President Trump’s mission to create a Space Force appears to have flown too close to reality on wings made of bullshit. Defense One reported on Wednesday that after months of frantically trying to figure out how to establish a new branch of the military dedicated to space-based operations, the Pentagon …
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WASHINGTON —Nancy Pelosi can’t be stopped. In a private vote on Wednesday, House Democratsreelected Pelosi as speaker for the upcoming 116th Congress, which begins early next year. Thevotewas 203 to 32, with three blanks and one absent. She wasn’t expected to face any trouble within the confines of the Democratic …
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Days before the 2018 midterm elections, MJ Hegar, the Democratic candidate for Texas’ 31st District, released several videos about her historic Congressional campaign. Only one of them was planned. The final ad features Hegar riding her motorcycle down a solitary road in her district. The clip is unlike her previous …
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) must have been feeling pretty good standing on stage at Lone Star Convention and Expo Center in Conroe, Texas last week. Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend, ex-Fox News anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle, were there supporting the Texas senator for their fifth campaign stop in a row. …
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President Trump on Tuesday morning accepted Nikki Haley’s resignation as ambassador to the United Nations. The news was first reported by Axios, which noted that Haleydiscussed her potential departure with President Trump when the two met last week at the White House. It’s unclear what motivated the decision, but foreign …
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As America continues to vet the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh,we are handed competing narratives. One thing, however, is clear: Lindsey Graham has jumped the shark. On Monday night, the senator from South Carolina sat down with Sean Hannity to discuss his feverish obsession with forcing Kavanaugh onto the …
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There is now a third Brett Kavanaugh accuser. Following up on a promise to present damning information regarding President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee this week, Michael Avenatti onWednesday morning tweeted a sworn declaration from one of his clients detailing a slew of disturbing allegations against Kavanaugh. The statement claims that …
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Brett Kavanaugh wants you to know who the real victim is. In a letter sent today to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Supreme Court nominee describes allegations against him of a sexual assault in high school and of exposing himself in college as “smears, pure and simple.” He paints himself …
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In an interview with the Hill on Tuesday, President Trump reiterated his criticism of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Attacks on Sessions have become Trump’s “Free Bird,” and on Tuesday he improvised the old standard, declaring, “I don’t have an Attorney General. It’s very sad.” The president’s well-documented, frequently declared disappointment …
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WASHINGTON — The fireworks began before Brett Kavanaugh said a word. On Monday morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee commenced its hearings on Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. But what was expected to be an anticlimactic affair, with Republicans lobbing softball questions and Kavanaugh offering perfunctory pledges to respect precedence …
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