The New York Times reported Saturday that Senator John McCain’s inner circle plans on not inviting President Trump to his memorial services. Instead, Vice President Pence will be welcomed to attend. McCain was diagnosed with brain cancer last summer and has been battling the disease ever since. The White House has already reportedly been informed…
In March, philanthropist billionaire Bill Gates had a meeting with Trump at the Oval Office during which the two spoke for 40 minutes. The conversation focused on primarily on public health. According to Gates, who spoke to Stat News about the experience, Trump became “super interested” in the development of a universal flu vaccine. Gates…
NBC News reported Monday allegations made by a former personal doctor of Trump’s against one of the president’s lawyers, a bodyguard, and a third man. Dr. Harold Bornstein claims that in February 2017, these three men showed up at his New York office and seized all of Trump’s medical records in what the doctor describes…
CNN’s Jake Tapper sat down for an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday and was immediately asked about Saturday’s White House Correspondents Dinner, which he attended. When asked if he felt comedian Michelle Wolf went too far with her roasts of those in attendance, Tapper pointed out the hypocrisy of right-wingers criticizing her. “It’s really…
According to a Wall Street Journal report, ICE Acting Director Thomas Homan plans to announce his retirement from the agency on Monday. He will reportedly leave the position in June. Homan was Trump’s pick for the job but had yet to be confirmed by the Senate. Homan has been responsible for violently anti-immigrant actions and policies…
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who possibly has the most powerful fundraising influence in the Senate, is coming to Sen. Jon Tester’s aid following Trump’s attacks. Trump lashed out at Tester during a rally on Saturday, strongly implying that he could ruin the senator’s career. The attack was a reaction to Tester revealing allegations of misconduct…
Vice President Pence will be delivering a speech at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting this Friday, and because law dictates that his life is apparently more important than everyone else’s, the association has banned members from bringing firearms, knives, and all sorts of other weapons to his speaking engagement. Attendees will be free to carry…
Trump held another unnecessary rally on Saturday and, as expected, his speech consisted of attacks against the press and people he’s got problems with. One of these people was Democratic Sen. Jon Tester of Montana, who accused Navy Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, Trump’s nominee for the Veterans Affairs secretary position, of misconduct during his time as a…
Richard Spencer, the white nationalist who organized the deadly “Unite the Right” rally last summer in Charlottesville, is currently being sued by 11 plaintiffs for the trauma they suffered as a result of the chaos and violence that unfolded. Sadly for him (but not for anyone decent), he can’t afford to pay his lawyer fees…
BuzzFeed News reported Friday that Donald Trump Jr. regularly communicated with the Kremlin-connected Agalarov family both before and after Election Day. Emin Agalarov is a Russian businessman and singer whose family Donald Trump has known since 2013 when he and Emin’s father, Aras Agalarov, hosted the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow. BuzzFeed reported that a text message…
Democrats are slamming Republican legislators trying to enact a measure that would greatly diminish the number of hours of required debate time for President Trump’s nominees to be confirmed. Currently, Trump’s picks are debated for up to 30 hours on the Senate floor after they clinch the necessary support to move forward in the process….
Bloomberg reported Tuesday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will not be recusing himself from the probe into Michael Cohen, President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer. This means Sessions will have the right to access briefings on the investigation’s status and to have a say on decisions made by prosecutors, such as whether they should issue certain…
With Arizona Sen. John McCain battling brain cancer, Republican congressmen tried earlier this month to concoct a way to keep his seat under their party’s control, should McCain decide to leave. It didn’t work though — Democrats put a stop to the GOP’s plan. The Republican effort consisted of attaching an emergency clause to a…
Good Guy Without A Gun James Shaw Jr., or the 29-year-old hero who stopped the Waffle House shooting that claimed the lives of four people on Sunday, has continued to prove he deserves every bit of admiration that’s being sent his way. Shaw is now using his elevated profile to raise money for the families of…
Last Wednesday, Trump fired off a tweet complaining about the immigrant “revolution” he thinks is going on in California, sanctuary cities, crime, and border security. He also lamented about a “breeding concept” he evidently believes immigrants are using. “There is a Revolution going on in California. Soooo many Sanctuary areas want OUT of this ridiculous,…
Enthusiasm (and a sense of urgency) on the left has been a huge help to the fundraising efforts of Democrats up for election this November. Numbers released by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) reveal that Democrats in both the Senate and the House are drastically outdoing Republicans in GOP-held districts and states where Trump was victorious…
Puerto Rico was left completely without electricity after an massive power outage hit the island on Wednesday. It is the largest power outage in U.S. history. Puerto Rico’s electrical grid experienced a major failure, leaving an estimated 1.5 million people in darkness. According to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, restoring power could take between 24-36…
Unsurprisingly, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he won’t be bringing a bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired to the Senate floor for a vote. The bill is a bipartisan effort that took months to work on. “I’m the one who decides what we take to the floor,” he said during…
President Trump and Fox News anchor Sean Hannity are apparently a lot closer than they already seemed to be. According to a Washington Post report published Tuesday, the two men talk on the phone numerous times every week giving each other mutually beneficial advice. Hannity is one of the few people who is immediately connected…
Michael Cohen isn’t the only lawyer connected to Trump who Fox News anchor Sean Hannity has reportedly done or considered doing business with. According to a report by The Atlantic, also hired Victoria Toensing and Jay Sekulow. The former and her husband were hired to join Trump’s legal team for the Russia probe earlier this year…
The Republican Party’s exodus from Congress continues as Pennsylvania Rep. Charlie Dent announced on Tuesday that he plans on leaving office in May. This is earlier than previously expected. Dent is among the 43rd House GOP member to say they won’t be running for re-election — some have opted to retire, some have resigned, and some…
Former FBI director James Comey has responded to President Trump’s erratic tweets suggesting that he should go to jail for a long list of reasons. Trump fired off the Tweets Sunday morning, a reaction to Comey’s new tell-all book A Higher Loyalty and probably the anxiety of an explosive interview with Comey that was set to…
After news broke that Fox News host Sean Hannity was the third mystery client of Michael Cohen, President Trump’s personal lawyer, Hannity went on air to downplay, if not totally dismiss, the reports. “Let me be very clear to the media: Michael never represented me in any matter,” he said on his radio show. “I never…
Though Democrats so far find themselves in a good position heading into midterm elections, a new poll conducted by ABC News/Washington Post shows that the strength of the party’s lead is weakening. In January, Democrats led by 13 points among all adult voters, 12 points among registered voters, and 15 points among voters who were…
It appears that Alex Jones, founder of the alt-right conspiracy theory website InfoWars, is finally starting to accept that Donald Trump isn’t the savior the far right wished he’d be. During a broadcast on Friday night, he had an emotional breakdown after Trump ordered strikes on three targets in Syria, causing tension with Russia. The…
An ABC News interview with former FBI director James Comey is set to air on Sunday, and if reports are correct, it promises to be a shocking one. In a clip released Wednesday, Good Morning America’s George Stephanopoulos asks Comey what it feels like to compare Trump to a mobster. “How strange is it for you…
House Speaker Paul Ryan wasn’t the only Republican to announce his plans to retire on Wednesday — Rep. Dennis Ross of Florida also said he’d be stepping down this year. The legislator says his decision has to do with wanting to spend more time with family and needing to reconnect with the place he represents. “Eight…
After repeated denials of rumors about House Speaker Paul Ryan’s plans to retire, it was confirmed on Wednesday that he will, in fact, be leaving Congress. “This morning Speaker Ryan shared with his colleagues that this will be his last year as a member of the House,” said counselor to the Speaker Brendan Buck. “He…
Speaking to reporters Monday, Trump responded to the question of why he doesn’t just fire special counsel Robert Mueller as the lead investigator in the Russia probe with an answer that sends even more warning bells to everyone who believes he should keep his job. “Why don’t I just fire Mueller? Well, I think it’s…
On Tuesday, Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO Chris Ripley sent out a company-wide email defending the company against the recent avalanche of backlash it’s gotten for spreading pro-Trump propaganda. The email came with the subject line “News Promotion Controversy” and described critics as “extremists” who were “bullying” Sinclair with “false stories.” He also apologized to employees who’ve…
While senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway continues to defend everything Trump says and does, her husband, George Conway, is busy trolling the president on Twitter. On Tuesday morning, he first retweeted the image of an old Washington Post headline reading “Nixon Sees ‘Witch-Hunt,’ Insiders Say,” a clear shot at Trump’s continuing insistence that the…
As expected, Trump was watching TV as reports of an FBI raid at the home of his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, broke, and as he always does when something on television triggers him, he reacted by lashing out. CNN’s White House correspondent Jeff Zeleny told Wolf Blitzer that Trump learned about the raid after it…
Sinclair Broadcast Group aired an ad criticizing its own conservative bias and propaganda in four of the local stations it owns, but also paired it with short segments defending the company before and after the ad. The critical 30-second message was commissioned by Allied Progress, a liberal consumer watchdog group. The group claims it paid a…
Patrick Goldsmith, friend of the 67-year-old art dealer named Todd Brassner who died in the Saturday fire at Trump Tower, is alleging that the president once referred to Brassner as a “crazy Jew.” The incident allegedly happened in 1996 when Goldsmith was exiting Trump Tower after visiting his friend, who resided in the building. Apparently…
Christopher Wylie, the whistleblower in the Cambridge Analytica scandal that has recently put Facebook under hot water, says he will cooperate with the Department of Justice’s investigation looking into the matter. Speaking to NBC’s Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press,” Wylie responded to the question as to whether he’s been contacted by U.S. authorities in…
According to a Sunday report from The Wall Street Journal, Kim Jong-un is now open to talks about denuclearization. “The U.S. has confirmed that Kim Jong Un is willing to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” a White House official told the newspaper. Trump and the North Korean leader are reportedly planning on meeting…
Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone spoke to CNN‘s Anderson Cooper on Friday and said he thinks an in-person interview between the president and Special Counsel Robert Mueller would most likely end with Trump perjuring himself. “There’s every possibility the special counsel is looking at some process-related crime that doesn’t relate to Russia,” Stone said….
