PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: You know that I want you! Lady Gaga gives new boyfriend Christian Carino a lingering kiss… while he offers her his jacket on night out ‘Obamacare GONE’: Republicans publish their plan to repeal The Affordable Care Act, replace it with tax credits and SCRAP penalties for not having insurance- setting up an epic clash with Democrats Exposed, the truth behind the great health myths: From the five-a-day rule to eating oily fish once a week, experts reveal the common mantras that were completely made up Trump’s Oval Office eruption was aimed at his LAWYER – not advisers Bannon and Priebus – as the president blew up over handling of attorney general’s Russia recusal ‘The president, just for a moment forgot that he was president’: Ex-CIA boss Hayden tries to explain Trump phonetapping tweet frenzy Married animal rescue volunteer died while trying to help a lost DOG near a … (more)
Day: March 6, 2017
Rapper gives $1 million to Chicago schools, blasts governor
Chance the Rapper’s unusual intervention into Chicago Public Schools’ funding crisis took an even more curious turn Monday when the Grammy-winner presented a $1 million check to city schools and urged Gov. Bruce Rauner to use his executive powers to help the nation’s third-largest district. The Republican governor, a former venture capitalist, responded by noting his own philanthropy and floating Chicago school funding ideas that would face tough odds in the Democratic-controlled Legislature.
School election update
U.S. officials said work is underway to make the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system operational as quickly as possible. The Defense Department stressed that the THAAD system is aimed solely at defending South Korea against North Korean missiles.
The House Plan To Repeal And Replace Has Been Unveiled
House Republicans on Monday released their long-awaited plan for unraveling former President Barack Obama’s health care law, a package that would scale back the government’s role in helping people afford coverage and likely leave more Americans uninsured. House committees planned to begin voting on the 123-page legislation Wednesday, launching what could be the year’s defining battle in Congress and capping seven years of Republican vows to repeal the 2010 law.
Flashback – ” Maxine Waters Brags About Obama’sExtensive Database On Everyone
California Congresswoman, Maxine Waters is known for her gaffes and ultra left wing ideological beliefs. Here is she is right after Obama won his second term bragging about his extensive database on everyone.
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Conservative radio host Mark Levin shot back at CNN’s Brian Stelter over the Reliable Sources anchor’s “ad hominem attacks about ‘right wing’ radioa and conspiracy theory stuff.” Levin posted his open letter to the CNN journalist on his Facebook page Monday afternoon, after Stelter took the talker to task over his “incendiary idea” about a “silent coup” against President Trump by former president Barack Obama.
Opinion: Turning a deaf ear
Recently, I’ve developed a crush on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I love her spunky, “I’ll never die” energy, and the fact that she does not take poop from anyone.
House Republican plan would create Obamacare cliff for 2020 presidential election
House Republicans on Monday released their long-awaited healthcare bill, but the plan would only repeal major parts of Obamacare starting in 2020 – when the political world will be engulfed in the next presidential election. This implementation timeline raises major questions about whether, if Republicans were able to overcome the current legislative hurdles and pass this plan into law, its version of repeal would actually ever go into effect.
It’s a date: South Carolina’s Sen. Lindsey Graham to lunch with President Trump on Tuesday
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham will be joining Donald Trump for lunch at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, according to the president’s official schedule released Monday night. This likely marks the very first time Graham and Trump have sat down together, for any length of time, face to face.
Appeals court clears the way for removal of New Orleans’ Confederate-era monuments
“Today the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the City’s ability to control its property. This win today will allow us to begin to turn a page on our divisive past and chart the course for a more inclusive future.
Donald Trump effect benefits retirees
Here are two scenarios. One: you are a retiree who in recent years has been concerned about the value of your stock portfolio.
CAIR Blames White House ‘Islamophobes’ and ‘White Supremacists’ for New Travel Order
The Council on American-Islamic Relations on Monday blamed “Islamophobes” and “white supremacists” in the White House for President Trump’s new travel executive order or what CAIR has dubbed “Muslim ban 2.0.” “The driving force behind this Muslim ban are the Islamophobes and the white supremacists employed by the Trump administration, including [counterterrorism advisor] Sebastian Gorka, [chief strategist] Steve Bannon, and [senior policy advisor] Stephen Miller,” CAIR national executive director Nihad Awad told a press conference at the group’s Capitol Hill headquarters. “This order is just a preview of future anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant policy proposals being fed to President Trump by his Islamophobic advisors,” he added.
Uncertainty Over UK Ambassador’s Post; Interim Envoy Was Caught Up…
Lewis Lukens, currently interim charge d’affaires at the U.S. Embassy in London, worked closely with then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the State Department from 2008-2011. London With a proposed state visit to the United Kingdom by President Donald Trump reportedly pushed back until the fall, there is also a hint of uncertainty about when Britain will see its next American ambassador.
