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Trump’s Distractions from ‘Serious News’ of Russia Ties Not Working on Democrats
“It’s just an attempt to distract from…what should be an independent…investigation of what’s going on with the Russians and the Trump administration”
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WH Sources Say Trump Threw Tantrum Over Sessions Decision to Recuse Himself
According to sources in the administration, Trump convened an Oval Office meeting Friday that turned into a meltdown over Sessions’ recusal
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The Only Question Now is When Donald Trump Realized How Much Trouble He Was In
“Either @realDonaldTrump is paranoid like Nixon, or judge found probable cause of crime for #wiretap. Either way our President is in trouble”
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In Hysterical Twitter Rant Trump Accuses President Obama of Wire-Tapping His Phones
“Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my “wires tapped” in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!”
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Opinion: Donald Trump’s Cabinet Is a Veritable Liars Club
18 U.S. Code § 1621: Anyone, after having taken an oath, who willfully lies is guilty of perjury and shall be fined or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
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Jeff Sessions’ Recusal Not Enough He Must Resign as Attorney General
Even recused, as Attorney General Sessions “has the sole discretion to select and appoint a “special counsel” to investigate Russian ties
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Jeff Sessions and Donald Trump Are Tripping Over Their Own Russia Excuses
Sessions not only forgot how to speak English (Trump says he could have answered “more accurately”) but apparently forgot how to understand it
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An Unhinged Donald Trump Accuses Democrats of a ‘Total Witch Hunt!’
“They have lost their grip on reality. The real story is all of the illegal leaks of classified and other information. It is a total witch hunt!”
Sessions’ Sermon On the Dangers of Legal Marijuana Is a Pack of Lies
Jeff Sessions told so many lies about non-existent dangers associated with legal recreational marijuana that it likely made his audience’s heads spin.
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Sessions Couldn’t Even Get Through A Softball Fox News Interview Without Falling Apart
“I don’t believe there’s anything wrong with a U.S. Senator meeting with an ambassador from Russia,” he said.
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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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Russia Scandal Blows Up As Jeff Sessions Recuses Himself From Trump Investigations
In a move that will only add fuel to the Russia scandal fire, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recused himself from all investigations related to the Trump campaign.
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Here’s The Kill Shot On The GOP Argument That Sessions Met with Russians Like All Senators
Republicans are trying to advance the argument that Sessions was just doing his job when he met with the Russian ambassador twice during 2016, but it turns out he was the only member of the 2016 Armed Services Committee to do so.
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A Reeling Trump Tries To Cover His Backside By Saying Sessions “Probably” Told The Truth
President Trump told reporters he still has “total” confidence in his Attorney General amid calls for AG Jeff Sessions to resign or recuse himself, according to a pool report sent to PoliticusUSA.
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Al Franken Just Hammered Jeff Sessions With An Amazing Letter Demanding Answers
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) is pulling no punches as he just dropped an amazing letter demanding answers on Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
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GOP Intelligence Chair Threatens To Investigate Reporters Who Talk To Russia About Trump
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) threatened to investigate journalists who talk to Russia about Donald Trump.
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Bernie Sanders Blasts Through The Republican BS On Sessions And Goes Straight For Trump
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) went straight to the heart of the matter, and the Oval Office, by calling on Jeff Sessions to immediately resign so that the American people can find about what Trump knew about his campaign’s contacts with Russia.
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Republicans Rip Off Their Patriotic Masks With Un-American Defense of Jeff Sessions
Republicans have their talking point, and it’s that AG Jeff Sessions might want to maybe recuse himself from the Russia probe. If he wants to. Because patriotism.
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The Noose Tightens As Nancy Pelosi Connects The Dots On Why Sessions Lies Are Trouble For Trump
Democratic House Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) connected the dots during her weekly news conference and explained why Attorney General Sessions’ lies before Congress are a big problem for Trump.
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Watch Jeff Sessions Say That “No One Is Above the Law” When It Comes To Perjury
Here’s a clip of that time when then Senator Sessions said on perjury, “No one is above the law.”
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As the Russian Dominoes Fall, Trump Will Soon Be Left With No One to Blame
“If Jeff Sessions is the AG 24 hours from now, understand — Trump WH is fine with being lying, lawless & in bed with Russian intelligence.”
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Elizabeth Warren Calls Jeff Sessions A Farce And Demands That He Resign Now
“And we need Attorney General Jeff Sessions – who should have never been confirmed in the first place – to resign. We need it now,” Senator Elizabeth Warren tweeted Wednesday night after a report that Jeff Sessions lied under oath when he said he had no contacts with Russia as a member of the Trump campaign.
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Jeff Sessions Just Issued A Statement That Made The Russia Scandal Worse For Trump
Attorney General Sessions issued a statement in response to allegations that he lied under oath about contacts with Russia that was a denial that made it clear that special prosecutor is necessary.
