The first two days of Bill Clinton‘s book tour with James Patterson haven’t exactly gone according to plan. On the Today show Monday morning to promote the spy thriller they co-authored, Clinton was grilled by Craig Melvin about Monica Lewinsky and the #MeToo movement. The former presidentwent on the defensive, …
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You may remember that little over a week after Attorney General Sessions recused himself from the Russia invesitgation, President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. Though this all has long reeked of obstruction of justice on the part of the president, Trump on Thursday insisted he didn’t fire Comey because …
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Struggling to speak over the whir of nearby aircraft, President Trump on Friday gave impromptu news conferences outside the White House and, later, at Andrews Air Force Base, in which he defended embattled legal adviser Rudy Giuliani, teased that he might be willing to meet with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, …
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Everytime there’s a shooting in the news, right-wing pundits and politicians dust offtheir talking points to explain why the latest gun tragedydoesn’t mean the U.S. should tighten up access to deadly firearms. Well, guys, I hate to break it to you, but we heard you the first time. And the …
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There are a few high stakes games of chicken being played simultaneously on Capitol Hill, and, as of now, neither side is signaling a willingness to back down. On Wednesday, Democratic leaders said the vast majority of their party would oppose another short term spending bill unless Republicans agree to …
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Last Friday, a federal judge in western Pennsylvania issued sanctions on two lawyers from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, a law firm that for 15 years has been helping municipalities fight industrial projects by encouraging ordinances that recognize the right to local self-government and the rights of nature, including …
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Erica Garner resembled her father very much in life, and now shares his misfortune in early death, passing from heart failure this weekend. She was 27. The horrible unexpected loss of someone so young is particularly painful and tragic because she only just had a child, a baby boy she …
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