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Max Miller: Podcast Emergency Edition
Max hits Friday with his very special National Emergency Podcast Edition focusing on the ramifications of Trumps plan to build a wall, circumvent Congress and of course seize land from ranchers and farmer and ranchers on the border of Mexico which Max would have...
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Max hits Friday with his very special National Emergency Podcast Edition focusing on the ramifications of Trumps plan to build a wall, circumvent Congress and of course seize land from ranchers and farmer and ranchers on the border of Mexico which Max would have...
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Why Sanders’s money haul doesn’t mean very much
Money isn't what it's cracked up to be.
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Larry Hogan has two ways to defeat Trumpism
The Maryland governor stands out in a party of sheep.
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Yes, Gillibrand and DeLauro introduced a family leave bill. More important, Republicans are introducing paid leave bills, too.
Paid leave has gone mainstream.
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The Federal Reserve could once push back against against big spending projects like the Green New Deal. Not any more.
The Fed has a newfound ability to stock up on government debt.
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Why Sanders’s money haul doesn’t mean very much
Money isn't what it's cracked up to be.
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Larry Hogan has two ways to defeat Trumpism
The Maryland governor stands out in a party of sheep.
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Yes, Gillibrand and DeLauro introduced a family leave bill. More important, Republicans are introducing paid leave bills, too.
Paid leave has gone mainstream.
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The Federal Reserve could once push back against against big spending projects like the Green New Deal. Not any more.
The Fed has a newfound ability to stock up on government debt.
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Opinion
Many States Don’t Comply With Even Limited Requirements Around Medicaid and Medication Abortion
A recent report by federal investigators at the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office found that federal officials are not uniformly enforcing a requirement that certain (and
Eric Swalwell Tweets Picture Of Himself Bypassing Trump Tower For Coffee, Twitter Makes Him Pay
It was brutal
The federal government admits it shares its terrorist watch list with hundreds of private groups
The disclosure was revealed following a class-action lawsuit filed by 25 Muslims who believe they’ve wrongly been added to the terrorism watch list and were unnecessarily harassed.
There’s yet another Trump administration scandal brewing. And it’s a doozy.
Influence-peddling, shady business ties, Saudi connections and a potential threat to national security.
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West Virginia Teachers Still Striking Even After The Bill That Started The Picket Lines Was Struck Down
'Make sure that this is a dead bill'
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Do Ya Think This Koala’s Sexy?
Here is a koala that news outlets have deemed “sexy.” “This koala is sexier than you,” says the New York Post, quite rudely. The Daily
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Sixteen States, Other Groups, Sue Trump Over Border Wall ‘National Emergency’
California and fifteen other states, along with two other groups of Plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits of their own, have filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s declaration of a “national emergency” to expedite funding of his border wall: WASHINGTON — A...
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The Republican Game Plan For 2020: Demonization And Demagoguery
The Republicans have already latched on to their 2020 campaign strategy, and it basically involves demonizing Democrats: WASHINGTON — In the 116th Congress, if you’re a Democrat, you’re either a socialist, a baby killer or an anti-Semite. That, at least, is what...
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Does New York Still Have a Future in Tech?
Amazon might have been the center of a new tech ecosystem in Queens. Here’s what the city can do next.
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Miami Battles Rising Seas
In 2017, voters agreed to finance adaptation efforts through property taxes. Now the first phase of those projects is underway.
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Amal Clooney And Serena Williams Throwing Meghan Markle Baby Shower In NYC
Whoa
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Will President Trump overhaul the tax code for a second time?
PWC partner Mitchell Roschelle says while your income tax return may be smaller this year, your net take home pay most likely increased.
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A New Report Says Trump Plans to Fire Dan Coats. Here’s What Made Their Relationship So Rocky.
Nine days before President Donald Trump was inaugurated, he compared American intelligence officers to Nazis. Since that inauspicious start, the intelligence community has been viewed
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We have a national emergency, all right. Its name is Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON — We have a national emergency, all right. Its name is Donald Trump, and it is a force of mindless, pointless disruption. The president’s decision to officially declare an emergency — to pretend to build an unbuildable border wall — is not only an act of...
