NY TIMES: Trump Putting Steve Bannon’s Friend In Charge Of Review Of Intelligence Agencies Trump plans to assign New York billionaire and Steve Bannon’s friend Stephen Feinberg to lead a broad review of American intelligence agencies, according to a NY Times report. According to The Times, Feinberg’s potential role has met “fierce resistance” in the intelligence community – fearing this could “curtail their independence and reduce the flow of information that contradicts the president’s worldview.” There hasn’t been an announcement and the Trump administration hasn’t commented, but Feinberg allegedly told his company’s shareholders that he is in discussions to join the Trump...

Report: Intelligence Officials Keeping Information From Donald Trump Out Of Fear He’s Compromised The Wall Street Journal is reporting that United States Intelligence agencies are keeping sensitive information from Donald Trump out of fear that he has been compromised. According to the Journal report, some information is being presented to the president with omitted sources and methods used by intelligence agencies during their operations. The WSJ report goes on to note, “The officials’ decision to keep information from Mr. Trump underscores the deep mistrust that has developed between the intelligence community and the president over his team’s contacts with...

Women’s March Organizers: ‘Day Without Women’ Strike Set For March 8 The organizers of the Women’s March on Washington announce Wednesday that their next protest, a general strike, is set for March 8. In a post on Twitter, the Women’s March group announced that the “General Strike: A day without a woman” will take place on International Women’s Day.   In the spirit of women and their allies coming together for love and liberation, we offer A Day Without A Woman. #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/SYOjHcXWR6 — Women’s March (@womensmarch) February 14, 2017 During the Women’s March on January 21, millions of...

WATCH: Counterintelligence Analyst Says Trump Aides ‘Need to Start Getting Lawyers and Cutting Deals’   Counterintelligence analyst Malcolm Nance said in an interview on MSNBC Tuesday that he thinks it’s time for Trump’s aides to lawyer up. Nance said, “These people need to start getting lawyers and cutting deals because when we have both sides of the conversation, you are gonna get caught.” He also reference the FISA warrant that is part of this investigation saying the warrant “authorized the NSA to turn on the full collection power of the United States…there is nothing that will escape that.” Nance’s...

Senator Collins Will Vote Against Trump’s EPA Pick Republican Senator Susan Collins said she will be voting against Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). So far, Collins is the only Republican in the Senate to announce they will vote against Scott Pruitt. Trump’s pick for EPA, Scott Pruitt is the Oklahoma attorney general who has a long history of being an enemy to the work of the EPA, including suing the EPA 14 times during President Obama’s administration. “I have significant concerns that Mr. Pruitt has actively opposed and sued the EPA on numerous issues that are...

John McCain Announces He Will Oppose Trump’s Pick For Management and Budget Senator John McCain announce Wednesday from the Senate floor that he will not be supporting Donald Trump’s pick for Office of Management and Budget, Congressman Mick Mulvaney. McCain said, “Under most circumstances, I always give the benefit of the doubt to the incoming president … so it is with great reluctance that I came to the floor of the Senate to rise in opposition to the nomination of Mick Mulvaney.” McCain went on to say, “He has spent his last six years pitting the national debt against...

Report: U.S. Allies Also Intercepted Communications Between Trump Campaign And Russia Donald Trump’s Russia scandal just got even worse. Newsweek is reporting that U.S. allies also intercepted communications between the Trump campaign and Russia. The Newsweek report said, “As part of intelligence operations being conducted against the United States for the last seven months, at least one Western European ally intercepted a series of communications before the inauguration between advisers associated with President Donald Trump and Russian government officials, according to people with direct knowledge of the situation.” The intercepted communications include at least one communication between Michael Flynn...

Schumer: Trump White House May Be Covering Up Russia Scandal Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday suggested that the Trump White House may be covering improper communications with Russia. Schumer said, “There is real concern that administration, transition and campaign officials may try to cover up ties to Russia by deleting emails, texts and other records that could shine a light on those connections.” Schumer went on to say that electronic records that are “likely to be the subject” of congressional investigations “must be preserved.” Senator Schumer was joined by Senators Dianne Feinstein and Mark Warner who are...

BREAKING: Andrew Pudzer To Withdraw As Labor Nomination ***UPDATE: Multiple news outlets are now reporting that Pudzer is now expected to withdraw his own nomination. NBC News: Labor Secretary nominee Andy Puzder is expected to withdraw, sources tell @PeterAlexander — Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 15, 2017 BREAKING: Senate Republicans Urge Trump To Withdraw Pudzer As Labor Nomination CNN is reporting that top Senate Republicans are calling for Donald Trump to withdraw Andrew Puzder’s nomination for Labor secretary. According to the report, there are at least four Republican senators who are planning to vote against Puzder. But that number could...

Images of Pregnant Trump and Putin Grace the Sides of New York Buildings The app Hater – a Tinder-style dating app that matches you with other users based on things you both hate – may have pulled the best Valentine’s Day prank. They projected on the side of  Apple’s Chelsea, New York store was the image of Putin holding a pregnant Trump. “There’s a lot of tension out there, regardless of which side you’re on,” Brendan Alper, Hater’s founder and CEO, told Business Insider in an emailed statement. “We’re just trying to make people laugh. Through humor, hate can...