The White House insists the charges of lying to congressional investigators and witness tampering "don’t have anything to do with the president."
Speaker Pelosi on Roger Stone indictment:
"It is very interesting to see the kinds of people that the president of the United States has surrounded himself with."
The World Is A Safer Place Without
- British foreign secretary's advice to Trump: Take advantage of alliances
- Benghazi hangs over U.S. decision to leave diplomats in Venezuela
- Trump defends North Korea progress
White House On Lockdown After Television Is Hurled Out Window - Andy Borowitz
Trump Caves To Pelosi! Opens Government!
The president announced on Friday that he’d sign a short-term spending bill without money for the wall. ... The legislation would fund the government through February 15, on the condition that lawmakers continue negotiations on border security and Trump’s border wall demands
Was There Fisticuffs Involved?
Frustrated GOP senators read Vice President Pence the riot act at a closed-door meeting Thursday, telling him the partial government shutdown needs to end soon, according to lawmakers in the room.
"FBI, open the door!"
"Hold on, I need to put on my spats, morning coat, and jaunty top hat." - Rick Wilson
Fun Fact: Roger Stone is being processed at the same courthouse I gave my We Call BS speech almost a year ago. Sometimes the universe has a funny sense of humor :-) - Emma González, Parkland High School shooting survivor
Channeling Nixon. How Apropos.
Republican Shenanigans
- CNN responds to Trump dig about being at Stone arrest: ‘That’s called journalism’
- Roger Stone drowned out by ‘lock him up’ chants while giving press conference to blast Mueller
- 'Prepare to die': Mueller's latest indictment is littered with Roger Stone's wild threats
- Ex-Trump adviser Roger Stone had regularly taunted Mueller before his arrest
- Michael Cohen's lawyer says he fears Trump is encouraging 'vigilantism' against his family
- GOP insiders snap at new chief of staff Mulvaney for shutdown debacle: ‘He screwed this up and now we’re boxed in’
- Florida secretary of state resigns after blackface photographs emerge
Trump furious that FBI not stopped by shutdown - Andy Borowitz
Can Ivanka, Don Jr., Eric or Jared Be Indicted Next?
Former CIA director John Brennan predicted more indictments would be coming soon in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe — and he suggested those could include members of President Donald Trump’s family.
Trump was too scared to give Pelosi a nickname, and then she cancelled his SOTU address. Congratulations to Neuterin’ Nancy! - Stephen Colbert
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Rock The Voter News
- Ted Cruz shouted at by Democrat incensed over shutdown
- Warren readies plan for tax on ‘ultra-millionaires’
- Democrats clash with Trump Cabinet officials declining to testify
FBI Director Dresses Down Trump
FBI Director Christopher Wray, handpicked by President Donald Trump to replace Jim Comey, has just publicly released a video expressing his anger over the federal government shutdown, while verbalizing his support and empathy for what his employees are having to go through.
What happens when Trump barricades himself in the Situation Room with the nuclear codes and demands a trillion dollars or he incinerates Paris? - driftglass tweet
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Business/Tech News
- Oil prices jump as U.S. threatens sanctions against Venezuela
- Unemployment claims by federal workers skyrocket during shutdown
- America's most expensive home sells for $238m to hedge fund boss
- America's favorite Valentine's Day candy is unavailable this year
"Secretary Ross, they've just shut down LaGuardia Airport to incoming flights.""Why is that a problem? People can always fly into Signature at Teterboro. That's what I always do. It's better for them even. Because they let your chauffeur pull up right to the plane."- David Rothkopf
Amazon Delivery Robots On The Move!
Amazon is bringing delivery robots to the streets of Snohomish County.
The Seattle-based online shopping giant says it started to test the self-driving robots Wednesday that can bring Amazon packages to shoppers' doorsteps.
Doesn’t seem like the wall around Roger Stone’s house did much to stop the caravan of FBI agents.- Andy Lassner
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