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Trump revokes security clearance for former CIA director John Brennan (Fox News)
President Trump has revoked the security clearance for former CIA director John Brennan, the White House announced Wednesday, in the first decision to come from a review of access for several top Obama-era intelligence and law enforcement officials.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders read a statement on behalf of the president during the start of the press briefing, saying Brennan “has a history that calls his credibility into question.”
The statement also said that Brennan had been “leveraging” the clearance to make “wild outbursts” and claims against the Trump administration. [Read More]
The owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop has sued Gov. John Hickenlooper and state civil rights officials, claiming the state has renewed its “crusade” by investigating him — in defiance of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision — for refusing to create a cake commemorating a gender transition.
Jack Phillips of Lakewood brought the lawsuit late Tuesday night in U.S. District Court in Denver against Hickenlooper and members of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission.
According to Phillips’ lawsuit, the commission ruled that he once again violated the state’s nondiscrimination law when he refused to bake a cake for an Arvada woman celebrating the seventh anniversary of her gender transition. [Read More]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo: America ‘Was Never That Great’ (Mediaite)
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo rejected President Donald Trump‘s “Make America Great Again” slogan at an event on Wednesday, saying America “was never that great.”
Speaking at an event in New York City, USA Today’s Jon Campbellreported that Cuomo spent much of his event criticizing Trump: [Read More]
Early voting may save Keith Ellison. Is that fair? (Conservative Review)
Will the domestic abuse allegations against Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., derail his chances in the Minnesota Democratic primary today? Probably not, and that’s the problem with early voting.
To recap the weekend and Monday news: Days before the Minnesota Democratic primary elections, Ellison, the deputy DNC chairman and candidate for state attorney general is facing serious allegations of domestic abuse. Ellison is accused of physically and verbally abusing his ex-girlfriend, Karen Monahan. Monahan’s son Austin Aslim Monahan made the allegations public Saturday evening with a Facebook post reported by Twitchy, in which he claimed he saw text messages and video on his mother’s computer in 2017 documenting the abuse.
“I found over 100 text and twitters messages and video almost 2 min long that showed Keith Ellison dragging my mama off the bed by her feet, screaming and calling her a ‘fucking bitch’ and telling her to get the fuck out of his house,” Austin Monahan wrote. He told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that he is not in possession of the video, though he stands by his allegations. [Read More]
Hallquist: I’m not sure what socialism is (CNN)
Christine Hallquist, who won the Democratic primary for governor in Vermont, talks with CNN’s John Berman about becoming the first transgender gubernatorial nominee for a major political party. [Read More]
Robert Mizic, 47, said his life was taken away as an altar boy 35 years ago, when he was abused by his parish priest at a Catholic Church in suburban Philadelphia.
He is one of the many accusers in a sweeping scandal encircling the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania. [Read More]
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