News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
Consider this an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani spoke to the media and told them it was time for the investigation to be over, “put up or shut up,” this was after President Trump took to twitter to “order” or “offer his opinion,” that Attorney General Jeff Session’s should stop the investigation.
"We believe that the investigation should be brought to a close. … Put up or shut up, what do you got?" President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani addresses special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election https://t.co/UpkVpe1vo1 pic.twitter.com/MpTA6kbFGC
— CNN (@CNN) August 1, 2018
The Hill — Former President Obama endorsed eighty-one candidates on Wednesday for several levels of government, including CA state governor hopeful Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, and Georgia state governor hopeful Stacey Abrams (D). Missing from this list Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) who won in New York running as a socialist along with just one senator Rep Jacky Rosen (D-NV) who is running to replace Senator Dean Heller (R-NV). No incumbent received a personal endorsement. The Hill reports a spokesmen for President Obama said about the list it, “was mainly meant to boost challengers and newer candidates.”
CNN — On Tuesday an Aeromexico flight carrying 103 people crashed just after take off. Passengers were terrified, but all 103 people survived.
One passenger, Maria Guadalupe Herrera Olguin of Houston told CNN, “”I followed them, but since I brought my baby in my arms and my mother stayed a bit in front, I gave her to my older daughter and told her, ‘Go, go!’ and I went back for my mother,” she said. “I got her and we all left together.”
Stories we are watching
Senate GOP rejects Dem effort to beef up election security funding https://t.co/NqyUmJHESi pic.twitter.com/auSuPklns9
— The Hill (@thehill) August 1, 2018
JUST IN: Mueller planning to ask Trump about obstruction of justice: report https://t.co/c1uSRCJRR9 pic.twitter.com/ty4WUWge7Z
— The Hill (@thehill) August 1, 2018
