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If You're Looking For A Link To the Mueller Report, Look No Further
Editor's Note:
We're not downloading the entire Mueller report, but here is the Justice Department URL to read the report at:
Report On the Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Election, Vol I and II; Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III
https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf?_ga=2.80421777.744576135.1555603755-461170982.1555603755
Mueller received the following military awards and decorations:
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Update: Hearing: Lessons From the Mueller Report: Presidential Obstruction and Other Crimes; Chairman Nadler Rejects DOJ Demand that House Cancel Contempt Vote Before Resuming Negotiations
On March 27, 2019, the Committee held a hearing on the pardon power. On April 19, the Committee subpoenaed the Mueller report and underlying documents. On May 2, Attorney General Barr refused to appear for a scheduled hearing before the Committee. On May 15, the Committee held a hearing on executive privilege. On May 20, the White House blocked former White House Counsel McGahn from appearing for a scheduled hearing. On May 21, the Committee issued subpoenas for Annie Donaldson, former chief of staff for former White House counsel McGahn and for Hope Hicks, former White House Communications Director. Hicks and Donaldson were sent document requests as part of the investigation on March 4. more »
It’s Time to Celebrate Woman Suffrage
Jo Freeman writes: With everyone talking about the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising and the 30th anniversary of the Tian’anmen Square massacre, few noticed that June 4 was also the beginning of the 100 anniversary of the 19 Amendment. more »
Ferida Wolff's Backyard: Nature's Progression and A Robin's Beautiful Eggs
We are greeted by the most amazing azalea bushes in our front yard! Big puffs of pink remind us of the beauty of Spring. The warmer weather is not just about the brilliance of a flowering bush. I get yelled at each time I pass by the Smoke Tree in our backyard. The yeller is a robin trying to get me away from her nest and the four beautiful blue eggs inside. She, or he because both male and female robins are very protective of the nest, zooms out of the Smoke Tree and onto an extended peach tree branch, all the while watching me with intense eyes. When I move out of the immediate nest area, the robin flies back to the nest, no doubt content that the immediate danger has passed. I understand her/his need to protect the potential babies. more »
Rose Madeline Mula's Long Live Laughter!
Nothing captures my heart more firmly than endearing but flawed characters with whom I can identify, an improbable but somehow still believable story, and — especially — a clever punch line. A writer who can make me laugh gets my vote every time. Sure, occasionally I enjoy curling up with one of the Bronte sisters, Hemingway, Du Maurier, or Fitzgerald. And sometimes I try to match wits with James Patterson, David Baldacci, or John Grisham — or even allow myself to be terrorized by a Stephen King horror tale. But for the most part, I love a writer who tickles my funny bone. more »