KATU, a news station owned by Sinclair Media Group and based in Portland, Oregon, has asked — essentially threatened — employees not to share “negative information” about the company with the press. FTVLive obtained an internal memo written by the station’s general manager, Robert Truman, ordering staff not to speak with the media about the…
On Tuesday, a woman named Nasim Najafi Aghdam carried out a shooting at YouTube’s headquarters in California, wounding three people and killing herself. Now her family is saying that they had tried to warn police about her anger toward the company, telling authorities “she might do something.” The night before, police found her sleeping in her…
Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin has been left terrified after a Democrat was elected to his state’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, prompting a meltdown on Twitter. Rebecca Dallet, a liberal judge, beat her conservative opponent, Michael Screnock, by a nearly 12-point margin. This is a significant victory, given that Democrats typically have a difficult…
Speaking to reporters at the White House on Tuesday, President Trump said he’d be sending the military to guard the U.S.-Mexico border until he can get his long-promised wall. “Until we can have a wall and proper security, we are going to be guarding our border with the military,” he said. “That’s a big step.” This is the…
Alex van der Zwaan, the Dutch lawyer who became the first person to be sentenced in the ongoing Robert Mueller-led investigation after he lied to to the FBI about his contact with former Trump campaign member Rick Gates, was hoping he’d get off without ever having to set foot in prison. Unfortunately for him, the…
The first sentence in the Russia probe being led by special counsel Robert Mueller was handed down today. Alex van der Zwaan, a Dutch attorney who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his communications with former Trump campaign staffer Rick Gates and suspected Russian operative Konstantin Kilimnik, became the first person to face consequences…
After going out of her way to bully 17-year-old Parkland survivor David Hogg for being rejected admission to four colleges, Fox News host Laura Ingraham might not have the support of a growing number of advertisers — at least 20 have cut ties with her show — or of most of America, but she does…
Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of hundreds of local news stations across the U.S., has come under fire after a video showcasing dozens of reporters delivering the same speech to viewers in their respective communities went viral. Millions of viewers last month heard an identical warning about the danger of fake news, media bias, social media’s…
The family company of Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, has been under investigation both for potentially using its connection to the White House for financial gain and for its unethical practices unrelated to politics. Charles Kushner, Jared Kushner’s father and one of the numerous members of the family being investigated for possible corruption, insisted to The…
Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg won’t be letting Fox News host Laura Ingraham off the hook any time soon. Ingraham has rightfully come under fire after tweeting a message on Wednesday mocking 17-year-old Hogg for not getting accepted into four universities and painting him as a whiner for being rejected. In response, Hogg called for…
According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump has decided to freeze a $200 million budget that was meant to help war-torn Syria to recover from the years of destruction the country has suffered. This is yet another sign that Trump plans on ending U.S. involvement in the Middle Eastern country, and it comes soon after…
A photo of the 2018 Spring White House intern class was uploaded to the official White House website on Friday, and as one would expect from the Trump Administration, nearly every person in the photo chosen for the program is white. Trump is seen standing in the middle of the 91-member class, surrounded by a…
A new CNBC All-America Economic Survey has found the the majority of Americans haven’t been experiencing the economic boost Trump promised his tax plan would deliver. The poll found that 52% haven’t seen any change in their paychecks whatsoever. Of those who say they have seen an increase in the money they’re taking home, very…
Speaking to CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday, Republican Pennsylvania Rep. Charlie Dent called out legislators in his party for their hypocritical responses to the scandal of Bill Clinton’s infidelity during his presidency compared to how they’re responding to Trump’s scandal involving Stormy Daniels, a porn actress whose real name is Stephanie Clifford. “A lot…
According to over a half dozen top GOP donors who spoke with The Hill, conservative funders are getting nervous about the momentum Democratic candidates have been experiencing in congressional races and suggested that they might have to give up on trying to win the House to focus on keeping the Senate. “Myself and many others…
Proving yet again how nervous the far right is getting about the momentum survivors of the Parkland school shooting have injected into the gun control issue, several alt-right websites and commentators have compared student David Hogg to Hitler. On Saturday, Hogg delivered a speech to a massive crowd of an estimated 200,000 people at the…
