The Internet is exploding today with cries of #ReleaseTheMemo, with the GOP throwing a big fat j’accuse at the Democrats. Republicans are pounding the table over what by now is about the millionth news story to be called “worse than Watergate” since the Russia scandal first broke. “People will go …
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Once again President Trump seems to have sucked all the air out of Washington when he reportedly called many nations comprised largely of black and brown people “shithole countries.” But even before this latest racist distraction, the immigration debate had already become a shit show. Fresh off holiday recess, lawmakers …
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After Twitter users called on the social media platform to ban President Donald Trump over his bellicose tweets, the companyissued a statement reiterating its position on “world leaders on Twitter.” “Blocking a world leader from Twitter or removing their controversial Tweets, would hide important information people should be able to …
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So Tennessee Senator Bob Corker is in trouble now, because he flip-flopped to vote for Donald Trump‘s tax bill after a provision was included that reportedly helps him personally. Color me not shocked. I spent most of this past summer investigating Corker, whose personal finances have been the subject of …
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In a bombshell announcement Friday, President Trump all but exploded the landmark 2015 accord that froze Iran’s nuclear research program. Though he stopped short of canceling it outright, he declared that unless America’s allies and Congress work with him to renegotiate it – something that no one, neither those allies …
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On Sunday night, a domestic terrorist, using weapons suited for battle, took aim from the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel and rained bullets down on a country music festival – killing at least 58 people, wounding more than 500 others and sending a crowd of 22,000 fleeing in …
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Across the Capitol this week, there were heated debates over using private email accounts for official government work, skirting federal transparency laws and accusations of partisan hypocrisy were heard, in what many see as an unwelcome rerun of the debate over Hillary Clinton‘s use of a private server. But unlike …
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John Oliver criticized President Trump Sunday on Last Week Tonight for his controversial remarks calling on NFL owners to fire players who protest during the pre-game national anthem. Trump, during an Alabama rally on Friday, asked the crowd, “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners when someone …
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On April 11th, about a month after recusing himself from the Russia investigation and earning the wrath of the president, Attorney General Jeff Sessions traveled to Arizona, whose border with Mexico he calls “ground zero” in the fight against illegal immigration and drug trafficking. It was a hot, sunny day …
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