It’s finally happening: House Democrats are opening a full-blown impeachment investigation into President Trump. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the news Tuesday afternoon following a busy day of speculation. “The President must be held accountable,” she said during a brief statement in front of a wall of American flags. “No …
Read More »Trump Says a Recession Isn't Possible Because Everyone Is Rich
President Trump isn’t worried about the economy. No really, he isn’t. Everything is going to be fine. Seriously. All of that talk of a recession last week and over the weekend, spurred by a few ominous market indicators, a sputtering global economy, and Trump’s continuing trade war with China, was …
Read More »DHS Was Asked What They're Doing About White Nationalist Terror. They Sent a Report About Environmentalists
WASHINGTON — It was a pretty straightforward request. In January, the watchdog group American Oversight asked the Department of Homeland Security to provide the number of analysts inside the agency’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis devoted to working on “non-Islamist domestic terrorism threats” —including right-wing extremism or attacks motivated by …
Read More »Of Course, Fox News Delighted in Trump's Racist Tweet
President Donald Trump‘s propaganda media arm, Fox News, reveled in the president’s racist tweet that told “Progressive Democrat Congresswomen” to “go back” to the “crime infested places from which they came.” It’s yet another clearly racist remark from our vile racist-in-chief, this time aimed at Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida …
Read More »Pentagon Keeps Trump in the Dark About its Cyber Attacks on Russia
On Saturday, the New York Times published an important story about how the United States military branches are attempting to thwart and combat Russian cyber attacks on American utility networks and interference in elections. But deeper into the article, an interesting and disturbing nugget has drawn attention: The Pentagon has …
Read More »Flashback: Bette Midler Takes 'Wind Beneath My Wings' to Number One
Donald Trump was in Europe last week to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day when he decided it was the perfect time to lob an attack at Bette Midler. “Washed up psycho @BetteMidler was forced to apologize for a statement she attributed to me that turned out to be totally …
Read More »Poll: Mueller Report Sinks Trump's Approval Rating To New 2019 Low
President Donald Trump’s approval rating has taken a hit since the redacted Mueller report was released to the public on Thursday morning. According to a new poll by Reuters/Ipsos, Trump’s approval rating now stands at 37 percent, a 2019 low. The poll, which saw a three point dropfrom a similar …
Read More »Trump Campaign Video Pulled for Unauthorized Use of 'Dark Knight Rises' Score
Warner Bros. Pictures triggered the removal of a campaign video President Donald Trump posted on Twitter due to its unauthorized use of the score from The Dark Knight Rises. The 2020 campaign video reportedly originated on the pro-Trump sub-Reddit last week before Trump posted it to his own Twitter feed …
Read More »Step 1: Rub Elbows at Mar-a-Lago. Step 2: 'Gram the Hell Out of It
In the Trump administration, protocol is for suckers, diplomacy is personal — and backchannels are best forged at the president’s private club, Mar-a-Lago. Jair Bolsonaro, the recently elected far-right president of Brazil, sat down in the Oval Office on Tuesday after backing up President Trump on his nativist immigration policy: …
Read More »Trump Goes After Deceased Senator John McCain, Again
President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to again bash John McCain. The late Arizona senator has been dead for seven months now. Trump was triggered by a Fox News interview with former independent counsel Ken Starr, who investigated Bill Clinton. Starr said that if it were true that …
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