Rep. Adam B. Schiff | Rep. Nunes's Memo Crosses a Dangerous Line

01 February 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:  Reader Supported News Rep. Adam B. Schiff | Rep. Nunes's Memo Crosses a Dangerous Line  Rep. Adam B. Schiff, The Washington Post  Schiff writes: "Even during the most difficult of times, when Congress had seemingly lost the capacity to govern and partisan storms raged across Capitol Hill, the intelligence committees remained largely insulated from the nation's increasingly self-destructive politics. No more."  READ MORE Mueller Zooms In on Trump Tower Cover Story  Jo Becker, Mark Mazzetti, Matt Apuzzo and Maggie Haberman, The New York Times  Excerpt: "Aboard Air Force One on a flight home from Europe last July, President Trump and his advisers raced to cobble together a news release about a mysterious meeting at Trump Tower the previous summer between Russians and top Trump campaign officials."  READ MORE Court Upholds Constitutionality of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau  Colin Wilhelm and Josh Gerstein, Politico  Excerpt: "A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's structure, a decision that preserves the agency's independence in the face of challenges from business interests and conservatives."  READ MORE Trump Is Reportedly Talking About Asking Attorney General Sessions to Prosecute Special Counsel Mueller  Mike Calia, CNBC  Calia writes: "President Donald Trump has been talking to his friends about possibly asking Attorney General Jeff Sessions to prosecute Robert Mueller, the special counsel overseeing the Russia probe, and his team, NBC News reported."  READ MORE aul Nehlen [R=WISCONSIN]- Too racist for Breitbart? This is what the  Republican Party stands for!  GOP Congressional Candidate Makes List of Jews  Paul Blest, Splinter News  Blest writes: "While it may seem at first glance that making a list of your enemies in an Excel spreadsheet and including a tally of their religious and ethnic backgrounds is a completely normal and levelheaded thing to do, I can assure you that it is not."  READ MORE San Francisco Will Wipe Thousands of Marijuana Convictions Off the Books  Evan Sernoffsky, San Francisco Chronicle  Sernoffsky writes: "San Francisco will retroactively apply California's marijuana-legalization laws to past criminal cases, District Attorney George Gascón said Wednesday - expunging or reducing misdemeanor and felony convictions going back decades."  READ MORE White House to Ask for 72 Percent Cut in Renewable Energy Programs: Report  Brandon Carter, The Hill  Carter writes: "President Trump's administration is reportedly seeking a 72 percent cut to the budget of Department of Energy programs related to energy efficiency and renewable energy."  READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation