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Rush Shares His Cancer Diagnosis Feb 3, 2020   RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, this… This day has been one of the most difficult days in recent memory for me because I’ve known this moment was coming in the program today. Now, I’m sure that you all know by now, I really don’t like talking about myself, and I don’t like making things about me other than in the usual satirical, parodic, joking way.I like this program to be about you and the things that matter to all of us. The one thing that I know that has happened over...

Senate Impeachment Trial LIVE - day 11

Is 2020 shaping up to be the year that celebrities let their MAGA pride flag fly for all to see — liberal snowflakes be damned? After Joy Villa wowed everyone in her pro-Trump dress at the Grammy Awards this past weekend, Frank Clark, defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs, wore some Trump swag of his own during a Super Bowl press conference. The big moment went viral on social media Thursday when Benny Johnson shared footage of the moment on Twitter. Take a look: Needless to say, Clark’s good natured swag caused a mass triggering of liberal SJWs across...

The Talk Shows February 2nd, 2020 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. NOPE*; Alan Dershowitz, a member of President Donald Trump's legal team. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Democratic presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg; NOPE*; Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Buttigieg; White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien; Rep. Adam Schitt, D-Calif.; Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDanielTHIS WEEK (ABC): Democratic presidential candidates Buttigieg and Andrew Yang, two NOPEs*.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Buttigieg; Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa.; Rep. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa. SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES (FNC): NFL...

The chairman of CPAC announced that Utah Sen. Mitt Romney is "formally not invited" to the conservative group's annual conference this year. Matt Schlapp, the head of the American Conservative Union, said Romney is not allowed at the event after the Utah Republican voted in favor of summoning witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump. Romney was one of two Republicans who joined 47 Democrats in supporting the motion, which failed to pass on Friday. "BREAKING: The 'extreme conservative' and Junior Senator from the great state of Utah, @SenatorRomney is formally NOT invited to #CPAC2020," Schlapp wrote in...

Republicans in the Senate secured enough votes Friday evening to reject Democratic efforts to extend the Trump impeachment trial and call new witnesses, as the final vote on whether or not to remove President Trump from office could drag into next week.

Live from WH press room. Running a little behind. Key Points The Trump administration will hold a briefing about the coronavirus outbreak Friday afternoon at the White House. It will involve members of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force, which includes national security advisor Robert O’Brien, Health Secretary Alex Azar and other leading officials. It is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET. You can watch it here.

Britain officially leaves the EU tonight at 2300 GMT (6pm EST / 3pm PST). Live coverage from the UK's Sky News.

Shifty Schiff gave short shrift to his unconstitutional/unauthorized 'impeachment inquiry' (not to mention that he totally deprived the accused his constitutionally guaranteed due process rights) and he brought his incomplete case to the senate (ie, the jury) and expects the senate now to re-open discovery and bring new witnesses and new documents to make HIS case. No thank you! You presented your case to the jury and failed to convince them. You lost. Sit down and shut up! Your time is up. The senate should vote tonight and end this farce without giving the media any more time for jury...

BREAKING: Senate impeachment trial extended to WEDNESDAY

BSO said a driver in an SUV breached two security points outside President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago, and law-enforcement officers fired their weapons at the vehicle. PALM BEACH — Two people are in custody after law enforcement opened fire near President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate following a car chase, according to the sheriff’s office. An SUV breached two security points outside Trump’s Palm Beach home, and law enforcement fired their weapons at the vehicle, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said. It was not immediately known which agency those law-enforcement officers worked for. The Florida Highway Patrol and a PBSO helicopter...

Senate Impeachment Trial LIVE - day 10 Time to end this impeachment sham (continued deep state coup attempt)! Vote it down!!

Democrats are increasingly looking to get Chief Justice John Roberts involved in the debate over witnesses in the impeachment trial as Republicans claim they have the votes to block testimony from former national security adviser John Bolton and others. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., has said he plans to introduce a motion on Friday that would call for Roberts to rule on subpoenas for witnesses, documents, and questions on executive privilege around the additional information Democrats’ want to bring into the impeachment trial. “No Republican can question the fairness of this approach- the Chief Justice oversees the highest court in...

“There is no need for more evidence to prove that the president asked Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter; he said this on television on October 3, 2019, and during his July 25, 2019, telephone call with the president of Ukraine. There is no need for more evidence to conclude that the president withheld United States aid, at least in part, to pressure Ukraine to investigate the Bidens; the House managers have proved this with what they call a ‘mountain of overwhelming evidence.’ There is no need to consider further the frivolous second article of impeachment that...

RSBN broadcast of Iowa KAGA Rally tonight. (Am sure there are other broadcasts also - this is the one I use until the buffering gets too bad).

In an hour, the second and final session of the question period in the Senate trial of Donald Trump will begin. When it concludes, a long-awaited fight over subpoenas will commence, but that might just be the beginning of a very quick end, CNN reports. Trump may have his acquittal in hand before his weekend round of golf at Mar-a-Lago: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to move quickly to acquit President Donald Trump if a closely watched vote planned for Friday to compel witnesses and documents for Trump’s impeachment trial is defeated, according to Sen. John Thune...

Senate Impeachment Trial LIVE - day 9

In response to potential health risks; and anticipating multiple agency aspects of the U.S. government would need a unified approach; President Trump has assembled a unified task force to coordinate all response efforts across the totality of government. President Donald J. Trump announced the formation of the President’s Coronavirus Task Force. Members of the Task Force have been meeting on a daily basis since Monday. At today’s meeting, which the President chaired, he charged the Task Force with leading the United States Government response to the novel 2019 coronavirus and with keeping him apprised of developments.