After taking the weekend to sit with the committee testimony and the House Intelligence Committee’s final report, Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN-02) announced Sunday that she will vote in favor of both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
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Minneapolis City Council Passes $1.6B Budget, Largest Property Tax Increase in a Decade
The Minneapolis City Council on Wednesday approved a $1.6 billion budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year funded by the largest property tax levy increase in 10 years.
Read MoreCommentary: Trump’s Real Offense Is That He Dared to Make Politics Political Again
As Democrats in the House of Representatives prepare themselves for a vote on the articles of impeachment against President Trump – preparing the way to boot him from office and nullify the results of the 2016 election – Americans should reflect on the audacity it takes to do that.
Read MoreGowdy: ‘Too Damn Late’ for Comey to Admit He Was Wrong About FISA Abuse
Former Rep. Trey Gowdy said Sunday that it is “too damn late” for James Comey to admit he was wrong about FBI abuse of the FISA process, as the former FBI director did in an interview on Fox News earlier in the day.
Read MoreNadler: Trump Is a ‘Threat’ to National Security
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said Sunday that President Donald Trump is a “threat” to national security.
Read MoreCampus Conservatives Call Out Professor Rebecca Bell-Metereau for Quiz Comparing Trump’s ‘America First’ Slogan to KKK
A professor at Texas State University gave a quiz in film class asking students whether President Donald Trump’s “America First” platform is comparable to white supremacy and the KKK.
According to the student publication at Texas State, The University Star, English professor Rebecca Bell-Metereau asked students in an Introduction to Film course, “What is true about the ‘America First’ slogan in the film and present day?”
Read MoreBiden Paid Women Staffers Less Than Men for Decades, Report Says
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden paid his female staffers less on average than male staffers over several decades, new analysis finds.
Read MoreConservative Leader Calls on Undecided House Dems to Follow Collin Peterson and Vote No on Impeachment
The chairman of an organization that promotes national sovereignty is calling on 17 specific Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives to vote no on likely articles of impeachment against U.S. Republican President Donald Trump.
Read MoreU.S. Supreme Court to Review Political Ratio Requirements for State Court Judges
The U.S. Supreme Court accepted a new case for the new year, Carney v. Adams, to determine whether state constitutions can require courts to have a ratio of judges based on their political party affiliation.
Read MoreComey Says He Was ‘Wrong’ About FBI’s Surveillance Abuse, but Downplays His Own Role in Bungled Case
James Comey said Sunday that he was “wrong” about the FBI’s handling of surveillance warrants against Carter Page, who the former FBI director acknowledged was “treated unfairly” by having his name leaked to the press as a suspected Russian agent.
Read MoreSchiff Refuses to Say He Was Wrong About FBI’s Surveillance of Trump Aide Carter Page
Rep. Adam Schiff admitted Sunday that the FBI committed “serious abuses” of the foreign surveillance court process in order to spy on Carter Page, though the California Democrat stopped short of acknowledging he was wrong to defend the bureau and in his promotion of the infamous Steele dossier.
Read MoreMillennials Leaving Religion En Masse, New Studies Show
Millennials are abandoning religion in numbers not seen in any other generation in modern history, according to a long-form piece on the subject by FiveThirtyEight.
Read MoreCommentary: The Inevitable Unraveling of Our Post-World War II Institutions
Post-World War II institutions are unraveling, and there’s panic here and abroad about it.
The transnational Left is starting to lose the means by which it seeks to shape the world without voter involvement. And the neo-cons are seeing their means of geopolitical intervention weaken.
Read MoreCollin Peterson Will Vote Against Both Articles of Impeachment: ‘President Has Not Committed a Crime’
Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN-07) confirmed Saturday that he will vote against the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump “unless they come up with something between now and Wednesday.”
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