Tom Brokaw: ‘Trump Ran As A Big Time Exec, Not As An Apprentice’ Tom Brokaw’s Response To Paul Ryan’s Trump Excuses Is Perfect.  Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw responded to Republicans who are excusing Donald Trump’s behavior using the ignorance defense. In his tweet, Brokaw was specifically responding to Speaker Paul Ryan who Thursday said Trump is new to Washington. “I’m not saying it’s an acceptable excuse. It’s just my observation,” Ryan told reporters. “He’s new at government and so, therefore, I think that he’s learning as he goes.” “Spkr Ryan’s excuse for Trump – this is new...

CNN Legal Analyst: Comey Described Obstruction Of Justice ‘In The Mold Of Watergate’ (Video) [watch the video below] CNN’s senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin reasserted his earlier statement that Donald Trump obstructed justice by pressuring James Comey to drop the investigation into Michael Flynn. “I think it’s even clearer this is an obstruction of justice,” Toobin told CNN’s “New Day” Friday morning. “When you look particularly at that February 14 meeting in the Oval Office, where he shoos everyone out of the Oval Office, which is what prosecutors call consciousness of guilt, and then asked the FBI director to...

Nancy Pelosi Calls On Jeff Sessions To Resign During an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi again called for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign after reports emerged yesterday that he had a third undisclosed meeting with the Russian ambassador. “When you talk about all of these things, just remember there’s something strange that isn’t connecting,” Pelosi said. “Now I can’t…confirm or deny the issue of the third meeting. But I did say on March 2 that he should resign,” she continued. “Sessions should resign as attorney general.” Pelosi’s renewed call for Sessions to resign...

Jon Ossoff Leading Karen Handel By 7 Points In New Poll Democrat Jon Ossoff is now leading Republican Karen Handel by 7 points in the Georgia 6th congressional special election, according to a new poll. The new poll released Friday found Ossoff with 51 percent to compared to Karen Handel with 44 percent – 5 percent of voters are still undecided. The poll was conducted by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution survey released Friday. The race to fill the seat left open by Tom Price has gained national attention as Democrats attempt to retake the House in 2018. Another poll released...

New York Daily News Cover Calls Donald Trump A Liar Donald Trump isn’t going to like tomorrow’s New York Daily News cover page.  The New York Daily News is calling out Donald Trump as a liar after former FBI Director James Comey said that Trump lied about him and the FBI. The New York City tabloid’s front page Friday will feature a close-up of Donald Trump’s face with the word “LIAR” as the headline across the center of the image. According to the New York Daily News the three takeaways from Comey’s testimony are: 1) “Trump lied about Flynn...

Support For Ossoff Increases After Debate: Poll   According to a new poll, Democrat Jon Ossoff increases support after the first debate with Karen Handel. The new poll shows that Ossoff got a slight bump coming out of the debate. The poll found that Ossoff has support from 49.6 percent of likely voters which is a half point bump from the previous week’s poll. Republican Karen Handel saw her support slip by half a point to 47.1 percent. #BREAKING – Our exclusive #GA06 poll shows @ossoff with 49.6% of the votes and @karenhandel with 47.1% (3.3% other/undecided + M.O.E....

Jeff Sessions Had Third Previously Undisclosed Meeting With Russians: Report James Comey told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday that the FBI was aware of classified information that led Bureau leadership to conclude Attorney General Jeff Sessions shouldn’t have been involved in Russia-related investigations even before his recusal. Many people were curious about the meaning of James Comey’s cryptic testimony about Sessions. Well, we just found out what Comey meant. According to an NBC News reporter, Jeff Sessions had a third previously unreported meeting with the Russians.   In closed hearing with Comey, senators learned of undisclosed 3rd meeting...

Trump’s Lawyer Released Embarrassing Typo-Filled Statement After Comey Testimony Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Marc Kasowitz released a typo-filled statement following James Comey’s Senate testimony on Thursday. The typos are embarrassing and high-profile mistakes at the beginning of Mr. Kasowitz’s leadership of Donald Trump’s defense. Kasowitz is Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer and has represented him in many lawsuits including the Trump University fraud case. The typos were quickly pointed out on Twitter. Typo #1 In the opening sentence, Kasowitz misspelled the word president. “I am Marc Kasowitz, Predisent Trump’s personal lawyer,” the first sentence said. Thank god the PREDISENT got...

Republican Congressman Promised To Make Colleagues Rich With Health Stock Tip Republican Congressman Chris Collins told fellow Republicans that they could get rich by purchasing stock in an Australian pharmaceutical company that he is heavily invested in. Collins owns 18.5 percent of the Innate Immunotheraputics and so are five other Republican members of Congress including now Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price. According to a report in The Hill, Collins told his Republican colleagues, “If you get in early, you’ll make a big profit.” “He said that he’s made members money on his stock tip,” according to...

Jon Ossoff Just Set A Fundraising Record   Georgia congressional candidate Jon Ossoff announced a massive fundraising haul in the tightly contested race to fill the open Georgia congressional seat left open by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. Ossoff has raised a total of $23 million, setting a new fundraising record. Prior to April 18, Ossoff had raised about $8.3 million. And during the last two months, Ossoff raised $15 million in the last two months. The race has gained national attention and has become the most expensive House race in history with major spending by outside...