Republicans Facing Brutal Healthcare Ads During Congressional Recess     The ghost of Trumpcare continues to haunt Republicans. As Republicans return to their districts for Easter recess, they are being met with brutal new attack ads on health care. A liberal group working to defend Obamacare from repeal, Save My Care has set up a large seven-figure ad buy targeting vulnerable Republicans that Democrats are targeting for 2018. One of the ads targets Congressman Darrell Issa says, “Congressman Issa promised to protect our healthcare.” “Issa wouldn’t protect us from a bill that raises premiums and causes 23 million to...

Maddow Explains Why Russian Hacker’s Arrest Could Be Connected To Trump-Russia Scandal One of the world’s most notorious Russian hackers was arrested over the weekend in Spain at the request of the FBI. Reuters has reported that “Russian television station RT reported that Levashov was arrested under a U.S. international arrest warrant and was suspected of being involved in hacking attacks linked to alleged interference in last year’s U.S. election.” Peter Levashov is also responsible for the malware that was used to influence the 2012 presidential election in Russia on behalf of Vladimir Putin. Russian Hacker Linked To 2016...

Bernie Sanders Is The Most Popular Senator In the Country: Poll Bernie Sanders has the highest approval rating of any United States Senator according to a new poll. A Morning Consult Poll found that Senator Sanders has a 75 percent approval rating, the highest of any Senator in the country. Mitch McConnell is America’s least popular Senator Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is the only Senator with a negative rating with 44 percent of Kentucky voters say they approve of McConnell, while 47 percent disapprove. Morning Consult surveyed 85,000 voters across the country between January and...

Russian Hacker Linked To 2016 Election Hack Arrested In Spain: Report Spanish police, acting on a request by the FBI, arrested a Russia hacker thought to be connected to Russian election hack.  A Russian computer hacker Peter Levashov, was arrested in Spain on Sunday, according to a report by Reuters. Spanish police were acting on a request by the FBI when they arrested Peter Levashov in Barcelona, Spain. The Reuters report noted that “Russian television station RT reported that Levashov was arrested under a U.S. international arrest warrant and was suspected of being involved in hacking attacks linked to alleged interference...

Georgia Congressional Race Moved To Toss Up As Democrat Gains Momentum Democrats just got some great news in the Georgia congressional race to fill Republican Tom Price’s seat.  With just a week to go, the race to fill the Georgia congressional seat left open by Republican Tom Price is heating up and Democrats are gaining momentum. The Cook Political report just moved the race from “Lean Republican” into the “Toss Up” category. The district was thought to be a safe Republican district but a surge of national attention from Democrats has made the race competitive. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee...

Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas Voter ID Law Texas voter ID law was specifically designed to discriminate against minorities a Federal judge ruled Monday.  For the second time, a federal judge has ruled that the 2011 voter ID laws in Texas were specifically designed to affect minority voters. “This is some evidence of a pattern, unexplainable on grounds other than race, which emerges from the effect of the state action even when the governing legislation appears neutral on its face,” the judge said. Judge Nelva Gonzales previously called the measures a “poll tax” against black and latino voters in...

Keith Olbermann Blasts Media For Falling For ‘Trump’s Syria Stunt’ In the latest segment of his web series “The Resistance,” Keith Olberman blasted the media for falling for Donald Trump’s Syria stunt. “Trump’s missile strike in Syria was a stunt,” Olbermann opened the segment with. And the media ate it up like “mother’s milk” according to Olbermann. “They fell for it,” Olbermann said blasting the media. Olbermann also note how “less than 24 hours after” the missile strike, Syrian forces were launching planes from the same...

Trump Administration Is Planning Assault On Net Neutrality Rules The plan would undo Obama-era net neutrality rules and allow companies like Comcast to discriminate against smaller, independent websites.  The Trump administration, along with the Federal Communications Commission, is planning a broad dismantling of Obama-era net neutrality rules. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai outlined his plans to undo the landmark 2015 net neutrality rules during a meeting last week with a group of industry lobbyists. The principle of net neutrality is the idea that all internet traffic that all web traffic should be treated equally, meaning that internet providers like Comcast...

Alabama’s Republican Governor Will Resign Amid Sex, Ethics Scandal Alabama Governor Robert Bentley has reached an agreement with lawmakers and law enforcement to resign.   Alabama’s Republican Governor Robert Bentley plans to resign on Monday amid an ongoing ethics investigation into his relationship with an adviser. Local media outlets have reported that Bentley has reached an agreement with lawmakers and state law enforcement officials to resign on Monday. Alabama lawmakers initiated impeachment hearings on Monday just a few days after the state’s Ethics Commission found probable cause that Bentley had violated campaign finance rules. In response, Bentley reached a...

Russia Knew In Advance About Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack: Report A senior U.S. official told the Associated Press that Russia had advanced notice of last week’s chemical weapons attack.  According to a new report by the Associate Press, a senior U.S. official confirmed that United States intelligence has concluded that Russia knew in advance of Syria’s chemical weapons attack last week. The report notes that “a Russian-operated drone flew over a hospital in Syria as victims of the attack were rushing to get treatment.” And a few hours after drone flyover a Russian fighter jet bombed the hospital “in...