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‘Downright deadly’: Pelosi rips Trump rule allowing providers to deny care to LGBTQ, women
The Trump administration expanded moral and religious protections for health care workers who deny medical care
https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/downright-deadly-pelosi-lambastes-trumps-actions-on-religious-objections-to-providing-health-care
Posted May 3, 2019 10:47 AM
Emily Kopp
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that expanded permissions for health care providers to deny care based on religious or moral objections could be “downright deadly” for women and LGBTQ people.
Pelosi said the new rule grants “an open license to discriminate against Americans who already face serious, systemic discrimination” in a statement Thursday night.
A final “conscience” rule unveiled by the Trump administration Thursday would expand the scope of moral and religious protections for workers and health care institutions that refuse medical services, such as abortion or reproductive health care to transgender people.
The regulation also grants the administration a more powerful toolbox to investigate non-compliance with the rule, refer cases to the U.S. Department of Justice and cut off federal spending to providers. President Donald Trump announced the regulation at a Rose Garden speech on Thursday in a ceremony timed to coincide with the National Day of Prayer.
“The final rule fulfills President Trump’s promise to promote and protect the fundamental and unalienable rights of conscience and religious liberty,” the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement.
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“Since Day One, this Administration has waged a cruel campaign of intolerance and discrimination targeting the civil rights of our most vulnerable communities. House Democrats fully, flatly reject these attacks on LGBTQ Americans and on the rights of all Americans to get the health care they need and will fight these hateful actions,” Pelosi said.
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Rep. Barbara Lee
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My staff taught me the steps to @Beyonce's #BeforeILetGoChallenge for Bay Area Dance Week! Loving her new twist on a classic jam.
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Geo Conway brings the receipts to show why @RudyGiuliani & Bill Barr are wrong about obstruction law
And @gtconway3d brings the receipts to show why @RudyGiuliani & Bill Barr are wrong about obstruction law & need to read the DOJ Manual which is the “bible” for federal prosecutors.
https://twitter.com/Mimirocah1/status/1124336772194893824
https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1124335481876033537
Rudy Giuliani
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May 2
I consider Judge Napolitano to be a friend so I write this with regret. An obstruction case where there is no proof of an underlying crime is questionable. If you add to it nothing actually obstructed, there’s no case. Judge reconsider your position. This is a Weismann.
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Jennifer Taub
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23h23 hours ago
Incorrect. Obstruction of justice even applies to efforts to interfere with civil litigation. See U.S. v. Lundwall. Also, corrupt attempts to obstruct a proceeding even when one isn’t the subject, is a crime. Mueller’s grand jury indicted many people.
https://cyber.harvard.edu/digitaldiscovery/library/spoliation/lundwall.html …
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George Conway
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23h23 hours ago
There’s a section of the DOJ manual that nicely captures what obstruction of justice is about. It’s got nothing to do with whether there’s an underlying offense. It’s all about whether someone is trying to wrongly influence a participant in federal proceeding, ...
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George Conway
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Replying to @gtconway3d @jentaub @RudyGiuliani
... or to retaliate for someone’s past participation in a federal proceeding. Here’s a key passage, referring to Sections 1512 and 1513 of the criminal code:
https://www.justice.gov/jm/criminal-resource-manual-1720-protection-government-processes-overview …
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George Conway
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22h22 hours ago
Replying to @gtconway3d @jentaub @RudyGiuliani
There doesn’t have to be an underlying offense; the proceeding can be about trying to figure out whether there was an underlying offense. This isn’t hard.
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George Conway
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22h22 hours ago
And ... there’s also a whole section of the manual devoted to the basic proposition that obstruction doesn’t have to be successful to be obstruction.
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George Conway
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22h22 hours ago
So stop it with the garbage, Rudy.
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George Conway
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22h22 hours ago
But again, let’s remember: Whether the President of United States is provably a criminal (which, sadly, he is) is actually a red herring. Our standards should be—must be—higher than that. That’s why the Framers of our Constitution provided for impeachment.
