Back in 2015, when he was considering running for president and never missed an opportunity to criticize President Obama for anything and everything, Donald Trump commented that if he were head of state, he would work all the time: “I would not be a president who took vacations. I would not be a president that takes time […]
Last week, after just six months on the job, Sean Spicer resigned as White House Press Secretary. He was replaced by Sarah Huckabee-Sanders, who made an appearance on This Week Sunday morning and was asked by host George Stephanopoulos: “Do you promise to try the always tell the truth from that podium?” To that, Sanders vowed: “Absolutely. Not just […]
During the current debate over what might happen if Special Counsel Robert Mueller does indeed find evidence that President Trump colluded with or has ties to Russia interests, you may have heard it repeated endlessly that a sitting president cannot be indicted, only impeached. But a journalist for the New York Times, using the Freedom of […]
This week we learned that President Trump and his legal team are already looking into ways they can subvert the ongoing Russia investigation being conduced by special counsel Robert Mueller. According to the Washington Post, Trump has already asked about the possibility of pardoning everyone under investigation, including himself. On MSNBC’s The 11th Hour With Brian Williams Friday evening, […]
Take a good look at this photo. This is Tennessee state Representative Sheila Butt, and she is the face of total ignorance in the Volunteer State. On Tuesday, Ms. Butt (more on that name in a bit) decided to offer a motion to table an amendment which would have exempted victims of rape and incest […]
They say politics makes for strange bedfellows, and that axiom is certainly on full display today as White House Press Secretary/Communications Director Sean Spicer has resigned and former Goldman Sachs banker Anthony Scaramucci has been named Communications Director for the Trump administration. Why did Spicer resign? Was the job just too much for him to take? […]
While it’s certainly possible that President Trump, as he continually maintains, has no connections whatsoever to Russia, it seems odd that an innocent man would repeatedly threaten to try and get rid of the special counsel investigating the matter. During an appearance on Fox News Friday morning, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway seemed to suggest that Trump […]
How many members of the Trump family are involved in the Russiagate matter? Well, we know Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating the president, his son, Donald Jr., and also son-in-law Jared Kushner. But now it appears that First Daughter Ivanka Trump may soon see her name on an indictment. Late last year, NBC News reported on the Trump Ocean Club in […]
During the crafting of the Republican healthcare bill, more than a few GOP senators remarked that President Trump didn’t seem to have a complete grasp of the subject. Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana had this to say on Thursday: “I don’t think it’s important for him to understand the policy intricacies of this bill. What’s important for […]
Not long after he was elected president, Donald Trump told Chris Wallace that he reason he rarely bothers with intelligence briefings is simple: “I don’t have to be told – you know, I’m, like, a smart person. I don’t have to be told the same thing and the same words every single day for the next eight […]