Mueller Will not Present Collusion Evidence At Manafort Trial

Special counsel Robert Mueller said in a court filing Friday that his prosecutors will not present evidence regarding Trump campaign collusion with Russia at an upcoming trial for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. "The government does not intend to present at trial evidence or argument concerning collusion with the Russian government," reads a filing submitted by Mueller's team in federal court in Virginia on Friday.

Calls To “Abolish ICE” Could End Up Being A Gift To Trump And The Republicans

Democrats are rallying around the "Abolish ICE" slogan in response to the Trump Administration's immigration policies, but it could end up backfiring on them. In the wake of the Trump Administration's "zero tolerance" policy in dealing with people attempting to illegally enter the United States at the Mexican border, which at least for a time led to the separation of parents and children in apparent violation of existing law, many on the left have taken up the cause of abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement , the agency charged with enforcing the nation's immigration laws and the policies aimed at doing so from the incumbent President.

Trump claims Maxine Waters’ IQ in ‘mid-60s,’ slams…

E.P.A. Aide Questioned Deleting Sensitive Meeting Details. Then She Was Fired. - WASHINGTON - Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the subject of numerous investigations into claims that he used agency resources for personal benefit How Scott Pruitt's Disloyalty to His Own Staff Brought Him Down in the End Minutes before President Donald Trump announced the resignation of Scott Pruitt, his top environmental regulator, one of his former aides accused him of firing another for questioning a potentially illegal purge of official agency records.

London mayor approves baby Trump blimp to fly over city during visit

Wiltshire pair 'poisoned by nerve agent' - A man and woman found unconscious in Wiltshire were poisoned by Novichok - the same nerve agent that poisoned ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal, police say. - The couple, believed to be Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess, are in a critical condition having DNA testing being done on separated migrant children and parents, official says - DNA testing is being conducted as part of the process to reunite children who were separated from their parents at the border, a federal official with knowledge of the reunifications told CNN.

On Mideast trip, Elizabeth Warren polishes her credentials

London mayor approves baby Trump blimp to fly over city during visit - London's mayor has approved a request from protesters to fly a blimp designed to look like an infant President Trump during the president's visit to the U.K. next week. - Sky News reports that Sadiq Khan approved Wiltshire pair 'poisoned by nerve agent' - A man and woman found unconscious in Wiltshire were poisoned by Novichok - the same nerve agent that poisoned ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal, police say.

DoJ intervenes against Clean Water Act frequent filer

The citizen-suit provision of the Clean Water Act "allows any individual or organization that can establish standing to bring litigation against both private parties and the Environmental Protection Agency ," and incentivizes such suits by allowing filers to collect attorney's fees. While some valuable enforcement actions may result, writes Marc Robertson for the Washington Legal Foundation , it is not difficult for shakedown litigators to identify targets.

Poland’s Right-Wing Government Purges Government Critics From Judiciary

The right-wing government in Warsaw has purged more than one-third of the members of the Polish Supreme Court in a crackdown on political opponents. Defying the European Union while at the same arousing protests inside their own county, Poland's right-wing government has purged the nation's Supreme Court of more than one-third of its members , most of whom had been part of rulings critical of government policies: WARSAW - Poland's government carried out a sweeping purge of the Supreme Court on Tuesday night, eroding the judiciary's independence, escalating a confrontation with the European Union over the rule of law and further dividing this nation.

Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan Accused Of Covering Up Sexual Abuse At Ohio State

Jim Jordan, who heads the powerful House Freedom Caucus, is being accused of ignoring reports of sexual abuse by a team doctor while he was a coach at The Ohio State University. Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan, who heads the powerful House Freedom Caucus and is being prodded by supporters to run to succeed Paul Ryan as Speaker of the House, is being accused of ignoring reports of sexual abuse by a team doctor while he served as a coach at The Ohio State University: A news report on Tuesday accusing Representative Jim Jordan of ignoring accusations of sexual abuse as a wrestling coach at Ohio State University has left a cloud over the powerful congressman as conservative activists put him forward as potentially the next speaker of the House.

