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Trump divides Democrats with warning of creeping socialism | TheHill – The Hill
President TrumpDonald John TrumpWhite House begins search for person who leaked president’s schedule: report O’Rourke to headline counter-Trump rally at border Trump touts Kim summit: North Korea will become economic ‘rocket’ MORE hadn’t had much success dividing Democrats until he found a word that would provoke very different responses from different members of the party during his State of the Union address: socialism. Trump’s warning of creeping socialism in the…
Valerie Reyes called her mom in panic. She vanished within days and her body was found in a suitcase. – CNN
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Protesters Target Guggenheim Over Museum’s Ties To Family At Center Of Opioid Crisis – HuffPost
Oxycodone, the drug’s active ingredient, is among the most common painkillers in prescription opioid deaths. Per the Associated Press, Purdue Pharma, its executives and members of the Sackler family were recently accused of deceiving patients and doctors about the risk of opioids and allegedly pushed prescribers of the drug to keep patients on it for longer.
Trump needles new presidential candidate Warren on Native American claims – Fox News
Video Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren announces her 2020 presidential campaign President Trump wasted little time Saturday before needling newly declared presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren over her controversial efforts to align herself with Native Americans. Warren, Democratic Massachusetts senator, officially announced her candidacy on Saturday in Lawrence. Touting a progressive agenda, she didn’t refer to recent controversies over her longstanding claims about having a Native American heritage. WARREN OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES 2020 BID FOR…
Virginians are split on governor’s fate amid blackface scandal, poll shows – The Washington Post
Peter Jamison Scott Clement February 9 at 6:02 PM Virginians are deadlocked over whether Gov. Ralph Northam (D) should step down after the emergence of a photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page depicting people in blackface and Ku Klux Klan garb, with African Americans saying by a wide margin that he should remain in office despite the offensive image, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll. The poll,…
Average tax refund down 8% so far this season – CNN
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Underground shooting range, weapons cache found at gang member’s home – KERO 23ABC News
FONTANA, Calif. (KABC) — Police discovered an underground shooting range while serving a search warrant Thursday evening at the Fontana home of a known gang member, authorities said. In a statement, the Fontana Police Department said members of its S.M.A.S.H. Gang Enforcement Unit found a manhole in the house that led to the shooting range and a hiding area. Officers located “numerous” weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition, including…
Snowstorm buries Northwest, with more on the way – ABC News
Blackface scandals highlight a racist practice that endures today – Vox.com
In the past few years, most high-profile blackface incidents have largely been confined to college campuses, ill-advised Halloween costumes, and bizarre television sketches. But over the past week in Virginia, several officials have come under increasing scrutiny for blackface scandals. It’s sparked a full-on crisis over the state’s leadership — and fueled a larger debate over a racist practice that has long existed and continues to occur. Gov. Ralph Northam,…
Ocasio-Cortez overshadows congressional insiders with outsider tactics – CNN
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Pilot had been disciplined for dangerous flying years before Yorba Linda crash – Los Angeles Times
Three years later, his license was suspended for 30 days after Davis, who again was adjudicating his case, found his plane was behind on inspections, carried only an expired temporary registration and was leaking hydraulic fluid from a brake, records show.
Omar calls for defunding Homeland Security — 1 hour after insisting that TSA workers get backpay – Fox News
Video Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., under fire on social media for going after Covington Catholic students Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., continues her streak of controversial tweets, this time taking aim at the Department of Homeland Security. In a tweet Friday night, the freshman congresswoman refers to President Trump as “Individual 1,” and insists he doesn’t have “public support” to “ram his hateful wall through Congress.” “Let’s stand firm: #Not1Dollar to…
New border-security deal in Congress would likely offer Trump just a fraction of requested $5.7B for wall – Fox News
Video New border wall about to be built in south Texas Details of a likely bipartisan border-security deal in Congress are being worked out after the White House indicated it will accept an agreement giving President Trump just a fraction of the money he’s demanded for his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall. Congressional negotiators said the money allocated to the border wall will be far below Trump’s requested figure of $5.7 billion,…
Fairfax is starting to look more guilty – Washington Examiner
A day ago, Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax looked like he might survive politically. Now, his odds look much weaker. Until today, Fairfax faced one compelling, but not contemporaneously corroborated, allegation of sexual assault from Vanessa Tyson, a liberal feminist professor whom he met at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Given that he was sandwiched in the gubernatorial succession between two separate Democrats accused of wearing blackface, he might have…
The battle is on between Trump and his Democratic foes – CNN
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Virginia Legislative Black Caucus calls on Fairfax to step down | TheHill – The Hill
The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus (VLBC) called on Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) to resign Friday after a second woman came forward to accuse him of sexual assault. The group of state legislators had initially refrained from calling for the lieutenant governor to step aside this week, but issued the statement Friday night amid mounting calls for him to resign after a woman accused him of rape. “In light of the most recent…
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam Has No Plans To Resign Over Blackface Photograph – NPR
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam speaks at a news conference at the governor’s mansion earlier this month in Richmond. Alex Edelman/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Edelman/Getty Images Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam speaks at a news conference at the governor’s mansion earlier this month in Richmond. Alex Edelman/Getty Images Updated at 6:57 p.m. ET Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has told his staff that he doesn’t intend to resign his office,…
Whitaker hearing: 6 takeaways from Matthew Whitaker’s testimony – Vox.com
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker’s much-anticipated hearing before the House Judiciary Committee was a messy affair, filled with some fiery exchanges, partisan bickering, and few revelations about Whitaker’s role overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation or the rest of the Justice Department. Whitaker had threatened Thursday not to show up for the prescheduled hearing after the Democrats on the committee authorized a subpoena, leading to a day of back-and-forth with…
Cory Booker compares Green New Deal to going to the moon, defeating Nazis – Fox News
Video Cory Booker becomes latest Democrat to declare his candidacy for 2020 Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., defended his support of the controversial “Green New Deal” on Friday, by comparing the government-led push to overhaul the nation’s economy and energy sector to landing on the moon and defeating the Nazis in World War II. “There’s a lot of people now going back on the Green New Deal, they’re like ‘oh it’s impractical, oh…
Facility where severely disabled Arizona woman was impregnated, gave birth will stay open – CNN
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