Could There Be A Democratic Upset In Tennessee’s Senate Race?
Since Trump took office, Democrats have faired very well in special elections across the country. Even though a special election in Arizona went to the Republican candidate this week, the stats from the race still paint a favorable forecast for…
GOP In The Gutter: Party To Send “Lyin Lion” To Follow Comey On Book Tour
In response to former FBI Director James Comey’s tell-all book that details Trump’s mafioso tendencies, the GOP has turned to playground taunts by putting up the website www.LyinComey.com. The RNC’s childish antics are embarrassing to say the least, and represent…
Comey Alludes To Undisclosed Russia Investigation Secrets on Colbert
(Image Credit: Federal Bureau of Investigation) Former FBI Director James Comey appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday to discuss his new book “A Higher Loyalty,” which features a number of scathing attacks on Donald Trump. Among…
Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest: Fox’s Sean Hannity Drawn Into Trump Legal Saga
(Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons) In a remarkable turn of events in a courtroom in Manhattan today, attorneys for embattled Trump fixer Michael Cohen revealed that one of the defendant’s only three clients is none other than Sean Hannity….
Forfeiting All Credibility, The RNC Launches LyninComey.Com
This Sunday, ABC will air an explosive interview with former FBI Director James Comey. During the interview, Comey labels Trump a “mob boss” and offers more uncensored hot takes on the legally embattled president. Trump is in a tight spot….
As the GOP Implodes, Paul Ryan Takes the Back Exit
(Photo: Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons) Over the past decade, the conservative movement has held Paul Ryan up as a wonky policy guru dedicated to balanced budgets and free markets. Since Trump ascended to power, Ryan has revealed himself to be…
As Parkland Teens Talk Policy, GOP Adults Turn To Bullying—Just Like Trump
The GOP has sunk to astonishing moral lows in the Trump-era. The party of Lincoln has turned a blind eye as its incompetent president compulsively lies and threatens global and domestic security through his venal self-centeredness. The problem has gotten…
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Rejects Trump’s Border Militarization
As Trump has failed to secure funding for a border wall between the United States and Mexico—his signature (and most outlandish) policy promise from the 2016 campaign—he has sought other means for pandering to his base. This included throwing around…
The GOP in 2018: Neo-Nazi Republican Wins in Illinois
(Photo Credit: Billy Hathorn, Creative Commons) Over the past few years, the GOP has steadily drifted rightward, promoting a nativist brand of politics that seems completely out-of-step in the 21st century. As polling shows voters souring on the GOP, the…
Authoritarian Face of the U.S.: Trump Booed In Davos
Donald Trump received an icy reception at the Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland. In his typically self-aggrandizing fashion, Trump detailed the positive way that the press covered him before he became politician, only to segue into yet another attack…
Jeff Flake Sides With Dems. On Government Funding
Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake has opened up a new front in his internecine struggle with GOP leadership and Donald Trump: the debate over government funding. Republicans – prodded by Trump’s far-right native stance – have sent Congress hurtling toward…
Sign Of GOP Decline? Deep Red Wisconsin District Elects Dem. To State Senate
Pundits and journalists have written extensively about a potential Democratic wave in the midterm elections. The GOP’s popularity has suffered terribly under Donald Trump, the least popular president in polling history. The party is further hamstrung by its deeply unpopular…
Senator Durbin: Trump Remarks “Hate-Filled, Vile and Racist.”
