"Everyone is entitled to defense under the constitution, the more people criticize me the more it makes me realize that I understand what's important; they may not realize it. And the more it highlights how important this job is. I have no problem representing someone like Larry Nassar. I feel like I get energized from the fact that other people don't understand and don't appreciate what our constitution is about," she said.

Of course, there just might be other reasons, such as trust in Republican government, having to give up real addresses etc after being in hiding, and the registration fee of $495, which may well be a lot of money for many.

President Trump's vision of soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the boulevards of Washington is moving closer to reality in the Pentagon and White House, where officials say they have begun to plan a grand military parade later this year showcasing the might of America's armed forces.

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Surrounded by the military's highest ranking officials, including Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joe Dunford, Trump's seemingly abstract desire for a parade was suddenly heard as a presidential directive, the officials said.

"The marching orders were: I want a parade like the one in France," said a military official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the planning discussions are supposed to remain confidential. "This is being worked at the highest levels of the military."

Like it actually means anything.  24% of the country is republican

The Republican Party, as an institution, has become a danger to the rule of law and the integrity of our democracy. The problem is not just Donald Trump; it's the larger political apparatus that made a conscious decision to enable him. In a two-party system, nonpartisanship works only if both parties are consistent democratic actors. If one of them is not predictably so, the space for nonpartisans evaporates. We're thus driven to believe that the best hope of defending the country from Trump's Republican enablers, and of saving the Republican Party from itself, is to do as Toren Beasley did: vote mindlessly and mechanically against Republicans at every opportunity, until the party either rights itself or implodes (very preferably the former).

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We're suggesting that in today's situation, people should vote a straight Democratic ticket even if they are not partisan, and despite their policy views. They should vote against Republicans in a spirit that is, if you will, prepartisan and prepolitical. Their attitude should be: The rule of law is a threshold value in American politics, and a party that endangers this value disqualifies itself, period. In other words, under certain peculiar and deeply regrettable circumstances, sophisticated, independent-minded voters need to act as if they were dumb-ass partisans.

The purpose of the speech was to push Paul Ryan to hold a fair vote in the House on DACA and the future of the Dreamers.

It was an extreme measure by a Democratic caucus that is using every tool at the disposal of the minority to save the Dreamers.

Devin Nunes is spearheading a plan to build a literal wall to separate Republicans and Democrats in the House Intelligence Committee's secure spaces.

Meh

I got the generator, pot, vodka and propane.

Get thee to a P.R. firm pronto, Quentin, before thou openst thy mouth to say anything else.

Oops, too late.

President Trump's vision of soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the boulevards of Washington is moving closer to reality in the Pentagon and White House, where officials say they have begun to plan a grand military parade later this year showcasing the might of America's armed forces.

Caught on the body-cam mic, the sheriff says in effect that he doesn't want his cars damaged by a "Pitt Maneuver," so he says, "Don't ram him, shoot him."

So they shot him and he's dead.  Arriving too late to add to the gunfire and unaware he was being recorded, the sheriff talked about how much he enjoyed ordering the shooting.

"Jesus himself is our flu shot. He redeemed us from the curse of the flu."

"We have a duck season, a deer season, but we don't have a flu season and don't receive it when someone threatens you with `everybody is getting the flu,'" Copeland added. "We've already had our shot: He bore our sicknesses and carried our diseases. That's what we stand on. And by his stripes we are healed."

Voters in California's Santa Clara County will decide this summer whether or not to recall the judge who sentenced Brock Turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a fraternity party.

White House staff secretary Rob Porter resigned on Wednesday following allegations from both of his ex-wives that he physically and emotionally abused them.

In a statement confirming his departure, Porter denied the allegations.

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When the White House confirmed Porter's resignation, the administration also circulated statements from several individuals defending Porter's character and work ethic.

"Rob Porter is a man of true integrity and honor and I can't say enough good things about him. He is a friend, a confidante and a trusted professional. I am proud to serve alongside him," chief of staff John Kelly said in a statement.

Kelly urged Porter to stay in his position at the White House after the allegations became public, according to reports from the Washington Post and Axios.

Both of Porter's ex-wives told the Intercept that they told the FBI that Porter abused them in interviews for his security clearance. Kelly was aware of a 2010 protective order Willoughby obtained against Porter and the order kept Porter from obtaining a full security clearance, a senior administration official told Politico.

Only the best people, right?  I mean, what's a little domestic violence from a person of "true integrity and honor?"

I un-muted just in time to hear him warn Dems they could be falling into a Trump trap on this military parade thing.

Still, Day told Vanity Fair that she sees connections between the #MeToo movement and her own work. "It's about allowing women to exist in the world without being harassed or judged regardless of how they like to present themselves," she said. "That's an underlying thread that exists throughout the Swimsuit Issue. You have Harvard graduates, you have billion-dollar moguls, you have philanthropists, you have teachers, you have mothers--you have a full range of women represented in the alumnus of this magazine, and not one of them failed because they wore a bikini."

The father of three of Larry Nassar's victims who tried to tackle the former USA Gymnastics doctor last week in court says he will donate more than $30,000 from an online fundraiser created in his name to Michigan groups that help survivors of sexual assault.

Police: 5-year-old girl burned in voodoo ritual; 2 are charged