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the adorable smudgie
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16h16 hours ago
George, you are not taking into account Rudy's knowledge of Matlock Seasons 1 - 57 and Perry Mason Seasons 1 - 98. In particular The Case of the Missing Heiress which proved a suspect is innocent if arrested on Groundhog Day and was wearing suspenders.
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22h22 hours ago
Replying to @gtconway3d @jentaub @RudyGiuliani
Either way, it's the "ask" that's illegal.
If I tell you to take a hike and not testify against me, go out of town that week, and instead you tell the prosecutors, you'll guilty of obstruction even though my director was not acted upon.
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This too....
https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1124374037650604033
Of course @gtconway3d is right and @RudyGiuliani is 100% wrong.
https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1124405921663393792
Harris urges DOJ watchdog to probe whether Trump asked Barr to investigate 'enemies'
Good deal.
Harris urges DOJ watchdog to probe whether Trump asked Barr to investigate 'enemies'
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/03/kamala-harris-barr-trump-1301502
By MARIANNE LEVINE
05/03/2019 06:19 PM EDT
Sen. Kamala Harris called on the Justice Department inspector general to look into whether Attorney General William Barr had received or complied with any requests from the White House to investigate President Donald Trump’s “perceived enemies.”
In a letter sent Friday to Inspector General Michael Horowitz, the California Democrat, who is also running for president, wrote she had “grave concern about the independence of the Department of Justice under the leadership of Attorney General William Barr.”
Harris cited her exchange with the attorney general at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing earlier this week, in which Barr did not explicitly answer her question about whether Trump or anyone in he White House asked to or suggested the DOJ investigate someone.
“I’m trying to grapple with the word ‘suggest,’” Barr said at the hearing. “I mean there have been discussions of, of matters out there that uh ... they have not asked me to open an investigation.”
When Harris asked whether the White House had hinted at an investigation, Barr responded: “I don’t know.”...........................
Now, Trump has cut their legs out from under them,[Pampeo & Bolton} saying Putin "is
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Adam Schiff Retweeted Olivier Knox
Bolton called out Russia for propping up Maduro’s regime and said it would cost the Kremlin.
Pompeo doubled down.
Now, Trump has cut their legs out from under them, saying Putin “is not looking at all to get involved in Venezuela.”
Tell that to the Venezuelan people.
https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff/status/1124466371507707937
https://twitter.com/OKnox/status/1124383182307172357
https://twitter.com/MaxBoot/status/1124435546418364418
The Trump administration’s Venezuela policy is failing
The United States’ four main Venezuela blunders, explained.
https://www.vox.com/world/2019/5/3/18528083/venezuela-guaido-maduro-trump-bolton-fail
By Alex Ward@AlexWardVoxalex.ward@vox.com May 3, 2019, 4:20pm EDT
The Trump administration has been trying for months to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power. So far, they’ve failed miserably.
In January, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó declared himself the country’s rightful president. He argued that Maduro, who has been in power for six years, rigged the election last May that kept him in charge — and that as a result, Guaidó, as the head of the National Assembly, is now the rightful interim president of the country according to the Venezuelan constitution.
The United States immediately backed his claim, and has been working ever since to help him push Maduro out once and for all. They’ve sanctioned politicians and businesses, sent much-needed food and medical aid, and helped sustain a global campaign to back Guaidó and boost his popularity...............................
https://twitter.com/PhilippeReines/status/1124389316006948864
Federal judge rules that legal challenge to Trump travel ban can proceed
Source: thehill
By Rachel Frazin - 05/03/19 06:19 PM EDT
A federal judge ruled Thursday that a revised legal challenge to President Trump's travel ban can proceed.
The ruling was made by U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland after the three consolidated cases were brought by American Muslims who have been separated from family members who are citizens of countries named in the ban.
Chuang's decision will allow plaintiffs to request evidence from the government about how the travel ban was originated and how it is being enforced, according to BuzzFeed.
Chuang, who was appointed by former President Obama, wrote in a 46-page decision that he saw enough evidence to show Trump's ban may not be related to legitimate national security matters........................
Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/442076-federal-judge-rules-that-legal-challenge-to-trump-travel-ban-can
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1124445049503277056
Trump's Campaign Manager: Trump is 'a Savior' Delivered by 'God'
Source: hillreporter.com
BY Todd Neikirk May 3, 2019
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The event was a successful one with an estimated crowd of around 10,000. The president’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, took to Twitter to describe Trump’s Green Bay rally in messianic terms.
Parscale wrote: “Loved watching the crowd fill up for the 547th Rally in Green Bay. There has never been and probably never will be a movement like this again. Only God could deliver such a savior to our nation and only God could allow me to help. God bless America!”
The campaign head is not the only Trump surrogate to describe Trump in religious terms. Earlier this year, Press Secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said, “I think God calls all of us to fill different roles at different times and I think that he wanted Donald Trump to become president, and that’s why he’s there. I think he has done a tremendous job in supporting a lot of the things that people of faith really care about.”
Parscale was also in the news this week due to a paid speech that he gave in Romania. The April speech has created ethical concerns. According to CNN, “Delivering paid speeches, whether domestic or abroad, is not illegal but is highly unusual for presidential campaign managers.”........................
Read more: https://hillreporter.com/trumps-campaign-manager-trump-is-a-savior-delivered-by-god-33993
My guess is NOTHING will ever be done about this Parscale giving paid speeches.
https://twitter.com/EdKrassen/status/1124358456645865477
Rep. Nadler Cuts Off @GOP smartass Rep Matt Gaetz' Mic
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Rep. Nadler Cuts Off Matt Gaetz' Mic
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Americans don't believe that Trump cares about the average American. The % who do has hover about th
It is amazing to me that it this high!
Trump is struggling despite a strong economy. Here's why https://cnn.it/2VDvYXR Americans don't believe that Trump cares about the average American. The % who do has hovered around 40%, which is right around where Trump's approval rating has been.
Trump is struggling despite a strong economy. Here's why.
Updated 1:10 PM ET, Fri May 3, 2019
(CNN)We learned Friday that the unemployment rate is now at its lowest rate since 1969 at 3.6%. The economy added another 263,000 jobs. This capped a week in which President Donald Trump received his highest economic approval rating in any CNN poll at 56%.
In other words, the economy is going well, and people think it's going well.
Yet for all that strength, Trump's overall approval rating seems mostly stuck. Recently, he hasn't been able to get his overall approval rating above 43% with voters. Trump's net approval rating (approval - disapproval) hasn't been positive in over two years.
So why is the President struggling, despite a strong economy?
1.The economy may not matter like it used to
One of the more interesting trends of the Trump presidency is how little changes in his economic approval rating have correlated with changes in his overall approval rating. That's also seen in consumer sentiment. When consumer sentiment has been higher, it has not resulted in higher approval ratings for the President.
The funny thing is the same thing happened under President Barack Obama. According to political scientists John Sides, Michael Tesler and Lynn Vavreck, changes in consumer sentiment also failed to predict changes in Obama's approval rating. In fact, if anything, Obama's approval rating was lower when consumer sentiment was higher.
This is a complete reversal of the trend dating back to the John Kennedy administration. From Kennedy to George W. Bush, you could count on consumer sentiment changes to drive changes in overall approval ratings. Not surprisingly, therefore, the perceptions of a good economy lifted Ronald Reagan to re-election in 1984 and sunk George H.W. Bush in 1992.
Perhaps the trend will reverse itself over the next year and a half, but it may be the case that the economy just doesn't matter that much anymore when it comes to approval ratings.
2. Voters don't feel Trump is on their side
It's one thing to think the economy is working. It's another thing to believe the economy and the head of the government is working on behalf of you. Americans don't believe that Trump cares about the average American. The percentage who do has hovered around 40%, which is right around where Trump's approval rating has been. That's about the same percentage of voters who believe the administration has done enough to help the middle class.
Indeed, changes in the percentage of Americans who think Trump cares about the average American have been correlated with changes in the his overall approval rating. ........................
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