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A single Twitter user showed just how easy it is to mislead anti-Trump politicians and media – Washington Examiner
If you think only one political group in the United States is susceptible to the proliferation of political propaganda on social media, you are sorely mistaken. Though it is true online disinformation campaigns have found a comfortable home in “MAGA” Land, the anti-Trump resistance is at least as gullible and ready to believe the worst of its enemies, as a single Twitter user demonstrated this weekend. A person named Mark…
Secret Service Director Randolph Alles, other top DHS officials leaving in Homeland Security overhaul – CBS News
More top Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials are leaving the Trump administration, two senior administration officials said Monday, increasing the leadership vacuum at DHS as Washington grapples with the news of DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s resignation. U.S. Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles was fired Monday, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Lee Cissna, DHS undersecretary for management Claire Grady and DHS general counsel John Mitnick are also…
A Secret Service agent took a USB drive infected with malware from a Chinese woman who was arrested at Mar-a-Lago and inserted it into his laptop – Business Insider
A US Secret Service agent inserted a USB drive infected with “malicious malware” into his laptop after the hardware was confiscated from a Chinese woman who was arrested late last month after attempting to gain entry to President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Agent Samuel Ivanovich testified in court on Monday that he put the thumb drive into his own computer, and it began installing files in a “very out-of-the-ordinary” way….
Bernie Sanders wants to let people in prison vote. Only 2 states do. – Vox.com
Bernie Sanders over the weekend said that more states should let people with felony records vote while they’re in prison, Kevin Hardy reported for the Des Moines Register. “I think that is absolutely the direction we should go,” Sanders said during a town hall in Muscatine, Iowa, on Saturday, after he was asked if people should be allowed to vote from prison. Sanders’s home state of Vermont, which he represents…
Trump is removing US Secret Service director – CNN
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George Conway slams Donald Trump after Nielsen’s exit: "We have no competent, functioning president" – Salon
Yet another key figure in the Trump Administration has announced her departure: Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. This follows the resignation of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in late 2018. And conservative attorney George Conway, husband of Trump adviser and GOP strategist Kellyanne Conway, has been speaking out about Nielsen’s departure on Twitter — declaring that it underscores Trump’s lack of leadership. MSNBC’s David Gura, on Twitter, noted that the United…
Trump designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group is long overdue – Washington Examiner
President Trump’s decision to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist group is a long overdue step that will help put the squeeze on one of the leading drivers of instability in the Middle East. The IRGC is a special branch of Iran’s armed forces that exists to protect the regime’s Islamic government and its global interests. Over the decades, IRGC has helped to squash internal dissent, built up…
Bernie Sanders fast facts: 5 things to know about the Vermont senator – Fox News
Video Sanders on Fox News town hall: It’s important to talk to Trump supporters Bernie Sanders made waves as a presidential candidate in 2016 — with supporters backing the Vermont senator’s call for a “political revolution” and repeating the popular campaign phrase “Feel The Bern.” And though Hillary Clinton ultimately defeated him to become the Democratic party’s nominee, the 77-year-old is making quite a comeback. Sanders has already hauled in a whopping $18.2…
Stanford expels student linked to $500,000 donation to sailing program – CNN
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How border hardliners nudged out Nielsen – CNN
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Boeing shares fall 4% after Bank of America downgrades stock on 737 Max production delays – CNBC
<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Markets Bank of America Merrill Lynch has cut its outlook on Boeing, saying the airline manufacturer’s recent troubles with its 737 are worse than expected. Boeing shares tumbled 4% on the move. Two crashes of the Boeing 737 Max 8 forced the company to cut its production. BofA now estimates delays with the 737 will last six to nine months, longer than the three- to…
Bernie Sanders Finds Himself in a New Role as Front-Runner – RealClearPolitics
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is quieting critics who questioned whether he could recapture the energy of his upstart 2016 campaign, surpassing his rivals in early fundraising and establishing himself as an indisputable front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Less than two months into his second White House bid , no other declared candidate in the crowded Democratic field currently has amassed so many advantages: a $28 million war chest, a…
This massive python just broke a record in the Florida Everglades – New York Post
This Burmese python is truly hissstoric. The 17-foot-long, cold-blooded colossus was the largest ever to be removed from Big Cypress National Preserve in the Florida Everglades — weighing in at 140 pounds. The female snake, which also contained 73 developing eggs, was caught using an innovative approach to tackling the invasive species, which poses a major threat to native wildlife in the Sunshine State. “Using male pythons with radio transmitters…
Mueller report: What we know about the obstruction of justice case against Trump – Vox.com
Serious tensions appear to be emerging between members of special counsel Robert Mueller’s team and Attorney General William Barr on obstruction of justice. Mueller team members have told associates their evidence against Trump on obstruction is “alarming and significant,” per the Washington Post. Some of them feel Barr’s letter to Congress didn’t properly describe “derogatory information,” according to CNN. And one official told NBC News the report includes new material…
Nielsen ouster lays bare Trump’s own immigration crisis – CNN
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Motel 6 will pay $12 million after sharing guest info with ICE – ABC News
Motel 6 has agreed to pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit that accused several Washington state locations of sharing personal guest information with U.S. immigration officials. The budget motel operator illegally shared the personal information of about 80,000 customers for more than two years, resulting in a “targeted” ICE investigation into guests with Latino-sounding names, the Washington state attorney general’s office announced Thursday. The office said operators at seven…
Nielsen resigns as DHS secretary after White House meeting with Trump – Fox News
Video Kirstjen Nielsen to resign from the Department of Homeland Security President Trump has tweeted that Kevin McAleenan will replace Nielsen as DHS secretary. President Trump announced Sunday afternoon that Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen “will be leaving her position” after 16 months in the job. Trump also announced that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan will replace Nielsen as acting secretary, tweeting: “I have confidence that Kevin…
Beto O’Rourke on Benjamin Netanyahu: ‘Racist’ – The Washington Post
Holly Bailey April 7 at 7:54 PM IOWA CITY — Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke on Sunday described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “racist” whose outreach to far-right interests as he seeks to hang onto political power has seriously damaged the chances of peace in the Middle East. Speaking at a town hall here at the University of Iowa, the former Texas congressman denounced Netanyahu’s pledge Saturday that…
Trump chief of staff vows tax returns will ‘never’ be released – BBC News
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mick Mulvaney called the bid to see President Trump’s tax returns a “political stunt” One of US President Donald Trump’s top aides has said that opposition Democrats will “never” see his tax returns. White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said the call for the records to be released was a “political stunt”. On Wednesday a Congressional tax committee submitted a request for…
As cold weather breaks, violence returns: 24 shot in 30 hours over warmest weekend this year – Chicago Tribune
In a period of a little over 24 hours this weekend, 24 people were shot in Chicago, including three children under 13 — and three of the adults shot died from their injuries, according to police. Beginning at 4 a.m. Saturday through about 10 a.m. Sunday, Chicago police were investigating shooting cases that included the homicides and a mass shooting of six people outside an afternoon baby shower in West…