This past week, NRA President Oliver North threatened to ruin NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre, citing financial improprieties and an ongoing battle with the group’s PR firm, Ackerman McQueen, but his plan backfired and now North has been told he will not be renominated as the group’s president, the Wall Street …
Read More »Trump's Latest Interview With Sean Hannity Was a Terrifying Display of Authoritarianism
President Donald Trump called into Hannity on Thursday night. As is usually the case whenever the president and his favorite Fox News personality convene on the air, the “interview” was extremely long — about 45 minutes this time — and incredibly terrifying. Goaded by Hannity, Trump railed against Special Counsel …
Read More »Trump's 9/11 Tweet Caused Death Threats Against Ilhan Omar to Spike. Of Course It Did
On Friday, President Trump tweeted a video featuring out-of-context remarks Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) made about 9/11 juxtaposed with graphic images from the terrorist attack. In just three days, it has received nearly 100,000 retweets and over a quarter of a million likes. At one point, Trump had the tweet …
Read More »Reports: Trump Promises Acting DHS Secretary Pardon If He Breaks Immigration Law
According to two separate reports, from CNN and the New York Times, President Donald Trump told Customs and Border Protection Commissioner and Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan that he would “pardon him if he ever went to jail for denying US entry to migrants.” Both outlets, citing anonymous administration …
Read More »Trump Wanted to Own Libs by Releasing Migrants Into Their Cities
UPDATE: President Trump on Friday confirmed the Washington Post‘s reporting, tweeting that the administration is currently giving “strong considerations” to transporting detained migrants to sanctuary cities, a proposal Immigration and Customs Enforcement has already rejected twice. Original post below. *** President Trump’s supporters have tried to own the libs by …
Read More »Will Trump Accept the Results of the 2020 Election if He Loses?
President Trump seems confident he’s going to be re-elected in 2020. He also seems prepared to challenge the results should a Democrat unseat him. While speaking Tuesday night at a National Republican Congressional Committee fundraiser, the president implied that the 2018 midterm elections were rigged in favor of Democrats, who …
Read More »Mueller Has Delivered His Final Report, Here's What We Know
On May 17th, 2017, former FBI Director Robert Mueller was named to lead a special Justice Department investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and any ties between the Russian government and Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign. After nearly two years and hundreds of protestations from the president, that investigation …
Read More »How Trump and U.S. Lawmakers Are Responding to the New Zealand Shooting
A terrorist attack left 49 people dead on Friday at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The attack, which took place around the time of congregational prayer, was streamed live on Facebook and then posted to YouTube. A 74-page manifesto released by a man claiming responsibility makes clear that the …
Read More »Journey to Antarctica: Icy Subterranean Homesick Blues
This is the latest dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who is investigating the effect of climate change on Thwaites glacier. Last Wednesday night, after much anticipation and hype, the finale of the 2019 Amundsen Sea International Ping Pong Tournament got underway on the Nathaniel B. Palmer, the icebreaker …
Read More »Turns Out Americans Actually Do Want to Tax the Rich
Prominent Democrats are making waves with tax proposals targeting the wealthiest Americans. And new polls are showing that “tax the rich!” is a popular battle cry. Elizabeth Warren, the presidential candidate and Democratic senator from Massachusetts, has unveiled a wealth tax for what she’s calling “ultramillionaires.” It would impose an …
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