Month: February 2017

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Damning New Report Reveals Trump Team Communicated With Russia During The Campaign

The Trump campaign had repeated contacts with the Russian government at a time when Moscow was hacking the U.S. election.

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Legendary Newsman Dan Rather Unloads On The Trump White House: ‘Damn The Lies’

“We need an independent investigation. Damn the lies, full throttle forward on the truth.”

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Rand Paul Opposes Russia Probe Because Republicans Shouldn’t Investigate Republicans

“I just don’t think it’s useful to be doing investigation after investigation, particularly of your own party.”

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Jason Chaffetz Asks White House to Provide Info on Mar-a-Lago Security Breach

“Accounts and photographs from other diners seem to indicate these communications occurred in the presence of other guests.”

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Paul Krugman Says Trump is a Horror but a Horror Made Possible by GOP Corruption

“The point is that the sickness runs deep; Trump is horrible, but a horror made possible by GOP corruption and lack of conscience.”

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Opinion: If Intelligence Community Can’t Trust White House, America Is in Distress

It is beyond comprehension that the intelligence community would ever distrust the White House to the extent that it withholds critical intelligence.

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Sean Spicer Claims Trump Acted Decisively on Flynn – 17 Days After Being Told

Spicer claimed that talking about a 17-day delay “assumes a lot of things that aren’t true,” but what it actually involves is a suspension of reality.

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Sean Spicer Embarrasses America By Getting Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s Name Wrong

During his daily briefing with reporters, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer called Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Joe Trudeau in what is the Trump White House’s latest insult to a US ally.

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Evan McMullin Says in Dodging Investigation Chaffetz is Shirking His Duties

“The WH ignored DOJ warnings and clearly has troubling ties to Moscow. Jason Chaffetz & Congressional Republicans are shirking their duties”

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As Demands for Investigation Grow, Jason Chaffetz Says ‘No need to investigate Flynn’

Amid a growing chorus of demands for an investigation into who knew what, Chaffetz claims “I think that situation has taken care of itself”

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John McCain Says Flynn Scandal Raises Questions About Trump’s Intentions Toward Putin

“At the same time, General Flynn’s resignation is a troubling indication of the dysfunction of the current national security apparatus.”

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After Using National Security As Dinner Theater Trump Whines About Leaks

Days after his national security as dinner theater debacle, President Trump Trump whined about leaks.

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CNN Puts Trump On Notice That There is Zero Chance Press Will Move on From Flynn Scandal

“Congressman, there is zero chance that we are going to move on until answers to the questions that present themselves at least get notice from the White House.”

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Kellyanne Conway’s Lies Drive Lauer to Suspect that Team Trump Was Behind Russian Calls

Conway’s insistence on lying finally drove Lauer to drop a bombshell question, the question that could bring the entire Trump administration down.

Lauer said Conway was making him think Flynn wasn’t freelancing, and had made the Russia calls on behalf of the administration.

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John Oliver to Provide Helpful Information to Trump Via Commercials on Fox News

“We’ve actually created a series of commercials in an attempt to bring him up to speed on some information he may lack.”

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Democrats Must Go on the Offensive and Topple Trump’s Rotten, Treasonous Regime

Michael Flynn led the chants of “Lock her up!” Well, we know who should be locked up, and Flynn is only the first. He should be far from the last.

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Mike Flynn’s Resignation Is The First Domino To Fall In Trump’s Russia Scandal Nightmare

Trump hopes that the resignation of Mike Flynn represents the end of the Russian scandal, but it is likely the first domino to fall in a nightmare that has the potential to destroy a president.

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Trump Administration Was Warned Last Month About Michael Flynn’s Ties To Russia

Top Obama officials told the new administration that Flynn “was potentially vulnerable to Russian blackmail.”

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A Goldman Sachs ‘Foreclosure King’ Is Officially Running Trump’s Treasury Department

Wall Street executive Steve Mnuchin was officially sworn in as treasury secretary on Monday.

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Obama WH Photographer Reminds Trump How Real Presidents Handle National Security Intel

The swipe comes after Trump spent the weekend compromising America’s security by turning an unexpected national security challenge into “dinner theater.”

