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| An analysis by the Associated Press shows that Republicans got a big advantage from gerrymandering in the 2018 midterm elections. | |
| The AP’s analysis indicates that Republicans won about 16 more U.S. House seats than would have been expected based on their average share of the vote in congressional districts across the country. In state House elections, Republicans’ structural advantage might have helped them hold on to as many as seven chambers that otherwise could have flipped to Democrats, according to the analysis. | |
| American Bridge, a top Democratic superPAC, is launching a $50 million campaign to target white working class voters in states like Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania that Trump and Barack Obama won. | |
| The goal of the campaign will be to weaken Trump’s standing in the midwestern states he relied for victory in 2016. | |
| Congressional investigators are raising concerns after the revelation that Jared Kushner used both personal email and WhatsApp to conduct government business. | Congressional investigators are raising concerns after the revelation that Jared Kushner used both personal email and WhatsApp to conduct government business. |
| Kushner’s lawyer Abbe Lovell confirmed to Elijah Cummings, the current chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee and Trey Gowdy, Cummings’s predecessor, that Kushner used WhatsApp for official business. | Kushner’s lawyer Abbe Lovell confirmed to Elijah Cummings, the current chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee and Trey Gowdy, Cummings’s predecessor, that Kushner used WhatsApp for official business. |
| In a letter, Cummings demands the White House hand over details about Trump Administration officials use of personal email accounts and other online applications for official business, details of how that information has been backed up in accordance with the Presidential Records Act and threatens the use of a subpoena if the White House does not comply. | In a letter, Cummings demands the White House hand over details about Trump Administration officials use of personal email accounts and other online applications for official business, details of how that information has been backed up in accordance with the Presidential Records Act and threatens the use of a subpoena if the White House does not comply. |
| Charles Kushner, the father of top White House aide Jared Kushner, has published a defense of his son and his family real estate business as op-ed in the Washington Post. | Charles Kushner, the father of top White House aide Jared Kushner, has published a defense of his son and his family real estate business as op-ed in the Washington Post. |
| When he left the company, Jared took several steps to preclude conflicts of interest. At the recommendation of his legal counsel, in consultation with the Office of Government Ethics, he divested from more than 80 partnerships, including 666 Fifth Ave., at a substantial financial sacrifice. We walled off Jared from receiving information on the company, and he resigned as the controlling partner in more than 100 entities. This was all done out of an abundance of caution. | When he left the company, Jared took several steps to preclude conflicts of interest. At the recommendation of his legal counsel, in consultation with the Office of Government Ethics, he divested from more than 80 partnerships, including 666 Fifth Ave., at a substantial financial sacrifice. We walled off Jared from receiving information on the company, and he resigned as the controlling partner in more than 100 entities. This was all done out of an abundance of caution. |
| Jared’s service to the country has brought unprecedented scrutiny of the Kushner Companies from the media and government investigators. We are happy to assist with all inquiries, but I must note that we are already voluntarily adhering to the strictest standards to avoid even the appearance of conflicts. As a result, we have passed up many business opportunities that we normally would have pursued. That might not be as alluring as some of the crazy stuff I read about my family and our business. But it happens to be the truth. | Jared’s service to the country has brought unprecedented scrutiny of the Kushner Companies from the media and government investigators. We are happy to assist with all inquiries, but I must note that we are already voluntarily adhering to the strictest standards to avoid even the appearance of conflicts. As a result, we have passed up many business opportunities that we normally would have pursued. That might not be as alluring as some of the crazy stuff I read about my family and our business. But it happens to be the truth. |
| Donald Trump just tweeted that its time for the United States to fully recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. | Donald Trump just tweeted that its time for the United States to fully recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. |
| After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israel’s Sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which is of critical strategic and security importance to the State of Israel and Regional Stability! | After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israel’s Sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which is of critical strategic and security importance to the State of Israel and Regional Stability! |
| Israel gained control of the region after the Six Day War in 1967 and formally annexed the Golan Heights in 1981. | Israel gained control of the region after the Six Day War in 1967 and formally annexed the Golan Heights in 1981. |
