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Embed from Getty Images Since being cleared by the House Ethics Committee in early December, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) has reportedly amp'd up his efforts to investigate those who are investigating President Trump over possible collusion with Russian officials during the 2016 presidential election. The committee initially began their investigation against Devin Nunes over allegations that he had revealed classified information to the public. This was determined when the California Republican arranged a spontaneous press conference in front of the White House one morning, after he had disappeared the night before to meet with then-unknown members of the President's National Security Council. It was later learned that those two unknown figures were Ezra Cohen-Watnick and Michael Ellis. Cohen-Watnick was one of the few White House staffers fired in August. It was during that press conference when Nunes claimed he acquired information that validated President Trump's cl...

Embed from Getty Images Weeks after the island of Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria, aid is still getting wrapped up in a political storm instigated by the Trump administration. Most recently, it was reported that a company from northwest Montana called Whitefish Energy Holdings LLC had signed a contract worth $300 million with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) in order to restore power. Since the storm, the US Army Corps of Engineers claimed that the storm affected 80 percent of Puerto Rico's electrical grid. It's been reported that the first group of employees from Whitefish Energy arrived on September 26. So far as of last Thursday, 300 subcontractors and employees arrived. A spokesman for the company, Chris Chiames, said that they were looking to rebuild 100 miles of transmission lines. The company said they expect to have a total of 1,000 employees working to restore power. Whitefish Energy's tied to Trump administration...

Add caption ( BlastingNews ) -In the United States, the transition between presidents threatened the view that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad had to be removed from power. But that no longer seems to be the case as the U.S. and other Western powers continue to demand it, after his recent use of chemical weapons against his own people, the continuation of a civil war without end and instability in the Middle East. In this report, I explain the different views put forward by analysts and experts who feel that Assad needs to go and even offer some insight into what comes next.

Embed from Getty Images ( BlastingNews ) - Since the Syrian air base attack, the discussion over chemical weapons in Syria continues to develop with the new comparison between diplomacy and military action. In that comparison, the Obama administration is still taking some heat from conservatives about how they are at fault for doing nothing. In this article about a discussion that took place on Charlie Rose between conservative columnist Bret Stephens and former White House official Tony Blinken, the blame over Syria's chemical weapons is about what was declared and what wasn't. To add, Stephens continues to tow the Republican line about the former president's "red line" statement and how they feel it made America look weak. [ Please support this writer by sharing out the source article and/or this service by donating what you can via PayPal ]

Embed from Getty Images After seven years of Republicans trying to defeat the Affordable Care Act , their opportunity to immediately repeal the law was delayed by their own faction of right-wing extremists within their own body on Thursday. According to The Washington Post -- one of many media outlets reporting from Capitol Hill -- delaying the repeal of the Affordable Care Act was a confrontation that Republicans made by themselves. Those extremist right-wing elements in the party reportedly feel pressured by their constituents to cut a better deal. But it's not very clear to many Americans that with Republicans messing with the Affordable Care Act, that they're going to help "improve" it. The Post's report on the "embarrassment" says that earlier in the week, House leaders were making some last minute adjustments to pass the bill, but they weren't adjustments that would improve the bill itself but rather to improve ways they c...

Embed from Getty Images ( Esquire ) - Since hearings for judge Neil Gorsuch started, the Senate Judiciary Committee -- as well as the rest of America -- has seen Gorsuch's personality on display. Esquire  details a series of questioning from Democrat Patrick Leahy that brought up President Trump's violation of the emoluments clause. Specifically, what he thought it meant. The article draws out quotes from Gorsuch where he sometimes seemed condescending in his answer or elusive in providing his opinion, knowing that at the very least, it was being "evaluated" over the current president. "Well, I am hesitant to discuss any part of the Constitution to the extent we're talking about a case that's likely to come before a court, pending or impending." The condescending part of his response is that no one knew what the Emolument Clause was until recently. Embed from Getty Images Giving Gorsuch a hard time in a hearing under the mo...

screenshot of the petition page A petition from MoveOn.org is making its rounds to put a stop to President Trump's pick for Supreme Court justice, judge Neil Gorsuch. For every signature, three more are added. Here is the link .

Jon Mark posted: "  What gives me any credibility in what I'm talking about here? How about the fact that I've been obsessed with the region since the late nineties and have friends from there. Which is a much bigger effort than the standard American has. Of co" Jon Mark (rotgod@gmail.com) shared a post from Survival Journalism What about the Kurdish People’s Protection Units? by Jon ...

Zoe Dune posted: " Early Monday morning, I did what ever well-rounded mainstream dope does in this country and turned on the T.V. to the mainstream news. Local affiliates are generally packed full of weather and traffic reports but to change things up a bit, they men" Zoe Dune (rotgod@gmail.com) shared a post from Survival Journalism Dallas’ hidden cash hunt was a creepy social experiment by Z...

Zoe Dune posted: " Haven't we had enough of this anti-minimum wage rhetoric? If you've been paying attention, than it's pretty clear the business class is trying to dominate the conversation. They don't get my sympathy on this and hopefully you don't sympathize either. " Zoe Dune (rotgod@gmail.com) shared a post from Survival Journalism The working class versus the businesses class ...

Zoe Dune posted: " When news about this exchange took place, I knew it was going to do what it did; get the media hungry conservatives to launch attacks on the Obama administration for releasing five terrorists. Knowing this and watching it play out exactly that way " Zoe Dune (rotgod@gmail.com) shared a post from Survival Journalism “The Bowe Bergdahl exchange is such a non-story” by Zoe Dun...

Zoe Dune posted: " For those who are wondering what some people are doing to protect the endangered rhino, here is a post that covers that. Click image to read and help fund our blog." Zoe Dune (rotgod@gmail.com) shared a post from Thee Incendiary Witchboard “Fighting rhino poachers” by Zoe Dune ...

Zoe Dune posted: " The op-ed article from the image above puts together everything necessary to a right-wing agenda to form in Silicon Valley. That being said, it should be our responsibility to move forward and make sure we don't leave an opening for them to lead. C" Zoe Dune (rotgod@gmail.com) shared a post from Survival Journalism “What if Silicon Valley were to fall into the “right” hands?” ...