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After Mar-A-Lago National Security Fiasco Mike Flynn Has to Go

Nancy Pelosi demanded Mike Flynn be fired after Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser allowed Mar-a-Lago to be turned into an non-secure, open air situation room which Pelosi referred to as “dinner theater.”

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Opinion: Democrat Invokes 1924 Law To Force Release Of Trump’s Tax Returns

This isn’t for Democrats or Republicans, and it’s not to embarrass anybody. This is to make sure the American people know if there are conflicts.

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In Joint Press Conference, Trump and Trudeau Artfully Dodge Immigration Differences

Trudeau said it was not for Canada to lecture the U.S. but rather to continue to reflect Canada’s approach and stay true to its own values.

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Trump Just Humiliated Himself In Front Of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau And The Entire World

President Trump humiliated himself in front of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by suggesting that the northern border is not secure and lying about the size of Electoral College win.

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Donald Trump Doesn’t Think He Has Enough Social Media Staff in White House

Do we really need more photos posted to FB by Trump guests of the man holding the nuclear football as Trump performs for the camera?

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Sen. Chris Murphy Says if Michael Flynn Lied ‘He Probably Has to Go’

“If there’s evidence that makes it clear that Flynn lied to the Vice President and others…he can’t continue to be national security adviser.”

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Stephen Miller Gets a ‘Pants on Fire’ From PolitiFact for Lie NH Busses in Voters

PolitiFact concluded that “there is no evidence this occurs, and Republicans and Democrats in New Hampshire say it does not.”

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Sean Hannity Wigs Out Over Morning Joe Criticism of Stephen Miller

“Steve Miller works 18 hour days serving the country and the @POTUS What do you do? Basically talk to yourself & @morningmika Nobody watches!”

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Trump Publicly Conspired With Putin By Praising Delay on Reaction to Sanctions

On December 30, the day after President Barack Obama retaliated for Moscow’s interference in the U.S. election, Donald Trump praised Putin for his delay in reacting to the sanctions.

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Inept White House Endangers Lives By Not Knowing How To Call Up the National Guard

President Trump’s National Security Adviser Michael Flynn did not know how to call the National Guard for an emergency. This is something every administration should know before they walk in the door.

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Sen. Angus King: Trump Lacks ‘A Gut-Level Understanding of Checks and Balances’

“John Marshall settled that question in 1803. This is Mr. Trump meet Mr. Madison. Division of powers, independent judiciary, fundamental principals of our Constitution.”

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Morning Joe Reacts With Horror to Claims Trump’s Power Will Not be Questioned

“(They are) questioned, my young, little Miller. They will be questioned by the court — it’s called judicial review.”

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Donald Trump’s ‘Yuge Image Problem: He’s a Walking, Talking Joke

“What the actual f*ck is up w these Trump Admin ppl. They are the most smug, smarmy, cartoon villain-y ppl I’ve EVER seen. EVER.”

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White House Trashes The Constitution With Claim Trump Has Unquestioned Presidential Power

Perhaps there is someone left in the world who isn’t aware of Donald Trump’s troubling relationship with the Constitution. If so, this is for you.

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Opinion: Violence Against “The Other” Is What Trump’s America Looks Like

As four men approached their lone victim, Trump’s acolytes shouted, “Hey snowflake! This is what a Trump America looks like, fag*ot!”

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Trump Whines About Fake Media Not Covering His Crowds As Presidency Teeters Near Collapse

President Trump is whining about the media not covering his “enthusiastic supporters” while Russian smokes threatens to bring this country down thanks to him and his administration.

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Republican Congressman Hints At Trump Impeachment If Flynn Lied For The President

During a town hall in Elm Grove, WI, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) hinted that Congress would have to do something if NSA Mike Flynn’s lies about contact with Russia go all the way up to President Trump. According to the Constitution, that “something” is impeachment.

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Congress Must Act As Intelligence Experts Warn Russia Is Listening In Trump’s Situation Room

“Since January 20, we’ve assumed that the Kremlin has ears inside the Situation Room,” a Senior Pentagon intelligence official is quoted as saying. Adding, “There’s not much the Russians don’t know at this point.”