| One of the record number of donors to Beto O’Rourke during his Senate campaign was Josh Kushner, the brother of top White House aide Jared Kushner | One of the record number of donors to Beto O’Rourke during his Senate campaign was Josh Kushner, the brother of top White House aide Jared Kushner |
| Axios reports that Kushner gave the Texas Democrat a $2,600 donation on October 25, 2018. O’Rourke who narrowly lost to Ted Cruz has since launched a presidential campaign against Donald Trump. | Axios reports that Kushner gave the Texas Democrat a $2,600 donation on October 25, 2018. O’Rourke who narrowly lost to Ted Cruz has since launched a presidential campaign against Donald Trump. |
| New York city councilman Richie Torres has filed to run for Congress against longtime Democratic incumbent Jose Serrano in a deep blue district in the Bronx. Serrano was first elected in 1990 and is a longtime member of the Progressive Caucus. | New York city councilman Richie Torres has filed to run for Congress against longtime Democratic incumbent Jose Serrano in a deep blue district in the Bronx. Serrano was first elected in 1990 and is a longtime member of the Progressive Caucus. |
| A real serious primary could be brewing in #NY15: @RitchieTorres filed with the FEC to run against @serranocongress. A source close to Torres confirmed to me that donors are planning an April fundraising, but that he is still considering "all his options" https://t.co/Acd9WEoBwD pic.twitter.com/h71TREP8iH | A real serious primary could be brewing in #NY15: @RitchieTorres filed with the FEC to run against @serranocongress. A source close to Torres confirmed to me that donors are planning an April fundraising, but that he is still considering "all his options" https://t.co/Acd9WEoBwD pic.twitter.com/h71TREP8iH |
| A judge in Wisconsin has blocked laws passed by the Republican state legislature in a lame duck session last year to limit the power of incoming governor Tony Evers and attorney general Josh Kaul. | A judge in Wisconsin has blocked laws passed by the Republican state legislature in a lame duck session last year to limit the power of incoming governor Tony Evers and attorney general Josh Kaul. |
| BREAKING: Dane County Judge issues temporary injunction blocking laws passed by GOP in lame-duck session limiting power of @GovEvers and Attorney General Josh Kaul. | BREAKING: Dane County Judge issues temporary injunction blocking laws passed by GOP in lame-duck session limiting power of @GovEvers and Attorney General Josh Kaul. |
| After Democrats defeated Republicans for both statewide offices in the 2018 midterms, the state’s GOP controlled legislature rushed legislation to limit the power of both offices before Evers could take office and veto the bills. | After Democrats defeated Republicans for both statewide offices in the 2018 midterms, the state’s GOP controlled legislature rushed legislation to limit the power of both offices before Evers could take office and veto the bills. |
| Mississippi governor Phil Bryant will sign a fetal heartbeat bill today which will ban abortions after roughly the six week mark in a pregnancy, which is when a fetus develops a heartbeat. The only exceptions are if the pregnancy would cause significant damage to a woman’s health. | Mississippi governor Phil Bryant will sign a fetal heartbeat bill today which will ban abortions after roughly the six week mark in a pregnancy, which is when a fetus develops a heartbeat. The only exceptions are if the pregnancy would cause significant damage to a woman’s health. |
| Similar legislation passed in Kentucky has been blocked by federal courts. Advocates of the bill are hoping to force the supreme court to address the issue and potentially overturn Roe v Wade. | Similar legislation passed in Kentucky has been blocked by federal courts. Advocates of the bill are hoping to force the supreme court to address the issue and potentially overturn Roe v Wade. |
| In contrast to Obama, Texas senator Ted Cruz has the University of Houston winning his bracket. Cruz, a Houston resident, seems to be going with the hometown team rather than favorites like Duke or North Carolina. | In contrast to Obama, Texas senator Ted Cruz has the University of Houston winning his bracket. Cruz, a Houston resident, seems to be going with the hometown team rather than favorites like Duke or North Carolina. |
| Time to get my #MarchMadness bracket on the record...Let's go @UHCougarMBK! Let Phi Slama Jama rise again! pic.twitter.com/hTPmkhYGl2 | Time to get my #MarchMadness bracket on the record...Let's go @UHCougarMBK! Let Phi Slama Jama rise again! pic.twitter.com/hTPmkhYGl2 |
| Former President Barack Obama has released his NCAA bracket in advance of the tournament’s tipoff this afternoon. | Former President Barack Obama has released his NCAA bracket in advance of the tournament’s tipoff this afternoon. |
| Obama predicts Duke to beat UNC in the final four. Obama also picks a couple of upsets with New Mexico State and Oregon, both of which are twelve seeds, advancing to the Elite Eight. | Obama predicts Duke to beat UNC in the final four. Obama also picks a couple of upsets with New Mexico State and Oregon, both of which are twelve seeds, advancing to the Elite Eight. |
| Democratic presidential hopeful John Delaney has issued an unusual statement calling on Maryland’s Republican governor Larry Hogan to primary Donald Trump. | Democratic presidential hopeful John Delaney has issued an unusual statement calling on Maryland’s Republican governor Larry Hogan to primary Donald Trump. |
