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Trump’s Saturday Night Massacre Is Happening Right Before Our Eyes The FBI issued an extraordinary statement on Wednesday, pushing back on the release of a partisan congressional memo alleging the bureau used improper evidence to obtain legal permission to surveil a Trump campaign adviser. We’ve never seen anything like it.

MSNBC Nunes story including local panelist Bill McEwen

Senator Kamala Harris Statement Opposing Stopgap Spending Bill

Senator Kamala Harris Statement Opposing Stopgap Spending Bill FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 22, 2018 CONTACT: Tyrone Gayle, 202-897-6212 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris, a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement today on her vote against the motion to invoke cloture on the …

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California Democratic Party Statement on the Vote to End the Shutdown

When Congressional Republicans shut down the government, their goal was clear: use the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) as leverage to destroy any compromise on protecting Dreamers. Despite widespread, bipartisan support among everyday Americans for preserving both the DACA and CHIP programs, the GOP showed the world that its priority is pandering to its xenophobic …

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Duckworth slams Trump: I won’t be lectured on military needs by a ‘five-deferment draft dodger’ | TheHill

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) tore into President Trump on the Senate floor Saturday, calling him a “five-deferment draft dodger” and slamming him for his comments toward North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.“Does he even know that there are service members who are in harm’s way right now, watching him, looking for their commander in chief …

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