state dinner at Buckingham Palace in honor of Donald Trump, Politico reports.

“The U.S. president will make a state visit to the U.K. in June, which will include a banquet hosted by Queen Elizabeth. But Corbyn, an outspoken critic of Trump, said he was opposed to the president receiving the ‘red carpet’ treatment and would not be attending the dinner.”

Trump Saved Jeanine Pirro’s Job

April 26, 2019 at 11:23 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Gabriel Sherman: “Inside Fox, staffers speculated Pirro would be fired, two sources told me, but Trump pre-empted such a move by calling Rupert Murdoch to complain about her suspension. Fox agreed to allow Pirro to come back on the air but cut her opening monologue, a venue for her most incendiary rhetoric. When Trump found out about that, he called Rupert again, a source said. A compromise was proposed: Pirro could return and deliver a shortened version of her opening statement.”

Said one source: “Trump called Rupert, and Rupert put pressure on the executives.”

TurboTax Deliberately Hides Its Free File Page

April 26, 2019 at 11:23 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

ProPublica: “This week, we reported on how TurboTax uses deceptive design and misleading advertising to trick lower-income Americans into paying to file their taxes, even though they are eligible to do it for free.”

“There’s a new wrinkle: It turns out, Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, is deliberately hiding the truly free edition — TurboTax Free File — from Google Search.”

“In exchange for the IRS promising not to create its own free, online filing tool, Intuit, H&R Block and other companies signed a deal to offer Free File options to lower-income Americans.”

Maria Butina Sentenced to 18 Months

April 26, 2019 at 11:15 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Russian gun rights activist Maria Butina was sentenced Friday to 18 months in federal court in Washington for failing to register as a foreign agent, the Washington Post reports.

Butina had requested a sentence of time served and deportation after agreeing to cooperate with U.S. prosecutors.

Mar-a-Lago Rejected Americans for Foreign Workers

April 26, 2019 at 10:34 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“For years, President Trump has insisted it’s impossible to find Americans to fill seasonal jobs at his hotels, resorts, and wineries, leaving him no choice but to hire foreign guest workers instead,” BuzzFeed News reports.

“But government records… reveal for the first time that at least 58 US workers applied for the temporary jobs as cooks, servers, and housekeepers at Mar-a-Lago and other Trump resorts from early 2014 through mid-2018.”

“Only one of them appears to have been hired.”

Trump Suggests Biden Is Too Old

April 26, 2019 at 10:25 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

When asked how old is too old to be president, President Trump told CBS News: “Well, I just feel like a young man. I’m so young. I can’t believe it. I’m the youngest person. I am a young, vibrant man.”

Then Trump suggested Joe Biden, who is 76 years old, isn’t up to it: “I look at Joe, I don’t know about him. I don’t know.”

When asked how he would beat Biden in a possible 2020 match up, Trump predicted: “I think we beat him easily.”

Trump Says He’s Rooting for Buttigieg

April 26, 2019 at 9:49 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Washingiton Post: “At the end of a 45-minute live interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity… Trump did not elaborate on why Buttigieg is his favored candidate and didn’t have anything negative to say about the young South Bend, Ind., mayor, other than that he doubted he’d win the crowded primary.”

Said Trump: “I hope he would. I’m rooting for him, but he is not going to make it.”

Trump also called Beto O’Rourke a “fluke” and said Sen. Kamala Harris has a “little bit of a nasty wit.”

If It’s Biden vs. Bernie, Buckle Up

April 26, 2019 at 9:35 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

First Read: “They’re both white men in their mid-to-late 70s. And they’re both current/former creatures of the U.S. Senate.”

“But Joe Biden versus Bernie Sanders — the two 2020 candidates who lead in almost every Democratic poll — represents one heck of an ideological contrast, if the race ultimately comes down to these two men.”

“Of course, a full-out Biden-versus-Bernie ideological fight — if it comes to that — could create an opening for the other 2020 Dems, whose messages are in between a revolution and a restoration.”

“But also remember that both Biden and Sanders mutually benefit from contrasts with one another. Biden needs the foil of Sanders to show that his version of democratic socialism goes too far, while Sanders needs the foil of Biden to demonstrate that Obamaism-Bidenism doesn’t go far enough.”

