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Behind the viral #GoFundTheWall fundraiser, a rising conservative star and a shadowy email harvesting operation

Behind the viral #GoFundTheWall fundraiser, a rising conservative star and a shadowy email harvesting operation


Via: pj  •  News & Politics  •  6 Comments  •  7 years ago

The GoFundMe fundraiser that promised to help privately fund President Donald Trump's plan for a wall spanning the length of the U.S.-Mexico border surpassed $20 million dollars in donations this...
Trump’s bogus justifications for the border wall

Trump’s bogus justifications for the border wall


Via: don-overton  •  News & Politics  •  35 Comments  •  7 years ago

President Trump’s speech this week did not change the fact that a border wall won’t make the United States safer or more prosperous. Despite the president’s spin and pretend newly-found...
Here are 10 disturbing moments from Trump’s attorney general nominee hearings

Here are 10 disturbing moments from Trump’s attorney general nominee hearings


Via: don-overton  •  News & Politics  •  12 Comments  •  7 years ago

President Donald Trump’s efforts to exert control over the Justice Department — one of the few bodies left that can assert a real check on his power and corruption — have been an ongoing crisis...
Shutdown watch: How the US pays for Trump’s border wall may leave a costly legacy

Shutdown watch: How the US pays for Trump’s border wall may leave a costly legacy


Via: don-overton  •  News & Politics  •  2 Comments  •  7 years ago

Depending on the ultimate size and reach of the wall, it could cost up to $25 million per mile and take years to build; calls from the White House for $5.7 billion would only cover about 230...
Trump Takes Credit For Veterans Bill That Obama Signed In 2014

Trump Takes Credit For Veterans Bill That Obama Signed In 2014


Via: don-overton  •  News & Politics  •  2 Comments  •  7 years ago

This is a favorite Trump lie. PolitiFact   debunked Trump’s statements in the fall of 2018: In fact, that was the idea for the Veterans Choice Program, which was created by the bipartisan...
Secret campaign to use Russian-inspired tactics in 2017 Alabama election stirs anxiety for Democrats

Secret campaign to use Russian-inspired tactics in 2017 Alabama election stirs anxiety for Democrats


Via: 96ws6  •  News & Politics  •  15 Comments  •  7 years ago

A secret effort to influence the 2017 Senate election in Alabama used tactics inspired by Russian disinformation teams, including the creation of fake accounts to deliver misleading messages on...
There are few things that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia desires more than the weakening of NATO, ...

There are few things that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia desires more than the weakening of NATO, ...


Via: johnrussell  •  News & Politics  •  10 Comments  •  7 years ago

WASHINGTON -- There are few things that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia desires more than the weakening of NATO, the military alliance among the United States, Europe and Canada that has...
Kellyanne Conway embarrasses CNN’s Jim Acosta during heated exchange: 'You're such a smarta--'

Kellyanne Conway embarrasses CNN’s Jim Acosta during heated exchange: 'You're such a smarta--'


Via: donald-trump-fan1  •  News & Politics  •  93 Comments  •  7 years ago

Video Kellyanne Conway embarrasses CNN's Jim Acosta: 'You're such a smarta--' Kellyanne Conway embarrassed CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta during a press gaggle on Tuesday,...
Old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dance video goes viral as supporters mock shaming attempt

Old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dance video goes viral as supporters mock shaming attempt


Via: hal-a-lujah  •  News & Politics  •  332 Comments  •  7 years ago

An unearthed video purportedly showing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, dancing in a college-era video was shared by conservative Twitter accounts Wednesday as an attempt to discredit the...
Along the East Coast, rainy days, high tides and sea rise make floods a part of life

Along the East Coast, rainy days, high tides and sea rise make floods a part of life


Via: perrie-halpern  •  News & Politics  •  47 Comments  •  7 years ago

By   Nigel Chiwaya Flooding is becoming a way of life along the Mid-Atlantic coast. In Atlantic City, New Jersey, residents along one street deal with ankle-deep flood waters on a rainy day,...
Conservatives Are Using the Courts to Attack Health Care for All Americans

Conservatives Are Using the Courts to Attack Health Care for All Americans


Via: don-overton  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  7 years ago

Conservative state officials, in conjunction with the   Trump administration , have launched an all-out attack on health care in the United States. They have   brought a suit   to overturn the...
Proof of Collusion: Trump Campaign Had 100 Contacts With Russians

Proof of Collusion: Trump Campaign Had 100 Contacts With Russians


Via: don-overton  •  News & Politics  •  4 Comments  •  7 years ago

During Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and transition period, he and his associates had over 100 contacts with Russian-linked officials, and lied about and tried to cover up every one of them....
The First Actual Palestinian-American in Congress (and He Was Jewish)

The First Actual Palestinian-American in Congress (and He Was Jewish)


