House Speaker Nancy Pelosi scolded CNN’s Jake Tapper for asking her about impeachment Thursday, even though she announced earlier in the day that she plans to move forward with the inquiry.
Pelosi, a California Democrat, said during a press conference Thursday that she would push the House to continue advancing articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Just hours later, she became annoyed when Tapper asked an impeachment-related question.
Photos show Trump's ridiculously large salt and pepper shakers - Business Insider "Trump's salt and pepper shakers tower over everyone else's. Obama, Bush, and Clinton used the same size shakers as their guests. "President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at a working lunch. Note the discrepancy in salt and pepper shakers. Carolyn Kaster / AP When he's having working lunches or dinners at the White House, President Donald Trump often wields salt and pepper shakers almost twice the size of everyone else's. This could be another one of his power moves, alongside his fierce handshakes and bulky suits..." Must read on to see how ridiculous this bu!!sh!t really is. And they call this news?
The Republican chairmen of three Senate committees are seeking records from and interviews with a former DNC contractor and a former Ukrainian diplomatic official to determine whether there was any coordination between the Ukrainian government and Democrats in the 2016 election, an allegation Democrats have dismissed as a conspiracy theory.
Sens. Chuck Grassley, Ron Johnson and Lindsey Graham said Friday that they are requesting the records from Alexandra Chalupa, the former DNC contractor, and Andrii Telizkhenko, a former political officer who worked in the Ukrainian embassy.
Michigan vehicle fees are among the nation’s highest and its roads rank as the nation’s worst. Will making gas taxes the nation’s highest really fix anything?
"...Whitmer during the summer floated a plan to nearly quadruple the state’s gas tax from 18.7 cents to more than 71 cents per gallon for road repairs. She did not get the increase, but she hasn’t given up.
Michiganders already have among the highest vehicle registration fees in the country, raising questions about the need for a big gas tax hike... Currently, Michigan’s gas tax is eighth highest in the nation, but a 45-cent gas tax would make Michigan the highest.
Michigan, by nearly 25%, would top the current No. 1, Pennsylvania, and its gasoline tax of 57.6 cents.
Flip Wilson 1933, David Carradine 1936, Jim Morrison (Doors) 1943 1952 - On the show "I Love Lucy," a pregnancy was acknowledged in a TV show for the first time. 1993 - U.S. President Clinton signed into law the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Viral footage of an illegal alien successfully scaling newly-built border wall appeared to reflect poorly on the effectiveness of the barrier, but a Border Patrol spokesman said the video only captured a fraction of the incident.
Report: FBI Failed To Tell FISA Court About Some Concerns With Steele Dossier’s Reliability | The Daily Caller:
The FBI failed to tell surveillance court judges that investigators developed concerns about the reliability of the Steele dossier after interviewing a source for the document, according to a new report.
According to The Washington Post, sources familiar with the forthcoming Justice Department inspector general’s (IG) report say that FBI agents determined that information from Christopher Steele was not “entirely reliable” after they interviewed a subsource for the former British spy.
Uranium-contaminated site collapses into Detroit RIver: "...The site has faced scrutiny regarding safety hazards and who would be held responsible for its cleanup.
According to a 2011 evaluation study by the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the property, at that time there was a “potential ... for significant residual radiation.”
The news is especially concerning because the Detroit drinking water intake lines are nearby downriver.
Due to the timing of the collapse, the spill went unnoticed to many responsible state and federal environmental regulatory agencies. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials were not aware of the collapseuntil contacted by the Windsor Star on Wednesday..." Read all.
Los Angeles Is Spending Over $1 Billion To House the Homeless. It’s Failing. – Reason.com "More than 2,500 homeless individuals sleep on the streets of the 53-square-block Skid Row area in downtown Los Angeles. "Skid row is the worst manmade disaster in the United States. There's human waste on the sidewalks. There's all kinds of disease," says Rev. Andy Bales, CEO of Skid Row's Union Rescue Mission, the nation's largest private homeless shelter.
He lost his leg to staph infection he contracted while serving the homeless on Skid Row.
...In 2016, Los Angeles voters approved a referendum to spend more than $1.2 billion dollars building new housing for the homeless.
It's part of a plan championed by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who declined our interview request..." Read all.
Thursday on “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) reacted to Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) accusing House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) of violating his civil liberties by issuing subpoenas to snoop on his phone records and publishing his findings in the impeachment report.
Paul said he was “alarmed at the abuse of power” by Schiff to snoop on his political opponents, which he noted is “exactly what he’s accusing” President Donald Trump of in the investigation into his phone call with the president of Ukraine.
Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches New Record Maximum - NASA - Ice Age Now "On September 20 of this year, sea ice surrounding Antarctica covered 7.78 million sq miles (20.14 million sq km), according to NASA. That’s more than twice as big as the continental United States (3.11 million sq miles). Sea ice surrounding Antarctica reached a new record high extent this year, covering more of the southern oceans than it has since scientists began a long-term satellite record to map sea ice extent in the late 1970s.
On Sept. 19, 2014, the five-day average of Antarctic sea ice extent exceeded 20 million square kilometers for the first time since 1979, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The red line shows the average maximum extent from 1979-2014. Credits: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio/Cindy Starr
Antarctic sea ice extent exceeded 7.72 million square miles (20 million square kilometers), according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The ice extent stayed above this benchmark extent for several days. The average maximum extent between 1981 and 2010 was 7.23 million square miles (18.72 million square kilometers)..." Read all.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi scolded CNN’s Jake Tapper for asking her about impeachment Thursday, even though she announced earlier in the day that she plans to move forward with the inquiry.
Who's laughing now, Macron? France is paralyzed by worst nationwide strike for decades | Daily Mail Online
The Republican chairmen of three Senate committees are seeking records from and interviews with a former DNC contractor and a former Ukrainian diplomatic official to determine whether there was any coordination between the Ukrainian government and Democrats in the 2016 election, an allegation Democrats have dismissed as a conspiracy theory.
Michiganders already have among the highest vehicle registration fees in the country, raising questions about the need for a big gas tax hike...
"...The site has faced scrutiny regarding safety hazards and who would be held responsible for its cleanup.
"...The site has faced scrutiny regarding safety hazards and who would be held responsible for its cleanup.
"More than 2,500 homeless individuals sleep on the streets of the 53-square-block Skid Row area in downtown Los Angeles.
Thursday on “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) reacted to Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) accusing House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) of violating his civil liberties by issuing subpoenas to snoop on his phone records and publishing his findings in the impeachment report.
