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• 5 DailyKos Headlines
• Dec 13, 2018 Rebuking Trump, Senate unanimously passes measure condemning Saudi Crown Prince for Khashoggi murder The U.S. Senate dealt two blows Thursday to the Trump administration’s abysmal handling of relations with Saudi Arabia following the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.  In back-to-back votes, the Senate condemned Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the killing of...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Dec 13, 2018 When Trump called on Maria Butina in 2015, was someone close to him conspiring with her? It was a little odd in July 2015 when Donald Trump, just a few weeks after launching his presidential bid, threw a question at a Las Vegas event to a Russian woman who asked him about U.S. sanctions against her country.  Trump was ready to riff. "Okay, Obama gets along with nobody. The whole...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Dec 13, 2018 Trump claims undercut his own alibi on Cohen by claiming he was 'mostly PR' Donald Trump went on Fox News to explain how he isn’t guilty of felony violations of campaign finance law for the actions he directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to take, or the scheme he cooked up with National Enquirer publisher David Pecker. And in 10 minutes, Trump managed to shred...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Dec 13, 2018 Midday open thread: Sen. Warren builds House allies; fossil fuel's green veneer at climate talks Today’s comic by Ruben Bolling is Scientific giants of all time - Donald Trump's Guts: •  The International Trade Emissions Associations, a business lobby that includes some of the world’s biggest polluters, is throwing its weight around at climate talks in Poland: IETA is...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Dec 13, 2018 Who'll be the next to bail? Introducing the Daily Kos Elections 2020 House open seat watch We’ve been tracking open seats in the House at Daily Kos Elections for a long while, and for two key reasons: Retirements may be indicative of party morale, and open seats in general often provide the best pickup opportunities—for either side—every cycle. Both proved to be the case in...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Daily Beast
• Dec 13, 2018 Senate Votes to End U.S. Role in Devastating Yemen War Photo Illustration by The Daily BeastThe U.S. Senate has rebuked the Trump administration, the Pentagon, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates by voting to end U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen, one of the world’s most catastrophic conflicts.Though it is unlikely to become law during the...     Daily Beast        more   
• Dec 13, 2018 CNN Host S.E. Cupp Rips Fox News’ Trump ‘Infomercial’: ‘That Was Not an Interview’ Conservative CNN host S.E. Cupp stopped a discussion about President Donald Trump’s sitdown with Fox News’ Harris Faulkner on Thursday to make sure she, Brianna Keilar, and Dana Bash were all on the same page. “Can we just say for the record, that was not an interview,” Cupp, who was a...     Daily Beast        more   
• Dec 13, 2018 Virgin Galactic Launches SpaceShipTwo Into Space Four Years After Devastating Crash Courtesy Virgin GalacticVirgin Galactic flew an experimental spacecraft to the edge of space on Thursday morning, passing an important milestone as the orbital-tourism company prepares to carry paying customers into space.The complex test-flight began at approximately 7 am Pacific at the Mojave...     Daily Beast        more   
• Dec 13, 2018 In a First, Lawmaker Cites QAnon Conspiracy From City Council Floor Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty ImagesIn what appears to be the first instance of an elected official bringing up the QAnon conspiracy theory during official business, a city councilmember in California prayed during a lawmaker meeting this week that “God Bless Q.”San...     Daily Beast        more   
• Mother Jones Politics
• Dec 13, 2018 Maria Butina Pleads Guilty to Participating in a Russian Conspiracy Against the United States Russian gun rights activist Maria Butina pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy against the United States in federal court Thursday, pledging to cooperate with prosecutors investigating Russian efforts targeting the 2016 election. The 30-year-old has been jailed since July, when she was...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Dec 13, 2018 Did Michael Flynn Try to Strike a Grand Bargain With Moscow as It Attacked the 2016 Election? In early December, special counsel Robert Mueller, in preparation for the upcoming sentencing of Michael Flynn, submitted two memos outlining his recommended punishment for President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser. The documents noted that Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Dec 13, 2018 Trump Denies Directing Cohen to “Break the Law” President Donald Trump denied on Thursday having directed his former personal attorney Michael Cohen to “break the law.” The president’s statements come a day after Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison. Trump has come under scrutiny for allegedly directing Cohen to make...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Dec 13, 2018 Native Women Are Already Extremely Vulnerable to Domestic Violence. Congress Is About to Make It Worse. Taryn Minthorn was living on an Indian reservation in northeast Oregon when she was brutally assaulted by an ex-boyfriend in front of her children. Minthorn’s abuser was promptly arrested by tribal police. But because the abuser was not Native American, US federal law sent the...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Plunderbund
