Was I the only one to hear this? Kushner FAMILY conspired to obstruct justice.

Just heard on Rachel that Jared Kushner, dad and other family members pushed to get Mueller fired because the investigation of the Trump family business could lead the Feds to look at their own. Did I hear that correctly? Does that put them in legal jeopardy as well?

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Judging by Trump's Twitter rant, Bannon doesn't have anymore dirt.

Hope Hicks' family, friends say she'll need therapy after she leaves Trump

Family and friends of Hope Hicks believe the White House communications director will have to seek professional counseling after she leaves her job in the administration, according to a report published Thursday.

"Following the Trump victory and her [Hope Hicks] move into the White House, her friends and intimates talked with great concern about what kind of therapies and recuperation she would need after her tenure was finally over," an excerpt from Michael Wolff's forthcoming book "Fire and Fury" stated, as reprinted in GQ.

Hicks, 29, was the first person President Trump's campaign hired in 2015. She had worked for Matthew Hiltzik's New York-based public relations firm before jumping to Ivanka Trump's fashion brand, where the eldest Trump daughter recommended Hicks for her father's campaign.

"As the campaign progressed, moving from novelty project to political factor to juggernaut, Hicks’ family increasingly, and incredulously, viewed her as if having been taken captive," Wolff wrote.

Despite having worked directly for Trump over the past two and a half years, the now-president has had moments of intense rage with her performance.

"On more than one occasion, after a day – one of the countless days – of particularly bad notices, the president greeted her, affectionately, with 'You must be the world’s worst PR person,'" the same excerpt stated.


http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hope-hicks-family-friends-say-shell-need-therapy-after-she-leaves-trump-report/article/2644967

Ivanka Trump unfollowed Steve Bannon on Twitter

Ivanka Trump no longer follows former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon on Twitter, as of Thursday afternoon. She either unfollowed or blocked Bannon, according to the bot account @TrumpsAlert, which tracks changes to the Trump family’s Twitter accounts. The change comes one day after dozens of salacious details disparaging the Trumps were revealed in excerpts from journalist Michael Wolff’s upcoming book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.

In the book, Bannon launched several sharp critiques of the president, of Ivanka and of the administration as a whole. Bannon is quoted as describing Ivanka as “ dumb as a brick,” and was previously reported to have called her the "queen of leaks," to which she responded by calling him a " fucking liar."

Most notably in the new book, Bannon was quoted as saying that Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign was “treasonous” and “unpatriotic,” and that the president was likely involved in the meeting, as well.


https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/ivanka-trump-unfollowed-steve-bannon-on-twitter/#.Wk7AVMNjonE.twitter

Analyst: Arkansas Democrats likely to flip 16+ State House seats

Holy Crap! Doug Jones' openly gay son stares a hole through Pence during photo op.

Brother of NBA Legend Larry Bird to run as a Democrat for the Indiana State House

Former Vigo County Councilman Mark Bird on Tuesday announced he will file as a Democratic candidate the 43rd District seat in the Indiana House of Representatives.

Bird, 64, in mid December said he was considering running for the office after incumbent Rep. Clyde Kersey, D-Terre Haute, announced he would not see re-election to the House. Kersey has held that seat since 1996.

The first day candidates can file for office is Jan. 10. The last day to file is noon Feb. 9.

“I’ve gotten some great support from Clyde (Kersey) and I hope I can follow in his footsteps and represent the 43rd District as well as he has done for more than two decades," Bird said.

Bird said he initially plans to focus on three issues -- education and labor and drug usage.

"I feel the teacher shortage in Indiana is (because) college students do not want to get into the teaching profession because of the lower pay" and yearly automatic increases for longevity have been removed, Bird said. "I think we need to increase funding for teachers as well as education."


http://www.tribstar.com/news/mark-bird-announces-for-state-representative/article_16da177a-efe0-11e7-88ad-4b0935fe2eb7.html

In rebuke to Trump, Charlottesville selects first black woman mayor

he city of Charlottesville, Virginia suffered a dark year in 2017.

Marked out by Confederate sympathizers for moving to eliminate a statue of Robert E. Lee, white supremacists converged on the city for violent demonstrations in August, resulting in the murder of civil rights activist Heather Heyer.

Donald Trump did nothing to comfort the city, claiming some of the white supremacists were “very fine people” and blaming the violence on “both sides.” Republican Rep. Tom Garrett, whose district includes Charlottesville, even posed for a smiling photo-op with one of the racist activists who organized the violent event.

But the residents of the city fought back against hate at the ballot box — and their efforts have resulted in a new and diverse generation of state and local leaders.

In November, Charlottesville helped elect Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax — the second-ever African American to hold that office.
And at the local level, Charlottesville city councilor Nikuyah Walker, also elected last November, was appointed mayor on Tuesday, becoming the first black woman in that role.


https://shareblue.com/in-rebuke-to-trump-charlottesville-selects-first-black-woman-mayor/

Doug Jones and Tina Smith sworn into the Senate (VIDEO)