In case you were wondering exactly how Donald Trump would avoid conflicts of interest regarding his business holdings and his duties as president, the answer was revealed this week: He won’t avoid them, he just doesn’t think the rules apply to him. And then Sunday on This Week, incoming chief of staff Reince Priebus went […]
If you thought only Democrats and progressives were opposed to repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), then you may be surprised to learn that Republican governors in several states are asking Congress and Donald Trump not to do a full repeal of what has become known as Obamacare. In particular, some GOP governors are […]
Yesterday, Georgia Congressman John Lewis gave an interview to Chuck Todd as part of Sunday’s episode of Meet the Press. And in that interview Lewis said due to the increasing evidence of massive interference by Russia in the 2016 election, he doesn’t consider Trump to be a “legitimate” president: “I believe in forgiveness. I believe […]
Earlier this week when rumors began swirling that Russian intelligence operatives had embarrassing information about Donald Trump’s financial and personal dealings while traveling in Europe, Penthouse magazine let it be known they would gladly pay a $1 million reward to anyone who could provide video evidence that Trump had indeed engaged in sexual escapades. Today, […]
CNN held a town hall meeting with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan on Thursday evening, and one member of the audience had some choice words for Ryan and his GOP buddies who are vowing to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Jeff Jeans told Ryan that he was opposed to Obamacare at first, but […]
Let’s be perfectly honest: What we witnessed Wednesday when Donald Trump refused to take a question from CNN reporter Jim Acosta and accused the network of being “fake news” was a window into the American brand of fascism Trump intends to try and impose on the United States. Not since Richard Nixon have we seen […]
Today is the first day of yet another confirmation hearing for one of Donald Trump’s proposed cabinet members. And Ben Carson, who has been nominated to serve as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will be trying to forget this day for months to come. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren told Carson she was concerned […]
Donald Trump and his surrogates spent most of the day Wednesday in a constant cycle of spin, denial, and lying. Wednesday evening on CNN, host Anderson Cooper squared off against Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, and Cooper wasted no time calling out Conway for remarks Sean Spicer made at Trump’s bizarre press conference earlier in the […]
WTF was that?! If you watched the so-called “press conference” Donald Trump held today, then you may feel as if you just emerged from a surreal landscape where nothing is as it seems. Salvador Dali would be damn proud. It began with the warm-up acts: Sean Spicer and Mike Pence. Why were they called on […]
It remains the most puzzling question from the 2016 presidential campaign: How far did the Russians penetrate American cyber defenses, and what other information might they have been able to acquire as result of their hacking? According to a new report from CNN, American intelligence agencies which briefed both President Obama and Donald Trump last […]