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Russians Boosted Jill Stein to Help Trump Win

December 22, 2018 at 8:12 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Two days before the 2016 presidential election, an Instagram account called @woke_blacks posted a message in support of long-shot Green Party candidate Jill Stein,” NBC News reports.

Said the post: “The excuse that a lost Black vote for Hillary is a Trump win is bs. It could be late, but y’all might want to support Jill Stein instead.”

“According to a report commissioned by the Senate, the account was a fake, part of the Russian campaign to sway the 2016 presidential election in favor of Donald Trump. The report was one of two that leaked this week saying the Russian effort to disrupt the election specifically targeted black voters and harnessed America’s top social media platforms. But the reports contained another finding that was largely overlooked — the Russians also focused on boosting Stein’s candidacy through social media posts like the one from @woke_blacks.”

Quote of the Day

December 22, 2018 at 8:10 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. But instead of honoring his responsibility to the American people, President Trump threw a temper tantrum and convinced House Republicans to push our nation into a destructive Trump Shutdown in the middle of the holiday season. President Trump has said more than 25 times that he wanted a shutdown and now he has gotten what he wanted.”

— House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), in a joint statement.

Trump Tries to Pin Shutdown Blame on Democrats

December 22, 2018 at 7:58 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Washington Post: “In 2014, Donald Trump sued to have his name taken off a pair of Atlantic City casinos he built three decades earlier that had gone bankrupt. It took the president just 10 days this month to remove his name from something else he once proudly owned but that wasn’t going great — the federal government shutdown.”

“After threatening a shutdown for months over border wall funding and vowing last week that he would ‘“take the mantle’ of responsibility, Trump tried to shift the blame Friday, just hours before a government funding bill expired at midnight.”

Tweeted Trump: “The Democrats now own the shutdown!”


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Mississippi Governor Quietly Mulls Medicaid Expansion

December 22, 2018 at 7:55 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Mississippi’s Republican governor is considering Medicaid expansion, the first sign that long-held GOP opposition could be wilting in the Deep South after an election that was a big winner for the Obamacare program,” Politico reports.

“Republican Gov. Phil Bryant, entering his final year in office, has been engaged in quiet talks about adopting expansion after resisting for years.”

How Russian Money Saved Trump’s Business

December 21, 2018 at 11:44 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Foreign Policy: “As late as 2003, Trump was in such desperate financial trouble that at a meeting with his siblings following his father’s death he pressed them to hurriedly sell his father’s estate off, against the late Fred Trump’s wishes, the New York Times reported in an investigation of Trump family finances in October. And his businesses kept failing: In 2004, Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts filed for bankruptcy with $1.8 billion dollars of debt.”

“But Trump eventually made a comeback, and according to several sources with knowledge of Trump’s business, foreign money played a large role in reviving his fortunes, in particular investment by wealthy people from Russia and the former Soviet republics. This conclusion is buttressed by a growing body of evidence amassed by news organizations, as well as what is reportedly being investigated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the Southern District of New York.”

Trump Policy Gyrations Threatens GOP Coalition

December 21, 2018 at 10:34 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Trump’s near-simultaneous decisions this week to force a government shutdown over his demand to fund a border wall and withdraw American troops from Syria and Afghanistan have imperiled the fragile Republican coalition, exacerbating the party’s fears about what may become of his presidency — and its own electoral prospects in 2020,” the New York Times reports.

“By placating the far right on immigration, embracing his instincts on foreign policy and unnerving investors with his trade wars and policy gyrations, Mr. Trump is elevating the nativist and noninterventionist elements of his party. In doing so, he is deeply straining his most important links to mainstream Republican governance, and the national security hawks and conservative business executives who have long been pillars of the right.”

For members: The Mattis Resignation Puts Trump In Real Danger

Trump Lashed Out at Whitaker After Cohen Revelations

December 21, 2018 at 10:23 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump “has at least twice in the past few weeks vented to his acting attorney general, angered by federal prosecutors who referenced the President’s actions in crimes his former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to,” CNN reports.

“Trump was frustrated, the sources said, that prosecutors Matt Whitaker oversees filed charges that made Trump look bad. None of the sources suggested that the President directed Whitaker to stop the investigation, but rather lashed out at what he felt was an unfair situation.”