GOP Senators Cry Foul Over Medicaid Expansion Repeal
The House Republican plan to phase out the Obamacare Medicaid expansion by 2020 may be a nonstarter for some Senate Republicans-and could potentially threaten the larger repeal-and-replace process. Shortly before House lawmakers revealed a revamped version of their Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill Monday evening, four Republican senators sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell saying they would not support an earlier draft from Feb. 10 that repeals Medicaid expansion because it “does not meet the test of stability for individuals currently enrolled in the program.”
Black’s Balancing Act: The Budget Gavel and a Possible Governor Run
Just three weeks into her new job as House Budget Committee chair-and 20 months before an election that could be pivotal to her political future-Diane Black already faces a tricky balancing act. The Tennessee Republican, whose foray into leadership came unexpectedly when Tom Price was tapped for the Cabinet last January, will now oversee the budget reconciliation process expected to serve as a vehicle for both Obamacare repeal and tax reform this year.
How protesters forced Rubio out of a second Florida office
A second office landlord in Florida has kicked Republican Sen. Marco Rubio out due to continued protests outside the two buildings both officials said were interfering with building operations. On Monday, Rubio’s spokesperson said the landlord at his Jacksonville office had alerted them that the month-to-month lease would be discontinued due to the distracting activity taking place out front of the facility.
Supreme Court won’t say if trans teen can pick bathroom
The Supreme Court is leaving the issue of transgender rights in schools to lower courts for now after backing out of a high-profile case Monday of a Virginia high school student who sued to be able to use the boys’ bathroom. The court’s order in the case of teenager Gavin Grimm means that attention now will turn to lower courts around the country that are grappling with rights of transgender students to use school bathrooms that correspond to their chosen gender, not the one assigned at birth.
Housing a Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson speaks
Ben Carson just referred to slaves as ‘immigrants’ Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson referred to slaves as “immigrants” while speaking Monday to department employees. Check out this story on jacksonsun.com: http://usat.ly/2mxkV0Q “That’s what America is about, a land of dreams and opportunity,” Carson said.
Tent city is seen in the federal prison in Raymondville.
Bond holders are apparently demanding Willacy County pay off a $68.8 million debt remaining on the former tent-city prison.
Revenge of the anonymous sources
We have a subject landing in our laps which has recently become increasingly controversial after generations of being nothing more than business as usual in journalism. The question at hand has to do with the use of anonymous sources who choose to speak on background rather than going on the record.
Reuters: GOP repeal plan will emerge this week
The Republican Party’s long-awaited plan to undo ObamaCare will finally emerge this week, according to Reuters . Two months into the new session of Congress and their first real opportunity to make good on promises to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the legislative language will get published for debate in the House and Senate.
In the battle over who controls U.S. airspace, ita s big lobbyists vs. small airports
The city of Wichita spent $80,000 and its allies spent some more, but their combined firepower was nowhere near that of the airlines. The airlines’ lineup included three former U.S. senators, one of them a former Republican leader.
Chance the Rapper to Donate $1M to Chicago Public Schools
Judging by their comments after the meeting between Chance the Rapper and Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, it’s clear the two had far different sentiments. Mary Ann Ahern reports.
Judicial Watch Sues CIA, DOJ and Treasury for Records Related to…
Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency , the United States Department of Justice and the Department of the Treasury regarding records related to the investigation of retired United States Army Lieutenant General Michel Flynn’s communications with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak ). Any and all records regarding, concerning, or related to the investigation of retired Gen.
White House aides defend Trumpa s wiretapping claim
White House officials on Monday defended President Donald Trump’s explosive claim that Barack Obama tapped Trump’s telephones during last year’s election, although they won’t say exactly where that information came from and left open the possibility that it isn’t true. The comments came even as FBI Director James Comey privately asked the Justice Department to dispute the claim because he believed the allegations were false.
New Hampshire delegation: Revised travel ban about politics
New Hampshire’s Democratic congressional delegation said Monday that changes to President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban still left them feeling as if it was more about politics than security. U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan said she supported improving the vetting process but didn’t believe the revised ban would achieve that.
Carson compares slaves to immigrants coming to a a land of dreams and opportunitya
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson referred to Africans enslaved during the Middle Passage as “immigrants,” calling America “a land of dreams and opportunity.” Ben Carson compared slaves to immigrants seeking a better life in his first official address Monday as Housing and Urban Development Secretary, setting off an uproar on social media.
Forget Trumpa s wiretapping claims. Inquiring minds want to know about Barack Obamaa s tote bag.