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10 easy ways to go greener at home
With scientists issuing dire warnings about the consequences of global warming, many folks try to do their part in reducing their carbon footprint. But simply opting to recycle instead of tossing aluminum cans in the rubbish bin only goes so far. Converting to truly...
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What Is Life Even?
Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has been real busy since leaving the Trump administration in total disgrace: he turned down a spot on
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YouTube Adds Content Guidelines Appearing To Ban Users From Criticizing Potential Hoaxes
No harassment or cyberbullying
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AOC’s disastrous ‘Green New Deal’ is jeopardizing bipartisan attempts to actually help our environment
What is lost in the climate change hyperbole from left-wingers like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the fact that the U.S. is already the leader on environmental issues. The Green New Deal is now overshadowing real bipartisan legislation that would actually reduce carbon...
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Lunchtime Photo
This is a goat. An Irish goat. It’s the last picture in my queue from our trip to Ireland, and it’s been sitting around for
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Can Coverage of Women Candidates Be Non-Sexist?
WaPo media columnist Margaret Sullivan‘s latest column is titled “How sexist will the media’s treatment of female candidates be? Rule out ‘not at all.’” I’m inclined to agree with her thesis. Yet most of her argument leads me to wonder even equitable treatment of...
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Donald Trump: Timing of Mueller Investigation ‘Up to the Attorney General’
"It's totally up to the Attorney General," Trump said, in response to questions from reporters on the Mueller investigation at the White House, referring to the newly sworn-in Attorney General Bob Barr.
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Pompeo Denies ‘ISIS Bride’ Request to Return to U.S.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that an Alabama woman who fled to Syria to join ISIS is not a U.S. citizen and is
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Democrats are going on the defensive to distance themselves from socialism
Democratic strategist Antjuan Seawright and contributor Lisa Boothe weigh in on which 2020 presidential candidates are democratic socialists.
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Hollywood’s First Hijabi Director Wants to ‘Do Something Good in the World’
Lena Khan is the first Hijabi director in Hollywood. After attending film school at UCLA, Khan went on to create her first feature film, The
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Democrats Need to Be Wary of Social Media Manipulation
It could be a saving grace that the Democrats have eleventy billion candidates running for president. I say that because it’s already clear that there
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Judge Napolitano Explains to Fox News Host: Covington Kid’s Lawsuit ‘Impossible’ to Prove
Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano on Wednesday helpfully explained to Fox host Charles Payne that the $250 million lawsuit against the Washington Post filed by the family of Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann faces a tough road, adding...
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Andrew McCabe Reveals Part of Trump’s ‘Rambling’ Letter Firing Comey For the First Time
Former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe says he saw the draft letter that Donald Trump reportedly wrote in advance of James Comey‘s firing, and revealed, for the first time, some of that letter’s contents. On Wednesday’s edition of MSNBC’s Deadline: White House,...
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Even After Sanders, Harris, and Others Enter Race, Bookies Have Donald Trump as Massive 2020 Favorite
Although there are now twelve (twelve!) already-declared candidates opposing Donald Trump in 2020, the nation’s gambling gurus are still heavily favoring him for the win in the next election. In fact, as the Washington Examiner reported Wednesday, the entry of Bernie...
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A more-liberal Democratic electorate gets a more-liberal primary field — to an extent
The 2020 field is shaping up to be a lot more ideologically broad than past years, too.
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Harris hires ex-Clinton aide Ruiz and several other women of color
Sen. Kamala Harris is adding several women of color to her presidential campaign team, an aide told POLITICO.Emmy Ruiz, a political strategist who served as Hillary Clinton’s state director in Nevada and Colorado in 2016, will be a senior adviser to Harris. Ruiz will...
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The Supreme Court Has Limited How Much Private Property States Can Seize
The Eighth Amendment bars the federal government from imposing excessive fines. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court held that the limit also applies to states and cities. View Entire Post ›
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Amal Clooney and Serena Williams Host Meghan Markle’s Lavish NYC Baby Shower
Kristin Callahan/ACE Pictures/REX/ShutterstockSo, er, where’s our invite?The venue for Meghan Markle’s baby shower is a $75,000-a-night duplex penthouse suite at New York City's Mark Hotel, and the tab for the party, which was due to kick off at 1230pm Wednesday...
