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FOCUS: Matt Taibbi | Michael Wolff's 'Siege' Is Like His Last Book - but Worse 

Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "Michael Wolff might be the most unreliable historian America has ever encountered, but at least he admits it."
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The Trump Investigations Are Far From Over

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24 March 19 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News LOSING RSN RIGHT NOW IS A DANGEROUS DIRECTION - Hang in there, Marc and friends. For years I've been an irregular regular contributor, pitching in roughly quarterly for my own accounting purposes. I've rarely missed, but don't mind your justified vitriol. You are performing an invaluable service to our country. Wake up, folks. Losing RSN right now is a dangerous direction. / Bill, RSN / Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! The Trump Investigations Are Far From Over  Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine Kilgore writes: "Even if the 'no more prosecutions' reports are accurate, though, the president's hardly out of the woods with respect to scandals involving his presidency, his campaign, or his personal business." READ MORE Adam Schiff. (photo: David Butow / Redux) ALSO SEE: Democrats Are 'Absolutely' Willing to Go to the Supreme Court if Full Mueller Report Is Not Released, Nadler Says Adam Schiff: There's Still 'Significant Evidence' That President Donald Trump Colluded With Russia Sam Brodey, The Daily Beast Brodey writes: "As Congress waits for Attorney General William Barr to communicate the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, on Sunday morning a key Democratic lawmaker insisted there remains 'significant evidence' that President Donald Trump colluded with Russian agents during the 2016 campaign." READ MORE Chelsea Manning leaves the Albert V. Bryan U.S. District Courthouse on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in Alexandria, VA. (photo: Jahi Chikwendiu/WP) Chelsea Manning: Supporters Demand Release From Solitary Confinement Jamiles Lartey, Guardian UK Lartey writes: "Supporters of Chelsea Manning have demanded her release from effective solitary confinement, in which she has been held for more than two weeks since being jailed for contempt of court." READ MORE 'We are tearing apart families, destroying futures, and wasting human potential on a mind-blowing scale.' (photo: iStock) Locking Up Black People Is Big Business Rashad Robinson, The Root Robinson writes: "Since the 1980s our prison population has more than quadrupled. Crime, of course, has not quadrupled. It's been at historic lows." READ MORE A resident of Big Pine Key, Fla., with a Federal Emergency Management Agency official after Hurricane Irma in 2017. FEMA unnecessarily shared sensitive personal data of perhaps 2.3 million disaster victims with a contractor, a government report said. (photo: Sam Hodgson/NYT) FEMA Put 2.3 Million Victims of Wildfires, Hurricanes at Risk of Identity Theft Daniel Politi, Slate Politi writes: "The Federal Emergency Management Agency unnecessarily shared personal data of 2.3 million disaster survivors with an outside contractor, putting that information at risk for potential identity theft and fraud." READ MORE The attack stands out as one of the deadliest in the region reeling from worsening ethnic and jihadist violence. (photo: Reuters) Over 130 Mali Herders Killed as Regional Unrest Intensifies teleSUR Excerpt: "At least 134 Fulani herders died in central Mali Saturday when gunmen attacked the villages of Ogossagou and Welingara, although authorities say the exact number of victims is still unknown, Reuters reports." READ MORE Houston, Texas. (photo: Getty Images) ALSO SEE: No Timetable for Reopening Texas Ship Channel Following Leak Texas Argues 'Polluters Will Be Punished' for Chemical Fire as Public Anger Mounts E.A. Crunden, ThinkProgress Crunden writes: "Texas is suing a chemical company notorious for environmental violations after a hazardous fire reignited at a storage facility on Friday, sparking renewed concerns over health and safety." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation

Harvey Wasserman | 2018's Rainbow Tsunami Must Now Remake America

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Harvey Wasserman | 2018's Rainbow Tsunami Must Now Remake America 

Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News
Wasserman writes: "The 2018 'Blue Wave' that dominates our national healing is, in fact, a mere ripple within the HUUUUUGE 'Rainbow Tsunami' that has two years to transform the nation."
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Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in 2017. (photo: Alex Brandon/AP)

12 Trump Administration Targets House Democrats Are Preparing to Investigate
Colby Itkowitz, The Washington Post
Itkowitz writes: "Now that Democrats will control the House, they have free rein to launch as many investigations into President Trump and his administration as they would like."
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Where did ICE get the money? (photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