| “Every day Donald Trump wakes up and finds a new way to divide our country and denigrate the office of the Presidency. His behavior is disgraceful and an embarrassment to the American people. Unless Republicans believe that Donald Trump is a fair and accurate representation of the Republican party as a whole, they should put up a challenger to run against him in the primary election. One of the biggest problems facing the country is that very few Republicans have shown the courage to stand up to Trump. We can’t go very far as a country if only one political party is committed to decency, honesty, and character. | “Every day Donald Trump wakes up and finds a new way to divide our country and denigrate the office of the Presidency. His behavior is disgraceful and an embarrassment to the American people. Unless Republicans believe that Donald Trump is a fair and accurate representation of the Republican party as a whole, they should put up a challenger to run against him in the primary election. One of the biggest problems facing the country is that very few Republicans have shown the courage to stand up to Trump. We can’t go very far as a country if only one political party is committed to decency, honesty, and character. |
| “Voices like John Kasich and Governor Hogan, from my state, would do an enormous service to not just their party, but to their fellow Americans to stand up and challenge this President. | “Voices like John Kasich and Governor Hogan, from my state, would do an enormous service to not just their party, but to their fellow Americans to stand up and challenge this President. |
| “I believe that we need a Democrat in the White House and that we will have a Democrat in the White House in 2021. But step one in repairing our democracy is having two political parties committed to truth and decency. | “I believe that we need a Democrat in the White House and that we will have a Democrat in the White House in 2021. But step one in repairing our democracy is having two political parties committed to truth and decency. |
| Delaney, a fellow Marylander had been pushed to challenge Hogan in the 2018 gubernatorial election but instead opted for a long shot presidential bid. | Delaney, a fellow Marylander had been pushed to challenge Hogan in the 2018 gubernatorial election but instead opted for a long shot presidential bid. |
| Former Trump advisor Roger Stone is refusing a request for documents from the House Judiciary Committee. | Former Trump advisor Roger Stone is refusing a request for documents from the House Judiciary Committee. |
| The Daily Caller reports that Stone is invoking the Fifth Amendment in a letter to the committee’s chair Jerry Nadler. | The Daily Caller reports that Stone is invoking the Fifth Amendment in a letter to the committee’s chair Jerry Nadler. |
| Stone has been indicted on seven criminal counts in the Mueller investigation including making false statements and witness tampering. | Stone has been indicted on seven criminal counts in the Mueller investigation including making false statements and witness tampering. |
| “On the advice of counsel, Mr. Stone will not produce the documents requested by the House Committee on the Judiciary whether the documents requested by the House Committee on the Judiciary exist or not, they are subject to a Fifth Amendment claim. Mr. Stone’s invocation of his Fifth Amendment rights must be understood by all to be the assertion of a Constitutional right by an innocent citizen, who is currently defending his innocence, and one who denounces secrecy for the purposes of advancing innuendo.” | “On the advice of counsel, Mr. Stone will not produce the documents requested by the House Committee on the Judiciary whether the documents requested by the House Committee on the Judiciary exist or not, they are subject to a Fifth Amendment claim. Mr. Stone’s invocation of his Fifth Amendment rights must be understood by all to be the assertion of a Constitutional right by an innocent citizen, who is currently defending his innocence, and one who denounces secrecy for the purposes of advancing innuendo.” |
| Beto O’Rourke’s presidential campaign is already on the wrong side of the law. | Beto O’Rourke’s presidential campaign is already on the wrong side of the law. |
| The former Texas congressman hasn’t committed any campaign finance violations nor are there any intimations that he colluded with foreign powers. He did park illegally in New Hampshire though and earned a $50 ticket from the Manchester police. | The former Texas congressman hasn’t committed any campaign finance violations nor are there any intimations that he colluded with foreign powers. He did park illegally in New Hampshire though and earned a $50 ticket from the Manchester police. |
| Beto O’Rourke’s gray van just got a $50 parking ticket. O’Rourke, who was driving, left it in a no parking area outside the Manchester Courthouse while he went across the street at Consuelo’s Taqueria. An advance staffer quickly moved the van. Here’s where it was. pic.twitter.com/SmkJqUhEp9 | Beto O’Rourke’s gray van just got a $50 parking ticket. O’Rourke, who was driving, left it in a no parking area outside the Manchester Courthouse while he went across the street at Consuelo’s Taqueria. An advance staffer quickly moved the van. Here’s where it was. pic.twitter.com/SmkJqUhEp9 |
| There is not a single House Republican who considers themselves pro-choice. | There is not a single House Republican who considers themselves pro-choice. |
| With the retirement of Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania and Rodney Freylinghusen of New Jersey, the House GOP caucus is unanimously pro life. There are still two pro-choice Republican senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. | With the retirement of Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania and Rodney Freylinghusen of New Jersey, the House GOP caucus is unanimously pro life. There are still two pro-choice Republican senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. |
