Charles Pierce | The House Republican Russia Report Is Nothing but a Hack Job
28 April 18
Charles Pierce | The House Republican Russia Report Is Nothing but a Hack Job
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "As if we needed more hilarity in our politics, the House Intelligence Committee - surely one of the most oxymoronic names ever to come slinking onto the main stage - on Friday released the majority report of its 'investigation' into the Russian ratfcking of the 2016 presidential election and what connection to and/or involvement in it the Trump campaign might have had."
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Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "As if we needed more hilarity in our politics, the House Intelligence Committee - surely one of the most oxymoronic names ever to come slinking onto the main stage - on Friday released the majority report of its 'investigation' into the Russian ratfcking of the 2016 presidential election and what connection to and/or involvement in it the Trump campaign might have had."
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Robert Mueller. (photo: James Berglie/TNS)
Senate Panel Approves Bill to Shield Mueller From Trump Firing
Elana Schor, Politico
Schor writes: "The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday that would protect Robert Mueller's job, a bipartisan rebuke that came hours after President Donald Trump said he may try to influence the special counsel's Russia probe."
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Elana Schor, Politico
Schor writes: "The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday that would protect Robert Mueller's job, a bipartisan rebuke that came hours after President Donald Trump said he may try to influence the special counsel's Russia probe."
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Elizabeth Warren. (photo: Michael Dwyer/AP)
Elizabeth Warren to Consumer Chief: 'You Owe the Public Straight Answers'
Chris Arnold, NPR
Arnold writes: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the Trump administration's top consumer protection official late Thursday asking him whether he is doing the bidding of the industries he is supposed to be policing."
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Chris Arnold, NPR
Arnold writes: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the Trump administration's top consumer protection official late Thursday asking him whether he is doing the bidding of the industries he is supposed to be policing."
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Red Square in Moscow, Russia. (photo: AfricaPatagonia)
Russians Followed Up on Trump Tower Meeting After Election, Democrats Say
Jeremy Herb, CNN
Herb writes: "The Russian oligarch and Russian lawyer who were key players in the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting reached out to Trump's team after Donald Trump was elected President to try to lobby on the Russian sanctions they sought to overturn, according to Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee."
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Jeremy Herb, CNN
Herb writes: "The Russian oligarch and Russian lawyer who were key players in the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting reached out to Trump's team after Donald Trump was elected President to try to lobby on the Russian sanctions they sought to overturn, according to Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee."
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The question now becomes is 1,000 or even 10,000 vacated convictions enough to turn the tide of the adverse effects of mass incarceration? (photo: iStock)
Seattle Vacates Hundreds of Marijuana Charges Going Back 30 Years
Angela Helm, The Root
Helm writes: "The City of Seattle on Friday filed a motion asking the court to vacate hundreds of marijuana possession convictions going back three decades and adversely impacting people of color."
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Angela Helm, The Root
Helm writes: "The City of Seattle on Friday filed a motion asking the court to vacate hundreds of marijuana possession convictions going back three decades and adversely impacting people of color."
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In 2016, El Salvador recorded 318 femicides. This number increased dramatically in 2017, when 468 femicides were registered. (photo: Marvin Recinos/Getty Images)
El Salvador's Women Rise Up Against Gender Violence, Femicide
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Women's rights organizations in El Salvador gathered outside the Attorney General's Office on Friday to protest the surge in femicides, violence and unsolved crimes."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "Women's rights organizations in El Salvador gathered outside the Attorney General's Office on Friday to protest the surge in femicides, violence and unsolved crimes."
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Birds fly over drilling rigs along Interstate 25 and Route 52 in Weld County. (photo: Andy Colwell/Colorado Politics)
Colorado Fracking Company Wants to 'Silence' Opposition to Massive Drilling Project, Lawyer Says
Mark Hand, ThinkProgress
Hand writes: "A college student, a legal observer, and a videographer attended a protest at an oil and gas construction site in Greeley, Colorado in early March and all three are now getting sued by the company behind the massive project."
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Mark Hand, ThinkProgress
Hand writes: "A college student, a legal observer, and a videographer attended a protest at an oil and gas construction site in Greeley, Colorado in early March and all three are now getting sued by the company behind the massive project."
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