Author: Stephanie Moffat

Senate Intel Committee Turning Up The Heat On Flynn UPDATE: During a press conference on Tuesday afternoon the heads of the Senate Intel Committee announced they will issue new subpoenas to Michael Flynn’s business to get the documents that he is refusing to hand over. In addition, Republican Senator Richard Burr noted that all option are on the table, including holding Flynn in contempt of Congress. Burr: If there’s no response from Flynn, we'll seek advice on how to proceed forward—"at the end of that option is a contempt charge." pic.twitter.com/e2Km2zV5NC — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 23, 2017 Mark Warner...

Fox News Forced To Retract Insane Conspiracy Story On Tuesday, Fox News was forced to issue a public retraction of a controversial, insane conspiracy story it published last week about the investigation of DNC staffer Seth Rich’s murder. “On May 16, a story was posted on the Fox News website on the investigation into the 2016 murder of DNC Staffer Seth Rich,” Fox’s retraction says. “The article was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting. Upon appropriate review, the article was found not to meet those standards and has since...

Someone Just Found A $2 Trillion Accounting Mistake In Trump’s Budget Much has been said about just how hurtful Donald Trump’s new budget would be for the poor and middle class in America. And many Republicans in the Senate have said it is dead on arrival because of steep cuts to programs like Medicaid, food stamps, disability insurance, etc. But now we learn that Trump’s budget isn’t just mean and hurtful, it also contains a gigantic accounting error that is very embarrassing for the administrion. According to New York Magazine, Donald Trump’s budget assumes a $2 trillion increase in revenue...

VoteVets Slams Trump Budget As Most Anti-Veteran, Anti-Military-Family Budget Ever Veterans organization VoteVets issued a scathing statement blasting Donald Trump’s proposed budget calling the “most anti-veteran” ever proposed by any president. “We have seen some bad budgets for veterans and military families in the past, but the Trump budget – hands down – is the most anti-veteran, anti-military-family budget that any White House has ever released,” the statement said. The #TrumpBudget – hands down – is the most anti-veteran, anti-military-family budget that any White House has ever released. #HandsOff pic.twitter.com/je6HMNJirw — VoteVets (@votevets) May 23, 2017 VoteVets has continued...

Government Ethics Office Rejects Trump Attempt To Block Disclosure Of Its Ethics Waivers The Office Of Government Ethics just sent a blistering letter to the Trump administration about its attempt to block the disclosure of ethics waivers to former lobbyists that are joining the administration. “The unusual nature of your letter highlights OGE’s responsibility to lead the executive branch ethics program with independence, free from political pressure. Accordingly, OGE declines your request to suspend its ethics inquiry and reiterates its expectation that agencies will fully comply with its directive by June 1, 2017. Public confidence in the integrity of...