Democrats Just Flipped Another Deep Red District A Democrat just won a district that Trump carried by 49 points in 2016. The blue wave is still building. And Democrats just picked up another special election win in a deep red Kentucky district. Democrat Linda Belcher reclaimed a seat in the Kentucky state House of Representatives that Trump won in 2016 by 49 points. Belcher defeated the Republican, Rebecca Johnson, by a 68 to 31 margin according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. OFFICIAL RESULTS in KY 49th House District Special Election: Linda Belcher 3,386 ☑ Rebecca Johnson 1,561#GoVoteKY pic.twitter.com/pmc45eUJ8I — Alison...

Sure Looks Like Mueller Has Flipped Another Witness In Trump-Russia Case Russia-linked lawyer, whose father in law is a Russian oligarch, is pleading guilty to lying to federal investigators. Tuesday morning brought another indictment by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the Trump Russia case. Federal charging documents unsealed Tuesday revealed that attorney Alex Van Der Zwaan is being charged on a single charge of lying to the FBI about his communications with Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates and destroying evidence. In the charging document that Mueller’s team filed in D.C. federal district court, Van Der Zwaan is charged with...

Mueller Just Indicted A Russian-Linked Lawyer Tied To Trump Campaign A lawyer connected to Russia just got charged by Special Counsel for lying to the FBI about contacts with Trump aide Rick Gates. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicted a Russian-linked lawyer for lying to FBI investigators about his conversations with former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates. The lawyer, Alex van der Zwaan, just so happens to be the son of Russian oligarch German Khan connected to Russia’s Alfa Bank. The new charges against van der Zwaan come at the same time that a new report confirms that Rick...

Mueller Investigating Manafort For $40 Million In ‘Suspicious’ Transactions The noose around Paul Manafort’s neck is tightening. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has no plan to ease the pressure on President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Mueller’s team of investigators are reviewing $40 million in “suspicious” financial transactions by entities controlled by Manafort, BuzzFeed News is reporting. The shady financial transactions were originally picked up in a previous investigation to track international kleptocracy which Mueller’s team has resurrected. The investigators are interested in Manafort’s work for the pro-Russia president of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych. “Eight banks filed 23 “suspicious activity...

Donald Trump’s Not Going To Like Tomorrow’s NY Daily News Cover Trump’s hometown paper hits him for golfing while Flordia shooting families bury their children.  The New York Daily News isn’t known for being fond of Donald Trump but Tuesday’s cover is particularly brutal. Trump’s hometown paper hits him for going golfing Monday while the families of the Florida High School shooting were holding funerals to bury their children The headline reads: “Trump visits golf course while families bury school massacre victims just miles away.” The cover features an image of one of the funerals juxtaposed with Trump is...

Trump Just Came In Dead Last In Survey Of Greatest Presidents American political scientists rank Trump as the worst president of all time. The results are in and Donald Trump comes out… well, not a winner. According to the nation’s leading political scientists, Donald Trump is officially the worst president in history. The survey of the greatest U.S. Presidents was released Monday based on a survey of 170 American political scientists. As has been the case in previous years, Abraham Lincoln took the top spot as the greatest president in history. But there was a new ranking in this...

White House Considered Shooting A ‘Reprieve’ From All The Scandal Coverage The moral bankruptcy of the Trump Administration knows no ends. A new report by The Washington Post revealed that some in the Trump White House considered the tragic mass shooting at a Florida high school last week to be a helpful “reprieve” from the constant White House scandal coverage. “For everyone, it was a distraction or a reprieve,” one administration told The Washington Post Monday. “A lot of people here felt like it was a reprieve from seven or eight days of just getting pummeled.” “But as we...

Mueller Investigating Kushner For Using Transition To Get Foreign Financing His Business The Special Counsel investigation is clearly picking up speed. According to a new report, Mueller has now set his sights on Jared Kushner’s shady business dealings. The Special Counsel is investigation Kushner’s attempts to use the presidential transition get foreign financing for his business, CNN is reporting. “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s interest in Jared Kushner has expanded beyond his contacts with Russia and now includes his efforts to secure financing for his company from foreign investors during the presidential transition, according to people familiar with the inquiry.”...

Florida Students Announce ‘March For Our Lives’ Rally For Gun Control Shooting survivors will march on Washington on March 24th.  Florida high school students who survived the school shooting this week have announced a “March For Our Lives” rally in Washington D.C. which will take place on March 24. In addition to the rally in the nation’s capital, the students are calling for marches in cities around the country to call for gun control. Cameron Kasky, an 11th-grader who survived the shooting told ABC News, “People keep asking us, ‘What about the Stoneman Douglas shooting is going to be...

It’s Official: Rick Gates Has Flipped, Will Testify Against Manafort The former Trump aide has made a deal with the Special Counsel to testify against his fellow Trump campaign associates. Things just went from bad to worse for Donald Trump. Former senior Trump campaign aide Rick Gates has reached a deal with the Special Counsel to plead guilty and testify against his former boss Paul Manafort. The news was first reported by the LA Times Sunday. According to the LA Times report, “The change of heart by Trump’s former deputy campaign manager, Richard W. Gates III, who had pleaded...