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Thursday, January 19, 2017

Confirmation Hearings Discussion Thread - Politics

Confirmation Hearings Discussion Thread - Politics

Confirmation Hearings Discussion Thread

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 08:15 AM PST

Confirmation Live Streams

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Submissions to /r/politics of articles about these confirmations will still be allowed. This submission is meant to serve as a discussion thread.

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Elizabeth Warren: The GOP is putting the country in danger by ignoring ethics rules

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 04:42 AM PST

Barack Obama won’t promise to remain silent about President Trump.

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 03:51 AM PST

Gingrich Calls for Abolition of the Congressional Budget Office So Trump Can Cook America’s Books

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 02:54 AM PST

Trump's EPA Pick Hasn't "Looked at the Scientific Research" on Lead Poisoning

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 04:47 AM PST

Donald Trump’s biographers: He’s narcissistic, belligerent and deeply fears that he’s illegitimate

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 06:23 AM PST

The “scientists” who support Trump’s choice to run the EPA are creationists with opaque funding sources

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 04:03 AM PST

Republican Lawmakers in Five States Propose Bills to Criminalize Peaceful Protest

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 06:14 AM PST

Perry: ‘I regret’ call to scrap Energy Department

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 04:55 AM PST

FBI joins 5 other intelligence agencies in investigating secret Russian aid to Donald Trump

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 04:56 AM PST

Steven Mnuchin, Treasury Nominee, Failed to Disclose $100 Million in Assets

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 08:29 AM PST

Trump bragged about incredible photos of bikers coming to his inauguration. The photos are fake.

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 05:16 AM PST

Republicans Around the Nation Push to Criminalize Civil Disobedience

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 08:16 AM PST

This is the most ominous Inauguration Day in modern history

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 06:39 AM PST

Despite 'very big enemies' to U.S., President-elect Donald Trump wants minimal information at intelligence briefings

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 04:37 AM PST

Trump asks some 50 senior Obama appointees to stay on

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 07:44 AM PST

Bill would replace Columbus Day with day honoring Chief Standing Bear, other Native American leaders

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 09:08 AM PST

Trump is putting the wolves of Wall Street in charge of America’s economy

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 07:19 AM PST

‘He Has This Deep Fear That He Is Not a Legitimate President’

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 05:31 PM PST

White House Press Secretary: The work of journalists has never been more important

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 07:41 AM PST

'We're Not Going To Be Silent': Protesters Prep For Women's March On Washington

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 05:10 AM PST

Trump may be becoming the new normal. I refuse to accept that.

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 07:24 AM PST

Trump reportedly wants to cut cultural programs that make up 0.02 percent of federal spending

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 08:07 AM PST

Elizabeth Warren: Trump's treasury secretary pick 'grinds families into the dirt'

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 02:51 AM PST

Treasury nominee initially omitted more than $100 million from disclosures, Democratic memo says

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 06:03 AM PST

Trump meets with potential Supreme Court nominee who wants gays jailed for having sex

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 03:39 PM PST
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American Airlines is banning carry-on bags and overhead bin use for basic economy passengers - All news

American Airlines is banning carry-on bags and overhead bin use for basic economy passengers - All news

American Airlines is banning carry-on bags and overhead bin use for basic economy passengers

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 06:20 AM PST

A paedophile who travelled to the US from Britain to have sex with boys has been sentenced to 13 years in a federal prison by a Los Angeles Court.

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 02:46 AM PST

Encyclopaedias now virtually 'worthless' as Wikipedia celebrates 16th anniversary -- once a huge investment for the family home and a vital part of any school library, but encyclopaedias have now passed into history

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 08:13 AM PST

Female, 17, charged with knife-point rape of 19-year-old man

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 02:20 PM PST

Manning to lose transgender benefits with dishonorable discharge

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 05:47 AM PST

Scientists find Alzheimer's drug makes teeth grow back signaling possible end of fillings

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 06:02 PM PST

The Secret Service says a vehicle in a motorcade for Vice President-elect Mike Pence struck a D.C. police reserve officer.

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 06:19 AM PST

Samsung Heir facing corruption charges unlikely to face arrest in South Korea because he is deemed too important to the economy.

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 05:17 AM PST

Foreclosed mall once valued at $190M is auctioned for $100

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 04:33 AM PST

Walmart sued for firing of employee with Down syndrome

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 05:57 AM PST

More EpiPen Rivals coming. Adamis Announces FDA Acceptance of Resubmission of Its Epinephrine Pre-Filled Syringe NDA

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 08:30 AM PST

A Dog’s Purpose draws accusations of animal cruelty as disturbing on-set footage surfaces

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 05:22 PM PST

Dallas Observer; Top Exec Tells Morning News Staff That Paper Cannot Survive on Clicks Alone.

