No one’s expecting Donald Trump’s Thursday rally in Minneapolis to go seamlessly. Some 20,000 mostly out-of-towners will descend on the Target Center. An even larger crowd of locals will be frothing outside. It's a recipe that makes collisions inevitable.

So Republicans will be escorted to and from their cars. That duty will fall to Oath Keepers, a “patriot” group whose members fancy themselves as “guardians of the republic.” Or as the Southern Poverty Law Center calls them, “one of the largest radical anti-government groups in the U.S. today.”

http://www.citypages.com/news/armed-conspiracy-group-will-defend-republicans-at-minneapolis-trump-rally/562562061

Sergio
@ResisterSiano
Let's hit him where it hurts: his rally attendance.

Book your two free tickets to Trump's New Hampshire rally, don't attend, and join us in protesting outside.

Let's make this go viral!

House of Representatives orders Pentagon to investigate whether ticks were once used as biological weaponsCNN)The US House of Representatives has ordered an investigation into whether the Department of Defense experimented with ticks and other insects as biological weapons.

In an amendment passed last week, the House calls for the Defense Department's Inspector General to look at whether any such experiments were done between the years 1950 and 1975.

The amendment was introduced by New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith who said he was inspired to write it by "a number of books and articles suggesting that significant research had been done at US government facilities including Fort Detrick, Maryland, and Plum Island, New York, to turn ticks and other insects into bioweapons."
"If true, what were the parameters of the program? Who ordered it?" Smith said during a debate for the amendment. "Was there any accidental release anywhere or at any time of any of the diseased ticks?"

Each year, nearly 30,000 cases of Lyme Disease are reported to the CDC, which also says that more than 300,000 people are diagnosed with the disease each year. In 2017, a total of 42,743 confirmed and probable cases of Lyme Disease were reported to the CDC, 17% more than in 2016, according to the agency.

Malcolm Nance
‏Verified account @MalcolmNance
2h2 hours ago

MY INITIAL ASSESSMENT: The #MuellersReport started as a counter intelligence investigation. There’s already conspiracy, collusion & cooperation in plain sight. The report itself is likely THE CRIMINAL INDICTMENT YOU’RE WAITING FOR. The Remedy is #Impeachment #ReleaseMuellerReport
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Malcolm Nance
‏Verified account @MalcolmNance
1h1 hour ago

CONSIDER THIS: The counter intelligence ops may not yield more criminal charges to protect the current collections methods of allies. But this report is also likely a MASSIVE obstruction of justice indictment. There are two swings at the bat on this one. #FearNot. #MuellerReport

SCHIFF: “Well, what it means is that the office of the special counsel is going to contract a attorney to the justice Department that that office won't be bringing any further indictments. It doesn't mean, of course, that main justice or the seventh district of New York and the eastern district or others may not bring indictments. In fact, given the lengthy redactions in many of the pleadings of the special counsel eluding to other investigations, I think it's entirely possible if not likely that there will be other indictments. Now how central or peripheral they'll be to the core issues of potential conspiracy is yet to be determined. But in terms of the special counsel's record, I think it's one asking about historic standards and nermz of the swiftness of the investigation and the number of people close to the president that were indicted and convicted, the number of Russians indicted, the specificity of the information given about Russia's interference in our election. It's a signal accomplishment for any team of prosecutors.”

https://news.grabien.com/story-rep-schiff-entirely-possible-if-not-likely-there-will-be-oth

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) raised $1.5 million from 38,000 online donors in the 24 hours after she announced her 2020 presidential run, according to her campaign.

Why it matters: Harris has said she will reject corporate PAC money to fund her campaign, making these grassroots donations — the average was $37 — crucial to her bid for the White House. Small-dollar, online donations helped Democratic candidates at all levels across the country in the 2018 midterms and Harris' success suggests the momentum is still there for the 2020 cycle.