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Beto O'Rourke Announces Pending 2020 Announcement
After months of speculation and live-streamed visits to the dentist, former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke has announced that he has decided on the nature of his next announcement. A source familiar with the 46-year-old’s plans told CNN that O’Rourke will forego a follow-up bid for the Senate in 2020, leaving open the possibility of a…
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Droppin' Jewels: Chief of Staff for Former Trump Counsel Gave Mueller Detailed Notes on President's Conduct
If the current trend keeps up, special counsel Robert Mueller may have to hire police detail to keep the line of Washington, D.C. lifers waiting to flip on Trump at bay. With Michael Cohen’s solo snitchin’ debut set for Tuesday, and notes from hours of interviews with the likes of Steve Bannon, Mueller and his…
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GOP Senator Will Support Resolution to Block Trump's Border Wall
Trump’s wall emergency is seeing pushback from Trump’s own party. GOP Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina wrote Monday that he will support a resolution to block Trump’s national emergency declaration that would see him procure funding to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. “I would vote in favor of the resolution…
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Run it Back: North Carolina Board of Elections Calls for New Congressional Election After Voter Fraud Inquiry
North Carolina will hold a new election for its 9th Congressional district after a unanimous vote by the state board of elections earlier today. The board came to a decision hours after the testimony of Mark Harris, the Republican nominee. “I believe a new election should be called,” Harris said during the hearing Thursday. The…
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Delaware State Police Officer Draws Gun During Traffic Stop Involving Black Driver
Mack Buckley is lucky to be alive after a run-in with a Delaware State Police officer during what should have been a routine traffic stop. The video comes days after the release of a video showing a police officer in Delaware’s New Castle County beating a teenager during a drug arrest. Delaware State Police have…
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Montana Women Sue Border Protection Agents After Being Detained for Speaking Spanish While in Public
Ana Suda and Martha Hernandez are suing US Customs and Border Protection officers for detaining them at a gas station last year. Their case could test the agency’s far-reaching power to patrol the border zone, including their ability to stop and question individuals suspected of illegal residence in the United States. Video of the incident…
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Court Upholds Ruling to Unseal Grand Jury Testimony in 1946 Moore's Ford Lynching
More than 50 years after the death of two black couples who were mobbed, dragged, tied and shot 60 times by a group of white men nearly 60 miles from Atlanta, answers may finally be available. Monday, the 11th circuit of the United States Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling that ordered the…
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Trump Worries As House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff Hires Former White House Employees
If Trump starts keeping his potential enemies any closer, we may learn of a California King bed in the West Wing. After House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff hired Abigail Grace, a former career official at the National Security Council, Trump is worried Schiff is assembling a team of White House employees to gain an edge…
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Trump's Wall Tantrum Has the FBI Strapped for Cash
Seemingly lost in the circus surrounding the partial government shutdown, now into the early days of its second month, has been its impact on national security. Trump, while holding out for his $5.7 billion border blinders, has halted the day-to-day operations of the agencies and individuals that protect American lives and interests beyond the proposed…
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Committee-less Racist Congressman Steve King Tweets Fake MLK Quote
Racist Republican Congressman Steve King, no doubt perturbed by the national holiday honoring a black man whose charisma and acclaim eclipses his own even from beyond the grave. King, the also-ran congressman from Iowa who shares his last name with a black family of actual import, took time out of his busy day of zero…
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