Georgia State Lawmakers Strip Tax break from Delta After Airline Severs Ties with the NRA

The Georgia State Senate Rules Committee voted to strip a provision out of a broader bill that provided a tax exemption to Delta Airlines, the state’s largest employer.  The move came two days after Georgia Lt. Governor Casey Cagle promised …

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Longtime Trump Aide & White House Communications Director Hope Hicks to Resign

White House Communications Director Hope Hicks announced her resignation today, it was learned.  According to people familiar with the matter, Hicks had been considering leaving the White House for months.  She told colleagues that she had accomplished what she …

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions Responds After President Calls Him “Disgraceful” For Not Investigating FISA Abuses

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has hit back at President Trump for criticism regarding his lack of investigation into alleged abuses by the FBI and the Department of Justice in obtaining FISA warrants to spy on member of the Trump campaign.…

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Ways to Manipulate Jared Kushner Subject of Discussion of Foreign Governments According to U.S. Officials

Officials from four different countries have discussed ways they could possibly manipulate President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, it was reported yesterday.  The discussions centered on taking advantage of complex business arrangements, financial difficulties and lack of foreign policy experience the …

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Judge President Trump Once Decried as “Mexican” Rules in Favor of Administration in Building of Border Wall

A U.S. District Court Judge has ruled in favor of the Trump administration, allowing them to begin construction of a wall along the southern border of the U.S., bypassing environmental statues for its construction.  The lawsuit had been brought …

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FedEx Pushes Back on Calls to Cut Ties with NRA – “We Do Not Deny Service Because of Political Views or Policy Positions”

Federal Express, the worldwide package delivery service, has announced that it will not be severing ties with the National Rifle Association, despite public demands for it to do so.  In the wake of the deadly Parkland, FL, school shooting, many …

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Former Trump Adviser Roger Stone Shown to Have Direct Communications with WikiLeaks During the Presidential Campaign

Long-time Trump confidant and adviser Roger Stone communicated directly with the cyber-activist website WikiLeaks according to obtained direct messages from the social media platform Twitter.  Both Stone and WikiLeaks had denied communicating directly with each other in the past.

As …

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Rep. Gutierrez Keeps Pressure on House on DACA – Says We Must Rise Above Racism Emanating from White House

Representative Luis Gutierrez called on the House of Representatives to take up legislation that would protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who were brought here as young children from deportation, so-called DACA recipients.

“The President still plans to kill …

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Long Time Aide and Presidential Gatekeeper Hope Hicks to Testify Before House Intelligence Committee Today

White House Communications Director Hope Hicks is scheduled to meet with the House Intelligence Committee today in a closed-door session.  The meeting is part of the Committee’s ongoing probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.  Hicks is a …

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Facebook Helped Trump Win the Election – But it Wasn’t Just Because of the Russians

The effects of the efforts of Russian operatives sitting at computer terminals half a world away on the 2016 presidential election are still being discovered nearly sixteen months after Election Day.  What’s receiving much less attention though are the legal …

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Supreme Court Declines to Take Up DACA Case, Likely Meaning Program Stays in Place for Foreseeable Future

The Supreme Court has declined to hear a case involving President Trump’s authority to end the immigration-protection program known as DACA, likely signaling the program’s continuance for at least several months.  The program’s original end date was March 5.…

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State Department Announces $40 Million Initiative Aimed at Combating Foreign Propaganda and Misinformation

The U.S. State Department has formed a new partnership with the Defense Department to counter propaganda and disinformation from foreign nations, it was announced today.  The partnership will initially be funded with $40 million, transferred from the Pentagon to the …

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