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posted onAugust 4, 2018
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Rufus Gifford said he sent Leslie Moonves’s $2,700 contribution to Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts on Monday.  Former Boston city councilor and mayoral candidate Tito Jackson called Rachael Rollins a “friend” and touted her managerial experience and focus on criminal justice reform.  Michael Capuano continues to hold a solid lead over his Democratic primary challenger, Ayanna Pressley, with one month left in the race.   Capital Source The former poet laureate’s final poem was just three lines long, but it sure packed a political punch.

Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onAugust 4, 2018
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Democrats can’t seem to win in their attempts at sloganeering. Every attempt only serves as a reminder that the party lacks a clear leader and that it has trouble conveying policy in emotional terms.  One of Paul Manafort’s tax preparers admitted Friday that she helped disguise $900,000 in foreign income as a loan in order to reduce the former Trump campaign chairman’s tax burden.  PERSPECTIVE | MAGAZINE They wanted me to want to stay. And then, they wanted me to know I could be refused — in other words, that rejection should flow from America to me.

Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onAugust 4, 2018
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Democrats can’t seem to win in their attempts at sloganeering. Every attempt only serves as a reminder that the party lacks a clear leader and that it has trouble conveying policy in emotional terms.  One of Paul Manafort’s tax preparers admitted Friday that she helped disguise $900,000 in foreign income as a loan in order to reduce the former Trump campaign chairman’s tax burden.  PERSPECTIVE | MAGAZINE They wanted me to want to stay. And then, they wanted me to know I could be refused — in other words, that rejection should flow from America to me.

Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onAugust 4, 2018
by admin
Democrats can’t seem to win in their attempts at sloganeering. Every attempt only serves as a reminder that the party lacks a clear leader and that it has trouble conveying policy in emotional terms.  One of Paul Manafort’s tax preparers admitted Friday that she helped disguise $900,000 in foreign income as a loan in order to reduce the former Trump campaign chairman’s tax burden.  PERSPECTIVE | MAGAZINE They wanted me to want to stay. And then, they wanted me to know I could be refused — in other words, that rejection should flow from America to me.

Bannon says Trump should fire Rosenstein if he doesn't provide documents in 72 hours | TheHill

posted onAugust 3, 2018
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Deputy Attorney General MORE’s former chief strategist Stephen Bannon has told The Hill. Trump should order Rosenstein to turn over all documents sought from the Department of Justice within 72 hours, Bannon said. “If he doesn’t do it in 72 hours, he’s fired. I’d fire him.” Conservatives in the House threatened to impeach Rosenstein last week before pulling back on the effort after Speaker MORE (R-Wis.) announced his opposition.

Sanders, Acosta in intense clash over Trump, press | TheHill

posted onAugust 3, 2018
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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday refused to say the media is not the enemy of the people in an extraordinary exchange with CNN's Jim Acosta, who has been at the center of a firestorm over MORE and the press. Sanders during the back and forth at the White House press briefing read off a laundry list of media reports she cited as unfair or misleading, calling the president's repeated attacks on the press "completely understandable." Sanders blamed the media for personally attacking her and cited the controversy from the White House Corresp

Trump blasts media amid chants of 'CNN sucks' | TheHill

posted onAugust 3, 2018
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After a day of tension between the White House and CNN, the crowd at refused to say the media is not the enemy of the people during a press briefing, after being pressed to make the statement by CNN's Jim Acosta. “I think the president has made his position known,” Sanders said.