Opioid Treatment Advocates Lose Trust and Faith in Trump Trump’s trail of broken promises leave treatment advocates and families losing hope.  One of the issues Trump campaigned on was to fight the devastation opioid addiction has caused in states across the country, particularly the “Rust Belt.” He even tied the issue to a personal story of his – the death of his brother, Fred. But opioid treatment advocates are starting to realize that Trump was just making empty campaign promises. CNN interviewed Erin Canterbury, who had voted for New Hampshire Democrats for over a decade, but voted for Trump...

REPORT: FBI Warned GOP Rep That Russians Spies Were Recruiting Him in 2012 According to a report by The New York Times, in 2012 authorities warned California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher about being recruited by the Russians as an “agent of influence.” Rohrabacher told The Times on Thursday that his meeting with the FBI had focused on his contact with a member of the Russian Foreign Ministry. “They were telling me he had something to do with some kind of Russian intelligence,” Rohrabacher commented. According to the representative, the Russians “looked at me as someone who could be influenced.”...

Maddow Isn’t Buying Mike Pence’s Story Either Mike Pence’s story just doesn’t add up.  Calls have increased in recent days for Vice President Mike Pence to come clean about what he knew, and when he knew it, regarding Mike Flynn’s work as a paid foreign agent during the campaign. Recent reports have confirmed that Mike Flynn informed the Trump transition that he was under investigation by the FBI, and a letter from House Oversight ranking member Elijah Cummings also clearly raised the issue for the Trump transition – however, Trump still hired Flynn to be his national security adviser,...

Donald Trump Pressured James Comey To Publicly Say He Wasn’t Under Investigation New report details how Trump pressured Comey to publically say he was not under investigation.  Former FBI Director James Comey felt intense pressure from Donald Trump and the White House regarding the FBI’s investigation of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. According to a new report, Donald Trump pressured James Comey To make a public announcement that he wasn’t under investigation. Additionally, a friend of Comey says the FBI Director was “unsettled” by his interactions with Trump and the White House. The New York Times describes regular interference...

Rachel Maddow Is Crushing Fox News, Now The Most Watched Show On Cable News There is a new queen of prime time cable news!  The Rachel Maddow Show was the highest-rated cable news show on television Wednesday night, continuing a massive ratings run that Maddow and MSNBC have been on. Maddow had 2.875 million total viewers Wednesday night, beating Fox News’ Tucker Carlson who drew 2.748 million viewers. The entire MSNBC evening line up had strong ratings beating CNN and running neck and neck with Fox News. And Brian Williams’s “The 11th Hour” continues its strong ratings beating both...

House Intel Committee Just Got Access To Treasury Data Congressional investigators just got access to powerful financial data to track Trump’s financial connections to Russia.  The House Intelligence Committee investigators have received access to Treasury Department data that could prove financial ties between Trump and Russia, a new CNN report confirms. According to the report, the House investigators received access to the data this week. CNN also noted in their report that the Senate Intelligence Committee has also received access to the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is the agency within the Treasury Department that...

Flynn Delayed Raid On ISIS That His Client Turkey Opposed Trump, Flynn put U.S. national security at risk to appease Flynn’s client.  The Obama administration was set to arm the Kurds in Syria who were fighting against ISIS, however, Donald Trump’s incoming national security adviser intervened to stop the operation. The move to arm the Syrian Kurds was strongly opposed by the Turkish government. Michael Flynn was paid almost $600,000 to represent the country of Turkey which he failed to report. According to a new NBC report, “Flynn had not yet registered as a foreign agent or disclosed that Turkey had...

Trump Knew Flynn Was Under Investigation When He Hired Him: Report Bombshell report reveals that Trump purposely put nations security at risk to hire Flynn. Donald Trump knew that Michael Flynn was under investigation when he hired him to be his national security adviser. In fact, not only did Trump know but he actually pressured Flynn to accept the job, despite Flynn’s reluctance. According to a new report, Donald Trump was “determined to have him as national security adviser anyway.” The Daily Beast report quoted a friend of Flynn saying the following: “He did not want to be National Security...

Mike Pence’s Story Just Doesn’t Add Up There is one story in the quickly expanding Trump-Russia scandal that just isn’t getting enough attention – what did Mike Pence know, and when did he know it? Pence has claimed that he was unaware of Michae Flynn’s conversations with the Russian ambassador when he went on TV to defend Flynn against the news stories about the conversations with the Russian ambassador. Then Pence was pressed about whether he knew that Flynn was on the payroll of Turkey when he ran the Trump transition the eventually appointed Flynn to be national security...

House Intel Committee Asks FBI For Comey Memos The House Intelligence Committee made a formal request for the FBI to turn over former Director James Comey’s memo’s documenting conversations with Donald Trump. The House Intel Committee’s request follows a number of other Congressional panels that have requested the Comey memos. The House Intel Committee requested additional documents from the Justice Department and the FBI related to the bureau’s ongoing investigation into Russian election interference, including “relevant documents related to the dismissal of Mr. Comey as FBI Director or memorializing conversations between the President and Mr. Comey,” the committee said...