De Blasio Thinks He Can Build A Better Wall?

On a recent broadcast New York City Mayor, and 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, Bill de Blasio told Sean Hannity he supports border security — just not the way President Trump wants it. The Mayor claimed in an explosive interview last week on “Hannity,” that a border wall with Mexico is unnecessary but some reforms are needed, “I support border security but not walls,” he said. “I don’t think we need additional walls because, look, there are 11 million people here right now.” Adding, “There’s no invasion. There are people here…

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As Omar Votes ‘No’ House Overwhelmingly OKs Resolution Opposing Boycott of Israel

In what is today a very rare show of bipartisanship – last week the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a resolution opposing an international effort to boycott Israel as Democrats try to tamp down increasingly heated political rhetoric over differences with the longtime U.S. ally. The resolution passed on a vote of 398-17. Not surprisingly however, three high-profile members of “The Squad — Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., were among the 16 Democrats who voted against the resolution. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., was the…

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Pompeo Says No Sign of Iran Loosening Its Aggressive Stance

Over the last weekend, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that there are “no indications” that Iran is willing to change its “malign behavior” as the Iranian regime continues to act aggressively on the world stage. “In the end, the Iranians, the regime, has to make a decision that it wants to behave like a normal nation,” Pompeo told reporters during a press conference with Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno. “And if they do that, we’re prepared to negotiate across a broad spectrum of issues with no preconditions and I hope…

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Will Former South Carolina Rep. Mount a Challenge Against Trump?

Despite some recent controversy, President Donald J. Trump’s popularity among Republicans is bigger than ever. However, that has not stopped a former South Carolina lawmaker from possible challenging the President for the GOP nomination in 2020. Former South Carolina congressman Mark Sanford is considering launching a bid for president just months after leaving office following President Trump urging Republican voters in the Palmetto State to reject Sanford’s re-nomination. Speaking to the local newspaper, The Post and Courier, Sanford said that he is taking the next month to decide whether or…

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Mueller Testimony Delayed

Former special counsel Robert Mueller’s highly anticipated Capitol Hill testimony – originally scheduled to begin this Wednesday, July 17 — will be delayed one week under an arrangement he reached with House Democrats, the Intelligence and Judiciary committees announced last Friday evening. The arrangement, first reported by POLITICO, not only changes the date but extends Mueller’s time facing questions from the Judiciary Committee to three hours. Junior members of that panel had grown increasingly frustrated that the initial two-hour time frame would have prevented many of them from having a…

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ICE Has Commenced The Raid

President Trump’s promised “ICE raids” began over the weekend. The raids targeting scores of undocumented immigrants nationwide promised by President Trump have begun, a senior administration official told CNN. The roundup is supposed to target 2,000 immigrants who have been ordered deported in New York, Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans and San Francisco. According to the undisclosed official, the raids actually began late Saturday night. In an exclusive interview on “FOX & friends,” Acting ICE Director Matt Albence said while he couldn’t speak to anything…

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UK Ambassador Out Thanks To Trump

The UK’s most senior diplomat in the US stepped down following a very public row with Donald Trump. Kim Darroch’s resignation came on the heels of some very choice words the President had for not only him, but Prime Minister Theresa May. After leaked official cables found Darroch referring to Trump as “inept” and worse,  Trump said on Tuesday, July 9, that Prime Minister Theresa May was “foolish” in her handling of Brexit, and he doubled down on the feud with Darroch, calling the Ambassador “wacky,” “stupid” and a “pompous…

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Edward Gallagher Acquitted of War Crimes

On Tuesday, July 12, a military jury acquitted a decorated Navy SEAL of premeditated murder Tuesday in the killing of a wounded Islamic State captive under his care in Iraq in 2017. Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher was cleared of all charges except for posing for photos with the dead body of the captive. Gallagher reacted with “tears of joy, emotion, freedom and absolute euphoria,” defense lawyer Marc Mukasey said. “Suffice it to say this is a huge victory,” Mukasey said outside court. “It’s a huge weight off the Gallaghers.”…

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British Ambassador Tears Into President Trump

In a series of leaked “Diplomatic Cables” the United Kingdom’s top diplomat, Kim Darroch, Britain’s ambassador to Washington, D.C., has called President Donald Trump “inept,” “insecure” and “incompetent.” Mainstream news outlets, most notably NBC News, who first broke the story, have confirmed the authenticity of the documents. In a statement, a spokesperson for the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office said, “a formal leak investigation will now be initiated.” The leaks provide a rare insight into how a key U.S. ally views the Trump administration behind closed doors. In the full…

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Book Deal for Sarah Huckabee Sanders

According to the New York Post, Sarah Huckabee Sanders is planning to write a book about her time in the White House. The former press secretary, officially stepped down on Friday, June 28, after loyally serving nearly two years in the Trump administration. Sources told the Post, that Sanders wants to move back home to Arkansas, relax for a month, and then help the President with his 2020 re-election campaign before starting work on the proposed book — which will focus on “her life in politics” and what it was…

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