Arrested Feeling The Country

Imran Awan, a House staffer at the center of a criminal investigation potentially impacting dozens of Democratic lawmakers, has been arrested on bank fraud and is prevented from leaving the country while the charges are pending.

David Dameron, a spokesman for US Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz -- one of the lawmakers who employed Awan -- said late Tuesday Awan had been fired.

The focus of the Russia investigation this week is on Donald Trump Jr, Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort. However, another name has been thrown into the ever-expanding Russia narrative: Dr. Jill Stein, former Green Party presidential candidate.

https://twitter.com/DrJillStein/status/888461093718429699

"A house divided against itself cannot stand.” - Abraham Lincoln

The almost-deadly attack by a gunman at a Republican baseball practice briefly focused national attention on the dangerous level political polarization has reached in the US. It’s been trending upward for decades.

"Partisan gerrymandering is diluting the voice of the American people," writes US Rep. John K. Delaney (D-Md.) in a Facebook post.

Delaney posted a video on his Facebook Page Monday explaining in simple terms how partisan gerrymandering works, and how his "Open Our Democracy Act" would end the partisan gerrymander.

The South Dakota State Legislature fully repealed a major anti-corruption law earlier this year that voters approved in November 2016. But voters in the state may get a second chance at reform.

Represent South Dakota, a nonpartisan anti-corruption organization that campaigned for the 2016 ballot measure, is now working to enshrine elements of the repealed law in the state's constitution through a voter-approved amendment.

President Donald Trump made a last-ditch plea to U.S. Senate Republicans Monday to fulfill seven years of campaign promises to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's signature health care law.

The Senate will vote today on whether to open debate on an overhaul of the law, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promising an open amendment process and a "robust" debate.

Tesla may soon be saved by California -- and its taxpayers.

The State Assembly passed a bill, AB 1184, to increase subsidizes for electric car purchases to $3 billion over the next 7 years. The bill favors manufacturers that make electric-only cars, like Tesla, over companies that sell hybrids.

And there is no bigger electric-only company than Tesla, which means it may soon get a major bailout courtesy of the California taxpayer.

The battle between Donald Trump and CNN may be the most explosive President vs. Network battle yet, but it’s by no means the first.

You don’t have to think far back to recall that President Obama had a few harsh words for Fox News...it was just that he had stopped short of calling them fake news.

US voters say lawmakers on Capitol Hill care more about what the media is saying than what voters want. That is what a new Rasmussen poll found.

Rasmussen published the results of a new poll Monday that shows 55% of respondents "believe what the media thinks matters more to the average member of Congress than what voters think."

Possibly even more troubling than that is only 21% of respondents said they believe the average member of Congress cares what their constituents think. All one needs to do is try to call their representative to know the extent of this.