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House Democrats will introduce measure to block Trump’s emergency declaration
House Democrats will file a resolution Friday aimed at blocking the national emergency declaration that President Donald Trump has issued to help finance a wall along the Southwest U.S. border, teeing up a clash over billions of dollars, immigration policy and the...
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Susan Collins says she’d back resolution against Trump emergency declaration
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday that she would vote for a congressional resolution disapproving of President Donald Trump's emergency declaration to build a wall on the southern border, becoming the first Republican senator to publicly...
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Supreme Court limits power of states and localities to impose fines, seize property
In an opinion written by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the justices ruled unanimously for a man whose Land Rover was seized after he sold a small
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Trump Falsely ClaimsThe EU Never Met With Obama. (The EU Met With Obama 15 Times)
Trump uncorked another bit of anti-Obama revisionist history when he falsely claimed that the EU is meeting with him, but wouldn't meet with Obama.
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CLIENT CONSULTATION: SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY DOESN’T THINK WE SHOULD BE UPSET ABOUT SMALLER THAN EXPECTED TAX REFUNDS
How many of us who are married or in long term relationships like it when our spouse, having no understanding whatsoever as to why we might be upset over something, gladly tells you why he or she believes we are upset and then proceeds to use that explanation as...
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Sean Spicer Interviewed Sec. of State Pompeo as Special Correspondent for Extra and Everyone’s a Bit Confused
Sean Spicer did a bit as a “special correspondent” for Extra profiling Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and talking with him about the Oscars. Yes, you’re reading that correctly. Wednesday afternoon Extra dropped a clip of the former White House press secretary talking...
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‘Starbucks Martyr’: Swalwell Dragged for Photo of Him Braving the Cold to Avoid Coffee at Trump Tower
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) set himself up for epic internet mockery after tweeting a somewhat sad-looking viral photo of himself standing in front of the Trump Tower in a freezing cold New York City blizzard in order to avoid going inside the Trump Tower coffee shop....
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Andrew McCabe Reveals Part of Trump’s ‘Rambling’ Letter Firing Comey For the First Time
Former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe says he saw the draft letter that Donald Trump reportedly wrote in advance of James Comey‘s firing, and revealed, for the first time, some of that letter’s contents. On Wednesday’s edition of MSNBC’s Deadline: White House,...
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Even After Sanders, Harris, and Others Enter Race, Bookies Have Donald Trump as Massive 2020 Favorite
Although there are now twelve (twelve!) already-declared candidates opposing Donald Trump in 2020, the nation’s gambling gurus are still heavily favoring him for the win in the next election. In fact, as the Washington Examiner reported Wednesday, the entry of Bernie...
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How much does the government shutdown cost?
Democratic presidential candidate John Delaney, a former Maryland congressman, poured cold water on fans of small government who support the current partial shutdown. "Interesting that some of Trump's advisers think shutdown shrinks government," Delaney tweeted Jan....
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The upcoming Senate votes to end the shutdown: A closer look
A pair of votes are scheduled in the Senate for Jan. 24 — either of which could end the partial government shutdown after nearly five weeks. But what are in these two measures, one from the Republicans and the other from Democrats? And is there any likelihood of...
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Reddit co-founder pushes hard for paternity leave
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian makes a hard push for paid parental leave in the US
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Tom Friedman’s Latest Column Proves That Capitalism Was a Mistake
Thomas Friedman is among the most successful political commentators in the world. A global readership devours his books on globalization. America’s premier newspaper prints his
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House Democrats to introduce resolution to stop Trump’s emergency declaration
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to introduce a resolution on Friday to end President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration on border security,
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Amtrak wants more than $2 billion from Congress to replace its long-distance fleet
America's only real passenger rail company wants to ask Congress for permission to stop losing tens of millions of dollars on long-distance routes, the WSJ
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Beyoncé And Jay-Z Accept Brit Award In Front Of Royal Meghan Markle Portrait
The duo won the award for Best International Group at the ceremony.
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