Despite official denials that Speaker Paul Ryan is resigning, rumors that he plans on leaving his current position in politics persist. A Republican congressman just strengthened those rumors in a Monday interview on the Nebraska Newsmakers podcast. “The rumor mill is that Paul Ryan is getting ready to resign in the next 30 to 60…
Unlike the man who is currently president of the United States, former President Barack Obama wrote a letter to the parents of 35-year-old Michael Schulman, a teacher who died in the Parkland shooting trying to protect his students. According to New York Magazine, Michael Schulman and Linda Beigel Schulman received the handwritten letter earlier this…
Anyone familiar with Iowa Republican congressman Steve King’s habit of making ignorant and racist comments won’t be surprised to hear that he’s done it again. This time, though, he’s managed to lower himself to new depths by attacking Parkland survivor Emma Gonzalez for wearing a jacket featuring a patch of the Cuban flag during…
During an appearance on CBS This Morning on Monday, Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti pointed out how significant it is that Trump has yet to tweet about the affair allegations against him. “Isn’t it interesting, Gayle, that we have a president that will tweet about the most mundane matters, but he won’t tweet about my client,…
Trump’s authoritarianism is apparently about to get even more extreme. According to a new Foreign Policy report, his new national security advisor, John Bolton, is preparing to systematically “clean house” and fire anyone perceived to have ever been “disloyal” to the president from the National Security Council (NSC). Those who were hired under Obama or…
Yet another legislator has joined the record-breaking number of Republican congressmen who say they won’t be running for re-election in 2018. The latest is Rep. Ryan Costello, who represents Pennsylvania’s 6th District. Costello’s decision comes after continued warnings of how vulnerable his seat is, and for weeks he was rumored to be eyeing the private…
Thanks to the omnibus spending bill Trump signed on Friday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has canceled a set of efforts meant to tackle the issue of school safety. Since the bill slashed $1.3 billion from the department’s budget, there is no longer enough money to finance these projects, according to a statement put out…
In an email obtained by BuzzFeed News, longtime Fox News contributor Col. Ralph Peters let his colleagues know that the quit his job at the network out of shame. Peters called out Fox’s blatant propaganda in favor of President Trump — though many are already pointing out that, for years, Peters engaged in spreading the same…
Mic has released a copy of a letter written by Barack and Michelle Obama addressed to survivors of the February 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The massacre took the lives of 17 students and school staff. Written on March 10, the letter praises the students for comforting each other…
Speaking to a Washington Post reporter on Tuesday, Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake said he’ll vote in favor of impeaching President Trump if Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the lead investigator in the Russia probe, is fired “without cause.” “We’re begging him: ‘Don’t go down this road,’” he said. “‘Don’t create a constitutional crisis. Don’t force the…
The AP reported Saturday that Andrew McCabe, who was fired from his position as deputy director of the FBI late Friday night, kept memos on his talks with President Trump, as well as on details regarding the firing of former FBI director James Comey. The latest reports are now saying McCabe has turned over these…
After Trump took to Twitter a few minutes past midnight on Saturday to brag about the firing of FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, he was soon called out by a Democratic legislator who warned that Trump himself would soon be losing his job. “Gloat now, but you will be fired soon,” wrote California Rep. Eric…
As former FBI director James Comey did, Andrew McMaster, the newly-fired deputy FBI director, kept memos on interactions with President Trump and the circumstances around Comey’s dismissal. The news comes from an anonymous source with “direct knowledge of the situation who wasn’t authorized to discuss the memos publicly,” according to the AP. The memos are…
Democrat Conor Lamb was declared the winner of the special congressional race in Pennsylvania’s 18th District on Wednesday, and given that the region supported Trump by a 20-point margin, Republicans are starting to realize that they have good reason to be nervous about midterm elections. GOP Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania bluntly admitted this during…
YouTube is joining Twitter and Facebook in the fight against the spread of misinformation. Susan Wojcicki, the company’s CEO, spoke at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival on Tuesday and revealed that conspiracy theory videos — such as recent ones accusing survivors of the Parkland shooting of being crisis actors — will now include links…
