DOJ lawyers defy Judge Emmet Sullivan’s order in Michael Flynn case (Updated)

CNN reports, Transcript released of Flynn voicemail from Trump lawyer showing possible attempt to obstruct: The Justice Department on Friday released a transcript of a call from Donald Trump’s attorney John Dowd to Rob Kelner, the lawyer for Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, where he sought information about Flynn’s discussions with the special … Read more

‘Trump Taxes’ would be paid by American consumers on Mexican goods

Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist, the founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, said on Friday that “tariffs are taxes” … “They’re taxes on American consumers and producers who use imported products. We need to get those tariffs down as quickly as we can.” Grover Norquist urges Trump to get rid of trade tariffs, calling them taxes on … Read more

TUESDAY: Martha McSally’s Telephone Town Hall – Special Guest Lindsey Graham Re: Immigration, Other Topics (Details)

Arizona Senator Martha McSally is hosting a telephone townhall this coming Tuesday with special guest Sen. Lindsey Graham. The main topic will be Graham’s new bill regarding immigration laws; however, the news release indicates that she will “address other issues facing the U.S. Senate”. McSally states that she is the “first co-sponsor” of the measure. … Read more

Prominent GOP attorneys make the case for Trump’s impeachment

Hundreds of former federal prosecutors have opined in a letter that Mueller laid out sufficient evidence in his report to make an obstruction case. [It now totals 1,005 former prosecutors, and increases every day.] Republicans for the Rule of Law and Protect Democracy have released a new video of prominent Republican attorneys this week arguing that President … Read more

Kelly Townsend, desperately seeking attention

Earlier this year, Governor Doug Ducey put the kibosh on some anti-vaxxer bills moving through the Arizona legislature. You may recall that this provoked the very special kind of crazy that is regressive Republican Rep. Kelly Townsend (R-Mesa). Governor Doug Ducey is a communist! State Rep. Kelly Townsend says mandatory vaccinations are ‘Communist’: Signing her post, … Read more