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House Democrats Likely to Skip Budget Vote

March 12, 2019 at 7:05 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Democrats are finally in charge of the House. But they’re likely to skip one of their most fundamental responsibilities: passing a budget. Eager to steer clear of another public intraparty battle, House Democrats are expected to avoid a vote on a budget this year,” Politico reports.

“House Democrats are still drafting a budget, which would offer their first chance as a new majority to formally outline their broader agenda. But the resolution — which is purely a political messaging document and is not signed into law — would also stoke major ideological clashes within the caucus over Medicare for All, the Green New Deal and defense spending.”

New York Attorney General Opens New Probe of Trump

March 11, 2019 at 11:07 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The New York attorney general’s office late on Monday issued subpoenas to Deutsche Bank and Investors Bank for records relating to the financing of four major Trump Organization projects and a failed effort to buy the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League in 2014,” the New York Times reports.

“The inquiry opens a new front in the scrutiny of Deutsche Bank, one of the few lenders willing to do business with Donald Trump in recent years. The bank is already the subject of two congressional investigations and was examined last year by New York banking regulators, who took no action.”

Mueller Probe Is Funded Through September

March 11, 2019 at 9:05 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the team he assembled to investigate President Trump and his associates have been funded through the end of September 2019, an indication that the probe has funding to keep it going for months if need be,” Reuters reports.


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Chief Enablers

March 11, 2019 at 9:01 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The New York Times reviews Kushner Inc. by Vicki Ward, a book about Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.

“She portrays Ms. Trump and Mr. Kushner as two children forged by their domineering fathers — one overinvolved with his son, one disengaged from his daughter — who have climbed to positions of power by disregarding protocol and skirting the rules when they can. And Ms. Ward tries to unravel the narrative that the two serve as stabilizing voices inside an otherwise chaotic White House, depicting them instead as Mr. Trump’s chief enablers.”

Audio Shows Tucker Carlson Making Racist Remarks

March 11, 2019 at 8:50 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Media Matters published more audio of Tucker Carlson on the Bubba the Love Sponge Show.

In one clip, Carlson credited “white men” for “creating civilization” and made numerous racist remarks about the Obamas, including agreeing that Michelle Obama would “be a problem” because she “turns into a sister” and asking of Barack Obama, “How is he Black, for one thing? He has one white parent, one Black parent.”

Carlson also called Iraqis “semiliterate primitive monkeys” and said Afghanistan is “never going to be a civilized country because the people aren’t civilized.” He also said he had “zero sympathy” for Iraqis because they “don’t use toilet paper or forks” and that the war could turn around “if, somehow, the Iraqis decided to behave like human beings.”

LePage Says Democrats Get Most Money from Jews

March 11, 2019 at 8:45 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) told WGAN that the Democratic Party’s money comes mostly from Jewish people.

Said LePage: “The Jewish people in America have been great supporters of the Democratic Party. In fact, that’s where their money comes from for the most part.”

We May Soon Know Mueller’s End Game

March 11, 2019 at 6:41 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “Buckle up: The next five days could reveal how the Mueller probe will play out. Paul Manafort will know how long he’ll be serving in prison, closing the book on special counsel Robert Mueller’s most visible legal fight. Roger Stone will know his trial date, putting a timeline on when the public will get more details about his alleged contacts with WikiLeaks.”

“And status reports are due for two of Mueller’s biggest cooperators — Michael Flynn and Rick Gates — that will signal whether the special counsel has tapped them for all the information investigators need. This week could even include the ultimate exclamation point: Attorney General William Barr announcing that Mueller has completed his assignment and that a summary version of his findings is imminent.”

Cheney Challenges Pence At Private Retreat

March 11, 2019 at 6:35 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A chummy discussion between Vice President Pence and former vice president Richard B. Cheney quickly turned into a vigorous back-and-forth over President Trump’s foreign policy at a private gathering Saturday, with Cheney comparing the president’s instincts to those of his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama,” according to a transcript obtained by the Washington Post.

“At the closed-door retreat hosted by the American Enterprise Institute on March 9 in Sea Island, Ga., Cheney respectfully but repeatedly and firmly pressed Pence on a number of the president’s foreign policy moves — over which Cheney expressed concerns — from taking a harder line toward U.S. allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to deciding to withdraw troops from Syria during what Cheney fretted was ‘the middle of a phone call.'”

Facebook Takes Down Warren’s Ads

March 11, 2019 at 6:25 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Facebook has removed several ads placed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign that called for the breakup of Facebook and other tech giants, Politico reports.

Abrams Says She Could Run for President

March 11, 2019 at 6:20 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Stacey Abrams, a rising star in the Democratic Party, said Monday it was possible she could seek her party’s presidential nomination next year,” CNN reports.

“Abrams’ comment came after an interview at the South by Southwest conference in Texas, where Abrams reportedly said she previously thought 2028 would be the earliest she could run for president, but over Twitter, she clarified: ‘Now 2020 is definitely on the table.'”

O’Rourke Heads to Iowa

March 11, 2019 at 4:33 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Beto O’Rourke is headed to Iowa this weekend, fueling speculation that the former Texas congressman and fundraising wunderkind will soon officially enter the packed Democratic primary race, CNBC reports.

Trump Crushes Potential Primary Challengers

March 11, 2019 at 4:28 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Monmouth poll finds President Trump leads former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld (R), who is challenging him in the Republican presidential primaries, 74% to 8% among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents in a one-on-one matchup.

Trump leads Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), who is toying with the idea of a run, 75% to 6%.

Pelosi Comes Out Against Impeachment

March 11, 2019 at 4:15 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the Washington Post she’s not focused on impeaching President Trump.

Said Pelosi: “I’m not for impeachment. This is news. I’m going to give you some news right now because I haven’t said this to any press person before. But since you asked, and I’ve been thinking about this: Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there’s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don’t think we should go down that path, because it divides the country. And he’s just not worth it.”

Congress Invites NATO Head For Joint Address

March 11, 2019 at 4:05 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is joining with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and other congressional leaders to extend a rare bipartisan invitation to NATO’s secretary general to address a joint session of Congress next month, the Washington Post reports.

Court Moves to Unseal Documents In Epstein Sex Scandal

March 11, 2019 at 4:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A federal court of appeals took the first step in unsealing documents that could reveal evidence of an international sex trafficking operation allegedly run by multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein and his former partner, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, the Miami Herald reports.

Documentary Paints Damaging Portrait of Steve Bannon

March 11, 2019 at 12:58 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“After Steve Bannon left the White House in 2017, he tried to turn his bombastic nationalism into a global movement and let a progressive documentarian follow him for more than a year — Arizona to Italy, Texas to France. The result is The Brink, a fly-on-the-wall, cinéma vérité film coming to theaters March 29, and being screened in D.C. on Tuesday,” Axios reports.

Despite Bannon’s extensive cooperation, the Washington Post says the film is ultimately a damaging portrait: “A number of moments seem to make the argument that Bannon’s populism is a pose.”

Bonus Quote of the Day

March 11, 2019 at 12:25 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I wake up every day thinking I must still be asleep. I tell myself this must just be a crazy nightmare and that I hope I can remember to tell people about it when I wake up. Then, I assume when I do tell people about it, they will laugh and say, wow, can you imagine if he were actually president. That’s how I think the Trump presidency is going.”

— Former Obama aide Nick Shapiro, in an interview with Politico.

An Early Look at the 2020 Presidential Race

March 11, 2019 at 12:01 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The Electoral Vote Map has been updated with the latest consensus forecast of the 2020 presidential election.

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