POLITICUS USA
“Sources indicated that some of the information collected via wiretaps included “communications that sparked concerns among investigators that Manafort had encouraged the Russians to help with the campaign.” MORE
Category Archives: 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
“Clinton won’t rule out challenging legitimacy of 2016 election” Reply
POLITICO
“Democrat Hillary Clinton refused to rule out challenging the legitimacy of last year’s presidential election in an interview released Monday afternoon, though she said such a move would be unprecedented and legally questionable.
“I don’t know if there’s any legal constitutional way to do that. I think you can raise questions,” Clinton told NPR’s Terry Gross during an extended interview on “Fresh Air,” before pivoting to criticism of President Donald Trump’s rhetoric regarding Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 race.” MORE
“Did Team Trump Reveal Their Middle Man to Moscow?: The Daily Show” Reply
THE DAILY SHOW
“Mike Flynn Is Going Down With Trump On Russia By Refusing Request To Be A Senate Witness” Reply
POLITICUS USA
President Donald Trump warned his fired National Security Adviser Mike Flynn to “stay strong” last April, and Flynn is “staying strong” by refusing a new request to appear as a witness before the Senate Intelligence committee, according to a report by CNN.
“Trump Doubles Down On DACA Decision By Putting 440,000 More Immigrants At Risk Of Deportation” Reply
POLITICUS USA
“Fresh off Donald Trump’s recent decision to rescind former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the administration is now considering removing protections for hundreds of thousands more immigrants.
According to CNN, a move similar to Trump’s recent DACA decision could be on the horizon, which could lead to nearly a half a million immigrants losing their protections under the law.” MORE
“Tagging fake news on Facebook doesn’t work, study says” Reply
POLITICO
“Facebook touts its partnership with outside fact-checkers as a key prong in its fight against fake news, but a major new Yale University study finds that fact-checking and then tagging inaccurate news stories on social media doesn’t work.
The study, reported for the first time by POLITICO, found that tagging false news stories as “disputed by third party fact-checkers” has only a small impact on whether readers perceive their headlines as true. Overall, the existence of “disputed” tags made participants just 3.7 percentage points more likely to correctly judge headlines as false, the study said.” MORE
“Russia probes kick into high gear”
POLITICO
“The congressional Russia investigations are entering a new and more serious phase as lawmakers return from the August recess amid fresh revelations about contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia.
In the coming weeks, both intelligence committees are expected to conduct closed-door interviews with high-ranking members of the Trump campaign, and potential witnesses could include Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort and Donald Trump Jr.” MORE
“Trump Uses Shelter Full Of Harvey Disaster Victims To Brag About The Size Of His Hands”
POLITICUS USA
While doing a photo-op of handing out food to Harvey victims at a shelter, Donald Trump took a moment to brag about the size of his hands by informing the press that his hands were too big for the plastic gloves.” MORE
“A Poll From His Favorite News Network Drops Tons Of Terrible News On Trump”
POLITICUS USA
A new Fox News poll has found that most Americans think Trump is tearing the country apart, and many of them don’t think that he will finish his term in office.
“Ivanka Trump’s latest sell-out is no surprise: Why would she stand up for workers now?”
SALON
Ivanka Trump claims to believe in equal pay for equal work. But deep down, she’s just like her dad
