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SHARE Monday, October 30, 2017 Papadopoulos statement shows Mueller's team working carefully, and Trump's team acting poorly
Special counsel Robert Mueller is moving forward slowly, deliberately, and with great detail. In the case of Papadopoulos, almost every relevant conversation is documented -- with the notable exception of the fact that we're explicitly told that the facts "do not include all the known facts."
SHARE Thursday, October 26, 2017 Congress to investigate deal that awarded $300M contract to Trump donor
the Whitefish deal already looks ... extremely fishy. A firm whose biggest previous job was building less than five miles of electrical line in Arizona was given the mammoth task of taking on a shattered electrical system that stretches over 2,400 miles. To award the contract to Whitefish, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority ignored reciprocal agreements that could have brought in far more help far more quickly.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 22, 2017 Polls: Media offer fake news, but news from Trump seen as phoniest of all
Trump constantly attacks legitimate news organizations as fake news. But the StudySoup survey showed that nearly 60 percent of Americans consider what they're being fed from the Trump White House as the real fake news. No surprise there, as the Washington Post count of Trump's accumulated lies topped 1,300 by mid-October.
(5 comments) SHARE Saturday, October 21, 2017 I am truly shaken by Kelly's Press Conference
The media have fed into this belief that Kelly is somehow this Savior of our Republic. The White Knight -- literally White. The brave man who will wrestle Trump to the ground when he tries to burn down the universe. They covered for Kelly, they made him out to be somehow explaining Trump to us in a compassionate and clear way.
SHARE Thursday, October 19, 2017 Breitbart, Palin spread fake news story blaming California fires on an immigrant man
A collection of right-wing websites teamed up with half-term nitwit Sarah Palin to spread a fake news story that appeared to pin the Northern California wildfires that have tragically killed at least 40 people, onto an immigrant man who was arrested at a park in Sonoma, California. Jesus Fabian Gonzales -- who "often sleeps in the park and is well-known to law enforcement."
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, October 9, 2017 Corker: virtually all Senate Republicans know Trump is a liability. Impeachment coming?
Because Corker is not running for re-election, he need not fear reprisals in the form of votes against him from the Trump cult -- so he's an ideal Republican to light the fuse for what must be done. He may be on the way out, but his vote is as good as any other senator's for 15 months.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Mueller looks for ways to pardon-proof his case against Trump
Donald Trump has already demonstrated that he'll pardon anyone, even if that person is clearly guilty and even if a sentence hasn't yet been handed down. The pardoning of Joe Arpaio is a clear signal to those who took part in Trump-Russia that if they just keep their mouth's shut, a nice pardon is waiting for them when the special counsel comes around.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, September 27, 2017 Joke's over: Sean Spicer hires a defense lawyer with a particularly interesting set of skills
When Allen contacted Spicer to discuss his notes, he seemed to have hit a nerve because Spicer twice threatened to "contact appropriate legal authorities" if Allen contacted him again. Seems the appropriate legal authorities are going to be reaching out to Sean Spicer very, very soon -- if they haven't already.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 26, 2017 Donald Trump finally notices Puerto Rico -- long enough to blame them for their problems
The responsibility for what's happening Puerto Rico can't be shuffled off or evaded. Maria may have damaged the island, but Donald Trump is turning that disaster into a lingering catastrophe. More than half of the Americans on the island don't have safe drinking water, and after prolonged silence, Trump decided this would be a good time to emphasize to Puerto Ricans the money they owe to Wall Street.
(3 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Donald Trump took $107 million promised to charities ... and kept it
Donald Trump wants attention for giving $1 million to those affected by recent hurricanes -- donations that so far haven't actually happened. But he's still sitting on a massive heap of cash from January which, despite promises, hasn't gone to help anyone but Trump. It's been eight months. How much has been given out? None. None at all.
(4 comments) SHARE Sunday, September 10, 2017 While Obama humanizes undocumented immigrants and calls them Americans, Trump calls them vomit
Trump called undocumented immigrants from Mexico violent criminals, characterized them as vomit, talked about disease and water flowing through a sieve, and in general spoke as if they were devoid of any human qualities. His details encouraged anyone listening to see them as sub-human.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 5, 2017 White House says Trump won't sign DACA replacement, has no interest in helping Dreamers
Huckabee Sanders went so far as to call Trump's actions "compassionate" because the announcement doesn't kick Dreamers out immediately. She indicated that Trump could have kicked out Dreamers immediately, and should be given credit for protecting Dreamers. Despite Trump's many claims to a "heart," his actions were brutally cruel.
(11 comments) SHARE Monday, August 28, 2017 Trump Cabinet member's daughter tells "never-served piece of sh*t" Trump to STFU
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's daughter recently ripped Trump a new one over his transgender military ban. "This man is a disgrace. I've tried to keep politics out of my social media feed as much as possible, but this is inexcusable," read her post on July 26, which still appeared online on Saturday.
(5 comments) SHARE Tuesday, August 15, 2017 Trump defends white supremacist/neo-Nazi violence, says "alt-left" also to blame
Donald Trump tried on Tuesday to make an infrastructure announcement but the press conference quickly spiraled out of control when he justified his reprehensible handling of the Charlottesville violence by defending the supremacist/neo-Nazi protest and blaming "both sides," including what he called the "alt-left."
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, August 14, 2017 NY Times editorial board lambasts Trump
Trump probably does not care what the "failing New York Times has to say about him, but a lot of people will. That this is a statement by the entire editorial board will also carry a lot of weight.
(16 comments) SHARE Thursday, August 10, 2017 So you think it's okay to kill a bunch of kids, Pastor Jeffress? Shut your filthy pie-hole
If Trump were to decide to plunk down a half-dozen Nagasaki-sized nukes on North Korea, that would be just fine with this supposedly Christian preacher. He wouldn't even advise the man to ponder the words of Truman on this date in 1945 -- the day after Nagasaki was obliterated -- that he "didn't like the idea of killing [...] all those kids."