Amy Walter: Restoration vs. Revolution

Why Is Biden the Only Democrat Talking About Trump?

April 26, 2019 at 9:20 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Susan Glasser: “Given the almost numbing predictability of the President and the ever-increasing difficulty his critics have mustering outrage toward him at this point, it came as a jolt to see Joe Biden go directly at Trump in a video announcing his Presidential campaign, on Thursday. The seventy-six-year-old former Vice-President unabashedly took the Trump-bashing course that most of the eighteen other declared Democratic candidates for 2020 have eschewed.”

“The new conventional wisdom in American politics holds that Biden is making a mistake. After all, opinions are so fixed about Trump that there is little point in talking about him to voters who have already made their minds up about the President.”

“We’ve got another five hundred and fifty-six days to go before we learn whether Biden is right. It’s a big bet.”

Trump Campaign Won’t Say If It Will Use Hacked Info

April 26, 2019 at 9:16 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Trump’s reelection campaign won’t say whether it would use stolen information from hacks or other breaches, setting up a clash with Democratic rivals who have pledged to forgo such tactics and prompting some worry in Trump’s own party,” the Washington Post reports.

“Trump campaign representatives did not respond to several inquiries this week seeking its policy on purloined material, nor did White House officials. Their silence has fueled concerns about the integrity of the 2020 election, which escalated after Trump’s personal attorney suggested that using stolen items might be appropriate.”

Economy Grew at Much Faster Pace In First Quarter

April 26, 2019 at 9:14 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

CNBC: “First-quarter GDP expanded by 3.2% in the first quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said in its initial read of the economy for that period. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected the U.S. economy increased by 2.5% in the first quarter. It was the first time since 2013 that first-quarter GDP topped 3%.”

New Data Reinforces Urgency of GOP’s Female Problem

April 26, 2019 at 9:12 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

David Wasserman: “It turns out the ‘blue wave’ of 2018 was just as much about subtraction as addition: President Trump’s best demographic, men without college degrees, was also the likeliest group to sit out the midterms. Their absence left behind an electorate skewed much more towards college-educated voters, particularly women, costing the GOP dozens of mostly suburban House seats and handing Democrats the majority.”

“According to survey data released by the Census Bureau this week, the total number of women with college degrees who voted fell just 2.4 percent between 2016 and 2018. In an October 2018 NBC/WSJ poll, Trump’s approval rating with this group was just 27 percent. Meanwhile, the total number of men without college degrees who voted fell 16.2 percent (this group had given Trump a much higher 64 percent rating).”

Why Hasn’t Minnesota Accepted Election Security Funding?

April 26, 2019 at 8:21 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Fox 9: “Minnesota is the only state that has not accepted its share of the federal money under the Help America Vote Act, which amounts to $6.6 million. State Sen. Mary Kiffmeyer (R) is blocking it, and said during a wide-ranging news conference Thursday that she was concerned about how the funding would be used.”

“Now, Minnesota’s four-year project to recode its statewide voter database is in jeopardy because the state has three years and 11 months before it would have to return the money to the feds.”

“Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election revealed that Minnesota was a battleground state of interest to Russian operatives.”

Did Trump’s Attempts to Obstruct Actually Work?

April 26, 2019 at 8:09 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Charlie Sykes: “Depending on which competing reality you have been frequenting, two narratives have dominated discussions of President Donald Trump’s attempted obstruction of justice. The first (let’s call it the Barr/Fox version) argues that since there was no underlying crime, there was really nothing to obstruct and, plus, he was sincerely angry. The second version (let’s call it the too-incompetent to obstruct version) accepts his malign and impeachable intentions, but focuses on the refusal by his aides and assorted cronies to carry out his obstructive suggestions. In this reality, Trump was largely thwarted by Don McGahn’s integrity and Corey Lewandowski’s general incompetence and cowardice.”

“But now comes Benjamin Wittes, the editor-in-chief of Lawfare, who has been subjecting the Mueller report to a deep dive read (if you are not following his ‘reading diary,’ you really need to start). Wittes offers evidence of a third possible version: Mueller’s report suggests strongly that Trump did, in fact, successfully obstruct the investigation by dangling pardons to potential witness, most notably former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.”

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