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Calls Grow For Attorney General Jeff Sessions To Resign After He Lied About Contact With Russia
Calls are growing for Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign after it was reported that he lied under oath about contact with Russian officials while he was a member of the Trump campaign.
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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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Darrell Issa Calls for Special Prosecutor to Investigate Trump-Russia Contacts
Issa said Sessions must recuse himself: “You cannot have somebody, a friend of mine Jeff Sessions, who was on the campaign and who is an appointee.”
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Opinion: Trump Unleashes Hell By Rescinding Transgender Kids’ Protection
By following evangelical preachers’ edict to legalize discrimination against school-age children, Trump unleashed his theocrats and set a dangerous precedent.
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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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Michael Flynn Lied To The FBI But Trump’s Justice Department Will Likely Protect Him
It’s deeply disturbing that the administration, which sees nothing wrong with Flynn’s conduct, is in charge of holding him accountable for it.
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Trump Administration Strips LGBTQ Rights Just Days After Sessions Confirmation
After only three weeks of this new administration, the fears of the LGBTQ community are becoming a reality.
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Jeff Sessions Threatened With Lawsuit Just Minutes After Senate Confirmation
The ACLU continues to be on the front lines in the battle to resist the new administration.
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Jeff Sessions Believes the First Amendment Separation Clause Is Unconstitutional
Jefferson stating separation of church and state is contained within the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment is “unhistorical” according to Sessions.
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Al Franken Stands Up For Democratic Values By Opposing Jeff Sessions For Attorney General
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) is standing up for Democratic Party values by announcing that he will vote against the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions to be the next attorney general.
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Trump Team Goes Full Racist in Defense of AG Nominee Jeff Sessions
To taint Cory Booker’s testimony, Trump’s team presented the committee with a story accusing “black Democrats” of voter fraud.
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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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Elizabeth Warren Lays Down The Law There Will Be No Compromise with Racism and Hate
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) laid down the law Friday in reaction to President-elect Donald Trump’s potential nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, saying 30 years ago he was rejected for a federal judgeship because “there can be no compromise with racism; no negotiation with hate.”
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David Duke Praises Trump’s Picks of Racists Bannon, Flynn, and Sessions
David Duke said, “Bravo President Trump! Some great first steps. We’re on the way, folks, to taking America back.”
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Trump Declares War On Civil Rights By Filling His Administration With White Supremacists
Three of Trump’s first five appointees have ties or views that are in line with the white supremacist movement. These appointees are likely to be staffing agencies and departments with others who share their views.
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People for the American Way Calls on Senate to Reject Jeff Sessions for AG Post
“If anyone still thinks that Donald Trump might govern with more responsibility or moderation than he campaigned, this nomination is a wakeup call.”
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Outraged Reactions to Trump Choice of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General Roll In
“Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn, and now Jeff Sessions. It is now news when Trump chooses someone for his staff who isn’t openly bigoted.”
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Too Racist to Be Federal Judge in 80s, Jeff Sessions to be Trump’s Attorney General
“I told you the shit show would become so intense that the Bannon fiasco would soon seem like distant memory.”
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Saudi Arabia Not on Trump’s Travel Ban List Despite Providing 15 of 19 9/11 Hijackers
Trump’s Muslim travel ban list seems then to be less about danger vectors than sources of wealth for Donald Trump
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George F. Will Says Trump’s Message is a Constant Barrage of Racist Attacks
“Senator Sessions says it’s a bad week because Mr. Trump got off message. This really is his message, which is a constant barrage of this sort of thing”
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It Gets Worse For Republicans As Foreign Policy Adviser Admits Trump Knows Nothing
The chairman of Trump’s foreign policy committee Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) admitted that Trump needs to learn about foreign policy.
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Republican Rhetoric of 2015 is Centuries out of Date – Like their Thinking
The GOP talks about “taking our country back” and “making America great again” but they propose to do this by going back in time, not forward
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Republican Senator Blatantly Lies and Claims More Legal Immigration Is Bad for the Economy
On ABC’s This Week, Sen. Jeff Sessions tried to blatantly lie to the American people by claiming that increase in legal immigration is bad for jobs and the economy.
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Civil Liberties Not Part of the Republican Plan for America
Jeff Sessions denounced ACLU DNA on the Senate floor, and with it, the very idea of the civil liberties the ACLU defends, and which our constitution guarantees.
Compassionate Conservatives: 8 GOP Senators Blow Off The Unemployed In Their Own States
After Sen. Jim Bunning gave up his filibuster, the Senate quickly passed an extension of jobless benefits 78-19. All 19 of the no votes were from Republicans, and of those eight of them came from states that face higher than the national average unemployment rates and seven of these senators come from the South. This is the kind of ideologically driven vote that could come back to haunt Republicans in November.