This is the fourth dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who is in Antarctica investigating the effect of climate change on Thwaites glacier. This morning, the rolls are bigger. Just getting out of bed is achallenge as the Nathaniel B. Palmer navigates the famously rough waters of Drake Passage …
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The field of 2020 presidential candidates is growing by the week, but no one has declared their intention to take on President Trump with more gusto than Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA). The former prosecutor held a rousing kickoff event in front of 20,000 supporters in her native Oakland on Sunday. …
Read More »Mueller Disputes BuzzFeed News Report That Trump Directed Cohen to Lie to Congress
In a rare move, a spokesman for Special Counsel Robert Mueller took issue withBuzzFeed News’ Thursday night scoop that President Trump had explicitly directed Michael Cohen, his former personal lawyer, to lie to Congress. “BuzzFeed’s description of specific statements to the Special Counsel’s Office, and characterization of documents and testimony …
Read More »Trump-Loyal Senators Make Russian Oligarch's Day
In the latest, alarming, sign of Russia’s influence over not just President Trump but the GOP more broadly, Senate Republicans went to bat Wednesday for sanctioned oligarch Oleg Deripaska, aka “Putin’s favourite industrialist,” who had loaned $10 million to Trump’s now-jailed former campaign manager Paul Manafort. One month ago, Trump’s …
Read More »Stormy Daniels Will Troll Michael Cohen in Person at His Congressional Hearing
Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who was paid $130,000 before the 2016 election in exchange for her silence about her affair with Donald Trump, will appear in person at Michael Cohen‘s upcoming testimony before the U.S. Congress. Michael Avenatti, the bombastic lawyer who represents Daniels, announced that they will …
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