Author: Jeff Anderson

FBI Director Comey To Testify In Congressional Hearing On March 20 FBI Director James Comey will testify before the House Intelligence Committee on March 20 during a hearing on Russian interference in the U.S. elections. “That’s the plan. We’re still working out the details and the ground rules with the committee, but we expect that we will be able to accommodate that date,” said Greg Brower, assistant director for the FBI’s Office of Congressional Affairs. According to a report in The Hill, “The hearing — announced this week — is the first public hearing in the committee’s contentious probe.” It...

Kentucky’s Republican Governor ‘Not Impressed’ With Obamacare Replacement Bill The Republican governor of Kentucky is standing up against the House Republican plan to replace Obamacare. Governor Matt Bevin is siding with fellow Kentucky Republican Rand Paul is saying he is “not impressed” with the health plan. The Associated Press quoted Bevin saying, “Sen. Paul … is not impressed with what has currently been offered. Truth be told, I’m not either. So I’m with him.” Kentucky was one traditionally red states that chose to expand medicaid coverage under Obamacare, though Bevin has vowed to roll that back. Republicans seem to...

Federal Court Ruled Texas House Districts Must Be Redrawn In a 2 to 1 ruling, a panel of federal judges ruled that the Texas state legislature must redraw three districts, because it unconstitutionally discriminates against Hispanic voters. The judges found the Texas legislature violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Republicans had repeatedly tried to dilute the political power of Latino voters — either packing them into one specific district, or dividing communities between separate districts, a process called “cracking.” The ruling described a chaotic, hurried process that led to the 2011 congressional maps, redrawn to add four...

Obama Appointed US Attorney Bharara Refusing Trump Demand He Resign: Report Multiple news outlets are reporting that Preet Bharara, United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, is refusing the Trump administration’s demand to resign. On Friday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions asked the remaining 46 attorneys appointed by former President Obama to submit their resignations, including Bharara. Bharara was asked by Trump and Sessions in November to stay on as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York – Bharara agreed to stay on. “HOLDOVER: Bharara is not submitting his resignation, according to several ppl briefed – WH not responding...

Mike Pence Was Informed That Flynn Would Need To Register As Foreign Agent 3 Months Ago Questions continue to swirl what the Trump team knew regarding Mike Flynn’s need to register as a foreign agent for lobbying work on behalf of Turkey. It was revealed that Flynn was paid over $500,000 to a foreign agent for the nation of Turkey at the same time that he sat in on top secret national security briefings during the Trump campaign. And Friday news reports confirmed that the Trump transition including the head of the transition team, Mike Pence, were warned of Flynn’s...