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During my days - and nights - as a Congressional operative in Washington, I often drank at Bullfeathers, a Capitol Hill watering hole where members of Congress and their staff often gathered to unwind and drink away what they had to do during the day in purported service to the country. Rep. John Kasich showed up at Bullfeathers from time to time and joined us.
I believe pretty much any study of Charles Manson will reveal that his commitment to economic and racial egalitarianism was topped only by his opposition to authoritarianism.
In a recent talk before Chatham House think-tank in London, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, approached the issue of a Palestinian state from an intellectual perspective. Before we think of establishing a Palestinian state, he mused , "it is time we reassessed whether the modern model we have of sovereignty, and unfettered sovereignty, is applicable everywhere in the world."
During Fox News' Outnumbered Overdrive, the discussion of sexual assault was prevalent and after the news of Charlie Rose's firing, Melissa Francis admitted that so much of it started on Fox News and she said, "This is everywhere" and institutions that passed judgement on them was headed for it also. I don't share her opinion outside of the Fox News sexual harassment scandals did get the ball rolling on this issue because she took an adversarial approach when her network was drenched in sexual assault.
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TYT has learned that the brother of White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, an architect of the GOP tax plan, is a portfolio manager for the secretive investment arm of Apple Inc., which under the tax plan stands to gain a bigger windfall than any other company. A spokesperson for the White House budget office did not deny the connection, and in an email to TYT said, "The conflict laws do not extend to broad Government matters affecting a large and diverse group of the public, such as corporate tax reform.
Betraying bipartisan voices from across Nebraska and the rest of the United States, the Nebraska Public Service Commission voted today to allow the Keystone XL pipeline, which will connect a Canadian pipeline transporting the dirtiest fuel on the planet to an existing line at the Nebraska-Kansas border. The fossil fuel company TransCanada plans to lay Keystone XL over the Ogallala aquifer, endangering the primary source of clean water for 2.3 million people in America's heartland.
Today, with a 3-2 vote, the Nebraska Public Service Commission issued a decision that approves a route for the Keystone XL pipeline through Nebraska. In response, Stephen Kretzmann, Executive Director of Oil Change International, released the following statement: "Today the Nebraska PSC chose to stand with Trump, climate denial, and Big Oil.
President Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam, on Nov. 11. Six months into a special counsel's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, White House aides and others in President Trump's close orbit are increasingly divided in their assessments of the expanding probe and how worried administration officials and campaign aides should be about their potential legal peril, according to numerous people familiar with the debate. Some in the West Wing avoid the mere mention of Russia or the investigation whenever possible.
Ahmed, 3 years old, receives treatment for moderate acute malnutrition in a hospital in Hajjah, Yemen. The Saudi-led coalition is waging total war on Yemen in a bid to defeat the guerrilla group, the Houthis or the Helpers of God.
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O'Neill, a Democratic candidate for governor, apparently trying to head off any criticisms from his opponents, revealed what he says are his sexual escapades over the years on a Facebook post. A post on O'Neill's official Facebook said he was speaking up "on behalf of all heterosexual males" after allegations against Democratic U.S. Sen. Al Franken came to light Thursday.
That's the motto that has been adopted by die-hard supporters of Roy Moore , who is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate on a platform of Christian moral superiority despite charges from multiple women that he molested them when they were young girls . So what are the rights that Roy Moore's supporters are defending? The right for adult men to use children as sexual toys? Since September , I've been tracking a crime spree by Christian preachers going on across the USA.
On Thursday the US Department of Defense accidentally retweeted a tweet calling for Donald Trump to resign as US president. The original tweet which also called for two other US politicians to step down following sexual harassment allegations was tweeted from an account belonging to @ProudResister, an anti-Trump activist.
President Trump has halted a decision by his administration to allow the importation of elephant hunting trophies. A combination of public and private pressure prompted President Trump to overturn his administration's recent move to allow elephants shot for sport in Zimbabwe and Zambia to be imported back to the United States as trophies, according to interviews with several individuals briefed on the decision.
Responsible people in government are increasingly worried that President Trump might ignite nuclear war to salvage his bruised ego and to show the Asians who is boss. Amidst the rising clamor in the US over groping and goosing, America's Congress is beginning to fret about President Donald Trump's shaky finger being on the nation's nuclear button.
Megyn Kelly took a few minutes out of her show today to point out the hypocrites named Donald Trump and Roy Moore. Kelly has found a niche for herself since moving to NBC by highlighting sexual assault and harassment charges against powerful men, a topic she's familiar with from her time at Fox News.
Twitter has finally decided to institute new rules about how users gain, and retain, verification - the much desired blue check mark - and many Nazi/White Nationalist/alt-Right users are apparently in complete violation and are now losing their blue checks. And let me tell you, they are not happy.
Perhaps OMB Director Mick Mulvaney has become more of a curse than a blessing in his job as budget director. Or perhaps he's just bored with that job and would love a shot at wrecking the CFPB, an agency he loathes.