President Trump’s son Eric wants people to believe that the Democrats are in the midst of a concerted effort to stop America from reopening so his dad can’t hold arena rallies, all in an attempt to hurt his reelection chances. On Saturday, Eric Trump told Fox News host Jeannine Pirro …
Read More »No Matter the Pandemic, Department of Education Still Seizing Wages From Student Loan Borrowers, Suit Claims
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has continued the practice of garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers who are in default, according to a lawsuit filed on Thursday. The suit, brought by a New York woman on behalf of about 285,000 borrowers, claims that DeVos and her department have not halted …
Read More »Republican State Senator Dons Confederate Flag Mask, Then Things Get Weirder
A Michigan state senator wore a Confederate flag during a state senate vote on Friday, then denied the obvious by stating that the flag was not what it clearly was. Then, he ultimately halfheartedly apologized after also throwing his wife under the bus for the incident. On Friday, State Sen. …
Read More »Watch Dr. Anthony Fauci Refute Trump Talking Points in Real Time
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the American people’s only hopes for competency in the Trump administration as it combats the novel coronavirus, appeared on Fox News in an interview with Laura Ingraham Thursday night and — much like he …
Read More »Unable to Deport the Coronavirus, Trump Tries a Ban
When President Trump authorized his first travel ban only weeks after his inauguration, he was selective with its targets. The purported goal was to mitigate foreign terrorism, but even if such an action were to work, Trump excluded the nations that produced the 9/11 hijackers. Instead, he targeted seven predominantly …
Read More »Bloomberg Brags of Buying Congress in South Carolina Debate
Mike Bloomberg is worth more than $60 billion and has used his riches to influence politics on both sides of the aisle. He’s also plowed more than $500 million into his own presidential campaign, leading his 2020 Democratic primary competitors to warn — less as an accusation and more as …
Read More »Trump Is Sending Elite Border Patrol Units to Make Arrests in Sanctuary Cities
President Donald Trump is deploying border patrol agents from tactical units to sanctuary cities across the nation to arrest undocumented people. According to the New York Times, one hundred agents from the Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC), will assist local Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers with arrests of undocumented people …
Read More »The GOP's Attempts to Spin and Deny on Impeachment Have Hit Pathetic New Lows
WASHINGTON — Over the past several days, the president’s legal team and his allies in the Senate mounted a feeble and fact-challenged defense as part of the third impeachment trial in history. They pushed the ahistorical and widely mocked view that Trump shouldn’t be convicted because he committed no actual …
Read More »Elizabeth Warren: The Rolling Stone Interview
I t’s late November at the Val Air Ballroom in West Des Moines, Iowa, a Forties dance hall converted from a World War I tire factory with ancient plumbing and a buzzing neon sign. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is listed on the marquee just above the cage fights and the craft …
Read More »Linda Ronstadt Tells Mike Pompeo to His Face: 'He'll Be Loved, When He Stops Enabling Donald Trump'
Linda Ronstadt did not let Saturday night’s festivities stop her from telling Secretary of State Mike Pompeo what she thought about his connection to President Donald Trump. “I’d like to say to Mr. Pompeo, who wonders when he’ll be loved, it’s when he stops enabling Donald Trump.” The singer, songwriter …
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