Last week, senior White House adviser Steve Bannon was removed from his spot on the National Security Council, and rumors began circulating that Bannon might be on the verge of being fired by the alleged president. Could Bannon be on his way out? Bannon was the topic on Morning Joe Monday, and co-host Joe Scarborough […]
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has been one of the most consistent Republican critics of the so-called president, Donald Trump, reluctant to jump aboard the bandwagon of GOPers who are only too happy to salute no matter what the Liar-in-Chief happens to say. But on Meet the Press Sunday, Graham did a complete 180, giving […]
Just days after the United States launched cruise missiles at a military airfield in Syria, it appears that two of the Trump administration’s top diplomats have absolutely no idea whether or not Syrian president Bashar Assad should remain in power. UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, appearing on CNN’s State of the Union, told host Jake Tapper […]
On her show Saturday, MSNBC host Joy Reid reminded those of us who cover the White House and other political news that we need to recall the lessons of the past. Showing footage from the 1991 Desert Storm invasion of Iraq, Reid noted: “For 43 days in early 1991, the United States’ first war in […]
Ask yourself a question: With Donald Trump’s poll numbers fading fast as investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election continue, would Russian president Vladimir Putin be willing to concoct a situation in Syria so his American counterpart could look tough and change the subject from investigations to military strikes? That’s the question Lawrence O’Donnell […]
The civil war in Syria is horrific. Nearly a half-million Syrians have died as a result of the fighting between the butchers who run the government and forces seeking to overthrow Syrian tyrant Bashar Assad. Over 11 million men, women, and children have been displaced from their homes and are now refugees. And on Wednesday, someone […]
If you want to find genuine “fake news” day and night, you need look no further than Fox News. Fox specializes in the big lie, exaggeration, and the downright absurd. Such was the case Friday morning shortly after the jobs report for March was issued by the Department of Labor. It showed that only 98,000 […]
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, who has made every attempt to accommodate, placate, and apologize for Donald Trump, is now finding out that the pretend president is nothing but a self-serving shark who is only to happy to stick a dagger in his back when he falls short of expectations. Politico reports that on Wednesday […]
The Trump administration’s failure to aggressively push back on Russia for its hostile actions across the world–i.e. Syria, Ukraine–has emboldened Vladimir Putin, but to hear White House officials tell it, the so-called president is tough on the Russians. Appearing at a “Women in the World” summit in New York on Thursday evening, UN Ambassador Nikki […]
The latest weapon of mass distraction being used by the White House and Republicans is their assertion that former Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice may have “unmasked” members of the Trump campaign as they were colluding with Russians. What they neglect to mention is that Rice had every right to do so and broke […]