Rachel Maddow: Ames Straw Poll is a meaningless ‘racket’
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explained on her show Monday night why the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa was a “bingo game” with meaningless results for the Republican presidential race.
“The sort of refreshing thing about the Ames Straw Poll is that the people making money off this racket, the Iowa Republican Party, fully admit that it is a racket that is just designed to make them money,” she said.
“Based on the way the beltway media handles the Ames Straw Poll, you might surmise that Ames Straw Poll has some predictive power,” Maddow continued. “It does not however happen to be true.”
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Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced Monday that his office has grounds to investigate President Donald Trump for tax fraud.
The New York Times reported that Vance's office gave details about the investigation that it has been working on for the past two years. It's the first time he revealed the specifics about any possible charges publicly.
Vance is the DA who subpoenaed Trump's taxes last year, only to be blocked at every turn by Trump's lawyers. But the Supreme Court, including one of Trump's own appointees, ruled against his efforts to quash the subpoena. Vance requested eight years of Trump's tax returns.
Standing in front of a gaggle of reporters outside the White House this Monday, President Trump somewhat doubled down on his contention that Ruth Bader Ginsburg's final wish days before her death was a hoax.
Trump was asked if he still believed that was the case, and responded that it sounds to him "like it would be somebody else."
Trump acknowledged that he could be wrong, but still believes she may not have said what reports claim.
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WATCH: Trump refuses to call out Putin for poisoning of political opponent
President Donald Trump on Monday continued to demonstrate his subservience to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"Who do you think poisoned Alexei Navalny in Russia?" a reporter asked Trump as he was departing the White House for a campaign rally in Swanton, Ohio.
"Uh," Trump replied. "We'll talk about that at another time."
"On Wednesday, the German government confirmed the doctors’ fears: Mr. Navalny, 44, had been poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent from the Novichok family, a potent class of chemical weapon developed by the Soviet Union that was used at least once before in recent years in an attack on a Kremlin enemy," The New York Times reported on September 15th. "The Novichok revelation, which the German government said was based on “unequivocal evidence,” provided the strongest indication yet that the Kremlin, which has denied involvement, was behind the poisoning, as Western intelligence agencies have assessed that only the Russian government would likely have access to such a dangerous weapon."
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We have the grounds to investigate Trump and his company for tax fraud: Manhattan DA
Trump discounts RBG’s dying wish as being ‘too convenient’ for Democrats
WATCH: Trump refuses to call out Putin for poisoning of political opponent
‘Streets will run red with blood’: Trump-loving senator mocked for ad bragging she’s ‘more conservative than ‘Attila the Hun’
‘Shaping policies’: Trump official in charge of personnel at HHS has been a college senior – report
WATCH: Trump refuses to call out Putin for poisoning of political opponent
So-called moderate Georgia senator brags she’s as conservative as a pagan barbarian who killed his own brother to rule
HHS secretary says all ‘Warp Speed’ vaccines will have ‘liability protection’ from lawsuits
NPR’s Nina Totenberg blows up Trump’s lie about Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish
