WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional negotiators have hammered out a bipartisan agreement on a spending package to keep the federal government funded through the end of the current fiscal year on Sept. 30, a senior congressional aide said on Sunday.
The House of Representatives and Senate must approve the deal before the end of Friday and send it to President Donald Trump for his signature...
4/30/17
Let's stop being played by our puppeteers: the corporate state
Ever since Donald Trump was elected, I’ve been on a virtual listening tour. It was evident rather quickly that we were all conned in subtle ways that are disturbing. I've spoken to left-wing progressives, center-left progressives, moderates, right-wing Republicans, center-right Republicans, tea party...
Reports: Sebastian Gorka To Leave White House Following Outcry Over Extremist Links
Sebastian Gorka, a deputy assistant to President Donald Trump who generated controversy for his alleged ties to a Nazi-aligned group, is expected to accept a new role soon outside of the White House, according to multiple reports.
Sebastian Gorka expected to leave WH soon, we have confirmed.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 30, 2017
A senior administration official told the Washington Examiner...
Is There Any Way To Stop Ad Creep?
By Mark Bartholomew, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Ethics lawyers and historians have argued that Donald Trump has blurred the line between his public office and private business interests in an unprecedented fashion.
In another sense, it’s part of a much larger social trend.
Commercial...
At Least 10 Dead, More Injured, After Tornados, Floods And Storms Sweep Midwestern And Southern U.S.
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At least four dead from tornados and storms in eastern Texas
At least three dead in eastern Arkansas from storm damage and flooding
Woman dead after flash flood in southwestern Missouri
Man and child dead after separate incidents in southern Mississippi
Search and rescue efforts are underway after weekend tornados, flooding and severe storms left multiple people...
Are we regressing toward being a developing nation?
It’s always advisable to ignore hyperbole and avoid clickbait headlines, but this one from The Independent was eye-catching, to say the least: "US has regressed to developing nation status, MIT economist warns.” The key point of the article is that without a robust...
Priebus says Trump administration has 'looked at' First Amendment changes to protect Trump
Via Josh Marshall, here's White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus casually acknowledging during a Sunday Show interview that the current administration has been considering constitutional changes to restrict the First Amendment.
KARL: I want to ask you about two things the President has said on related...
Nancy Pelosi: 'I Never Thought I’d Pray' Bush Was Still President
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Nancy Pelosi may have sparred with former President George W. Bush during his eight years in office, but now she’s making it no secret: She wishes he was still here.
The House Minority Leader made that admission on ABC’s “This Week Sunday” after mistakenly referring to President Donald Trump as “President Bush.”
The California Democrat made the slip while discussing Trump’s first 100...
Montana Democratic Candidate Affirms Support For Legalizing Marijuana
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Rob Quist, the Montana folk singer turned Democratic congressional candidate winning over voters in traditionally GOP areas, affirmed his support for legalizing recreational marijuana, one of several policy differences that emerged during a debate held Saturday evening.
Quist’s progressive platform, which includes support for a single-payer health care system, has helped to...
Trump's tax plan is a Laffer
Long before it mastered the mass production of “fake news,” the Republican Party propagated its Ur-lie that “tax cuts pay for themselves.” Almost from the moment that Arthur Laffer first sketched his now-famous curve on a napkin in 1974, right-wing pundits, politicians, and propagandists have declared...
Trump Still Thinks Obamacare Repeal Will Cover People 'Beautifully'
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The 101st day of Donald Trump’s presidency sounded an awful lot like the first, with Trump talking utter nonsense about health care.
In a series of tweets and during an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Trump made the same basic promise he’s been making ever since he started running for president ― that his plan for repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act would reduce...
Trump’s Tax Plan Is An Assault On Working Families
When the Trump administration says that the tax cuts our President proposed this week would be historic, they’re right in one sense. The plan President Trump put forward on Wednesday is one of the worst legislative proposals for working families in recent history.
