Senators rehashed the Russia investigation Wednesday at a testy hearing with former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who defended special counsel Robert Mueller, but disavowed misconduct related to surveillance of an ex-Trump campaign adviser. The partisan backdrop was intriguing: Republicans on the panel asked the most aggressive questions of Rosenstein, a Republican who was appointed…… MORE
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How Barr’s experience as AG during the LA riots previewed Trump’s actions against protesters
In the wake of George Floyd’s death, Attorney General Bill Barr has found himself in a similar place he was in 28 years ago — serving as the country’s chief law enforcement officer and trying to quell a demonstration rooted in racial strife, using a similar type of force against Americans who had watched video…… MORE
Why Trump has the FBI, ICE and TSA patrolling Washington streets
President Donald Trump’s message of law and order has manifested itself in Washington, DC, in a way he’s threatened to do in states but has not been able to achieve. In the nation’s capital, Trump has been able to more easily direct troops and a range of federal authorities positioned across the city to respond…… MORE
Why women should really worry Trump
If President Donald Trump loses his bid for reelection this fall, he needs to look no further than women to grasp the root of his demise. The gender gap — the difference between which party and which candidate men and women support — is at or near historic highs in several new national polls. In…… MORE
Democrats demand Trump administration explain decision to clear protesters from Lafayette Square
House Democrats are demanding that four federal agencies explain the decision on Monday to clear protesters out of Lafayette Square ahead of President Donald Trump’s walk to St. John’s Church for a photo-op. Four Democratic chairmen wrote to Attorney General William Barr, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and acting Homeland Security Secretary…… MORE
Senate fails to pass House-passed Paycheck Protection Program reform bill
The Senate on Wednesday failed to pass a House-passed Paycheck Protection Program reform bill in the chamber, a sign that members from both parties still have not come to agreement over how to green-light fixes to the program. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York asked for unanimous consent to pass the legislation making…… MORE
Jimmy Carter on George Floyd protests: ‘Silence can be as deadly as violence’
Former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday that “silence can be as deadly as violence,” and called on Americans in positions of “power, privilege, and moral conscience” to fight racial discrimination in his first public reaction to the nationwide unrest surrounding the police killing of George Floyd. “People of power, privilege, and moral conscience must stand…… MORE
Welcome to our reality, white America
The books are flying off the virtual shelves: “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism,” Robin DiAngelo; “So You Want to Talk About Race,” Ijeoma Oluo; “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” Michelle Alexander. Social media streams, meanwhile, are filled with white Americans learning…… MORE
Nancy Pelosi becomes the latest Democratic lawmaker to visit DC protests
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday visited protesters outside the US Capitol to show solidarity with demonstrations following the death of George Floyd while in police custody. Pelosi, wearing a mask, was mostly greeted by applause, but there were some hecklers. In a brief interview with CNN, Pelosi praised the move by Minnesota Attorney General…… MORE
Across the country, young activists take different approaches in the name of justice for George Floyd
Minutes after stepping off the plane in Minneapolis, Nupol Kiazolu arrived at the site where a police officer had knelt on George Floyd’s neck. Kiazolu, the 19-year-old president of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York, had been in New York watching videos of protests in Minneapolis when she decided she could no longer sit…… MORE
