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On Wednesday, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson thrice denied knowledge of his company’s donations to the largest abortion provider in the U.S., Planned Parenthood. In an interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo, Johnson was asked about the company’s financial support of Planned Parenthood in light of objects raised by Aveda King: Bartiromo: “I don’t know if you saw Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece op-ed in the Washington Examiner. And she said, ‘If Starbucks wants to end racism it will stop funding Planned Parenthood.’ Are you going to stop funding Planned Parenthood?” Johnson: “Well I am not aware that we, we do...

The official statement (pdf.) from James Comey, to be read during the hearing tomorrow, has bombshells — but they are helpful to Donald Trump. The statement is embedded in full at the bottom of this post. Comey confirms — contrary to media reports — that he told Trump that Trump was not personally under investigation. Comey also paints a picture of Trump trying to put in a good word for Michael Flynn, but there is no suggestion that anything rising to the level of obstruction of justice was said. Also, Comey made clear that those comments did not relate to...

A German man mugged in a nightclub was robbed two more times as he waited for police. Reiner Hamer, 27, from Oberhausen, near Dusseldorf, lost his wallet containing $310 and his cellphone when three men attacked him in the club's toilets. He called police from outside the club using a friend's mobile, but while he waited for them to arrive he was robbed by three other men, who stole his watch and cigarettes. As he leaned back against the wall to recover, another five men stole his jacket and the last of his small change.