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Merrick Garland’s Days Are Numbered As Attorney General
President Biden and the White House blame Merrick Garland for not reining in Special Counsel Hur, and Garland will be gone if Biden wins a second term.
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All I Do is Get Attacked and Abused: Trump Issues Whiny Statement About NY State Investigation
While he was in the White House, Donald Trump was shielded from investigations into his business practices. But now that he is spending his time in Florida, cases are moving full steam ahead in New York and Georgia. And the former president got some bad news about his New York State case on Tuesday night….
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Senate Republicans Are on the Attack Against Potential AG Nominee Sally Yates
On Monday, Attorney General William Barr announced that he will be stepping down from his position shortly before Christmas. His replacement will be Jeff Rosen, who is currently serving as Barr’s number 2. Rosen, of course, won’t be holding his position for very long. Joe Biden will be taking over as President on January 20th…
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WATCH: Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal Tears Into William Barr
William Barr makes a lot of controversial decisions, but he is not frequently challenged on them. The Attorney General, like others in the Trump administration, tends to appear mostly on friendly news channels like Fox News. That changed on Tuesday when Barr was called to testify before the House Judiciary Committee. The Attorney General faced…
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Attacks From Every Direction Will Soon Bring Down the Trump Presidency
Thanks to his Attorney General and a complicit media, last week Donald Trump thought he was winning. It appeared that he was getting away with falsely claiming he had been exonerated by Bob Mueller. Then he started seeking revenge against everyone, and vowed to investigate Democrats, the FBI and anyone else he could think of….
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Trump Has Demanded That His Media Critics Be Fired
Donald Trump thinks that his Attorney General, William Barr, has cleared him of all charges of collusion from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. It doesn’t matter that Barr is serving as Trump’s personal lawyer instead of serving the people of the United States — Trump has claimed victory, and almost immediately started gloating. He also…
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Former FBI Official: ‘Mueller is Ready to Indict Some Folks’
Frank Figliuzzi, the former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said he thinks special counsel Robert Mueller is “ready to indict some folks.†Figliuzzi, who worked with Mueller at the FBI, said he believes Mueller is soon going to make public more of his findings from the investigation into Russian interference…
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Trump Panicked After Mueller Appointment And Demanded Resignation Of ‘Idiot’ Jeff Sessions
Sessions was so upset by the lashing Trump gave him that he sent a letter of resignation to the White House and called the Oval Office episode “the most humiliating experience in decades of public life.”
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Trump Secretly Plotting Recess Appointment If Jeff Sessions Resigns As Attorney General
“Trump has been talking privately about how he might replace Sessions and possibly sidestep Senate oversight, four people familiar with the issue said.”
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Rachel Maddow Explains The Terrifying Maneuver Trump Could Use To Kill The Russia Investigation
The MSNBC host warned that Trump could replace Jeff Sessions without needing confirmation if he made the appointment while the Senate is on vacation.
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Trump White House Privately Considering Replacing Jeff Sessions With Ted Cruz
In the past, Cruz said that he didn’t think it was necessary to appoint a special counsel to look into Trump’s ties to Russia.
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Jeff Sessions Makes An Unbelievable Promise to Protect Civil Rights For All Communities
On Thursday, Attorney-General Jeff Sessions told Federal Prosecutors he is committed to prosecuting hate crimes. Why don’t I believe him? During Sessions’ speech he pledged “to protect the civil rights of all Americans — and we will not tolerate the targeting of any community in our country†I feel so much better about the rise…
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More Lies: Jeff Sessions Did Not Disclose Russian Contacts On Security Clearance Application
Jeff Sessions can’t stop lying about his contacts with Russian officials during last year’s campaign.
Trump’s Response To Special Prosecutor Appointment Is Proof That He Knows He’s Doomed
Donald Trump knows that the longer this investigation goes on, the more likely it is that he will be forced out of office.
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Jeff SessionsTells Top Prosecutors: Hold Off on Doing Justice
Prosecutors have discretion to low-ball charges as justice requires, and are ethically bound to do so. Sessions says to throw the book at suspects instead. This is bad for decent-minded prosecutors and corrodes public trust in government.
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Jeff Sessions Recused Himself From Russia Investigation Before Helping Fire The Guy Running It
Why is Sessions involved in this decision if he has supposedly recused himself from all things related to Russia?
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Opinion: Tough On Crime Sessions Has No U.S. Attorneys To Prosecute Federal Crimes
Jeff Sessions still hasn’t filled even one of the 93 vacant U.S. Attorney positions he needs to operate, much less “get tough on crime.”
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Rand Paul Says It’s Time To Move Past Russia Scandal, Focus On Taking People’s Healthcare
As the Russia scandal continues to blow up, Rand Paul is urging the country to look away and focus on repealing the Affordable Care Act.
