Author: Stephanie Moffat

Tom Perez, Keith Ellison Hit The Road For Multi-State Tour Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez and Deputy Chairman Keith Ellison hit the road on Friday on a multi-state tour named the “Democratic turnaround tour.” Perez and Ellison started their tour in Michigan and will continue on to New Jersey, Texas and Virginia. The trip is meant to help broaden the Democratic Party’s appeal during the Trump presidency. The tour is also clearly a sign from party leadership about unity and fence mending after a bruising primary contest between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders and later the contentious race for DNC Chair....

Trump Has Dinner At His Hotel After Spending Day At His Golf Course Donald Trump took some more time off from being president Saturday to go golfing after the epic collapse of his health care bill. And after some golf, Trump had dinner at his D.C. Hotel for dinner. According to poll reports, Trump’s motorcade arrived at the Trump International Hotel just after 9 pm. This is the second time Donald Trump has dined at his hotel since becoming president on January 20. Trump’s D.C. hotel has been the source of ongoing criticism as ethics watch dogs have questioned...

Keith Ellison: ‘Don’t Gloat, Get Ready For Round 2’ After Republicans failed to pass their Obamacare replacement bill Friday, Congressman Keith Ellison implored his fellow Democrats not to “gloat.” “Don’t gloat; get ready for round 2. Organize!,” Ellison tweeted on Friday. Don’t gloat; get ready for round 2. Organize! — Rep. Keith Ellison (@keithellison) March 24, 2017 “The only reason it failed is because a number of Republicans felt that it did not do enough damage,” Ellison said in a statement. However, they will try again. Democrats, grassroots activists, and millions of Americans who don’t want to lose their coverage...

Flynn Discussed Kidnapping Of Dissident With Turkish Ministers During Campaign: Report Donald Trump’s disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn discussed kidnapping a Muslim cleric from the United States in a September meeting with Turkish government ministers, according to former CIA Director James Woolsey who was invited to the meeting. Woolsey told the The Wall Street Journal on Friday about the meeting saying, “You don’t send out folks to haul somebody overseas.” The former CIA director also said of Flynn’s kidnapping planning that it was “a covert step in the dead of night to whisk this guy away.” Earlier this month,...

Hillary Clinton: Trumpcare’s Failure A ‘Victory For ‘Victory For All Americans’ Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responded on Twitter Friday to the Republicans failure to pass their Obamacare repeal bill by calling it a “victory for all Americans.” Clinton, who beat Donald Trump in the popular vote by roughly 3 million votes, has generally kept a low profile since the election. However on Friday she released a statement on Twitter celebrating the victory for Democrats and urged them to continue the fight. Clinton’s statement opened with, “Today was a victory for the 24,000,000 people at risk of losing...