Acerbic Politics: Some reading for the news junkies out there.

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Some reading for the news junkies out there.

Gaetz Denies He Told Trump He Was ‘Happy’ To Threaten Cohen: ‘Fake News’

Mystery Firm Racks Up $2.25 Million Fine

“The foreign-linked mystery company fighting to avoid handing over records demanded by special counsel Robert Mueller appears to have incurred a fine of $2.25 million as it presses its legal fight,” Politico reports.

“The $50,000-a-day penalty a federal judge imposed on the foreign-government-owned firm continues to grow and might be boosted to accrue at a higher rate in the future, one court order made public indicates.”

https://politicalwire.com/2019/02/28/mystery-firm-racks-up-2-25-million-fine/

RNC Chair Says Government Did Not Create the Internet

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel framed the differences between the two political parties as capitalism vs. socialism during an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Said McDaniel: “It’s going to be a choice. Are we going to want capitalism? Look at all the great achievements of our country: flight, cars, the Internet. Sorry, Al Gore. The Internet. None of that came from government. It came from innovation. It came from the greatness of America.”

Philip Bump: “So here’s the thing. The Internet very much did come from government, quite literally.”

Source
https://politicalwire.com/2019/02/28/rnc-chair-says-government-did-not-create-the-internet/

The white-collar crimes Cohen says Trump committed wouldn’t necessarily produce serious penalties

Random Observations on Michael Cohen's Mob Hearing

Lawyer: Adelson’s health ‘dire’

Trump reportedly ordered Jared Kushner get a security clearance over multiple objections

Reports: House Intel Committee To Call Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg To Testify

Immigration groups file complaint over ‘alarming increase’ in detained infants at Texas center

Source
https://thinkprogress.org/immigration-complaint-infants-detained-texas-28f9de5f573d/

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