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On, thats not journalism. thats extortion. thats blackmail. again, this is not the textbook, dictionary definition of extortion and blackmail because theyre not asking for money specifically, but what theyre asking for is for the bezos parties to make statements about "national enquirer" and ami that will protect amis relationship with the saudi government, potential potentially, who is paying them money. i think this is what is ultimately happening. this isnt journalism. this is mafia behavior....

When someone says "groundhog day" theyre rarely talking about the actual groundhog day when punxsutawney phil comes out to tell us if it is more winter or more spring. now they refer to it as living the same thing over and over and over again. believe it or not that meaning is part of the dictionary definition of groundhog day. why doesnt groundhog day, the day, the tradition, hold up on its own? here is one possible explanation. >> this is one time where television really fails to capture the t...

Just a reminder, the dictionary definition of the word is an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action, or an urgent need for assistance or relief. which the president seems to be saying it is, even as hes now calling on others, not him to deal with it, in fairness theres nothing especially outlandish that lawmakers do what theyre supposed to do, what the congress gives them responsibility for, passing legislation to fund the government. howev...

Forgot, i guess, to redact this information and so now the public knows that paul manafort shared internal polling data from the trump campaign with a russian associate who is tied to russian intelligence. is this not the dictionary definition of collusion? >> it certainly seems that way from what we know because paul manafort remains unable to actually figure out how technology works. i mean, hes been tripped up by microsoft word track changes, hes been tripped up by backing his encrypted texts...

Spoken to you from this office, where so many decisions have been made that shape the history of this nation. throughout the long and difficult period of watergate, i have felt it was my duty to persevere, to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which you elected me. but as president, i must put the interests of america first. therefore, i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. vice-president ford will be sworn in as president at that hour in this office....

Now it seems, just as we heard from garrett tenney and everything has been happening, that he probably wont get more than the $1.6 billion. how does that happen with a republican controlled house and senate? >> well, for those of us who have watched feckless republicans and about to the beltway capitulate over and over again, this is no surprise. onhi both sides of the aisle, wt uryou are seeing with this bordr disorder and is continued foot dragging and kicking the can down the road, this is a ...

We are organized for one another, for this great country, for a future that includes every single one of us, making sure that we can all live to our full potential. >> jennifer, the orourke campaign is now the dictionary definition of positive campaigning. >> yeah, its -- i mean, i wish he can pull it out. i have been. if you check my twitter feed ive been predicting for close to a year that he will win texas because you did see such a new style of campaigning. not just that its positive but tha...

Reconciling regardless of what happens tomorrow with the rest of the country. >> lets listen to beto orourke in that closing case in texas where a democrat hasnt been successful since lloyd bensons re-election to the senate. >> we have decided as a campaign we will organize not against someone else, not against another political party, not against anything. we are organized for one another, for this great country, for a future that includes every single one of us, making sure that we can all liv...

Through five and half years of torture in north vietnam. james mattis was a pallbearer in a statement he said quote - senator john mccain, a man whose name alone provides a better description of a patriot then all of the words in the dictionary definition. everything i love about america is in this man. another one, commander everett alvarez the first u.s. pilot shot down over north vietnam in 1964. the longest prisoner of war in the hanoi hilton suffering over eight years of torture and captivi...

Confusion this morning. >> we need a reality infusion. >> oh my god. im getting a collusion contusion from slapping my forehead. john avlon, hi. you have a reality check. >> thats right. well try to clear up those contusions and the confusion. okay, so there was no collusion has become president trumps rallying cry. he repeats it in tweets and speeches and even handwritten notes to himself on statements designed to clean up the latest russia-related mess. now, it is an odd phrase to find at the ...