Author: Jeff Anderson

Ethics Office Warns Not To Move Trump Confirmations Too Fast

Update: NBC is reporting that the Office of Government Ethics has lost contact with Trump and his transition team.  They quote an email sent to Trump aides in November from the Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub that raises concerns about the lack of contact with the Trump team, “we seem to have lost contact with the Trump-Pence transition since the election.” Shaub also suggested that the hurried nature and lack of ethics review risked “embarrassment for the President-elect,” because “announcing cabinet picks” without letting the ethics office review their financial information in advance. The NBC piece goes further quoting...

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Intelligence Report: Putin ordered ‘Influence Campaign’ to Help Trump Win Election

Intelligence officials on Friday released their highly anticipated report which concluded conclusively that Russian President Vladimir Putin directed efforts to interfere in the 2016 election, with the goal of helping Donald Trump win. [AdSense-A] Putin ordered ‘influence campaign’ to help Trump win election The report which was prepared by the CIA, the FBI and the National Security Agency, confirmed their earlier assertions that Russia was responsible for cyber attacks directed at the Democratic National Committee. “Russian efforts to influence the 2016 US presidential election represent the most recent expression of Moscow’s longstanding desire to undermine the US-led liberal democratic...

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Republican Senator Stands Up to Slow Down Obamacare Repeal

With Republicans rushing to try to repeal Obamacare before they have legislation to replace it, there is at least one GOP Senator who is urging caution about repealing the healthcare bill before having a replacement in place. [AdSense-A] Republican senator stands up to slow down Obamacare repeal Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton said in an interview on MSNBC, “I think when we repeal Obamacare, we need to have the solution in place moving forward.” Cotton, during the interview, said he had no problem with letting parts of Obamacare live for a little while so that the more than 20 million people...

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Texas Republicans Unveil Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bill

Last year, North Carolina Republican Governor Pat McCrory, who is no longer the governor after November’s election, signed into legislation HB2 – also known as the controversial bathroom bill. That led to many protests from LGBT advocacy groups, human rights groups and even businesses who didn’t want to be associated with the discrimination. [AdSense-A] Although North Carolina had a major backlash, Republican lawmakers in Texas filed a bill on Thursday that is very similar to HB2 – with the intent to keep transgender individuals from using the public restroom that corresponds to their gender identity. Texas Follows in North Carolina’s...

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BREAKING: Senior Russian Officials Celebrated Donald Trump’s Win, U.S. Intercepts Show

The Washington Post reported Thursday evening that senior Russian officials celebrated Donald Trump’s win according to intercepts that U.S. intelligence organizations were able to acquire. [AdSense-A] Senior Russian officials celebrated Donald Trump’s win, U.S. Intercepts Show The Washington Post story describes high-level Russian government officials celebrating Donald Trump’s election win over Hillary Clinton as a “geopolitical win for Moscow, according to U.S. officials who said that American intelligence agencies intercepted communications in the aftermath of the election in which Russian officials congratulated themselves on the outcome.” Included in the list of Senior Russian government officials who were overheard celebrating...

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