Bipartisan Legislation Introduced To Block Trump From Lifting Russian Sanctions On Wednesday, Democratic leaders in the House introduced bipartisan legislation that is designed to block Donald Trump from lifting Russian sanctions without congressional approval. Democratic Minority Whip Steny Hoyer said that the legislation is designed “to ensure that Russia receives no sanctions relief until it earns it.” He continued, “Clearly, there has been some confusion as to exactly the status of sanctions that exist.” Congressman Adam Schiff who is the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee recently said, “I’m dismayed that such a step is even necessary. These sanctions enjoyed...

Lindsey Graham: Trump Campaigns Russian Connection A ‘Game Changer’   WATCH: “Congress is not fake. … [Congress] is going to make sure checks & balances work…” – @LindseyGrahamSC to @GStephanopoulos pic.twitter.com/c99d8NmSdJ — Good Morning America (@GMA) February 15, 2017 Senator Lindsey Graham called the alleged connection between the Trump campaign and Russian intelligence officials a “game changer.” And Graham said if true, it would warrant a select committee to investigate the matter. In an interview with Good Morning America, Graham said, “We are not going to make a decision based on what a newspaper says, but now is time for Congress...

Top Senate Republicans Want To Question Michael Flynn The Hill is reporting that, “Top Senate Republicans said Tuesday the Intelligence Committee should investigate the circumstances surrounding the resignation of Michael Flynn as President Trump’s national security adviser and ask him to appear before Congress for questioning.” However, Republicans did not go as far as saying that they wanted to see an independent committee to be formed to investigate the matter. Democrats have demanded the formation of an independent investigation. Senator Roy Blunt said, “It’s likely that General Flynn will be, at some point, asked to come and talk to the committee...

WATCH: Colbert Grills Flynn: ‘Funny Cause It’s Treason’ Stephen Colbert grilled Michael Flynn for his resignation scandal on his show Tuesday night saying, “he just wanted to spend more time with his Russian contacts.” Colbert slammed Flynn’s seeming stupidity, saying, “Now at first Flynn denied he discussed sanctions with Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak. But he got caught because, turns out, we listen in on every phone call to the Russian Ambassador. Who knew? Evidently, not the national security adviser, you dummy.” Colbert also ripped Flynn for his suggestion that he couldn’t be certain that sanctions ever came up....

BREAKING: Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence The New York Times is reporting that Donald Trump’s campaign aides had repeated contacts with Russian intelligence. The Times notes that the aides were picked up during standard counterintelligence monitoring. And that the Trump campaign had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election. The New York Times report story sources four current and former American officials that confirm that multiple Trump had contact with Russian intelligence. The intercepted calls are part of a larger FBI investigation into the connection between Russia and the Trump campaign....

WATCH: Keith Olbermann Says ‘Trump Is Beyond Reckless With Our National Security’   Keith Olbermann blasted Trump for what he says “boggles the mind” as to why Trump would have a national security meeting in the dining hall in a golf club. Olbermann noted the phones that the Trump team used to illuminate the classified documents detailing the North Korean launch of a ballistic missile put our national security at an unbelievable risk. He referenced a Washington Post report that said the phones could easily be hacked into and used to transmit the classified data that the Trump team...

Michael Moore Blasts Trump As ‘Russian Traitor,’ Tells Him To Vacate The White House On Tuesday, Filmmaker Michael Moore called on Donald Trump to vacate the White House, calling him a “Russian traitor.” In a series of Tweets Moore said, “Um, @realDonaldTrump — It’s now noontime in DC & it appears you are still squatting in our Oval Office. I gave u til this morning to leave.” Moore later tweeted, “What part of ‘vacate you Russian traitor’ don’t you understand? We can do this the easy way (you resign), or the hard way (impeachment).” Moore’s tweets came as a...

Republican Strategist: Donald Trump’s Incompetence Is Unprecedented Republican strategist Steve Schmidt said in an interview with the Washington Post that the incompetence of the Trump administration is unprecedented. “None of this is normal,” said Schmidt. “The incompetence, the sloppiness and the leaking is unprecedented.” According the Post, Steve Schmidt, who is a veteran of the George W. Bush White House as well as the presidential campaign of John McCain, “has been highly critical of Trump and ticked through controversies that included false White House statements and the administration’s halted travel ban targeting seven majority-Muslim countries.” The statements from Schmidt were part...

Dan Rather: Blasts Trump, Watergate Is Biggest Scandal Of My Lifetime Until Maybe Now Legendary journalist Dan Rather blasted Donald Trump on Facebook Tuesday for what might be the biggest scandals of our lifetimes according to Rather. Rather called Watergate a 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 and he characterized Trump’s Russia scandal as a 5 or 6 out of 10. Rather also said Trump’s White House has no credibility, saying “the White House has no credibility on this issue. Their spigot of lies – can’t we finally all agree to call them lies – long ago...

Report: Mike Pence Was Kept in the Dark Justice Department’s Flynn Warning for 15 Days According to an NBC News report, Vice President Mike Pence was reportedly kept in the dark about the Justice Department’s warning about former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s phone calls with a Russian ambassador for more than two weeks after the White House and the president were informed. The NBC report said, “Vice President Mike Pence was informed of the Justice Department warning regarding former national security adviser Michael Flynn late on February 9, 15 days after the White House and the president knew,...