• Dec 11, 2018 The Gathering Storm Unseen By Fox Viewers Photo by Denis Smith There was a major winter storm that, thankfully, missed us a few days ago but slammed states south of the Ohio River with record amounts of snowfall. But if nature can spare some areas and bury others, another tempest – this one of a political nature – is about to...     Plunderbund        more   
• Dec 10, 2018 Flynn: The Mob Canary Among Others As videos remind us of Michael Flynn’s harsh demands against Hillary Clinton to “lock her up”, there is growing speculation that he will not be imprisoned for his disgraceful role in the Russia probe.  The debate over Flynn’s fate as a mob canary will extend to both sides of special...     Plunderbund        more   
• Dec 10, 2018 Trump’s Awful Road Show It was a brutal week for Donald Trump, who was upstaged at the G-20 assembly of world leaders in Buenos Aires, a would-be superstar who was adrift in a sea of confusion and bad news. I caught a glimpse of him in the small crowd as Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gleefully...     Plunderbund        more   
• Slate
• Dec 13, 2018 Report: Flynn Proposed Sanctions Relief Deal to Russia While Working for Trump Campaign It’s understandable that this is getting buried a bit given all the other breaking news, but it could have pretty big long-term consequences if verified further: Mother Jones is reporting, per a source close to Michael Flynn, that Flynn says he proposed a deal involving sanctions relief to...     Slate        more   
• Dec 13, 2018 We Need Academic Conferences About Robots, Love, and Sex There will be no love for sex robots this week in Missoula, Montana. In what seemed like an academic melodrama, the Fourth International Congress of Love and Sex With Robots had the rug pulled out from under it when co-conference Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology abruptly canceled its...     Slate        more   
• Dec 13, 2018 Ellen Cleghorne on Breaking Down Saturday Night Live’s Racial Barriers, and the Ones That Remain On a Saturday night, two days after Thanksgiving, Ellen Cleghorne sends me a ☔ emoji. She’s running late for our rendezvous at the Olive Tree Cafe in Greenwich Village. It’s pouring out, hellacious rain, but that hasn’t deterred a long line of comedy fans from forming outside the...     Slate        more   
• The Nation
• Dec 13, 2018 William Barr: Worse Than Jeff Sessions? Jon Wiener David Cole on Trump’s nominee for attorney general. The post William Barr: Worse Than Jeff Sessions? appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• Dec 13, 2018 Dear Beto, Andrew, and Stacey—Run Again Steve Phillips While a 2020 presidential run is tempting, O’Rourke, Gillum, and Abrams could use their political skills and hard-earned notoriety to help progressives win at every level. The post Dear Beto, Andrew, and Stacey—Run Again appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• Dec 13, 2018 Why Fixing Potholes Is Key to This Mayor’s Radical Political Agenda Greg Kaufmann A conversation with Jackson, Mississippi, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba about poverty, race, and building a “dignity economy.” The post Why Fixing Potholes Is Key to This Mayor’s Radical Political Agenda appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• Dec 13, 2018 What the Hell Is Wrong With Paul Ryan? John Nichols It is outrageous that the House Speaker continues to block action to end US support for Saudi atrocities against Yemen. The post What the Hell Is Wrong With Paul Ryan? appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• The Hill
• Dec 13, 2018 Prosecutors probing Trump inauguration spending: report Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are looking into whether President Trump's inaugural committee misspent funds or accepted donations in exchange for access to the administration, ...     The Hill        more   
• Dec 13, 2018 City council candidate loses race after tie is called with die toss 

 An Arkansas city council candidate lost his chance to serve on the council after he lost a dice roll to break the tie.Cliff Farmer rolled a "four" Thursday but was beat by incumbent Becky Line...     The Hill        more   
• Dec 13, 2018 Trump administration asks Supreme Court to temporarily allow transgender military ban The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a ban on transgender people serving in the military while it fights legal challenges to the new policy.Solicitor General Noel Francisco f...     The Hill        more   
• Dec 13, 2018 Ohio Senate approves controversial 'heartbeat bill' The Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved controversial legislation banning abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected....     The Hill        more   
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