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Kennedy on Trump: ‘We’re not an authoritarian country’

In this Jan. 6, 2009, file photo, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., left, holds a Bible during the mock swearing-in ceremony for his son, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., on Capitol Hill in Washington. In a February 2017 interview with the Associated Press, former Rep. Patrick Kennedy speaks about the Donald Trump presidency and what his late father may have thought about it.

Washington State Attorney General: President Trump Is ‘Not Reading’ the Constitution

Washington State ‘s attorney general said he “will use every tool I have,” in the court challenge to President Trump ‘s executive order on immigration and would not rule out deposing the president. State Attorney General Bob Ferguson brought Washington’s suit with Minnesota against the president over the immigration order, leading a federal judge to put a temporary block on the order on Feb. 4, a ruling that was upheld last week by a federal appeals court.

‘Hidden Figures,’ Henson among top NAACP Image Award winners new

“Hidden Figures” and Taraji P. Henson had a big night at the NAACP Image Awards, where Hollywood glamour shared the stage with somber remarks from the director of Washington’s new African-American museum. “Hidden Figures,” the fact-based drama about the contributions of black female mathematicians to the U.S. space program, won the award for best movie Saturday, while star Henson was honored as best actress.

Community banks hopeful as lawmakers target financial rules

The number of small, local banks has declined since the Great Recession, a change that advocates feel was intensified by the paperwork the increased oversight entails. Community banks hopeful as lawmakers target financial rules The number of small, local banks has declined since the Great Recession, a change that advocates feel was intensified by the paperwork the increased oversight entails.

UK film awards show love for ‘I, Daniel Blake’ and ‘Lion’

BAFTA staff lay out heads-on-sticks marking the seating plan at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, ahead of the EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday Feb. 12. . BAFTA staff lay out heads-on-sticks marking the seating plan at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, ahead of the EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday Feb. 12. .

A Political History Of Washington V. Trump

When President Donald Trump signed an executive order on immigration and refugees last month, it was Washington state that led the legal battle to overturn it. Now, after a string of court rulings, it appears that the fight could be be heading all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Reports from Cuba: Informers approved by the Cuban government

Seven years ago, when the roar of the winds of a hurricane devastated Havana and the water filtered through the unglazed living room door of Lisvan, a private worker living in an apartment of blackened walls which urgently needed comprehensive repairs, his housing conditions did not interest the snitches on the block where he lives. “When I began to be successful in my business and I could renovate the apartment, from doing the electrical system, plumbing, new flooring, painting the rooms to putting grills on the windows and the balcony, the complaints began.

Kellyanne Conway Goes Full Fatal Attraction On SNL

Saturday Night Live has really upped their game this year, skewering both Hillary and Trump, Sean Spicer, Kellyanne Conway and Steve Bannon, among others. Last night, they took it to a new–and terrifying–level in a skit where Kellyanne Conway goes full-on, psychotic, batshit-crazy stalker, just like in the movie Fatal Attraction , with Jake Tapper after he refused to have her on his show.

Franken Says His GOP Colleagues Question Trump’s Mental Health

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Senator says GOP colleagues question Trumpa s mental health

A Democratic senator claims that “a few” of his Republican colleagues have expressed concern to him about President Donald Trump’s mental health – and that stems from questions about Trump’s truthfulness. Minnesota’s Al Franken tells CNN’s “State of the Union” that the concern arises “in the way that we all have this suspicion” that “he lies a lot.

Snow falls on Danbury region, again

Duncan Montaner, 4 of Ridgefield, rides on the back of his mother, Kim, down the hill at Ridgebury Elementary School. Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017 Duncan Montaner, 4 of Ridgefield, rides on the back of his mother, Kim, down the hill at Ridgebury Elementary School.

Christie: Flynn needs to clear up Russia conversation details with Trump, Pence

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie criticized President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Michael Flynn Sunday, saying he needs to clear up questions about whether he discussed sanctions in his pre-inauguration conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States. “I don’t think that you can have any more than one president at a time,” Christie told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”

Andrew Sullivan Would Like You To Take Him Seriously When Discussing Mental Health

To my mind, any talk about the “objective truth” is particularly rich when coming from a man who obsessively pushed a conspiracy theory involving Sarah Palin’s uterus and made Trig Trutherism a thing. Sullivan’s disgusting, ends-justify-the-means obsession with the personal family life of Sarah Palin breached every ethical and journalistic boundary known to the cosmos.

