President Donald Trump is cleaning house in the Department of Homeland Security.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Secret Service Director Randolph "Tex" Alles have been ousted, and at least two officials have been named as possibly heading out the door: US Citizenship and Immigration Services director Francis Cissna and Office of the General Counsel's John Mitnick.
On this date in 1865 Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox on what historians refer to as "You Can't Call Yourself American And Still Wave A Confederate Treason White Supremacist Flag Day." - John Fugelsang
The World Is A Safer Place Without
- US bars entry to 16 Saudis over Khashoggi killing
- Netanyahu says he asked Trump to label Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terror group
- US pulls troops out of Libya amid rise in violence
- Teens left ‘drenched in blood’ after slur-spewing Trump supporters attack them at Ohio Waffle House
- ‘Heirs to the Confederacy’ member charged with ethnic intimidation in North Carolina: report
Saudi Executioner Thinks He Pulled Something In Shoulder During Last 10 Decapitations - The Onion
Meanwhile, 3 U.S. Marines And A U.S. Contractor Were Killed
Three American service members and a U.S. contractor were killed when their convoy hit a roadside bomb on the outskirts of Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan...
On this day in 1865 the Civil War ended.
Many people seem to have not been notified of this. - TheTweetOfGod
Republican Shenanigans
- Trump is freaking out about the DHS because Fox’s Lou Dobbs and Sean Hannity keep yelling at him: WaPo reporter
- Doing what I can for the next few days’: Kirstjen Nielsen trying to live her best life – now not a care in the world
- ‘We are not in kindergarten’: CNN’s Anderson Cooper rips Trump for making fun of the Secret Service director’s ears
- Steve Mnuchin can go to jail if he violates the law and intervenes on Trump’s taxes: Ex-Treasury Secretary
- ‘More suspicious than impressive’: Congresswoman blasts AG Barr for concealing Mueller report
- Government subsidized creationist Noah’s Ark museum one of Tucker Carlson’s last advertisers after Fox News boycott
- GOP lawmaker gets death threats for not advancing permitless carry bill in state house
- Manafort associate begs for leniency after getting busted for steering foreign funds to Trump's inauguration
- Trump Jr. slams Omar for labeling Stephen Miller a 'white nationalist'
- See all of Trump’s lies about releasing his taxes in this one damning CNN video
- Barr stonewalls Congress on Mueller report but promises edited version 'hopefully within a week'
Attorney General William Barr projects the kind of trustworthiness usually seen in veteran used-car salesman who are deeply concerned you're not opting for the undercoating. - Rex Huppke
Trump Demands William Barr Prove Loyalty By Putting Gun In Mouth. - The Onion
Sex, Drugs & Wine. I Wonder If There Was Rock & Roll.
A new report links California Republican Congressman Devin Nunes to a lawsuit concerning a Napa Winery’s San Francisco Bay cruise that allegedly featured prostitutes and cocaine. The link was made by a California newspaper Nunes recently described in extremely unflattering terms.
AG Barr said he “tried to include as much of the special counsel's language as I could” in his summary.
CNN counted and found he used 101 of Mueller’s words from the 300-400 page report and that figure includes the title. - Jim Sciutto, CNN
Fired Trump Staffers Now Outnumber Inauguration Crowd - Andy Borowitz
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Rock The Voter News
- Kamala Harris revives tax credit push to help people pay for housing
- Trump's Rhetoric Echoes Nazi Germany, Beto O'Rourke Says
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren to hold an event in Salt Lake City next week
- Bernie Sanders promises to release 10 years of tax returns after April 15
- Poll: Biden tops Democratic field after rough week
A quick update on our national security leadership:
Defense Secretary: Vacant.
DHS Secretary: Vacant.
UN Ambassador: Vacant.
FEMA Director: Vacant.
Secret Service Director: Vacant.
ICE Director: Vacant.
DHS Deputy: Vacant.
President: Present, but unaccounted for. - Rep. Adam Schiff
What's Next? Is Trump Going To Move Immigrants To Guantanamo?
The White House is working on plans to make it harder for immigrants at the border to receive asylum by forcing them to do more to prove they have a credible fear of returning home and putting border agents in charge of the interview process, according to multiple senior administration officials.
John Kerry: “Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez has in fact offered more leadership in one day or in one week than President Trump has in his lifetime on [climate]."
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Business/Tech News
- Oil markets may have to brace for 'greater disruption '
- Stocks - Wall Street Slumps as New Trade Worries Emerge
- Bank of America to boost hourly minimum wage to $20
- U.K. Regulators Propose Broad Social Media Regulations
Trump's lawyers are fighting the tax return request?! He's had TWO YEARS, not counting his time as a candidate. How long does it take to have your nephew Photoshop "ordinary loan from friend" over all your Russian payouts? - Bette Midler
No Need To Scream For Ice Cream Because It's Free Today At Ben & Jerrys!
Alert to ice cream lovers across the globe: There's free ice cream on Tuesday. Between 12 and 8 p.m., if there's a Ben & Jerry's store in sight, it'll be giving away free ice cream cones. Yes, we're talking all 600-plus stores in 38 countries
So the fattish man of paralyzing stupidity has fired all the heads of the agencies tasked with keeping US safe: DHS, FEMA, ICE, SECRET SERVICE, and Customs and Border Protection. What if there’s another 9/11? Who do we get? Rudy Giuliani? - Bette Midler
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