ICE Is Imprisoning a Record 44,000 People
Spencer Ackerman, The Daily Beast
Ackerman writes: "Congress told the immigration agency to reduce its detentions. Instead, ICE detained more people than ever. Where did it find the money?"
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Leon County Supervisor of Elections employee Holly Thompson shows an original ballot and one remarked by the canvassing board to allow the ballot to be machine counted to election recount observers at the Leon County Supervisor of Elections on Saturday in Tallahassee, Florida. (photo: Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

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Florida Recount, Georgia Lawsuit, and Democratic Gains: Here's How Undecided Midterm Races Stand
Daniel Politi, Slate
Politi writes: "Almost a week since the midterm elections, several key contests remain up in the air and tensions are running high."
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Emma Goldman, Eugene Debs, Jane Addams: Honoring Antiwar Resisters on the 100th Anniversary of WWI's End
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Excerpt: "This weekend marked 100 years since the armistice that ended World War I."
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Poland: Officials March With Far-Right Nationalists on Country's Independence Day
Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska, Al Jazeera
Pikulicka-Wilczewska writes: "The procession marks the first time Polish officials took part in the 'Independence March' - an event that tends to feature racist, anti-immigrant, homophobic and white supremacist slogans."
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In the Colombian department of Caquetá, timber is moved across rivers by barge and truck. (photo: Danilo Canguçu/Semana)

The Last Trees of the Amazon
Nelly Luna Amancio, Mongabay
Amancio writes: "The system that permits illegally sourced timber to be sold and exported legitimately is prevalent in all of the Amazonian countries covered in the investigation."
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At first I was saddened to hear, anticipating the lack of levity from the Republicans, but a new crop of clowns has been coming up through the ranks.....the Republicans promise to deliver the laughs!

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(M) Did she really think she wouldn't get caught?

Department Of Justice Joins Growing List Of State And Federal Agencies Investigating Michele Bachmann

Author: Randa MorrisSeptember 7, 2013

 

Read more: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/09/07/department-of-justice-joins-growing-list-of-state-and-federal-agencies-investigating-michele-bachmann/#ixzz2eFfTRC1S

 

 

 

Michele Bachmann not running again

There IS a God when we can finally be rid of another wacko on the 'intelligence' committee. No! You don't have to be intelligent to be on the committee!

It's difficult to know which is more astonishing - that Bachmann got elected or that people actually voted for her.

The misstatements [propaganda] contained in her statement are breathtaking!
Nothing like another Tea Bagger re-writing history!

This evening's Progress Report below lists a few of Bachmann's irrational statements.
Some may recall that Bachmann provided comedy relief in the Republican Primary leading to the election because....frankly, she was bizarre.

Bachmannia

By ThinkProgress War Room on May 29, 2013 at 5:32 pm

Bachmann’s Greatest Misses

In an unexpected move, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) announced early this morning via a Saturday Night Live-esque video that she would not seek another term in the House of Representatives. She went out of her way to say that her retirement had absolutely nothing to do with the prospect of losing her seat (which she won by just over one percent in 2012 in a district that Mitt Romney won by 15 points) or the numerous investigations into financial improprieties surrounding her 2012 presidential campaign.

Along with former Reps. Allen West and Joe Walsh and the likes of current Reps. Steve King and Louie Gohmert, the Tea Party darling and 2012 presidential contender has been one of ThinkProgress’ most frequent subjects. Here’s a look back at eight of Bachmann’s most outlandish moments:

