By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House Republicans considered on Tuesday a stopgap bill to fund the U.S. government through Feb. 16 to avert a shutdown, but the measure would not include Democrats’ demands for protections for young people brought to the United States illegally
Source: House Republicans mull funding extension; ‘Dreamer’ deal not set
Monica Lewinsky injected herself into the news cycle once again this week, this time with a fascinating re-writing of her dubious place in history. Lewinsky painted herself as victim, once again, but this time she claims to be a victim of the Internet. Or, more specifically, of Matt Drudge and the Drudge Report. In Lewinsky’s warped (or calculated) view of her time in the limelight, she was the world’s first victim of “cyberbullying” and Drudge the first perpetrator. One thing about the Internet that is undeniable is that it creates a record of a person’s behavior and statements so when they attempt to rearrange their personal narrative, as Lewinsky is attempting, previous statements can be reflected upon and held up to new-found interpretations of past deeds.
The Department of Homeland Security has asked federal prosecutors to examine the possibility of bringing criminal charges against leaders of so-called sanctuary cities, Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told lawmakers Tuesday.
Source: DHS asked prosecutors to consider charging sanctuary city leaders
A Media Research Center study of every broadcast evening news story about the Trump administration in 2017 found the new President was by far the biggest story of the year, accounting for one out of every three minutes of evening news airtime; the tone of coverage was incessantly hostile: 90% negative, vs. just 10% positive; and more than two-fifths of evening news coverage of the President (43%) focused on controversies, not policies, with the Russia investigation alone accounting for one-fifth of all Trump coverage (1,234 minutes).
Source: 2017: The Year the News Media Went to War Against a President
Trump was right!
Source: Sen. Dick Durbin Just Revealed Why He Lied About Trump Saying ‘S***hole’ – Capitol Conservative
The CNN hosts called Trump’s comments referring to countries like El Salvador and Haiti as ‘s—hole countries’ racist.
Source: Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon Call Trump ‘Racist’ Over ‘S—hole Countries’ Remark
“They said, like, ‘Look, you have more of a social media following than any of us do, can you please post some of these things just in a way that… sort of put it out there.’”
Source: Moby Says CIA Agents Asked Him to Spread the Word About Trump and Russia
After reports that Trump referred to “shithole” African nations in a meeting (that was not denied by The White House), the president has tweeted this morning that “this was not the language used.”
Source: Trump Denies “Shithole” Comment: “Never Said Anything Derogatory About Haitians”