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Pelosi: Come on, censure’s “just a way out” of impeachment

Well … yeah, that’s exactly what censure is, and why it might have been a good exit ramp for Nancy Pelosi from Impeachapalooza. The House Speaker dismissed it at a breakfast interview with press today, calling it just a “way out” from the responsibility to impeach “if the goods are there.” But what if “the goods” […]

 

Fashion Notes: Melania Trump Throws on Shades, Ralph Lauren Jumpsuit for the Sunshine State

As she departed the White House for her husband’s re-election rally in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday, Mrs. Trump donned her favorite pair of flat-top acetate sunglasses by Saint Laurent, a white cotton eyelet fit-and-flare midi dress by the Paris-based designer Andrew Gn, and polka dotted Manolo Blahnik stilettos. The Saint Laurent shades retail for about […]

 

Xi Jinping Offers to ‘Unswervingly Support’ Kim Jong-un in North Korea Newspaper Op-Ed

Xi will arrive in Pyongyang on Thursday for a two-day visit overtly intended to observe the 70th anniversary of the two countries establishing diplomatic relations. The meeting will precede an anticipated in-person discussion between Xi and American President Donald Trump at the upcoming G-20 summit in Japan. Trump said on Tuesday he is expecting an […]

 

David Perdue Proposes Holding Federal Employees to Account

Sen. Perdue, along with Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mike Braun (R-IN), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Roger Wicker (R-MS) reintroduced the Modern Employment, Improvement and Transformation (MERIT) Act, which would modernize the federal civil service system by expediting the dismissal of federal employees who fail to meet performance standard. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) […]

 

Report: Sarah Sanders ‘Extremely Serious’ About Potential Gubernatorial Run

While Sanders has been hush-hush on future plans, Trump has emphatically and repeatedly mentioned her alleged consideration of a gubernatorial run in Arkansas. “If we can get her to run for the governor of Arkansas, I think she’ll do very well,” the president said during a White House event in the East Room last week. “And I’m […]

 

MSNBC Guest Andrea Pitzer on the Border: ‘What We’re Doing Now Fits Very Cleanly’ with Concentration Camps

Andrea Pitzer, an author who has written about the history concentration camps, on Tuesday’s broadcast of “All In” on MSNBC, echoed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s remarks that compared what is going on at the southern border to concentration camps — comments that have been met with pushback. Host Chris Hayes introduced Pitzer as someone “who is […]

 

Pelosi on AOC’s Concentration Camp Comparison: Republicans ‘Will Misrepresent Anything’

Wednesday at the Christian Science Monitor breakfast in Washington, D.C., House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she was “not up to date” on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) comparison of border detention centers to concentration camps. However, she cautioned Republicans “will misrepresent anything that you say.” Pelosi said, “These members of Congress are—they come and represent […]

 

Et tu, Jared? Dem Congressmen ask for another Hatch Act investigation

Congressional Democrats find themselves unable to move any legislation as long as Mitch “The Grim Reaper” McConnell is in charge of the Senate so it looks like they are going to keep themselves busy with investigations. And calls for investigations, too. Recently Trump Senior Adviser Kellyanne Conway was found to be in violation of the […]

 

Biden fondly recalls “civility” of segregationist senators, vows that he won’t demonize the rich

Remember when he got slammed by centrists for abandoning the Hyde Amendment, signaling that he might be turning towards the left? He’s really overcorrected! I don’t know what to make of this, candidly. Was he trolling liberals by saying it? Or is he really so oblivious as to how this plays in 2019, particularly among […]

 

Daily Beast: The Democratic Party is full of sexists

Democrats are still wrestling with one rather uncomfortable question in terms of how the primary race is shaping up in the early stages. We’re in the latest “Year of the Women” as well as the #MeToo era, right? So why are two ancient old white dudes still outperforming all of the qualified women who are […]