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Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onFebruary 23, 2019
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SCOT LEHIGH Will the Democrats suffer political hull failure on their 2020 voyage?  Margery Eagan Ambitious women, never mind big-time female politicians, don’t typically admit to any corner cutting — ever — in mothering.  Senator Elizabeth Warren suggested Friday that Native Americans should be “part of the conversation” when it comes to the federal government providing reparations.  President Trump’s former lawyer and fixer discussed possible irregularities within the president’s family business and about a donor to the inaugural committee.  A number of Democratic strategists say that

Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onFebruary 23, 2019
by admin
SCOT LEHIGH Will the Democrats suffer political hull failure on their 2020 voyage?  Margery Eagan Ambitious women, never mind big-time female politicians, don’t typically admit to any corner cutting — ever — in mothering.  Senator Elizabeth Warren suggested Friday that Native Americans should be “part of the conversation” when it comes to the federal government providing reparations.  President Trump’s former lawyer and fixer discussed possible irregularities within the president’s family business and about a donor to the inaugural committee.  A number of Democratic strategists say that

Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onFebruary 23, 2019
by admin
SCOT LEHIGH Will the Democrats suffer political hull failure on their 2020 voyage?  Margery Eagan Ambitious women, never mind big-time female politicians, don’t typically admit to any corner cutting — ever — in mothering.  Senator Elizabeth Warren suggested Friday that Native Americans should be “part of the conversation” when it comes to the federal government providing reparations.  President Trump’s former lawyer and fixer discussed possible irregularities within the president’s family business and about a donor to the inaugural committee.  A number of Democratic strategists say that

Rosenstein: My time at DOJ is 'coming to an end' | TheHill

posted onFebruary 22, 2019
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Deputy Attorney General multiple news outlets reported that Rosenstein is expected to leave DOJ in mid-March. Bloomberg News reported the same day that new Attorney General William Barr chose Rosen as his deputy.  Rosenstein, who after the firing of FBI Director MORE to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election, has often been at odds with Trump. Rosenstein oversaw Mueller's probe following the recusal of former Attorney General MORE.  The president on Monday blasted Rosenstein and former acting FBI Direc

Judge imposes full gag order on Roger Stone | TheHill

posted onFebruary 22, 2019
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During a heated hearing on Thursday, the federal judge presiding over MORE’s criminal case banned the longtime Trump associate from saying anything publicly about his case. The ruling, harsher than the limited gag order U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued last week, comes after Stone posted an inflammatory photo of the judge on his Instagram account over the weekend.

North Carolina board calls for new election in contested House race | TheHill

posted onFebruary 22, 2019
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted unanimously Thursday to call a new election in the state’s 9th Congressional District after days of hearing evidence of alleged ballot fraud. The decision came after Republican expressed support for a new election, saying that allegations of a ballot-tampering scheme marred the current results. Harris's request for a new election was a stunning reversal for the Republican House candidate. Initial results showed Harris leading Democrat Dan McCready by 905 votes.

White House braces for Mueller report | TheHill

posted onFebruary 22, 2019
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The White House is bracing for MORE’s campaign and Russia could submit to the Department of Justice as early as next week. The filing would potentially bring to a close one of the dominant threads of Trump’s time in office, which he refers to as a “witch hunt.” The president and his allies for months have called for an end to the special counsel’s investigation, and Trump, who often insists there was “no collusion” between his campaign and Russia, could benefit politically if the report vindicates him. “Anything short of them saying the president colluded with Russia

Report: Hillary Clinton Met with Biden, Klobuchar About 2020

posted onFebruary 22, 2019
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Clinton’s meeting with Amy Klobuchar took place before the Minnesota Senator’s February 10 campaign launch, CNN reported Friday. Biden has yet to make a definitive announcement on whether he will enter the race. The report cited a source close to Clinton, as well as receiving confirmation from representatives from both Biden and Klobuchar’s camps. The meetings.

Warren: My ‘Ultra-Millionaires Tax' Is a 'Big Down Payment on a Green New Deal’ | Breitbart

posted onFebruary 22, 2019
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This week on “Pod Save America,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said her “ultra millionaires tax” will be “a big down payment on a Green New Deal.” Warren said, “Workers get to elect 40 percent of the seats—this is a bill I’ve already put forward—40 percent of the seats on corporate boards, ways to get more power back into the hands of workers. That’s how we start to rewrite this economy. And I just keep working through that and every part of it, taxes, progressive taxation. I put an ultra millionaires tax out, a proposal on this.” She added, “Think about this.