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Whitney Tipton Since Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 times by an unruly mob of Senators in 44 AD, the ‘Ides of March,’ or March 15, has been a day superstitious politicians could be weary of — for good reason. ‘Beware the Ides of March’ are words made famous by William Shakespeare, in his 1599 play about…
DCNF Video Team Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called illegal immigrants her constituents. Cortez asked Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross a question at a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing Thursday. Cortez began her question to Ross by quoting a Mr. Kobach. “Mr. Kobach later emailed to you on July 14 writing that the lack of…
Nick Givas Co-host of CNN’s “New Day” John Berman tried to tie President Donald Trump to the New Zealand mosque shooting on Friday, during an interview with GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois. Berman initially asked for Kinzinger’s reaction to the shooting that claimed 49 lives, but then pivoted to Trump and asked if the…
Evie Fordham An alleged gunman behind Friday’s deadly mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, reportedly wrote his weapon of choice was firearms for “the effect it could have on the politics of United States and thereby the political situation of the world” in a manifesto that has been linked to him. New Zealand and U.S….
The Senate voted to put the ax to President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration which he planned to use to construct a border wall along the US/Mexico border on Thursday. This looks like it will set up the first veto battle with the current administration. The Senate passed a resolution to block the president’s emergency…
Andrew Kerr Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has ties with Organize for Justice, a 501(c)(4) dark money group that trains progressive organizers across the country. Ocasio-Cortez serves on the board of Justice Democrats, the “sister organization” of the dark money group. Ocasio-Cortez once called dark money the “enemy of democracy.” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has ties with a dark…
Henry Rodgers An Australian Senator blamed Muslims for the horrific mass shootings in multiple mosques Thursday, just hours after a gunman killed at least 49 in New Zealand. Sen. Fraser Anning, a member of the Australian “One Nation” party, released a statement after the shooting, blaming New Zealand’s immigration policies for the shootings, after a man entered mosques…
Chris White Tech giants Facebook and Google are struggling to remove video images of shootings at two mosques Friday as some analysts criticize the companies’ inability to immediately ding such content. Twitter has a “dedicated team in place for managing exigent and emergency situations such as this,” the company said in a statement to CNN. At least 49 people…
Four in custody after two gunmen reportedly massacre dozens at New Zealand mosques.
Grace Carr Democratic Tennessee Rep. John DeBerry Jr. said he voted for a bill that will ban abortions in the presence of a fetal heartbeat to enhance the pride and self-esteem of women. DeBerry voted in favor of the bill so that women “don’t feel that their bodies are just a vessel for somebody to play with,”…