More than 900 demonstrations against Sessions’ firing held nationwideWhat’s next for the Trump-Russia inquiry now Sessions has been fired? 1.34am GMT It appears that one of Jeff Sessions’ final acts before walking out the door was a memo seeking to limit future “consent decrees”, which are orders the previous administration used to mandate reforms at police departments. DOJ just announced that before he left office yesterday, Sessions signed a final memo outlining new “principles and procedures” for consent decrees with state and local governments. https://t.co/jXo8U2Vfqs pic.twitter.com/3aTyzzW2DUOne of Attorney General Jeff Sessions last acts before resigning was to put limitations on any future ‘consent decrees,’ which are basically orders requiring police departments with serious problems to reform. Sessions was never a fan, to say the least. https://t.co/VvMknDTHqF pic.twitter.com/ZXXdPX7iHOJustice Department Releases Memorandum on Litigation Guidelines for Civil Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements https://t.co/zma9jHmiKf 1.02am GMT Democrats, newly in control of the House, are vowing to fight for gun control after a mass shooting in California killed 12 people at a bar. The shooting happened hours before Lucy McBath, a gun control advocate and mother of a slain teenager, won her congressional race in Georgia. Here’s what she had to say about the tragedy:STATEMENT ON #ThousandOaks SHOOTING. It is unfortunately not surprising that on the same day I officially became a Congresswoman-Elect, other families in this country are receiving the same exact call that I did six years ago when I learned my son had been murdered.[1/4]As a congresswoman, but more importantly as a mother, I pledge to do everything I can to make our communities safer. The most important title I am ever going to have is Jordan’s mom.[2/4]I grieve with the families affected and for the lives lost. I am thankful for all the first responders. Finally, I pray that Congress will support me in taking action to prevent these tragedies. [3/4] Continue reading…
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PIERS MORGAN: A phone call I received from a fired-up Trump should be a warning to Democrats
President Trump called me for a chat on Saturday. It was our first conversation since he unfollowed me on Twitter in April after I wrote a Mail column telling him to ‘Shut the f*ck up Read more…