Author: Stephanie Moffat

Marco Rubio Scared to Get Heckled at Town Halls Marco Rubio told CBS4-Miami’s Jim DeFede that he won’t participate in town hall meetings because political activists will crash them to create a media spectacle of people who “heckle and scream at me in front of cameras.” “They are not town halls anymore,” Senator Rubio said. “What these groups really want is for me to schedule a public forum, they then organize three, four, five, six hundred liberal activists in the two counties or wherever I am in the state.” Rubio told the station that activists are instructed to go...

Former CIA Director Says Trump’s Travel Ban Won’t Help Fight Terrorism Former CIA Director John Brennan said Sunday that Trump’s proposed order temporarily banning travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries isn’t going to help fight terrorism in “any significant way.” “I don’t think the travel ban is going to help in any significant way,” Brennan told CBS’ John Dickerson on “Face the Nation.” Instead Brennan points at terrorist recruitment activity online for what Trump should be more focused on. “What they need to do is to, again, take into account all the various means that terrorist groups use to...

Trump Chickens Out of White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner Donald Trump announced Saturday that he will not be attending the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, D.C. – an event that has been held every year since 1920. Trump, of course, made this announcement on Twitter, but seemed to leave out any attack on the mainstream media: I will not be attending the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2017 The event is a journalism scholarship benefit dinner that is...

Tom Perez is chosen as the new DNC Chair After two rounds of voting former Labor Secretary Tom Perez was voted in as the new chair of the Democratic Party. Perez won 235 votes, Keith Ellison received 200 votes. Congressman Keith Ellison has been named deputy chair of the Democratic Party. The vote caps a contentious battle within the Democratic Party between the establishment wing of the party and the progressive faction that is generally aligned with Bernie Sanders. The new DNC Chair has a lot of work ahead of him to rebuild the Democratic Party infrastructure after and...

Republican Congressman Calls For Special Prosecutor To Investigate Russia Scandal Republican Congressman Darrel Issa on Friday called for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself and for a special prosecutor to oversee the Russia investigation. Issa, who was appearing on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, said, “You cannot have somebody, a friend of mine Jeff Sessions, who was on the campaign and who is an appointee.” Issa continued, “You’re going to need to use the special prosecutor’s statute and office to take — not just to recuse. You can’t just give it to your deputy. That’s another political...