It has happened again. An unarmed Black man was shot by a police officer because she "guessed" he had a gun. He didn't. She got acquitted by a Tulsa, Oklahoma jury. Maybe it's all part of a witch hunt?! Oh, right. That honor goes to former FBI Director Robert Mueller who will oversee the special investigation into the Trump administration’s ties to Russia. Trump, who called this "the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!," seems to be forgetting, oh you know, a certain birth certificate or McCarthyism. WaPo reports that House Majority LeaderKevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) were caught going back and forth about Donald Trump and Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) being on Vladimir Putin's payroll. And the NYT reports that Michael Flynn told Trump's transition team weeks before the inauguration that he was under federal investigation for secretly working as a paid lobbyist for Turkey during the campaign. Here's what's happening:
- More than a thousand people gathered last night to bid The Leadership Conference'sWade Henderson a farewell as they celebrated his decades of service to civil rights.
- An Obama appointee heads to the Leadership Conference.
- Barack Obama calls Trump on his BS.
- There's a new sheriff in town ... and it's David Clarke.
- Arrests of undocumented immigrants without criminal records spike150%.
- If the Tri-Caucus were a band, they'd be Earth, Wind, & Fire. They rock with Mother Earth.
- The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs advances economic development for Native Americans.
- NC Republicans are hard headed. They're pursuing voter suppression efforts again.
- The Root 100 wants your noms.
- They're trying to say DC isn't fit -- clearly they haven't seen us waiting 40 mins for a treadmill at Vida.