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George Stephanopoulos Obliterates Trump Senior Adviser Stephen Miller’s Voter Fraud Lie

George Stephanopoulos’s destruction of Trump Senior Adviser Stephen Miller’s voter fraud lie is proof that the press is going fight Trump’s baseless falsehoods to the American people.

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Alec Baldwin Blows Trump’s Ratings Out Of The Water In Record Setting SNL Episode

The ratings are in, and they are bad news for President Trump. Alec Baldwin’s Trump impression is so popular that it led the program to six-year ratings high and easily bested the ratings for the episode that Trump guest hosted in 2015.

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Elijah Cummings Asks The One Question That Could Bring Down Trump As White House Crisis Grows

During an interview on ABC’s This Week, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, ask the one question that could bring down the Trump administration. Did Trump instruct Flynn to talk to the Russians?

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First Melissa McCarthy And Now A Top House Democrat Has Humiliated Sean Spicer

After yet another brutally on point lampooning of Sean Spicer by Melissa McCarthy on Saturday Night Live, Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) rubbed salt in the wound by telling Joy Reid “Nobody takes him seriously anyway… Let’s have fun with him while he’s there.”

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Donald Trump Praises Adviser Stephen Miller for His Round of Lies This Sunday

It was an avalanche of robotic talking points and lies for Trump policy advisor Stephen Miller this Sunday, solidifying that he is in the right administration for his ethics and integrity. Miller earned praise from Trump for this performance.

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Al Franken Says A Few of Republicans Are Questioning Trump’s Mental Health

Senator Franken called President Trump’s mental health into question based on the number of lies he tells, called for an independent investigation into Trump’s ties to Russia, and slammed Nancy DeVos as the “the least qualified nominee I’ve ever seen.”

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Fired Up And Ready To Go! Protestors Continue The Legacy of Hope Inspired by President Obama

From airports to schools and city centers to city streets the people of this country are showing up because they believe in what this country can be.

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Opinion: Trump’s Rhetoric Implies the U.S. Constitution is Disgraceful

Trump is really calling the checks and balances and separation of powers in the Constitution “disgraceful” because he refuses to accept they apply to him.

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Trump’s Approval Rating Tumbles To All-Time Low In Latest Gallup Poll

The new data comes days after Trump took aim at the polls, calling them “fake news” if they find that he or his policies are unpopular.

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DNC Candidate Blasts Trump: He’s A ‘Draft-dodging Chickenhawk President’

“I’ll be damned if we’re going to have a draft-dodging chickenhawk president of the United States … ordering the people I served with back into another conflict.”

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Trump Administration Strips LGBTQ Rights Just Days After Sessions Confirmation

After only three weeks of this new administration, the fears of the LGBTQ community are becoming a reality.

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Protests Erupt Outside The White House As Trump’s Deportation Force Kicks Into Gear

The immigrant community is on high alert as the new president’s deportation force begins to take shape.

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GOP Official Is Booed For Trying To Bring Death Panel Lie Back To Life

The American people are sick of the Republican Party’s lies on Obamacare.

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Impeachable Incompetence: Trump Should Be Impeached If He Didn’t Know Flynn Was Working With Russia

If Trump enabled a person who was working with an enemy of the United States by naming him his National Security adviser that is a high crime. If Trump ignored all of the public information available about the Flynn/Russia connection and moved forward anyway, that is a high crime.

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Pressure From Russia Scandal Has Trump Administration Spiraling Out Of Control

The intrigue, fighting and back-stabbing within the Trump administration just three weeks in is enough to compete with the War of the Roses.

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Trump Attacks Disabled Children By Removing Disability Education Rights Website

Democratic Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murry want answers after a vital educational rights resource for disabled students, and their families vanished after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos took office.

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Bernie Sanders And Dems Deal A Knockout Punch To Reeling GOP With National Health Care Rallies

Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are planning to land a massive blow against the Republican effort to take away health care from tens of millions of Americans with a day of Senate led nationwide protests on February 25.