1. Bachmann peddled a dangerous anti-vaccine conspiracy. Bachmann pushed the disproved theory that the vaccine for HPV — which prevents cervical cancer — can cause mental retardation. That misinformation has had a wide and lasting impact: Vaccination rates are still remarkably low, and experts blame figureheads like Bachmann who communicated misleading information to the public.
2. Bachmann called being gay ‘personal enslavement.’ On the issue of LGBT rights, Bachmann has a long record of either mocking gay and trans (like when she said she’d mistaken ex-gay therapy for anti-aging therapy, ‘pray away the grey‘). But when she isn’t mocking sexual orientation, she has treated it more like a mental disorder. Famously, Bachmann once said, “It’s a very sad life. It’s part of Satan, I think, to say this is gay. It’s anything but gay. [...] Because if you’re involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle, it’s bondage. Personal bondage, personal despair, and personal enslavement. And that’s why this is so dangerous.”
3. Bachmann considers climate climate change ‘a hoax.’ While experts warn that global climate change is already set to have a lasting impact on our environment, Bachmann calls climate change “all voodoo, nonsense, hokum, a hoax.” She also cast doubt on the entire field of climate science. At a town hall in her district, Bachmann informed constituents that climate science is not “real science” but “manufactured science.”
4. Bachmann led an Islamophobic witch hunt. Last year, Bachmann sought to “expose” members of the Muslim Brotherhood within the U.S. government. The totally unfounded witch hunt was essentially Bachmann’s personal indictment of one of then-Sec. of State Hillary Clinton’s aides, Huma Abedin, but it also served to fuel anti-Muslim bigotry. Bachmann’s fellow party members came out against her, with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) slamming her on the Senate floor for her “unwarranted and unfounded attack.”
5. Bachmann claimed Obamacare would ‘literally’ kill people. In a screed against Obamacare on the House floor, Bachmann warned that the law “literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens.” She also questioned, in an interview with a fringe website that peddles conspiracy theories, whether Obamacare would allow the IRS to “deny or delay access to health care” for conservatives.
6. Bachmann told the American people that Iran had plans to nuke the U.S.During a presidential debate on the issue of national security, Bachmann falsely claimed that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had laid out plans to bomb the United States with a nuclear weapon.
7. Bachmann called on the American media to investigate ‘anti-American’ politicians. Bachmann’s first witch hunt of her career was against her own colleagues in Congress. In 2008, Bachmann told MSNBC’s Chris Matthews that she hoped the media would investigate Democratic members of Congress, including Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV). “I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress,” she said, “and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America?”
8. Bachmann wanted to ban all porn. As part of her crusade for conservative values, Bachmann has pushed to ban “all forms of pornography.” This is actually contradictory to the Tea Party’s focus on the constitution, given the fact that pornography clearly falls within First Amendment right to freedom of expression.

If that wasn’t enough for you, you can also check out a list ThinkProgress compiled in 2011 of ten of the craziest things Bachmann has ever said.

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http://thinkprogress.org/progress-report/bachmannia/


Michele Bachmann not running again

By MIKE ALLEN | 5/29/13 4:56 AM EDT Updated: 5/29/13 10:18 AM EDT

Rep. Michele Bachmann — the tea-party firebrand and former presidential candidate, facing investigations and a daunting reelection race — announced in a video on her website Wednesday morning that she will not seek reelection to a fifth term.

Bachmann, 57, who took office in 2007, says on the video: “My good friends: After a great deal of thought and deliberation, I have decided next year I will not seek a fifth congressional term to represent the wonderful people of the Sixth District of Minnesota. After serious consideration, I am confident that this is the right decision.”

 

(PHOTOS: Michele Bachmann’s most controversial quotes)

POLITICO reported over the weekend that the Minnesota Republican faced “existential” political threats. The Federal Election Commission and the Office of Congressional Ethics are investigating the finances of last year’s Republican primary bid. And she was being challenged again by Jim Graves, a Democrat who came within 5,000 votes, or 1.2 percentage points, of unseating her last November.

Bachmann added on the 8½-minute video: “[T]he law limits anyone from serving as president of the United States for more than eight years. And in my opinion, well, eight years is also long enough for any individual to serve as a representative for a specific congressional district.

“Be assured: My decision was not in any way influenced by any concerns about my being reelected to Congress. … I have every confidence that if I ran, I would again defeat the individual who I defeated last year, who recently announced he is once again running.

(PHOTOS: Michele Bachmann’s career)

“And rest assured, this decision was not impacted in any way by the recent inquiries into the activities of my former presidential campaign or my former presidential staff. It was clearly understood that compliance with all rules and regulations was an absolute necessity for my presidential campaign. And I have no reason to believe that that was not the case. …
”I fully anticipate the mainstream, liberal media to put a detrimental spin on my decision. … But I take being the focus of their attention of their disparagement as a true compliment of my public-service effectiveness. … To m my detractors, my work continues for YOUR best interest as well. … God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.”


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/michele-bachmann-not-running-again-91972.html#ixzz2UhJuXmP3

Where was the outrage?

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More Republican hypocrisy… Thanks to Anti-Republican Crusaders for sharing this.