| The sorting, which has also meant that only a handful of remaining Democrats who are pro life, represents a significant sorting in politics. Dent told the Wall Street Journal that when he was first elected in 2004 that there were 40 pro-choice Republicans in the House. | The sorting, which has also meant that only a handful of remaining Democrats who are pro life, represents a significant sorting in politics. Dent told the Wall Street Journal that when he was first elected in 2004 that there were 40 pro-choice Republicans in the House. |
| Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has joined the chorus of criticism towards Donald Trump for his attacks on John McCain. | Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has joined the chorus of criticism towards Donald Trump for his attacks on John McCain. |
| Schwarzenegger said of McCain to the Atlantic: | Schwarzenegger said of McCain to the Atlantic: |
| “He was just an unbelievable person. So an attack on him is absolutely unacceptable if he’s alive or dead—but even twice as unacceptable since he passed away a few months ago. It doesn’t make any sense whatsoever to do that. I just think it’s a shame that the president lets himself down to that kind of level. We will be lucky if everyone in Washington followed McCain’s example, because he represented courage.” | “He was just an unbelievable person. So an attack on him is absolutely unacceptable if he’s alive or dead—but even twice as unacceptable since he passed away a few months ago. It doesn’t make any sense whatsoever to do that. I just think it’s a shame that the president lets himself down to that kind of level. We will be lucky if everyone in Washington followed McCain’s example, because he represented courage.” |
| John McCain’s daughter Bridget who rarely speaks publicly has now weighed on Trump’s criticisms on Twitter. | John McCain’s daughter Bridget who rarely speaks publicly has now weighed on Trump’s criticisms on Twitter. |
| @realDonaldTrump Everyone doesn’t have to agree with my dad or like him, but I do ask you to be decent and respectful. If you can’t do those two things, be mindful. We only said goodbye to him almost 7 months ago. (1/2) | @realDonaldTrump Everyone doesn’t have to agree with my dad or like him, but I do ask you to be decent and respectful. If you can’t do those two things, be mindful. We only said goodbye to him almost 7 months ago. (1/2) |
| @realDonaldTrump Even if you were invited to my dad’s funeral, you would have only wanted to be there for the credit and not for any condolences.Unfortunately, you could not be counted on to be courteous, as you are a child in the most important role the world knows. (2/2) | @realDonaldTrump Even if you were invited to my dad’s funeral, you would have only wanted to be there for the credit and not for any condolences.Unfortunately, you could not be counted on to be courteous, as you are a child in the most important role the world knows. (2/2) |
| In an interview on Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo on Mornings With Maria, top White House aide Kellyanne Conway declined to weigh in on her husband’s feud with Donald Trump. “I appreciate the president defending what he thinks is unfairness. I’ll leave that up to him. I was raised, though, in a household of strong Italian Catholic women who taught me that you air grievances like that in private.” said Conway. | In an interview on Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo on Mornings With Maria, top White House aide Kellyanne Conway declined to weigh in on her husband’s feud with Donald Trump. “I appreciate the president defending what he thinks is unfairness. I’ll leave that up to him. I was raised, though, in a household of strong Italian Catholic women who taught me that you air grievances like that in private.” said Conway. |
| She also compared her husband’s criticism of Trump to that of others on social media who constantly criticize the president. | She also compared her husband’s criticism of Trump to that of others on social media who constantly criticize the president. |
| “Sure. It’s very unusual. It’s not just unusual. It’s unusual for George, who people know is a very private person who really hasn’t weighed in on many different matters over the years. But, anyway, that aside, of course we’ve talked about it in passing, but he’s the president of the United States. And here’s something I think is so remarkable. Peoples somehow think they have an equal platform to the president of the United States. Not George, but a lot of people out there are constantly attacking the president on Twitter and FaceBook and elsewhere. He’s the president and you’re not. And they somehow trick them into thinking, because we have the same platform -- I can -- I can just -- I’m the same as the president. No, you’re not. He’s the president of the United States.” | “Sure. It’s very unusual. It’s not just unusual. It’s unusual for George, who people know is a very private person who really hasn’t weighed in on many different matters over the years. But, anyway, that aside, of course we’ve talked about it in passing, but he’s the president of the United States. And here’s something I think is so remarkable. Peoples somehow think they have an equal platform to the president of the United States. Not George, but a lot of people out there are constantly attacking the president on Twitter and FaceBook and elsewhere. He’s the president and you’re not. And they somehow trick them into thinking, because we have the same platform -- I can -- I can just -- I’m the same as the president. No, you’re not. He’s the president of the United States.” |