During a Tuesday hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Arkansas GOP Senator Tom Cotton attempted to place the blame for Russian meddling in the 2016 election on former President Obama and 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, but National Security Director Mike Rogers refused to play along with Cotton’s rewriting of history. Admiral Rogers told […]
While the Trump administration tries to downplay Monday’s testimony from former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates as “old news,” several things Yates said gave us further insight into how the so-called head of state dithered for days after he was told that former National Security Adviser was working as a paid foreign agent. And perhaps […]
The final chapter is far from written on the issue of the American Health Care Act–aka Trumpcare–but upon initial inspection, the bill narrowly passed last week by the House of Representatives would appear to be a major step in the wrong direction when it comes to assuring that more Americans have affordable health insurance and […]
Republicans who voted in favor of Trumpcare last week are finding it increasingly difficult to defend major provisions of the bill, especially the fact that it would allow insurance companies to charge much higher premiums to those with preexisting conditions and that it would strip health insurance away from at least 24 million Americans. New York GOP […]
If you’ve ever seen Tennessee GOP Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn on any television show, then you know she’s only too glad to accept whatever manure her party tells her to distribute to the general public, no matter how ridiculous it might be. She’s shrill, condescending, and about as well-informed as a rock. On CNN early Sunday […]
Apparently members of the Trump administration are unfamiliar with the basics of logic and reason. For example: If you cut a program drastically–lets’s say by nearly a trillion dollars–it’s a pretty safe bet that fewer people will be able to benefit from that program. Such was the discussion on State of the Union Sunday, when […]
As the news surrounding Russian interference in the 2016 president election continues to cast a cloud over the Trump administration, a former CIA officer said Friday that the media is focused on the wrong subjects in the federal investigation and should start looking at senior officials in the White House. Philip Mudd, appearing on the […]
On Thursday, Idaho Republican Congressman Raul Labrador voted to pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA)–also known as Trumpcare. And on Friday evening at a town hall meeting Coeur d’Alene, Labrador found out that many of his constituents are more than a bit upset that he wants to take away their health insurance. At the […]
Donald Trump is currently under investigation in the matter of Russian interference in the 2016 election, but a new investigation may be in the offing based on a report in RealClearPolitics. According to the report: In the three years from 2011 to 2014, leading up to the announcement of his candidacy, the Trump Foundation donated almost […]
Even though he voted in favor of the American Health Care Act (AHCA)–aka Trumpcare–on Thursday, New York GOP Congressman Chris Collins had to ask a newspaper reporter to explain the bill to him. Not long after the bill passed the House, Collins had told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that he was well aware of what was in […]