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Sessions Spoke To Russian Ambassador Twice During The Campaign And Never Disclosed It
A man who communicated with Russia at various points during the presidential campaign – and then lied about having done so – has no business leading these investigations.
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Trump Administration Takes Ax To Obama-Era Protections For Transgender Students
It’s just the latest move in Donald Trump’s quest to turn back the clock on civil rights in America.
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Acting Attorney General Blocks Department Of Justice From Defending Trump’s Ban
“The Department of Justice will not present arguments in defense of the executive order, unless and until I become convinced that it is appropriate to do so.”
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Minorities and Muslims Should Fear the Incoming White Supremacist Administration
These Trump appointments of extreme racists and religious bigots do not bode well for any Americans who are not white and not Christian.
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Obama Justice Department Launches $20 Million Police Body Camera Pilot Program
Attorney General Loretta Lynch unveiled a 20 million dollar pilot program to equip police departments around the nation with body cameras.
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S.C. Says Constitution Allows Discrimination Against Women So Gay Discrimination Is Okay
The crux of South Carolina’s argument in support of discriminating against gays is that if it constitutionally permissible to discriminate against women, then it is perfectly legal to discriminate against gays.
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Direct Democracy Fail Allows “Kill The Gays” Measure To Advance in California
Before any American thinks this will never fly in the Golden State, just reconsider that because of California’s direct democracy cockup, the religious right, Mormons, and Catholics from around the nation poured hundreds of millions of dollars into the campaign to pass that other fanatical ballot initiative Prop 8.
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Protesters March On Ferguson Police Department To Demand Change In Light Of DOJ Report
Hours after the Department of Justice released a report Wednesday highlighting systemic racial discrimination committed by the Ferguson Police Department, protesters gathered in front of the police station in Ferguson to call for change and the dismantling of the current department.
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During his Final Days as AG Eric Holder Will Push For Improved Civil Rights Protections
During an interview with Politico on Friday, Holder said he plans to push for a new standard of proof in civil rights offenses.
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Republicans Support And Defend Extremism Against America
Republicans are ardent defenders of right-wing extremists posing the greatest terrorism threat to the United States and since they are loyal supporters of their so-called champions of freedom; what better way to protect the real threat to America than shut down the Department of Homeland Security?
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Heartless Texas Attorney General Fights To Invalidate The State’s Only Same-Sex Marriage
Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is working to invalidate the marriage of a lesbian couple, one of whom has cancer.
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Friday Fox Follies – Falafels In The Falklands
When Friday Fox Follies went to press last week, Brian Williams’ spectacular crash to earth still echoed in Halls of Mediazuma. Many wags (this one included) noticed the condemnation was loudest (shrillest?) at the Fox “News” Channel, which did not hold itself to the same high standards.
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Fox & Friends Host Blows A Gasket After Eric Holder Slams Fox Over Radical Islam Obsession
During Wednesday morning’s broadcast of Fox & Friends, co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck flipped out over comments made by Attorney General Eric Holder Tuesday when he stated Fox News was overly preoccupied with the use of the term “radical Islam” when discussing the Islamic State.
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Surprise! Republican Senator Rand Paul Praises Eric Holder On Drug Policy
Speaking in Iowa on Friday, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul (R) offered unexpected praise for outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder.
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Obama Didn’t March In Paris Because Of Difference Between Free Speech And Hate Speech
Terrorism is something worth fighting against. President Obama knows this, and has been proving it time and time again throughout his presidency. Please don’t forget that this is the man who wiped out Osama bin Laden.
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Fox News Host Makes Unsubstantiated Claim That Obama And Eric Holder Are “Anti-Police”
While guest hosting Fox News’ Hannity Monday night, Katie Pavlich said during a panel discussion that President Obama “has a track record of being anti-police” without providing any concrete proof of that being the case.
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Rush Limbaugh Claims President Obama Is Looking To Frame A Cop For “Racial Assassination”
In Limbaugh’s mind. Obama, Holder and all the other race hustlers feel that they didn’t “get a win” with the Michael Brown case and now want to frame and railroad another cop over a race-based death.
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Conservative Website Deletes Article Incorrectly Identifying AG Nominee As Another Woman
Breitbart ran an article claiming AG nominee Loretta Lynch was a member of the Clinton legal team during the Whitewater investigation in 1992. This is completely false and the site removed the article Monday morning.
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Friday Fox Follies – Diseased Central
What’s more contagious than Ebola with absolutely no cure? As we head into next week’s election, Fox “News” has been stricken with a near-fatal form of Obama Derangement Syndrome. Worse: Quarantines won’t work against it — unless you switch off your tee vee.