Former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama leave the National Gallery of Art in Washington on March 5. Google Barack Obama and tote bag, and the resulting mountain of merch starring the former president is nearly insurmountable. But there’s one tote bag in particular that caught our eye recently.
Ben Carson Makes HUD Employees Take the a Niceness Pledgea The new HUD…
The new secretary of Housing and Urban Development is a retired neurosurgeon and self-help guru who boasts iconoclastic views on slavery and ancient Egypt – but has no experience in government or housing policy. “Every human being, regardless of their ethnicities, or their background, they have a brain: the human brain,” Ben Carson informed his fellow HUD employees.
Florida congressman faces raucous crowd at town hall meeting
In a Tuesday, June 18, 2013 file photo, Republican Congressman Tom Rooney, R-Fla., questions individuals regarding NSA surveillance in Washington. Rooney, who’s in his fifth term in Congress, held a town hall meeting Monday, March 6, 2017, in Englewood, Fla., during which the majority of the crowd quickly started booing about everything from the environment to health care.
The Daily Briefing: Activists host a In Memoriama for the Sen. Rob Portman town hall that never was
About 200 people filled the rows of the First Unitarian Universalist Church on Sunday night in honor of Sen. Rob Portman’s town hall that never was. The In Memoriam, hosted by activist organization Indivisible Columbus, was a tongue-in-cheek gathering for local speakers to deliver eulogies on everything from immigration rights to facts, education, and representative democracy.
ZOA Praises FBI for Arresting Islamist, Anti-Israel, Anti-Trump Bomb Threatener
The ZOA praises the FBI for its investigation and arrest of Juan M. Thompson, a fired former reporter for a left-wing online newspaper and hate-filled, pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel, anti-white, anti-Trump, pro-Bernie Sanders, anti-western society, anti-American, Communist, anti-police radical Islamist, for allegedly perpetrating at least eight of the recent bomb threats against Jewish institutions. The ZOA also appreciates federal and local authorities’ continuing investigation of other recent anti-Semitic threats and vandalism.
Top StoryCongressman apologizes for crude joke about Kellyanne Conway
Democrat Cedric Richmond made the joke during a comedy routine at last week’s annual Washington Press Club Foundation congressional dinner. Citing the picture of Conway kneeling on a couch in the Oval Office , Richmond said Conway looked “kind of familiar there in that position.”
Confederate-themed Mississippi flag heading back to court
In this Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016 file photo, a state flag of Mississippi is unfurled by Sons of Confederate Veterans and other groups on the grounds of the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss. A long-running feud over the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag is moving onto a new legal battlefield.
‘No question that something happened’ with wiretapping, Spicer says
As President Donald Trump prepares a new executive order on immigration, a family of five from Afghanistan sits in two Southern California detention centers w… — French citizens are preparing to go to the polls next month to vote in the first round of a presidential election that is already proving to be France’s most … The Governors’ Biofuels Coalition today sent a letter to President Trump asking him to support several initiatives to expand the states’ biofuel production and to help the… GOTHENBURG – After four years in the circle for the Gothenburg Swedes Karleigh Kleinknecht will take her skills to the next level and play for Doane College next year.
Senate Marine veteran pushes new war authorization
A Marine veteran newly elected to the Senate is hoping to reignite calls for Congress to pass its first new war authorization of U.S. military operations in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere since 2002. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., a former Marine intelligence officer who sits on the Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a bill last week that could reopen the debate over war powers as President Donald Trump reviews a new Pentagon strategy against the Islamic State group and wages new bombing in Yemen.
Bird flu found at Tyson Foods chicken supplier
Tens of thousands of chickens have been destroyed at a Tennessee chicken farm due to a bird flu outbreak and 30 other farms within a six-mile radius have been quarantined. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said 73,500 chickens were destroyed at the facility and will not enter the food system.
UBS Said Seeking to Pay Below $317 Million in French Tax Case
UBS Group AG is pushing to settle a French tax fraud investigation for less than the 300 million euros it paid to resolve a similar issue in Germany, people familiar with the matter said. That’s significantly below the 1.1 billion-euro bond the bank posted to cover potential penalties.
Should prosecutor investigate Trump, Russians? Vote now
A new poll indicates most Americans want a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia. The CNN/ORC poll shows 65 percent thought a special prosecutor should be appointed to investigate contacts between the Trump presidential campaign and Russian officials.
Report Shows Shawn Grate Was Sane At Time Of Crimes
A video conference was held on Monday to check on the current status of the Shawn Grate Case. A report from the Forensic Diagnostic Center indicated that there were no findings that would support a not guilty by reason of insanity plea, stating that Grate was sane at the time of the crimes.