Author: Jeff Anderson

Report: Republicans Plan to Defund Planned Parenthood in Obamacare Repeal

House Speaker Paul Ryan confirmed on Thursday that Republicans are planning to use the Obamacare repeal to also defund Planned Parenthood at the same time [AdSense-A] Republicans plan to defund Planned Parenthood in Obamacare repeal Paul Ryan said that cutting federal funds to Planned Parenthood would be part of the “reconciliation” bill – a parliamentary budget tactic that allows the Senate to pass a bill with simple majority vote rather than overcome the 60 vote threshold. The reconciliation process will prevent Democrats from being able to stop Republicans by using a filibuster against the measure. “Planned Parenthood legislation will be in our...

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Donald Trump Wants to Revamp the CIA

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Donald Trump is planning to revamp the country’s top intelligence agency. [AdSense-A] Donald Trump wants to revamp the CIA The news story creates major concerns about the motivations Trump has for wanting to restructure the CIA because he has seemed so unwilling to accept the analysis of the intelligence community – especially when he thinks the analysis undermines his presidency. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Trump “is working with top advisers on a plan that would restructure and pare back the nation’s top spy agency, people familiar with the planning...

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Two Small Businesses Say They Got Stiffed by Donald Trump for Work New D.C. Hotel

Two Washington D.C. area small businesses are saying the got stiffed by Donald Trump and his company for work they did on his new Washington D.C. hotel. The contractors, whose employees performed plumbing, air conditioning and molding work on the Trump International Hotel, have filed liens against the Trump-owned hotel saying they have yet to be paid for their work. [AdSense-A] Two Small Businesses Say They Got Stiffed by Donald Trump for Work New D.C. Hotel According to the Washington Post, “one firm, Joseph J. Magnolia Inc., is a private, family-owned plumbing firm with offices in Northeast D.C. and...

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Mitch McConnell: We Won’t Tolerate Democrats Blocking SCOTUS Nominee

Mitch McConnell on Wednesday proved he is lacking the capacity for irony. McConnell, of course, led the effort to block the confirmation of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court effectively stealing a supreme court seat from President Obama. [AdSense-A] Mitch McConnell won’t tolerate Democrats returning the favor on Supreme Court seat But on Wednesday the Senate Majority leader seemed to have left his sense of irony at home when he announced that he will not tolerate Democratic efforts to block a Donald Trump Supreme Court nominee. Donald Trump has vowed to nominate an extreme conservative to the bench, while President Obama...

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NAACP Members Arrested Protesting Trump Attorney General Nominee Jeff Sessions

Several leaders of the NAACP including its president Cornell William Brooks were arrested on Tuesday evening after staging a sit-in protest. [AdSense-A] NAACP Members Arrested Protesting Trump Attorney General Nominee Jeff Sessions   NAACP President @CornellWBrooks and Youth & College Director @GreenTheRev arrested after day of protest across #Alabama. #StopSessions pic.twitter.com/3HlvyiRMDw — NAACP (@NAACP) January 4, 2017 According to CNN, the six protesters were charged with criminal trespass in the second-degree. The protester occurred Tuesday saying they would stay until Sessions is no longer the nominee or they were arrested. “We are asking the senator to withdraw his name for consideration...

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