Does the White House stand by Michael Flynn? ‘That’s a question for the president’

National Security Adviser Michael Flynn sits in the front row before the start of the President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe joint new conference in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn sits in the front row before the start of the President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe joint new conference in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.

Gov. Brownback wants to build an airport in Johnson County

With plans to revamp Kansas City International Airport stalled, Gov. Sam Brownback and others in Kansas government are exploring the possibility of building an airport in Johnson County to rival KCI, The Star has learned. “Airlines are requesting construction of a new single terminal airport at , and the state of Kansas is continually looking for new economic development opportunities,” the governor said in an e-mail.

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Does everyone remember this ad from before the election? Well … About 75,000 white people in the midwest didn’t like this sort of thing so … here we are. Trump is what you get for forgetting who really matters in this county. .

Franken: Flynn was ‘lying’ or ‘forgot’ about Russia talks

JUNE 9: Sen. Al Franken speaks to reporters at a news conference dubbed #WeThePeople outside the Capitol on June 9, 2016 in Washington, D.C. Senate Democrats unveiled a new legislative proposal that will reform campaign finances and ensure fairer elections. Minnesota Sen. Al Franken questioned President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Mike Flynn’s fitness for the job Sunday amid reports that Flynn discussed US sanctions on Russia with the Russian ambassador before Trump took office.

Border wall will pay for itself many, many, times over: WH12 min ago

Washington, Feb 12 Claiming that illegal immigration costs the US about USD 100 billion a year, a top White House official today said that the proposed wall along the US-Mexico border will pay for itself “many times over”. “It’s estimated that illegal immigration costs our country, state, local and federal benefits, about USD 100 billion a year.

Another election a ” Not already

While the fallout from November’s presidential election is still front page news, voters will soon be returning to the polls to elect their local officials. Another election — Not already! While the fallout from November’s presidential election is still front page news, voters will soon be returning to the polls to elect their local officials.

Washington’s top lawyer uses strategic streak to fight Trump

The legal challenge that would launch Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson into the vanguard of resistance against President Donald Trump’s travel ban was already in the works as Ferguson flew home from Florida the morning after Trump issued his executive order. “We were having internal conversations about a potential action by the president along those lines,” Ferguson recalled in an interview.

Pentagon launches effort to solve a baffling WWII mystery

The Pentagon is launching efforts to solve a baffling World War II mystery: whether dozens of U.S. sailors listed as missing from a ship disaster were actually recovered and buried all along as unknowns in a New York cemetery. More than 130 victims of the USS Turner’s 1944 explosion and sinking near New York Harbor are still officially missing.

FEC Commissioner to Trump: Prove Voter Fraud

A commissioner on the Federal Elections Commission called on President Trump to give proof of voter fraud, after he reportedly made further claims in a meeting with senators. Trump reportedly blamed voter fraud for why both he and former Sen. Kelly Ayotte lost in New Hampshire last November during a recent meeting with a bipartisan group of senators.

We’re not an authoritarian country,’ Patrick Kennedy says about Trump

Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy says he thinks what President Donald Trump has done so far in office will ”hopefully spark a reexamination of who we are as a people.’ ‘ The member of one of the nation’s most famous Democratic families told The Associated Press in an interview he sees threats to the constitutional form of government, and said his father, the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, of Massachusetts, believed that Americans should never take democracy for granted.

White House: Deportations Will ‘Prevent Crime Before It Happens’

White House policy director Stephen Miller on Sunday expanded the goals of President Donald Trump ‘s controversial immigration executive order, saying it would “prevent crime before it happens” by deporting undocumented immigrants deemed to “pose a threat to public safety.” The statement was reminiscent of the plot of “Minority Report,” a film set in a dystopian future where people are arrested before they actually commit crimes.