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On Saturday, the Fresno Bee dived into a lingering question: How does Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) pay for all the lawsuits he is filing against journalists, satirists, and political critics? “Nunes, R-Tulare, has filed lawsuits against Twitter, anonymous social media users known as Devin Nunes’ Cow and Devin Nunes’ Mom, a Republican political strategist, media companies, journalists, progressive watchdog groups, a political research firm that worked for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign and a retired farmer in Nunes’ own district,” noted the Bee. These lawsuits were mainly filed in Virginia — a state with very loose laws against...

The U.S. Supreme Court has just announced it will take up three cases related to whether or not President Donald Trump’s agents will have to hand over his personal financial records, including tax and banking documents. Lower courts have all ruled against President Trump. The Court will hear oral arguments in March and is not expected to reach a decision until June of 2020, just months before the presidential election. “Rulings against the president could result in the quick release of personal financial information that Trump has sought strenuously to...

The U.S. Supreme Court has just announced it will take up three cases related to whether or not President Donald Trump’s agents will have to hand over his personal financial records, including tax and banking documents. Lower courts have all ruled against President Trump. The Court will hear oral arguments in March and is not expected to reach a decision until June of 2020, just months before the presidential election. “Rulings against the president could result in the quick release of personal financial information that Trump has sought strenuously to...

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg sat down for a Washington Post Live event on Friday during which he was asked about the impeachment vote by the House Judiciary Committee and how he would deal with Trump’s attacks. Said Buttigieg: “I’m not that worried First of all, I’m gay and I grew up in Indiana so that kind of schoolyard talk doesn’t bother me. I’ve also seen a lot worse incoming than a tweet full of typos.” “You can tell by the way that this president hasn’t figured out what to...

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg sat down for a Washington Post Live event on Friday during which he was asked about the impeachment vote by the House Judiciary Committee and how he would deal with Trump’s attacks. Said Buttigieg: “I’m not that worried First of all, I’m gay and I grew up in Indiana so that kind of schoolyard talk doesn’t bother me. I’ve also seen a lot worse incoming than a tweet full of typos.” “You can tell by the way that this president hasn’t figured out what to...

It’s taken the White House more than 24 hours to respond to massive outrage aimed at the First Lady for not speaking out against President Donald Trump, who viciously attacked climate crisis activist Greta Thunberg. Thunberg is just 16 years old is on the autism spectrum. The First Lady has paraded her “Be Best” program that supposedly works to fight online bullying of children, but in this case her husband is a prime example of the very real problem. Upset he was not named TIME’s “Person of the Year” President Trump...

The Trump White House has taken steps to restrict access to President Donald Trump’s phone calls with foreign leaders after his now-infamous call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky led to his impending impeachment. CNN reports that officials have restricted access to Trump’s foreign calls with a small number of loyalists and that “transcripts of Trump’s calls with world leaders are also disseminated to a far smaller group of people inside the White House.” Trump’s July 25th call with Zelensky set off alarm bells among multiple White House officials after the...

IMPEACHMENT. House Judiciary Committee votes 23-17 along party lines to impeach Trump, moves two articles to full House vote. “The full House is expected to hold a floor vote on the impeachment articles, mostly likely on Wednesday, before lawmakers leave for their holiday break. If approved, a trial about whether to convict Trump and remove him from office will be held in the Senate in January.” HUMILIATION. Trump’s take on impeachment: “But he nurses resentment over the red mark about to be tattooed on his page in the history books...

IMPEACHMENT. House Judiciary Committee votes 23-17 along party lines to impeach Trump, moves two articles to full House vote. “The full House is expected to hold a floor vote on the impeachment articles, mostly likely on Wednesday, before lawmakers leave for their holiday break. If approved, a trial about whether to convict Trump and remove him from office will be held in the Senate in January.” HUMILIATION. Trump’s take on impeachment: “But he nurses resentment over the red mark about to be tattooed on his page in the history books...