In shocking remarks made during a meeting on a bipartisan immigration plan, Trump attacked “shit hole countries” in Africa and Latin America in what may amount to his most boldly racist comments yet. During the meeting, Trump also suggested that…
Wolff: Trump is “Helping Me Prove the Point of the Book”
Michael Wolff – author of the explosive book about Trump “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” – appeared on NBC’s Today on Friday, defending his book against Trump’s attacks and providing more scathing criticism of the deeply unpopular,…
Michael Wolff: 100% Of White House Staff Think Trump Is “Incapable Of Functioning In His Job”
The White House is in turmoil following the release of experts from Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” (Henry Holt & Co). From Bannon’s claim that Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort, and Don Jr. committed “treasonous”…
Trump’s Child-Like Mind: Bannon “Learning That Winning Isn’t As Easy As I Make It Look”
Today’s big news that Steve Bannon told writer Michael Wolff that Don Jr., Paul Manafort, and Jared Kushner committed “treasonous” acts has solicited an immediate retort from the White House. In a statement released under Donald Trump’s name, the failing…
Bannon Bombshell: Top Trump Campaign Aids “Treasonous”
(Photo: Michael Vadon, Creative Commons) A forthcoming book includes interviews with former Trump advisor and Breitbart CEO Steve Bannon that has sent shockwaves throughout Washington. Bannon told Michael Wolff – author of the book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White…
Why Work When You Can Golf? Trump Promises To Work, Then Spends 7 Days At Golf Resort
Despite promises of getting “back to work in order to Make America Great Again,” Donald Trump proceeded to visit one of his golf clubs for 7 days, puttering about the green rather than engaging in the all-important work required of…
Bannon Purportedly Referred To Trump As A “Child”
When the DOJ exposed private messages between FBI agents referring to Trump as an “idiot,” conservative lawmakers threw a fit. Some called for the disbandment of the probe into the Trump campaign’s relationship with Russian authorities, pointing to these texts…
Defamation Lawsuit Looming For Bill O’Reilly and Fox News
(Image: Nick Youngson of Alpha Stock Images) Two women who previously reached a settlement regarding sexual harassment allegations levied against disgraced Fox News host Bill O’Reilly are jumping onboard a defamation lawsuit against O’Reilly and the network. Andrea Mackris and…
#CorkerKickback: Corruption Runs Deep in GOP Tax Bill
There is little doubt who the GOP tax bill is designed for: Republicans’ mega-donors and the nation’s 1%. From special interests whose industries were given extra consideration to hedge fund managers, the legislation is a massive give away to the…
Russia Probe: Behind Closed Doors, Trump Blasts Rosenstein, His Own Appointee
Though Trump told reporters this week that the has no plans to go after Robert Mueller – the head of the ongoing investigation into potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia – the wildly unpopular president has purportedly criticized…
Heather Heyer’s Fascist Murderer Receives First-Degree Murder Charge
Photo License James Alex Fields Jr – the 20-year-old white supremacist who killed anti-fascist protester Heather Heyer in August – will face the far steeper charge of first-degree murder in his upcoming trial. He had previously only been charged with…
Refusing To Concede, Republican Roy Moore Reconfirms Medieval Belief System
The nation is still reeling from this week’s special election, which saw a Democrat elected in a state-wide campaign in deep red Alabama for the first time in decades. There are a number causes that led to this result: the…
Doug Jones Wins In Alabama In A Blow To Trump and Bannon
In a historic vote, Alabama elected Democrat Doug Jones to the Senate last night, narrowly choosing the former prosecutor over his radical right-wing rival Roy Moore, an alleged sexual predator and child molester. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting,…
Women Sexually Assaulted By Trump Speak Up, Demand Action
Shortly before the 2016 election, a tape emerged on which Donald Trump is heard bragging about sexual assault to then-Hollywood Access host Billy Bush: You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a…
Turning Tide? Conservatives Jumping Off The Trump Train
Trump has gotten away with a lot. Throughout the 2016 campaign and his first year in the White House, he has managed to slight just about everyone under the sun, all while flexing his incompetence and general ignorance at every…
Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse: GOP Support For Moore Sends “Terrible Message”
Just weeks after establishment Republicans distanced themselves from the accused child molester and GOP senate candidate Roy Moore, the RNC silently started supporting the embattled Alabama extremist again, and politicians began equivocating about the party’s connections with the candidate. Mitch…
Pence, Whose Wife Thinks Trump Is “Vile,” Told RNC He Was Prepared To Step Up After Hollywood Access Tape Emerged
Several stories emerging Tuesday paint a bleak picture of how people close to Trump view him. During the final months of the 2016 campaign, Mike Pence and Reince Priebus allegedly plotted to replace Trump following the release of the Access…
To Secure Tax Cuts That Will Benefit His Family, Trump Reaffirms Support For Child Molester
Trump doubled down on his endorsement of accused child molester and far-right extremist Roy Moore. “[W]e need Republican Roy Moore to win in Alabama,” Trump tweeted Monday, arguing that supporting Doug Jones was far worse. Part of Trump’s support for…