How Russian Money Saved Trump’s Business
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https://politicalwire.com/2018/12/21/how-russian-money-saved-trumps-business/
How Trump’s government shutdown affects the average American
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https://thinkprogress.org/how-trumps-government-shutdown-affects-the-average-american-008df9bd6ec8/
The Russian effort to divert votes to Jill Stein was more extensive than previously thought
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https://thinkprogress.org/russia-jill-stein-2016-election-interference-48dff3966227/
North Carolina Asked Feds To Indict Alleged Fraudster Last Year
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s top elections official issued an urgent plea nearly two years ago for the Trump administration to file criminal charges against the man now at the center of ballot fraud allegations that have thrown a 2018 congressional race into turmoil.
N.C. Board of Elections Executive Director Kim Strach warned in a January 2017 letter first obtained by The Associated Press that those involved in illegally harvesting absentee ballots in rural Bladen County would likely do it again if they weren’t prosecuted.
Josh Lawson, the top lawyer for the elections board, said Friday that Strach’s memo was followed less than a month later with the first of several in-person meetings during which state investigators provided FBI agents and federal prosecutors with evidence accusing Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr. and others of criminal activity.
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/north-carolina-asked-feds-to-indict-alleged-fraudster-last-year
A Rogue Presidency
“For two years, they tried to tutor and confine him. They taught him history, explained nuances and gamed out reverberations. They urged careful deliberation, counseled restraint and prepared talking points to try to sell mainstream actions to a restive conservative base hungry for disruption. But in the end, they failed,” the Washington Post reports.
“Trump will enter his third year as president unbound — at war with his perceived enemies, determined to follow through on the hard-line promises of his insurgent campaign and fearful of any cleavage in his political coalition.”
“So far, the result has been disarray. The federal government is shut down. Stock markets are in free fall. Foreign allies are voicing alarm. Hostile powers such as Russia are cheering. And Republican lawmakers once afraid of crossing this president are now openly critical.”
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https://politicalwire.com/2018/12/22/a-rogue-presidency/
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