We Can See Venezuela From Our House

One moment you're being bombarded with the EneMedia babbling about the great state of Mejico being no different from ours and not a concern at all and how DARE you xenophobic NAZIS worry about the border, and the next Hugo Chavez the II is elected head of their dysfunctional shithole's junta, promising pardons to the drug cartels that have made living close to the border a decidedly risky business, promising nationalization of Meeeejico's only sources of income and declaring that moving up Norte to remove a line item on Shitsico's failing budget while milking the stupid gringos of their tax dollars is a human right.

Woman in Viral Photo Put on Twitter Mob “Blast” by Teen…

Rosalyn La Liberte has had her life turned upside down and her business threatened by the tweet and retweet of a falsely captioned photo showing her engaging in a "spirited discussion" with 14-year-old Joseph Luevanos at a Simi Valley City Council meeting on California's sanctuary policies for illegal aliens that falsely accused the woman of calling the boy a "dirty Mexican" and saying he would be among "the first deported". As a result she is getting threatening calls and messages and has lost at least one customer in the few days since she was "put on blast" by a teen activist and MSNBC's Joy Reid.

Ben Shapiro: I’m Happy to Wait For the Mueller Indictments,…

Never Trumper, and EIC of The Daily Wire, Ben Shapiro, appeared on HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher" Friday evening and said Trump is too stupid to have colluded with Russia but if he did collude, he's happy to see the Mueller indictments and ultimately happy to see Trump impeached. The Mueller witch hunt is political hit job by the Deep State.

Chairman Nunes Calls For Testimony From 17 FBI, DOJ Officials On FISA Abuse During 2016 Election

House Intel Chairman Devin Nunes is calling for 17 FBI and DOJ officials to testify on Capitol Hill about FISA abuse during the 2016 presidential election. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., wants 17 current and former FBI or Justice Department officials to testify on Capitol Hill about possible government surveillance abuse during the 2016 election, including fired FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe and embattled FBI official Peter Strzok.

“it Must Stop” Eric Holder Demands Gop Lawmakers Halt…

On Friday, former Attorney General Eric 'Fast and Furious' Holder demanded "unprincipled" House Republicans halt their investigations into FISA abuse and Spygate, warning the probes "must stop." House Republicans held two hearings this week, demanding answers from Peter Strzok, FBI Director Wray and DAG Rosenstein about government surveillance during the 2016 election.

Science Fiction Great Harlan Ellison Dies At 84

Harlan Ellison, who had a reputation for being as cantankerous as he was a great writer, has died at the age of 84. Harlan Ellison, an incredibly prolific Science Fiction author who was also responsible for the most well-known episode of Star Trek during its original run, has died at the age of 84: Harlan Ellison, a furiously prolific and cantankerous writer whose science fiction and fantasy stories reflected a personality so intense that they often read as if he were punching his manual typewriter keys with his fists, died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 84. His wife, Susan Ellison, confirmed his death but said she did not know the cause.

Anthony Kennedy retires

My new opinion piece for the New York Post: "Even after a king we regard as benign steps down, we might want to reflect whether kingship is a good thing.Both Kennedy and O'Connor were famously reluctant to lay down clear rules for future cases, preferring to leave options open for the exercise of their sense of fairness. "Yet a sense of fairness provides no steady and stable basis for future cases.

A Generation of Americans Is Entering Old Age the Least Prepared in Decades

Low incomes, paltry savings, high debt burdens, failed insurance-the U.S. is upending decades of progress in securing life's final chapter Americans are reaching retirement age in worse financial shape than the prior generation, for the first time since Harry Truman was president. This cohort should be on the cusp of their golden years.

Amid Chaos at Border, Some Immigrant Families Reunite

In a series of tweets, Trump ratchets up rhetoric, suggesting he would like to change the legal process for asylum seekers WASHINGTON-The Trump administration sought to establish processes to reunify families separated under its controversial "zero tolerance" policy on illegal immigration, though the weekend moves did little to allay confusion over how roughly 2,000 children spread across the country would be reconnected with their parents.