Author: Stephanie Moffat

109 Clinton Staffers Were Targeted By Russia In A Single Month But don’t worry, Republicans say the Russians weren’t trying to pick sides. The Senate Intelligence Committee held their first public hearing on the Russian hack investigation Thursday and it seems that a piece of information that was drowned out in the chaos of the day’s news cycle. During the testimony, it was revealed that in a single month, the email accounts of at least 109 Hillary Clinton staffers were targeted by Russian military hackers last year. Cybersecurity expert, Professor Thomas Rid of King’s College in London detailed the bombshell efforts by the...

Federal Judge Extends Block Of Trump Revised Muslim-Ban Hawaii judge extends earlier order blocking Donald Trump’s second Muslim-ban. A federal judge in Hawaii has extended his previous ruling blocking Donald Trump’s Muslim-ban. On Wednesday Judge Derrick Watson extended his original temporary restraining order by issuing a longer-lasting preliminary injunction against the Muslim-ban. Judge Watson ruled in previously that the state of Hawaii showed a strong likelihood of success in their lawsuit against Donald Trump’s Muslim-ban executive order. According to the Associated Press, the judge is “Extending the temporary order until the state’s lawsuit was resolved would ensure the constitutional...

Seattle Suing Trump Administration Over Sanctuary City Seattle is the first city to sue the federal government over their attack on sanctuary cities The city of Seattle has announced they are suing the Trump administration over their attack on sanctuary cities. On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Department of Justice would withhold federal grants from sanctuary cities. The Trump administration is claiming that sanctuary cities are violating immigration law by refusing to help track and deport illegal immigrants. Well, Seattle is suing, and their argument is that the Trump administration is violating the 10th Amendment by...

Congressman Schiff: White House, Nunes Don’t Want Sally Yates To Testify Rep. Schiff: I don’t think the WH wants to hear what Sally Yates has to say, but the country ought to hear from her https://t.co/v2jOZFUFDy — The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) March 29, 2017 Congressman Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, on Wednesday said that believes the White House doesn’t want former acting Attorney General Sally Yates to testify in front of Congress. Schiff’s statement contradicts what the White House has said publically, that it wants Sally Yates to testify and that it is not...

Report: Trump Energy Department Bans Staff From Using ‘Climate Change’ And Other Phrases The Trump administration has told employees at the Department of Energy climate office to stop using the phrases “climate change,” “Paris Agreement,” “emissions reduction” according to a Politico report. “Employees of DOE’s Office of International Climate and Clean Energy learned of the ban at a meeting Tuesday, the same day President Donald Trump signed an executive order at EPA headquarters to reverse most of former President Barack Obama’s climate regulatory initiatives,” the report noted. The climate office of the Department of Energy “plays a key role in U.S....