Students across the country took to the streets on Wednesday to demand tighter gun control laws. Dubbed the #ENOUGH National School Walkout, it was organized by survivors of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida last month. In honor of the 17 people who lost their lives in that tragedy, the walkouts were set to last for…
Trump abruptly fired Rex Tillerson from his cabinet position as Secretary of State on Tuesday, and while Trump says it’s because the they “disagreed on things,” the timing of his decision already has people questioning if Russia had anything to do with it. On Monday night, Tillerson told reporters that Russia was “clearly” behind the…
Trump replaced Rex Tillerson as his Secretary of State with current CIA Director Mike Pompeo on Tuesday morning. The news apparently not only blindsided Republican legislators but also Tillerson himself. While early reports said it wasn’t clear how much of a heads up he’d been given, it was later confirmed that Tillerson found out about…
A new Politico report reveals that even Republican legislators are frustrated with Trump’s inability to focus on one issue for longer than a few days. He frequently picks a certain policy to push through but then abandons it, with gun control being the most recent example. The inconsistency is reportedly giving lawmakers “whiplash” and keeping…
Trump recently announced a set of tariffs that will soon be implemented on steel and aluminum imports, despite Republicans mostly opposing the decision. Steel will receive a 25% tariff, while aluminum will be hit with one of 10%. In recent days, numerous GOP legislators have publicly spoken about their intentions to undo these tariffs, which…
According to a Bloomberg report published Monday, Mueller might be temporarily putting aside his obstruction of justice investigation regarding President Trump’s attempts to stop the ongoing Russia probe in favor of looking into other pressing issues. Sources told the news outlet that Mueller has nearly wrapped up the obstruction of justice case, but he’s wary…
Former Trump aide Sam Nunberg backtracked on earlier comments he made about the ongoing Russia investigation being a “witch hunt.” In an ABC News interview on Saturday, his first after spending over five hours testifying before a grand jury about his knowledge of the Trump campaign’s communication with Russians earlier the same day, he admitted…
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is running for re-election and, after winning his primary race on Tuesday, he immediately released a radio ad attacking Democratic challenger, Rep. Beto O’Rourke. The ad is a 60-second country jingle with lyrics insisting that a liberal man can’t represent Texas, that O’Rourke wants to take away firearms away from gun…
Yet another sign that a Democratic blue wave is coming manifested on Tuesday after voters of the party in Texas went out in droves to cast their ballots for the primary elections. Roughly 1.5 million Democrats had voted by Wednesday morning, a dramatic increase from the one million who voted in the previous primary. Whereas…
Matt Furie, the artist behind the internet famous cartoon Pepe the Frog, is suing Alex Jones, founder of the alt-right conspiracy theory website InfoWars. While Pepe had long been a popular meme online, the character was co-opted by the alt-right during the 2016 election and images of him quickly became some of the most frequently…
The New York Times reported Sunday that the State Department has spent exactly $0 out of the $120 million it was granted to prevent Russian meddling in the 2018 elections. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who didn’t even want his job and claims he only took it because his wife convinced him to, is responsible…
Though “Javanka” — Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner — once seemed to be the two least likely people the president would ever want to leave the White House, recent events have made their departure a real possibility. Talking Points Memo reports that sources close to the president have heard him wondering aloud whether his daughter…
According to numerous reports, special counsel Mueller has issued yet another subpoena. This time, the person being asked to comply is an unnamed witness who’s had communication with Trump and others in his campaign for years. The person will have to hand over, among other records, text messages, emails, phone logs, and work documents dating…
On Saturday, a man died after shooting himself in the head outside the White House. The man has been identified by the Secret Service, but his name is currently being withheld from the media. A statement by the Secret Service read: At approximately 11:46 AM, a white male suffered a self-inflicted gun-shot wound to the…
Anthony Scaramucci, known for serving as Trump’s communications director for a whopping 10 days before being fired, is currently on a list of people blacklisted from visiting the White House. A White House official confirmed to Bloomberg on Friday that Scaramucci, having left under “adverse circumstances,” is one among a group of other former employees…
Accused pedophile Roy Moore, who lost the Alabama senatorial race in December to Democrat Doug Jones, is currently broke and asking his supporters to donate money to a legal defense fund to cover the expenses for a defamation lawsuit one of his accusers is pursuing against him. In a Facebook post published Thursday, Moore said…
