Britain’s ambassador to the United States, Kim Darroch, thinks President Donald Trump is “inept,” “insecure” and “incompetent,” according to leaked documents obtained by British tabloid the Daily Mail. Darroch reportedly briefed London in cables describing the White House as “uniquely dysfunctional,” adding that Trump’s political career could end in “disgrace.” …
Read More »'Tragically Wrong': 6 Brutal Lines from Justice Kagan's Gerrymandering Dissent
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court‘s five conservatives ruled Thursday that federal courts have no role to play in striking down politically rigged congressional maps that deny equal representations to citizens of a given state. The court’s majority opinion, responding to two lawsuits challenging gerrymandered maps in Maryland and North Carolina, …
Read More »Bill Maher: Only Oprah Can Beat Trump
Friday night on HBO’s Real Time, Bill Maher deemed that the entire Democratic field would likely lose a presidential race against President Donald Trump and that they need to recruit someone who has not expressed interest in running. “One night, after self-medicating,” Maher said, “a name appeared in the vapor …
Read More »Why Won't the Democrats Hold a Climate Change Debate?
WASHINGTON —The Democratic National Committee is facing a growing backlash in the wake of its refusal to host a 2020 presidential debate focused solely on solving the climate crisis. Last week, the DNC not only dismissed the idea of hosting a debate on the existential threat of our time but …
Read More »Rep. Rashida Tlaib Says House Is 'Moving Toward' Impeachment
On Sunday morning, Meet the Press host Chuck Todd started his conversation with Representative Rashida Tlaib saying that she is “easily, one of louder voices when it comes to impeachment” of President Trump. During the interview, the freshman congresswoman from Michigan proved that assessment accurate. Todd asked the congresswoman if …
Read More »Republican Congressman Breaks Ranks, Declares Trump Committed 'Impeachable Conduct'
Republican Congressman Justin Amash has broken with the Republican Party line to declare that President Trump has “engaged in impeachable conduct.” He also accuses Attorney General William Barr of attempting “to mislead the public about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s analysis and findings.” President Trump has responded calling Amash a “lightweight” …
Read More »A Ridiculous QAnon Conspiracy Forced a Small Charter School to Cancel a Fundraiser
A few weeks ago the #FiveJobsIveHad hashtag began trending on Twitter. The idea was that successful intellectual types could prove their Regular Joe bonafides by letting their followers know that they once waited tables, or whatever. Former FBI Director James Comey — whose Twitter presence since his departure from the …
Read More »Trump Was Tickled by the Idea of Shooting Migrants Because He Loves Violence
On Tuesday, a student was killed and eight were injured during a school shooting in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. It was the second fatal school shooting in as many weeks, following the April 30th attack that left two dead at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. “Our Nation grieves at …
Read More »Mitt Romney Calls Legal Efforts to Get Trump to Release Taxes 'Moronic'
President Donald Trump’s surrogates were out in full force Sunday morning defending his choice to hide his tax returns from the American people. But, of all of the president’s protectors, Sen. Mitt Romney’s (R-UT) scoffing at the efforts put forth by Democrats to force the president’s hand is the most …
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