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Trump Blacks Out The Windows And Bans Pictures To Hide His Activities At Winter White House

Taxpayers are paying for his travel to Florida, but Donald Trump has blacked out the windows and banned reporters from taking pictures of his golf vacation at the “Winter White House.”

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The Scandal That Could Bring Trump Down Grows As Flynn Top Aide Denied Security Clearance

The CIA denied a top aide to Trump’s National Security adviser security clearance, just hours after Donald Trump’s National Security adviser was busted for lying about the nature of his repeated contacts with a Russian ambassador.

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Elections official asks Trump for evidence of voter fraud

A member of the Federal Election Commission has called on President Donald Trump to share any evidence he has to support a statement that voter fraud caused him and former Senator Kelly Ayotte to lose in New Hampshire in the 2016 U.S. election.

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Friday Fox Follies – Surreality Tee Vee

Last week it was Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau demanding an apology from the Fox “News” Channel. This week it’s Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has nuclear weapons at his disposal.

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Opinion: One Politician Shows How To Handle The Threats Of Blowhard Bully Trump

Trump blithely talked about destroying the career of a man who disagreed with Trump on a policy issue and Senator Leach is mad as hell about it.

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Trump Threatens Iranian President As Worst Presidency Ever Gets Closer To War

Asked how he plans to respond to Iranian President Rouhani, who said earlier today that any nation that threatens Iran will “regret” it, President Trump responded, “He better be careful.”

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Reeling Trump Devastated As Info Showing He Was Compromised By Putin Gains Steam

It’s been reported Friday evening that the intel compiled by the former British spy has gained credibility among law enforcement.

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Democratic Senator Busts Trump Making America Less Safe By Recklessly Handling Intel

The sharp eyes of Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich caught President Donald Trump jeopardizing national security by recklessly handling classified information.

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Trump Wastes Millions More Taxpayer Dollars On Second Florida Vacation In 2 Weeks

Less than a week after running a $3 million bill that taxpayers will need to pay for his vacation in Florida, President Trump used a visit by Japanese PM Abe as an excuse to spend millions of more taxpayer dollars on another Florida vacation.

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Trump’s Terrible Week Gets Worse As Democrats Pounce On Russia Scandal Resurgence

Top Democrats are demanding that President Trump fire Michael Flynn immediately after Flynn was busted for possibly undermining Russian sanctions behind President Obama’s back.

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The Look On Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s Face Suggests He Thinks Trump Is Nuts

The look on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s face after shaking Donald Trump’s hand revealed a foreign leader who thinks the new president is crazy.

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Trump Sets Himself Up For Total Humiliation By Promising To Win Muslim Ban Case

President Trump was incapable of keeping his ego in check when asked during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Abe about the Nine Circuit Court’s ruling against his Muslim ban Executive Order. Trump set himself up for complete humiliation by promising to win a case that he continues to lose in court.

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Protesters Block The Door And Refuse To Let Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Enter DC School

When Trump’s controversial Education Secretary Betsy DeVos tried to enter a Washington, D.C. school, protesters blocked the door and would not let her in.

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Trump’s Presidency Is Officially A Dumpster Fire As Voters Trust SNL More Than Trump

A new Public Policy Polling poll revealed that American voters have so little trust Trump that they find Saturday Night Live to be more credible than the President.

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Trouble In The West Wing As Roughly Half Of Americans Want Trump Impeached

The American people are divided on whether the President of the United States – a guy who’s been in office for just three weeks – should be impeached from office.

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Lock Her Up: Both Parties Urging U.S. Ethics Office To Punish Kellyanne Conway

The White House has so many business entanglements that they can barely utter more than a syllable without finding themselves violating an ethics rule.

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Hillary Clinton Celebrates Trump’s Loss In Court With A Three-Character Tweet

Donald Trump lost, and Hillary Clinton – like the majority of Americans who oppose this president – is clearly savoring it.

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Trump Calls Court’s Decision ‘Political’ Despite The Unanimous, Bipartisan Ruling

Trump called the court’s ruling a “political decision,” despite the fact that even the Bush-appointed judge on the panel ruled against him.