Shutdown to Take Effect at Midnight

December 21, 2018 at 10:15 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The federal government headed toward a partial shutdown late Friday as the House and the Senate both adjourned for the evening, ending any hopes of a last-minute compromise to pass a spending bill that would keep nine cabinet agencies operating past a deadline of midnight,” the New York Times reports.

“Talks between White House officials and congressional leaders are hung up over President Trump’s repeated demands for money to build a wall on the southern border, and a burst of late-afternoon activity could not break the deadlock.”

McGrath Won’t Run for Kentucky Governor

December 21, 2018 at 5:37 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Amy McGrath (D), who ran a nationally watched campaign for Congress, said she will not seek her party’s nomination for Kentucky governor in 2019, the Louisville Courier Journal reports.

The former Marine fighter pilot’s decision comes two weeks after the Courier Journal reported that some Democrats had concerns about whether she fulfilled the residency requirement to run.

Mulvaney Attacked Border Wall as ‘Childish’ and ‘Absurd’

December 21, 2018 at 3:10 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Incoming White House acting-chief of staff Mick Mulvaney called President Trump’s views on a border wall and immigration “simplistic” and “absurd and almost childish” in a 2015 interview uncovered by CNN.

Mulvaney added he believed Trump’s emotional appeals and cavalier attitude might prompt him to try going around the Constitution.

Said Mulvaney: “I wonder who is more interested in going around the Constitution in order to get things done. Barack Obama or Donald Trump?”

Court Denies Trump Attempt to Enforce New Asylum Rules

December 21, 2018 at 3:06 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Supreme Court on Friday denied the Trump administration’s request that it be allowed to immediately enforce a new policy of denying asylum to those who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border, a change that lower courts declared possibly illegal,” the Washington Post reports.

“Four justices — Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito Jr., Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh — would have granted the administration’s request to let the order go into effect.”

Trump Jabs at Beto O’Rourke

December 21, 2018 at 2:46 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Trump jabbed at Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX), wondering aloud during an exchange with reporters why the Texas Democrat has been suggested as a potential 2020 presidential candidate even though he fell short in his Senate bid earlier this year,” Politico reports.

Said Trump: “I thought you were supposed to win before you run for president.”

Trump Has No Plan to Avert Shutdown

December 21, 2018 at 2:19 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A source briefed on the White House meeting between President Trump and Senate Republicans told CNN that the meeting did not go well because there was no end game.

Said the source: “He dug in. But doesn’t have a plan, offered no numbers. I heard it did not go well.”

North Carolina Officials Warned of Election Fraud

December 21, 2018 at 2:14 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“North Carolina state election officials told federal prosecutors in January 2017 that they found evidence of efforts to manipulate the absentee ballot vote in rural Bladen County in the 2016 election and warned that such activities ‘will likely continue for future elections’ if not addressed,” the Washington Post reports.

“Similar charges have roiled this year’s race in the 9th Congressional District between Republican Mark Harris and Democrat Dan McCready. Harris defeated McCready by just 905 votes, but the state board declined to certify the results amid allegations that fraud may have tainted the outcome.”

Gallup Retreats from Political Polling

December 21, 2018 at 1:05 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Gallup, the country’s best-known polling firm, is once again scaling back on the political surveys that have made it so famous,” Politico reports.

“Only a year after Gallup switched its presidential tracking poll — the ever-present reading of the president’s approval rating — from daily to weekly, the company will announce Friday that it plans to measure President Donald Trump’s job-approval rating only on a monthly basis.”

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Undergoes Surgery

December 21, 2018 at 12:31 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had two malignant nodules removed from her left lung Friday at a New York hospital, CNN reports.

“There is no evidence of any remaining disease, says a court spokesperson, nor is there evidence of disease elsewhere in the body.”

NPR: “Short of complications in recovery, doctors say prospects look good for a full recovery for Ginsburg, 85. She hopes to be back on the court for the start of the new term in early January.”

McConnell Rejects Using Nuclear Option for Wall

December 21, 2018 at 11:53 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) spokesman says the Senate does not have enough votes to change its rules and pass border-wall funding with a simple majority, The Hill reports.

Kara Eastman Seeks a Rematch

December 21, 2018 at 11:50 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Kara Eastman (D) — who tried to blaze a new path for Nebraska Democrats but ultimately fell 2 percentage points short on Nov. 6 — announced that she will seek a rematch against Republican Rep. Don Bacon in the Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District,” the Omaha World Herald reports.

“Bacon noted that he has not yet been sworn in to his second term and questioned Eastman’s early announcement.”

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