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Capital - The week in politics and issues

posted onApril 29, 2018
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In a press release, he charged that Cambridge’s actions were a “vendetta by city officials who are supporters of Elizabeth Warren.”   Capital Source Democratic insiders agree it gives both Jay Gonzalez and Bob Massie more room to pick up support before the Sept. 4 primary.  Capital Source This week, when Dan Koh ran the Boston Marathon, he listed his address at his parents’ home in Andover. His wife? Not so much.   Capital Source It’s an election year in Lawrence.

Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onApril 29, 2018
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Governor Charlie Baker’s only rival, Scott Lively, a fringe candidate, managed to win 27.7 percent of support from delegates.  The party faithful, who gathered for the state GOP convention Saturday, expressed broad and deep support for President Trump in more than a dozen interviews with the Globe.  Party officials and the president’s advisers concerned that he does not grasp the gravity of the threat they face.  “It is a real pleasure to be here today to support Nick in his race for state Senate,” Senator Elizabeth Warren said.  The Dossier organization says it has obtained e-mails sh

Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onApril 29, 2018
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Governor Charlie Baker’s only rival, Scott Lively, a fringe candidate, managed to win 27.7 percent of support from delegates.  The party faithful, who gathered for the state GOP convention Saturday, expressed broad and deep support for President Trump in more than a dozen interviews with the Globe.  Party officials and the president’s advisers concerned that he does not grasp the gravity of the threat they face.  “It is a real pleasure to be here today to support Nick in his race for state Senate,” Senator Elizabeth Warren said.  The Dossier organization says it has obtained e-mails sh

Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onApril 29, 2018
by admin
Governor Charlie Baker’s only rival, Scott Lively, a fringe candidate, managed to win 27.7 percent of support from delegates.  The party faithful, who gathered for the state GOP convention Saturday, expressed broad and deep support for President Trump in more than a dozen interviews with the Globe.  Party officials and the president’s advisers concerned that he does not grasp the gravity of the threat they face.  “It is a real pleasure to be here today to support Nick in his race for state Senate,” Senator Elizabeth Warren said.  The Dossier organization says it has obtained e-mails sh

GOP report: Clapper told CNN host about Trump dossier in 2017 | TheHill

posted onApril 28, 2018
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The former director of national intelligence, according to a report from Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee. The journalist Clapper spoke with was CNN host Jake Tapper, whose name appeared on a bombshell report in January 2017 that first revealed that former FBI Director MORE had briefed Trump on the dossier's salacious allegations. Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee on Friday released the results of their year-long investigati

Intelligence report defends Trump, draws attacks from Dems | TheHill

posted onApril 28, 2018
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The House Intelligence Committee on Friday released a GOP-authored, heavily redacted report that found no evidence of collusion between MORE’s campaign and Russia. The document also aims to rebut a series of claims about the campaign’s ties to Russia, devoting an entire chapter, roughly 20 pages, to challenge such points. The tome provides a defense for many of the incidents that have drawn scrutiny as evidence of potential collusion between Trump and Moscow, including the claim that attempts to set up a back channel between the campaign and

Religious tensions flare after chaplain's ouster | TheHill

posted onApril 28, 2018
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Speaker MORE’s removal of the House chaplain has ignited a firestorm on Capitol Hill and exposed deep religious fault lines among members of Congress. Catholics in both parties condemned Ryan’s ouster of Father Patrick Conroy, a Jesuit priest and the House’s spiritual leader since 2011, while Democrats of all religious stripes accused Ryan of injecting politics into the traditionally non-political role.  “The last thing we need in the midst of all of the chaos and dysfunctionality is an argument over religion in the halls of Congress,” said Rep.