I agree that today’s tax code is in need of reform. Working American families need relief, American small businesses need help to compete...
A free press: Part one
Once upon a time in America, there was a leader considered by many historians to be:
"spiteful," "greedy," "jealous," "quick-tempered," "dull," "unlettered," and "haughty"
That man was William S. Cosby, the royal governor of the colony of New York from 1731 until his...
Man In Gorilla Suit Finishes London Marathon After 6-Day Charity Crawl
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A British police officer who crawled the London Marathon in a gorilla costume has raised more than $42,700 for charity after completing the 26.2-mile course.
Tom Harrison of the Metropolitan Police Department crossed the finish line on Saturday, six days after the race started.
The 41-year-old, who went by the name Mr. Gorilla, donned the outrageous suit to raise money for the Gorilla...
Trump, on television, yet again displays ignorance and incoherence. And no, that's not normal.
It is Sunday, the day devoted to hosting administration officials on the teevee so that they may lie repeatedly to you. Today the task was performed by Donald Trump himself.
Do you remember listening to other past presidents—Bill Clinton comes to mind here—and being impressed at how that person could...
'Fate Of The Furious' Becomes The Second 'Fast And The Furious' Movie To Earn $1 Billion
The “Fast and the Furious” pedal earned another medal this weekend, with “The Fate of the Furious” grossing $1 billion.
As of Sunday, the eighth “Furious” installment has earned $192.7 million domestically and a whopping $867.6 million overseas, according to Universal Pictures’ estimates. It’s the 30th movie in history ― and the second in the franchise, after 2015’s “Furious 7” ― to join...
National monuments are public lands, not profit centers
Going back on yet another campaign statement, Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking a review of the lands designated as national monuments in the last 20 years.
Let’s be clear: This isn’t about public lands, or listening to a majority of Western voters. This is about cementing his Republican...
Francis Ford Coppola Says 'The Godfather' Wouldn't Get Made Today
You haven’t seen devotion until you’ve been in a room with nearly 6,000 “Godfather” disciples. The manic fandom typically reserved for Comic-Con and “Star Wars” assemblies was front and center when Francis Ford Coppola and the cast reunited Saturday at the Tribeca Film Festival’s closing night.
Capping off a nine-hour event that included screenings of “The Godfather” and “The Godfather Part...
Why Donald Trump's Second 100 Days Will Be Even Worse For LGBTQ Equality
When I wrote a piece a few days after the election, “The Mike Pence (Donald Trump) Assault On LGBTQ Equality Is Already Underway,” I hoped against all hope that something might change to alter what was already happening during the Trump transition.
But in fact, much of what I reported has materialized in the first 100 days. And there’s reason to believe the second 100 days will be worse.
In the...
Mike Pence Claims Trump Didn't Change His Stance On NATO — Rather, NATO Changed
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President Donald Trump’s recent reversal on his prior criticisms of NATO was not a reversal, Vice President Mike Pence argued on Sunday, falsely claiming that Trump successfully forced the alliance to change.
“He didn’t change on NATO,” Pence said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “NATO changed.”
During his campaign, Trump called the alliance “obsolete,” but as president, he changed his...
Trump Will Meet President Duterte, Despite Bloody Philippine Drug War
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A president nicknamed “the Punisher” who is responsible for a brutal drug war that so far has killed over 7,000 people has been cordially invited to the White House.
President Donald Trump on Saturday told Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte to visit Washington, during a call that the White House described as “a very friendly conversation.”
The invitation further signals Trump’s...
The Chainsmokers Crashed This High School Prom
Crashed this prom just now. It was across the street from our arena show, so why not :) http://pic.twitter.com/BIOdSrfMKd
— THE CHAINSMOKERS (@TheChainsmokers) April 30, 2017
Here’s one way to make a prom truly unforgettable.
The Chainsmokers crashed an Illinois high school’s prom on Saturday night, just before they were set to headline an arena concert.
Prom had just kicked off at Rosemont’s...
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