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NC GOP Senate Candidate Thom Tillis Attacks Same-Sex Marriage With Frivolous Lawsuit
United States District Court Judge William Osteen for the Middle District of North Carolina , a Bush appointee, allowed Tillis to intervene as a party in the federal district lawsuit, nearly two years old, that legalized same-sex marriage in North Carolina.
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Media Leaks And Governor’s Press Conference Set Stage For Darren Wilson Non-Indictment
Throughout the day and evening Tuesday, a number of events seemed to foreshadow the inevitable non-indictment of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown on August 9th
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Conflict Of Interest: Iowa Democrats Hammer Joni Ernst Over Contracts Awarded To Her Father
Republican Senate Candidate Joni Ernst could be in some hot water over county public contracts awarded to her father’s company when she served as the county’s auditor. Ernst is running against Democrat Bruce Braley for Iowa’s open US Senate seat.
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Possible Voter Fraud Gets Arkansas AG Candidate Kicked Off Voter Rolls
It is a different story, though, when a white Republican is kicked of voter rolls in Arkansas that not only incited the state party’s outrage against their own vote suppression law, it drove the candidate for state attorney general who lost the right to vote into a rage.
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Racist Fox News Host Claims Eric Holder Ran DOJ Like It Was The Black Panther Party
During Thursday’s broadcast of Fox News’ Outnumbered, co-host (and longtime sufferer of Obama Derangement Syndrome) Andrea Tantaros spouted off that resigning Attorney General Eric Holder ran the Department of Justice “much like the Black Panthers would.”
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Eric Holder Calls Out the Rampant Subtle Racism in American Culture
In Holder’s commencement speech, he noted that racially-motivated outburst from the likes of Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling were much less of a threat to equality than the more subtle, everyday racism such as what he sees in the criminal justice system.
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Obama Hating Conspiracy Theorist Dinesh D’Souza Indicted On Campaign Finance Charges
On Thursday, conservative political author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza was indicted on fraud charges under campaign finance law.
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Regime Change in Virginia: New Attorney General Seeks to Overturn Gay Marriage Ban
AG Herring says Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, and he has filed a legal brief asking a federal court to end it.
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Special Election Victory By Democrat Jennifer Wexton Completes GOP Collapse in Virginia
In a battle to determine party control of the VA Senate, Jennifer Wexton (D) coasted to a resounding 53-37 victory over John Whitbeck (R).
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Ken Cuccinelli Calls Out Scandal-Ridden Christie And Asks Him To Resign As Head Of RGA
On Tuesday night’s edition of CNN’s Crossfire, former Virginia Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli, called for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to resign as head of the Republican Governors Association.
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Individual Donations Help Wendy Davis Soar Past GOP Opponent In Fundraising
On Tuesday evening, Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis released her campaign’s fundraising figures for the last half of 2013 and they were nothing short of amazing.
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Eric Holder Pushes Back Against Utah by Recognizing the State’s Gay Marriages
Eric Holder set the record straight and announced that regardless of Utah’s intent to discriminate against same-sex married couples, the federal government will recognize the same-sex marriages.
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Virginia’s Top Three State Offices Held By Democrats as Obenshain Concedes in AG Race
On Wednesday afternoon, Republican State Sen. Mark Obenshain conceded to Democratic Mark Herring as the recount vote for Virginia’s Attorney General was coming to an end.
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Marijuana is Illegal Because It Is a Major Source of Funding For Law Enforcement
Law enforcement officials have been staunch opponents of legalizing the weed for personal or medicinal use because as contraband, it is a major source of funding for law enforcement.
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And Three’s a Crowd: Virginia Republicans Think They Belong In Your Bedroom
Cuccinelli has long wanted to control what goes on in the privacy of Virginians’ bedrooms, and his latest ploy is a continuing effort to impose his Puritanical sensibilities on Virginia residents.
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Supreme Court Activists Conspired With Republicans and ALEC To Kill Democracy
What the conservative court accomplished besides handing ALEC the right to restrict minority voters in the South is effectively abolishing the 15th Amendment.
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Republicans Who Criticize Obama Were Silent When Bush Tried Terror Suspects In Civilian Court
During the Bush administration’s crusade against suspected terrorists who were tried in civilian court and not as “enemy combatants,” Republicans were silent until Barack Obama became president.
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The Biggest Fools of All Are the Progressives Who Cheered on Rand Paul
What is curious is the support many on the left have given Rand Paul despite his well-known, and well-publicized, stance on issues that are repulsive to progressives and even right-leaning centrists.
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Post Election Romney and Bain Face a Federal Corruption and Perjury Hearing
It appears there was at least one very specific reason for Mitt Romney’s desperation to be president that the public was not aware of.