House Democrats on Tuesday sued for President Trump’s tax returns, marking the beginning of a high-stakes legal fight over his efforts to keep his taxes secret.
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) filed suit in federal court to enforce a subpoena for the records rejected in May by the administration.
In the Trump administration, conflicts of interest are basically a job requirement:A conflicted shipping heiress runs DOTAn oil lobbyist runs DOIA coal lobbyist runs EPAA pharma exec runs HHSA Boeing exec runs DODA Verizon lawyer runs FCCA banking exec runs Treasury - Public Citizen tweet
The World Is A Safer Place Without
- Menendez demands investigation into alleged UAE arms transfers
- GOP senators press Pompeo on Boeing satellite sales to China
- New Hampshire Air National Guard Base on lockdown after possible shots heard: reports
- Moscow Presses U.S. to Swap Russian Pilot for American in Russia
- Spies fear a consulting firm helped hobble U.S. intelligence
Any parade for Donald Trump that doesn't include tar, feathers, and a rail is a waste of marching. - Middle Age Riot
What's Up With Pence Cancelling?
Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday abruptly canceled a planned appearance at a New Hampshire opioid event to remain in Washington.
Pence’s office said in a statement that the change of plans is “no cause for alarm.”
I’m fully expecting Trump to misspell ‘tank’ in a tweet this week. - Roland Scahill
Republican Shenanigans
- Trump claims homelessness is 'phenomenon that started 2 years ago
- ‘We’re going to have some tanks’: Trump outlines Fourth of July celebration
- 'Baby Trump' balloon to crash the president's Fourth of July bash
- Cruz asks DHS secretary to develop process to accept donations for detained migrants
- Border Patrol agents 'shared sexually explicit posts about AOC in secret Facebook group
- Trump wants census to find out who is ‘an illegal’
- Trump, RNC rake in massive $105 million second-quarter haul
- Conservative justices surprise court watchers with swing votes
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Returns To Off-Season Lifeguarding Job - The Onion
But Their Emails!
Texas has passed a new law that lets lawmakers conceal their emails and other communications from public scrutiny, as they prepare to redraw the state’s voting maps.
The law’s Republican authors, North Texas' Rep. Charlie Geren and Sen. Kelly Hancock, billed it as a housekeeping matter, a routine update to rules governing how lawmakers retain records and run debates. It passed easily with almost no discussion and little media attention.
New Evidence Proves First Flag Made By Betsy Ross Actually Shirt For Gay Friend - The Onion
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Rock The Voter News
- In Iowa, Kamala Harris surges and Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders suffer
- Biden dings Trump for his handling of North Korea and Iran
- Hickenlooper finance director flees to Beto
- Senate Democrat: Interior secretary ignored questions about funding for Trump's July 4 celebration
- House Dems slam White House's 'complete refusal' to turn over hurricane probe documents
- Democrats press Carson after HUD hires aide who authored racist blog posts
- DC-area Democrat calls for Trump to personally pay for any infrastructure damage from July 4 event
I'm grateful to the members of Congress who have visited camps at the border over the last couple of days to hold a light to the nightmarish conditions there.
We need more oversight. We need accountability. We need them now. - Hillary Clinton tweeted today
Arizona Gov Wants To Punish Nike
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) on Tuesday announced that he will ask the state's commerce authority to pull financial incentives for Nike after the company decided not to release a Betsy Ross flag sneaker.
FEMALES!! Whatever you do #AvoidAlabama LIKE THE PLAGUE! It’s 2019, but it’s the 1500s in Ala. You may be pregnant, which you might not know, something may happen, and you could end up on death row just for passing thru this moth-eaten state! - Bette Midler
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Business/Tech News
- Trump invites conservative tech critics to 'social media summit' at White House: report
- FAA to suspend flights at Reagan National Airport during Trump's Fourth of July event
- Sen. Warren calls on ex-FDA chief Gottlieb to resign from Pfizer board
- CDC warns of fecal pool parasite — how you can stay safe
For-profit healthcare makes you sick
For-profit news makes you dumb
For-profit religion makes you spiritually empty
For-profit education makes you a debt slave
For-profit prison make you less safe
For-profit politics make you helpless
For-profit presidents should make you impeach. - John Fugelsang
Mick Jagger Wrote A Song About Prescription Drugs In 1965
Price hikes on prescription drugs are surging in 2019, despite vows from lawmakers and the Trump administration to rein in pharmaceutical costs.
So far in 2019, more than 3,400 drugs have boosted their prices, a 17% increase compared with the roughly 2,900 drug price increases at the same time in 2018...
I recommend converting Mar-a-Lago into migrant housing. Undocumented workers have been welcome there for years. - Andy Borowitz
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