A few quick things about this afternoon’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee by former acting Attorney General Sally Yates. 1. There weren’t any real bombshells. Yates pretty much said what people thought that she’d say… that it was brought to her attention that Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor Michael Flynn had lied about his […]
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Sally Yates, called in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify about Russian interference in American politics, is asked instead why she didn’t support Trump’s Muslim ban as acting Attorney General, the national security threat posed by Secretary Clinton’s email security, and who she thinks might have leaked news of Michael Flynn’s treason to the press.
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2020, coverups, Department of Justice, Don McGahn, Donald Trump, election integrity, election tampering, Elizabeth Warren, independent investigation, James Clapper, John Cornyn, leaks, Michael Flynn, Muslim ban, national security, Obama, Russia, Sally Yates, Senate Judiciary Committee, Ted Cruz, testimony, threats to Democracy, unmasking 5 Comments
Elizabeth Warren stopped on the floor of the Senate for attempting to read a 1986 letter from Coretta Scott King about the civil rights record of Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions
Last night, on the floor of the United States Senate, Elizabeth Warren, in discussing the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, attempted to read a 1986 letter from Coretta Scott King to the U.S. Judiciary Committee about the Senator’s history relative to civil rights. [Sessions, at the time, was in the running to […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Alabama, Coretta Scott King, Jeff Sessions, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK, voter fraud, voting rights 26 Comments
Snyder tells Michigan’s 300+ married gay couples, I know you’re legally married, but it doesn’t change a god damn thing
While conceding that more than 300 same-sex couples were legally married this past weekend, in the wake of a federal judge’s finding last Friday that the Michigan gay marriage ban was unconstitutional, Governor Rick Snyder told reporters in Lansing earlier today that, pending an appeal filed by Attorney General Bill Schuette, the State would not […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan Also tagged Bernard Friedman, Bill Schuette, gay marriage, gay rights, Georeg Wallace, Rick Snyder 15 Comments