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 05:56 AM PST

'Many dead' in avalanche on Italy hotel - BBC News

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 11:51 PM PST

Feds sue nation's largest student loan servicer, accusing it of cheating borrowers

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 01:01 PM PST

B-2 bombers kill nearly 100 ISIS terrorists in Libya

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 05:52 AM PST

Thousands of milk buyers may be eligible for some extra dough following an alleged conspiracy in which milk producers drove up the price of milk by prematurely killing half a million cows.

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 11:28 AM PST

Dog’s ears, nose cut off in Detroit; $2,500 reward

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 07:21 PM PST

Mother and ex-partner jailed for 13 years after feeding drugs to girl, four, in Lincolnshire

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 05:55 AM PST

Billionaire Jack Ma tells interesting difference between Alibaba and Amazon

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 06:30 AM PST

U.S. National Debt to Top $20 Trillion in March 2017

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 09:41 AM PST

Case dropped against deaf man accused of resisting orders he could not hear

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 11:22 AM PST
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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

The widow of the Orlando nightclub gunman knew about the attack ahead of time and then hindered the criminal investigation when she lied to FBI agents after the shooting, say prosecutors who will be in a California court Wednesday to discuss transferring her to Florida. - All news

The widow of the Orlando nightclub gunman knew about the attack ahead of time and then hindered the criminal investigation when she lied to FBI agents after the shooting, say prosecutors who will be in a California court Wednesday to discuss transferring her to Florida. - All news

The widow of the Orlando nightclub gunman knew about the attack ahead of time and then hindered the criminal investigation when she lied to FBI agents after the shooting, say prosecutors who will be in a California court Wednesday to discuss transferring her to Florida.

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 06:46 AM PST

Grandmother evicted under Arizona 'Squatters Law' even though she was paying rent

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 04:57 AM PST

Barack Obama transfers $500m to Green Climate Fund in attempt to protect Paris deal | US news

Posted: 17 Jan 2017 08:01 PM PST

Huntsman Cancer Institute researchers finds elephant protein destroys human cancer cells

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 06:58 AM PST

Edward Snowden allowed to stay in Russia for 'a couple more years'

Posted: 17 Jan 2017 11:23 PM PST

Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence

Posted: 17 Jan 2017 01:19 PM PST

Assange 'standing by' offer to be extradited to US

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 03:51 AM PST

2016 Was the Hottest Year Ever. It’s the Third Year in a Row of Record-High Heat

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 07:34 AM PST

Trump's fight to slash the taxes on his $50 million golf course

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 06:39 AM PST

Denver starts work on allowing marijuana in public, a first in US.

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 08:04 AM PST

The Pittsford man convicted of harassing an autistic teenage cross-country runner in Cobb's Hill Park in October was sentenced in Rochester City Court on Tuesday to three years of probation and 80 hours of community service.

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 06:23 AM PST

U.S. sues JPMorgan for alleged mortgage discrimination

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 06:17 AM PST

Julian Assange will not hand himself in because Chelsea Manning's release won't happen immediately, lawyer says

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 08:59 AM PST

Julian Assange backs out of Manning extradition offer

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 09:15 AM PST

National Guard Deploys Missile Launchers to Dakota Access Pipeline to ‘Observe’ Protestors

Posted: 17 Jan 2017 05:11 PM PST

Earth Sets a Temperature Record for the Third Straight Year

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 07:35 AM PST

Owner of dogs who killed one child and critically injured another to be charged with involuntary manslaughter

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 08:39 AM PST

Only six states require police to track whether they filed any criminal charges when they seize cash, cars or other forms of property, according to a new report published on Tuesday.

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 09:13 AM PST

The Latest: Dakota Access protest arrests surpass 600

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 07:56 AM PST

Jury convicts LAPD officer of destroying evidence and sending 'harmful' messages to teen.

Posted: 17 Jan 2017 07:21 PM PST

White House concedes it won’t close Guantanamo after all

Posted: 17 Jan 2017 08:07 PM PST

Man sues Evanston, Illinois Police Department for a wrongful arrest.

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 04:02 AM PST

Numbers Are In – The Average Net Worth of Americans Ages 18-30 is -$17,612

Posted: 17 Jan 2017 09:49 AM PST

Justice Department, EPA and The Navajo Nation Announce Settlement for Cleanup of 94 Abandoned Uranium Mines on The Navajo Nation

Posted: 17 Jan 2017 10:12 PM PST
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