February 28, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Just Expertly Laid a Trap to Get Donald Trump's Tax Returns

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Just Expertly Laid a Trap to Get Donald Trump’s Tax Returns

Her line of questioning during Michael Cohen’s hearing was praised for its clarity and deftness.
Inae Oh FEBRUARY 27, 2019 5:08 PM

While Republicans on Wednesday repeatedly hammered Michael Cohen over his efforts to secure a lucrative media deal, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used her time to focus on one of the most consequential topics concerning investigations into President Donald Trump: his ever-elusive tax returns.

It was one of the more anticipated appearances by a lawmaker on the House Oversight and Reform Committee. Her clear and purposeful line of questioning, which appeared to lay the groundwork for the committee to subpoena the president’s tax returns while capturing the names of those in Trump’s inner circle who may know details of his financials, was widely praised.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/02/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-just-expertly-laid-a-trap-to-get-donald-trumps-tax-returns/

February 27, 2019

Michael Cohen Warns Republicans: "I did the same thing you're doing now and look what happened."

Michael Cohen Warns Republicans: “I did the same thing you’re doing now.”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/02/michael-cohen-warns-republicans-i-did-the-same-thing-youre-doing-now/?fbclid=IwAR26YbII1YgNgtKlxl0-y2Or1Ip7XVvIqtHCJ5u3F5D1ZgLSOBSC5blObZo

Cohen then offers a remarkable warning to the Republicans on the committee as to what happens to those who stand by Trump.

“I did the same thing that you’re doing now for ten years. I protected Mr. Trump for ten years,” Cohen says.

“Look what’s happened to me.”

Cohen adds: “The more people that suffer Donald Trump, as I did blindly, are going to suffer the same consequences that I did.”


https://twitter.com/christoq/status/1100853633044774912

February 27, 2019

If looks could kill....

#Slain

Siri, could you find me an image that sums up the collective reaction on Twitter to Jim Jordan........ thank you
#Cohen #CohenTestimony #CohenHearing

https://twitter.com/OldBlackHack/status/1100789024204165120

https://twitter.com/christoq/status/1100837659700674560

February 11, 2019

new reporting suggests that Mueller may have evidence of collusion between 45* and Russia

"Brand new reporting suggests that special counsel Robert Mueller may have evidence of possible collusion between the Trump campaign & Russia, and that the investigation into a conspiracy or a quid-pro-quo... is alive & kicking...” -
@NicolleDWallace Deadline: White House 2/11/19



https://twitter.com/DeadlineWH/status/1095067212094820352


https://twitter.com/christoq/status/1095079542866161664

February 10, 2019

10-Year-Old Boy Scout Wins Praise After Taking a Knee During Pledge of Allegiance

"Inspired and Inspiring": 10-Year-Old Boy Scout Wins Praise After Taking a Knee During Pledge of Allegiance

"This is why Colin Kaepernick's work is so powerful. A 10-year-old white Boy Scout from North Carolina taking a stand against discrimination."

A 10-year-old Boy Scout won the praise of a local mayor as well as online observers Friday when the story of his decision to peacefully protest during the Pledge of Allegiance went viral.

Liam Holmes and his Cub Scout Pack had been invited to recite the pledge at a city council meeting at City Hall in Durham, North Carolina on Monday. After a discussion with his father about professional athletes who have taken a knee in recent years to protest police brutality and the police shootings of unarmed black Americans, Holmes decided to stage his own demonstration.

"What I did was took a knee against racial discrimination, which is basically [when] people are mean to other people of different colors," Holmes told CBS 17, an affiliate station in Durham.


Holmes' father expressed surprise and pride in an interview with the station, while Mayor Steve Schewel let the room know right away that the boy's protest was welcomed at City Hall.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/08/inspired-and-inspiring-10-year-old-boy-scout-wins-praise-after-taking-knee-during

https://twitter.com/christoq/status/1094702405088735232

February 9, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez discusses campaign finance laws in a House committee hearing on Feb. 6, 201

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “lightning round” on money in politics goes viral

AOC points out it’s “super legal” for her to be a “pretty bad guy.”

US campaign finance laws are, well, less than ideal — or, as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez put it in a House committee hearing this week, they make it “super legal” for lawmakers to be a “pretty bad guy.”

A viral video of Ocasio-Cortez during a hearing held by the House Oversight and Reform Committee on strengthening ethics rules for the executive branch swept across the internet this week. The video, put together by NowThis News, shows the high-profile New York Congress member playing a “lightning round” game with witnesses. The purpose: to highlight how it’s legal for congressional candidates to do a lot of shady stuff. And they’re held to a higher standard than the president.

“I’m going to be the bad guy, which, I’m sure, half the room would agree with anyway, and I want to get away with as much bad things as possible, ideally to enrich myself and advance my interests, even if that means putting my interests ahead of the American people,” Ocasio-Cortez said during the Wednesday hearing. “I have enlisted all of as my co-conspirators, so you’re going to help me legally get away with all of this.”

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/2/8/18216884/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-video-campaign-finance