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  News & Politics  •  8 Comments  •  7 years ago

The First Actual Palestinian-American in Congress (and He Was Jewish) By Vic Rosenthal, The Jewish Press, January 10, 2019 John Krebs Passport Photo {Originally posted to the...
https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/misleading-border-crime-statistic/

https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/misleading-border-crime-statistic/


Via: don-overton  •  News & Politics  •  0 Comments  •  7 years ago

Amazing how much the trump administration makes up. U.S. Border Patrol encountered 6,259 immigrants with criminal convictions, many of them for illegal entry charges, in fiscal 2018, according...
Canadian air traffic controllers send pizzas to U.S. counterparts working without pay

Canadian air traffic controllers send pizzas to U.S. counterparts working without pay


Via: freefaller  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  7 years ago

Air traffic controllers from Atlantic Canada directed a fleet of special arrivals into the New York Air Traffic Control Centre on Friday night, as a gesture of solidarity and respect. And each was...
Farmer Says He’ll Give Trump An Easement To Build The Wall

Farmer Says He’ll Give Trump An Easement To Build The Wall


Via: jasper2529  •  News & Politics  •  65 Comments  •  7 years ago

James Johnson grew up farming on the border between U.S. and Mexico. In fact, his great grandfather bought their New Mexico farm in 1918. Their 7,000-acre ranch runs along 14 miles of the border...
‘Oh my god! Run!’: The day a deadly wave of molasses tore through Boston

‘Oh my god! Run!’: The day a deadly wave of molasses tore through Boston


Via: ender  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  7 years ago

It was promising to be an uncharacteristically warm winter day in Boston. The temperature on Jan. 15, 1919, had soared to 40 degrees from 2 degrees earlier in the week, prompting many...
THINGS DEMOCRATS HAVE FUNDED THAT COST MORE THAN THE BORDER WALL

THINGS DEMOCRATS HAVE FUNDED THAT COST MORE THAN THE BORDER WALL


Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  101 Comments  •  7 years ago

After President Trump requested $5.7 billion to fund the border wall he campaigned on in 2016, Democrats have dug in, refusing to appropriate the funds that the administration says are needed to...
Every single member of Congress on the border, Democrat or Republican, they don't support the wall

Every single member of Congress on the border, Democrat or Republican, they don't support the wall


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  60 Comments  •  7 years ago

Texas Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX) Excerpts: The problem is we don't have the local Border Patrol Chiefs sit diown with the local communities and work out what sort of security we need--...
Pet opioid prescriptions have soared, Penn study finds. But who’s really using the meds?

Pet opioid prescriptions have soared, Penn study finds. But who’s really using the meds?


Via: badfish-hd-h-u  •  News & Politics  •  6 Comments  •  7 years ago

A   new study   by Penn Medicine and Penn Vet has uncovered a 41 percent increase in opioids prescribed for pets over a 10-year period, but only a 13 percent bump in the number of pet hospital...
TSA Workers Are Now Quitting Because of the Government Shutdown

TSA Workers Are Now Quitting Because of the Government Shutdown


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  42 Comments  •  7 years ago

Some Transportation Security Administration employees are quitting their jobs as the partial government shutdown continues through its third week, leaving more than 800,000 federal...
President Trump Went to a Border Town to Prove They Need a Wall. Residents Say Otherwise

President Trump Went to a Border Town to Prove They Need a Wall. Residents Say Otherwise


Via: ender  •  News & Politics  •  33 Comments  •  7 years ago

President Trump spent Thursday in McAllen, Texas attempting to make his case for a border wall, but members of the Texas Border Coalition — including McAllen’s mayor — say an investment in a wall...
Woman can't hear men with deep voices due to rare condition

Woman can't hear men with deep voices due to rare condition


Via: badfish-hd-h-u  •  News & Politics  •  9 Comments  •  7 years ago

A woman in China is making headlines for a rare type of temporary hearing condition that makes her unable to hear low frequencies, such as men's voices. According to the   Daily Mail , the...
Shutdown nears record: Why these Republicans have crossed party lines to reopen the government

Shutdown nears record: Why these Republicans have crossed party lines to reopen the government


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  16 Comments  •  7 years ago

WASHINGTON - As the federal government shutdown barrels toward the  longest in history  a handful of Republicans have crossed party lines to vote with Democrats to reopen shuttered agencies....
BREAKING NEWS: DHS Test Cut Right Through Trump’s Border Wall Steel Slats with a Saw

BREAKING NEWS: DHS Test Cut Right Through Trump’s Border Wall Steel Slats with a Saw


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  330 Comments  •  7 years ago

A test of a steel prototype for the proposed border wall showed it could be sawed through. ( NBC News Exclusive) Department of Home land Security testing of a prototype of the...
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