Despite the White House claiming that Jared Kushner will still be able to perform his job as a top foreign policy adviser after being stripped of his security clearance on Tuesday, numerous experts have have since said it’s highly unlikely he’ll be able to do much without access to sensitive, top secret information. “I can…
Despite his repeated insistence that he’s not a villain for continuing to support the National Rifles Association (NRA) after the mass high school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s popularity has plummeted to an all-time low. Quinnipiac University released the results to a new poll conducted between February…
Republican Georgia State Sen. Michael Williams made an appearance on CNN Newsroom on Tuesday to push back against Delta Airlines for ending their discount program for members of the National Rifles Association (NRA). He ended up getting called out by Brianna Keilar for making an unproven claim about the airline and Planned Parenthood. “If they’re…
According to a new report published Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League, the number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States soared by 57% in 2017 from the previous year. The figure includes assaults, harassment, and vandalism. The total number of attacks — at least those the ADL was able to keep track of — was…
John Dean, a former White House counsel who served during Nixon’s years in office, took to Twitter on Saturday to give his thoughts on what the testimony of former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates could do to the administration. “Mueller is throwing everything he can against Manafort, including Gates who can nail him,” Dean wrote….
As the Russia investigation steadily intensifies, Trump continues to show signs that he’s unraveling under the scrutiny. He started off his Tuesday by having one of his regular meltdowns on Twitter. As he does every morning, he followed his routine of watching cable news for hours. This time, it was his favorite, Fox News. He…
Lauren Hogg, a 14-year-old high school student who survived the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida two weeks ago, is the latest person to point out that if Melania Trump really wants to start a campaign to fight against cyber-bullying, she should really be starting with the people closest to her. “Hey @FLOTUS you say that…
First daughter Ivanka Trump once again failed to live up to her role as a supposed champion for women in a NBC News interview aired on Monday. Asked by Peter Alexander if she believes her father’s sexual misconduct accusers, of which there are over a dozen, she first pushed back against the question being asked in…
According to a new Axios report, Trump thinks all drug dealers deserve the death penalty and frequently goes off on “passionate” speeches equating them to serial killers. He also often praises countries with extreme anti-drug measures, like the Philippines, where President Duterte’s “drug war” has resulted in the deaths of at least 12,000 drug users…
David Hogg, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that left 17 dead, has become one of the leaders in the movement for stricter gun control laws after the tragedy. One of the ways he’s been fighting back is by using his now massive platform to urge companies with partnerships to the National…
The Sun-Sentinel reported Friday that the Broward County Sheriff’s Office is conducting an investigation into allegations that at least three deputies opted not to go into Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14 and instead stood outside while a gunman murdered 17 people. The claims were made by Coral Springs police officers, who say that the…
Following the February 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, President Trump’s been attempting to convince the public that he cares about the tragedy, while simultaneously refusing to admit that there’s a gun control problem in the U.S. On Wednesday, he sat down with a group of survivors at the…
Ex-CIA director John O. Brennan slammed President Trump on Twitter after he claimed that he’s been tougher on Russia than Obama was. “I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts,” Trump tweeted. “Total Fake News!” In response, Brennan wrote, “It never ceases to amaze me how successful you have…
Days after the indictments of 13 Russian nationals and three organizations, there is yet another indictment in the Russia investigation. News broke on Tuesday that special counsel Robert Mueller indicted a lawyer named Alex Van Der Zwaan after lying to investigators. Not much is known about Van Der Zwaan yet, but as of now, he’s known to…
Idaho Sen. Dan Foreman has been caught on video disrespecting his constituents yet again, this time angrily saying “abortion is murder” to supporters of women’s reproductive rights who weren’t even trying to discuss the specific issue of abortion with the senator at the time. A group of students from the University of Idaho traveled 300…
Though last November Trump opposed a bipartisan bill aimed at improving the gun background check database, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is now saying that the president supports the measure. “The President spoke to Senator Cornyn on Friday about the bi-partisan bill he and Sen. Murphy introduced to improve Federal Compliance with Criminal Background check Legislation,” said Huckabee Sanders on…