Author: Stephanie Moffat

Democrats Are Planning A Recess Offensive To Protect Obamacare House Democrats are waging war on Republicans for voting for the latest repeal of Obamacare – and now they have the latest Congressional Budget Office report in their arsenal. The CBO report estimated that 23 million more Americans would become uninsured by 2026 under Trumpcare. So, as Congress heads into a pointless one-week recess, a recess packet was sent to House Democrats to encourage them to hold events highlighting the “terrible consequences” of the Obamacare repeal. “There’s a lot of energy here around the CBO score because it really is,...

Olbermann: 40 Shady Things We Now Know About Trump And Russia Olbermann Reminds Us Of Trump Endless Shady Russia Connections. In a new segment of his web series The Resistance, Keith Olbermann recounted 40 of Trump’s shady Russia actions. Olbermann noted that even though we likely only know the tip of the iceberg in the Trump-Russia saga – what we already know is immense. The Resistance host recounted the dozens of publically available items we know about the Trump-Russia scandal. Since Olbermann does such a good job of summarizing it all, we opted not to jot it all down...

Trump Team Could Face Jail Time For Using Auto-Delete Messaging Apps The Trump-Russia investigation has entered a new and legally dangerous phase for the Trump team. While it is true that special counsel Robert Mueller has only just started his part of the investigation, but with confirmation of grand juries and subpoenas flying the Donald Trump’s aides are in a particularly vulnerable position. According to a new report by Politico, now that the existence of the investigation has become public, Trump associates in the White House, from the transition and even the campaign are “responsible for preserving all available...

Russian Oligarch Connected To Trump Campaign Manager Offers To Testify Another Important Trump-Russia Story That You May Have Missed Yesterday. A Russian oligarch with ties to Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort has offered to cooperate with congressional investigators probing the Trump-Russia scandal. The offer to testify was first reported by the New York Times which notes that lawmakers declined to accept his offer to testify in exchange for immunity. Oleg Deripaska is a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and an oligarch who has been linked in reports to Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort. Deripaska’s...

Russian Banker That Kushner Met With Considered ‘Putin Crony’ By U.S. Intel New details are emerging about Jared Kushner’s repeated communications with Russia officials during the 2016 campaign and transition. On Friday, two bombshell stories, by the Washinton Post and Reuters respectively, were published, revealing that Jared Kushner spoke to the Russian ambassador during a secret meeting at Trump Tower in December. They allegedly discussed setting up a secret backchannel communications line between the Trump team and Putin. The aim of the secret communications line was to evade the scrutiny of U.S. intelligence and diplomats. The Russian ambassador was...