Leaked tape reveals Nunes impeachment strategy for Rosenstein

Republicans to make move on deputy AG after Kavanaugh confirmation No Images? Click here   By Paul Vale     Thursday, August 9  NUNES REVEALS GOP ROSENSTEIN PLAY In tapes leaked to MSNBC, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) said at a fundraising dinner last week that Republicans were holding off impeachment proceedings against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to avoid derailing Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook] MORE RUSSIA SANCTIONS OVER UK SPY ATTACK The State Department said it will impose fresh sanctions on Russia after it determined that Moscow had used a nerve agent against a former Russian agent and his daughter in Britain. [HuffPost] ARGENTINA VOTES DOWN BILL TO LEGALIZE ABORTION The Argentine senate has rejected a bill to legalize abortion, pushing back against a groundswell of support from a surging abortion rights movement. [Reuters] TRUMP-FRIENDLY CONGRESSMAN ARRESTED FOR SECURITIES FRAUD Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), one of Trump earliest and loudest backers, has been charged by the FBI with insider trading. [HuffPost] JACK AND SHILL Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey decided the best person to speak to about his refusal to ban conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who peddled the lie that the Sandy Hook massacre was a false-flag event with child actors, was conspiracy theorist Sean Hannity, who peddled the lie that slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich leaked DNC emails to WikiLeaks and was targeted for “assassination.” [HuffPost] CHILDREN TRAINED TO CARRY OUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS A man arrested at a New Mexico compound last week was allegedly training children to carry out school shootings. [HuffPost]         ACADEMY TO INTRODUCE OSCAR FOR ‘POPULAR’ FILM The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that it will introduce a new category at next year’s Oscar ceremony honoring “outstanding achievement in popular film.” It’s an insult to us all. [HuffPost] INGRAHAM: LEGAL IMMIGRATION IS BAD Fox News haircut Laura Ingraham continued her descent into white nationalism Wednesday, complaining that immigration, including legal immigration, had caused “massive demographic changes” that were “foisted” on Americans — “changes that none of us ever voted for and most of us don’t like.” [HuffPost] DEMS LODGE FOIA ON SCOTUS PICK Senate Democrats said they filed a series of Freedom of Information Act requests seeking documents tied to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s work as staff secretary for George W. Bush. [HuffPost] CHINA STRIKES BACK IN TRADE WAR China says it will retaliate with tariffs of 25 percent on U.S. goods worth $16 billion, mirroring the U.S. tariffs Trump says he will levy on Beijing. [CNN] POLICE TASER 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL Police in Cincinnati, Ohio, are reviewing policies after an officer used a Taser stun gun on an 11-year-old girl accused of shoplifting. [HuffPost] UBER AND LYFT CAP IN GOTHAM New York City Council has decided to cap ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft in a major blow to the tech companies. [HuffPost] HOW MO. REJECTED RIGHT-TO-WORK Missouri voters rejected the state’s new right-to-work law by referendum Tuesday night, delivering a stinging rebuke to the GOP legislature. Here’s how they did it. [HuffPost]       This is what California’s largest wildfire looks like from space. Immediately watch this “Funky White Sister” cover Missy Elliot’s “Work It” at a cookout. It’s sensational. This viral video of a man beating his wife moments before she fell to her death has sparked outrage in Brazil. We reveal the real reason expensive pasta tastes better than the cheap stuff. Lombok in Indonesia has been hit by 5.9-magnitude tremor days after a deadly earthquake killed some 350 people. An appeals court has rejected former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner’s bid for a new trial and upheld his sexual assault and attempted rape convictions. Twitter burned Ivanka Trump over her welding attempt: Can “this work on prison bars?” Kourtney Kardashian’s split from Younes Bendjima is already super-messy. How the Trump administration is seriously politicizing California’s catastrophic wildfires. A police chief in California has penned a heartbreaking letter to his community after learning his son allegedly attacked and elderly Sikh man. Here are the five best Amazon Prime original series of 2018 so far. A store clerk in Santa Fe, New Mexico, called the police on a student buying candy because “he’s being arrogant, because he’s black.” Here’s how to play your old gaming consoles on a HDMI-only TV. This friendship between a cat and a rat doesn’t make sense — but it’s real. And here are 17 hilarious tweets about the struggle with boob sweat. 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