Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.), “The Apprentice” producer Mark Burnett, and Pres. Trump at the 2017 National Prayer Breakfast. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. By Ken Klippenstein A secretive Christian political group alluded to in Monday’s criminal complaint against an alleged Russian agent sent a conservative Christian congressman on multiple trips to eastern European nations friendly with Russia, federal records show. …
Trump, GOP Delete Decades of Medical Guidelines
Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Kentucky) speaking at the 2016 National Rx Drug Abuse Summit. (Image: House.gov) By Jonathan Larsen A decades-old federal storehouse of treatment and prescription guidelines for the medical profession will be gone as of Monday. And a powerful congressman who led the charge against it scooped up shares last year in stocks of companies that stand to benefit, …
Trump Fingerprint Policy Is Likely Reducing Immigrant Family Reunification
Sponsors for undocumented children are being deterred from claiming them by new ICE policy of checking all fingerprints. (Photo illustration; photo by John Moore/Getty Images) By Alex Kotch An invasive new Trump administration fingerprinting policy for families seeking to sponsor immigrant children is already having a chilling effect on reunifications, an immigrant shelter employee tells TYT. And immigrant rights advocates …
ICE Paid Famous Motivational Speaker for ‘Leadership Training’
By Ken Klippenstein At the same time that the Trump administration authorized its controversial border separation policy, morale at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may have received a boost from an unlikely source: a famous motivational speaker with a history of criticizing President Trump. ICE awarded a $98,000 no-bid contract for “customized Simon Sinek leadership training” to take place between …
Sources: Wealthy Founder of Nonprofit Housing Migrant Children Asks Staff for Money
By Alex Kotch Roughly two weeks ago, Antar Davidson’s superiors at a Tucson, Arizona, shelter operated by Southwest Key Programs called an all-staff meeting. The founder and CEO of the nonprofit corporation, Juan Sanchez, had arrived, and he wanted to address his employees. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services pays Sanchez’s nonprofit hundreds of millions of dollars a …
DeVos Invested in Maker of Assault-Weapon Sighting Systems
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on June 5, 2018. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. By Jonathan Larsen Education Secretary Betsy DeVos last year acquired a stake worth at least one million dollars in a high-tech optics company that makes parts for military-grade rifles and other weapons, according to a recent disclosure filing. The disclosure …
Meek Mill Sought Pardon Via Trump-Connected Lobbyist
Meek Mill with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf at a Philadelphia 76ers game in Philadelphia. Meek Mill attended the game immediately following his release from prison on April 24, 2018. Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images. By Ken Klippenstein Philadelphia-based rapper Meek Mill, who was released from prison last month, had an unlikely advocate in his fight for freedom: Kerry Casey, a …