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Bernie Sanders Rips Trump To Bits After President’s Crushing Defeat On Muslim Ban

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) pulled no punches and took President Trump to school while celebrating the Trump administration’s latest defeat on their Muslim ban in court.

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Trump Keeps On Losing As 9th Circuit Court Denies Request to Lift Block On Muslim Ban

President Trump’s Muslim ban continues to be a loser as the 9th Circuit Court has issued an order denying the Trump administration’s request to lift the block on the Muslim ban.

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DHS May Require “Certain” Visitors To Disclose Passwords, Lists of Visited Websites

He went on to say it is possible residents of those countries could be required to provide the information so officials can “get on those websites to see what they’re looking at.

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House Democrat Drops A Truth Bomb On National TV By Suggesting Trump Will Be Impeached

When asked on MSNBC if Congress is heading for four more years of stalemate, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) dropped a truth bomb and said that she doesn’t expect Trump to be in office for four years because he is vulnerable to impeachment.

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Kellyanne Conway In Deep Trouble As Complaint Filed Over Her Promotion Of Ivanka Trump Businesses

A complaint has been filed with the Homeland Security Office of Inspector General urging an investigation into Kellyanne Conway’s illegal promotion of Ivanka Trump’s clothing line on Fox News.

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CNN Demolishes Trump By Fact Checking His Lie Filled Tweet Live On The Air

After Trump had tweeted an inaccurate statement about an interview that the cable news network had just concluded, CNN responded to the President’s false statement by playing the tape and tearing into the President for calling the network fake news.

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Kellyanne Conway Breaks The Law By Using The White House To Sell Ivanka Trump’s Clothes

During an interview on Fox and Friends, White House Senior Adviser Kellyanne Conway broke the law by using her position and the White House briefing room to tell people to buy Ivanka Trump’s clothing line.

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Trump Uses Meeting With Airline Execs To Go On Incoherent Rant About Stuff His Pilot Told Him

While meeting with airline executives, President Trump went on a rant that was based on stuff his personal pilot told him that was both unpresidential and made zero sense.

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Opinion: Trump’s Domestic Religious Crusade Has Begun in Earnest

The deliberate omission of white extremist attacks is necessary for Trump to convince Americans that the only one thing they have to fear is Islam.

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Lindsey Graham Mansplains That Elizabeth Warren’s Silencing ‘Was Long Overdue’

“The bottom line is,” said Graham, “it was long overdue with her. I mean, she is clearly running for the nomination in 2020.”

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Trump Ignores Quebec Terrorist Attack But Whines About Nordstrom’s Treatment of Ivanka

Trump says Nordstrom’s treatment of Ivanka is terrible! No, “Terrible” is Muslims murdered by a Trump supporter in a terrorist attack.

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Jeff Sessions Threatened With Lawsuit Just Minutes After Senate Confirmation

The ACLU continues to be on the front lines in the battle to resist the new administration.

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Millions On The Verge Of Losing Insurance As Senate Inches Toward Confirming Tom Price

Price as head of HHS will make the GOP attempt to take health insurance from millions of Americans much easier.

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Trump’s Attempt To Hurt Nordstrom Fails Bigly As Stocks Spike Just Minutes After Tweet

Being on the receiving end of Trump’s Twitter tantrums is apparently good for business.

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The Trump War On Civil Rights Begins As Senate Confirms Jeff Sessions To Be Attorney General

After one of the most heated battles over an attorney general nominee in the nation’s history, the Senate voted to confirm Sen. Jeff Sessions and set into motion a Trump war on civil rights.

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The Silencing Of Elizabeth Warren Was A Carefully Orchestrated Plot By Mitch McConnell

Assistant Democratic Leader Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said that the silencing of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was a carefully orchestrated Republican plot. If this is the case, then the scheme has horribly backfired on Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and his party.

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Even Trump’s Own Supreme Court Nominee Is Distancing Himself From The Failing President

President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has confirmed that he called Trump’s attack on the judiciary branch of the US government disheartening and demoralizing.

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Trump White House Hides Behind Death Of Navy Seal They Got Killed To Avoid Criticism Of Raid

In a disgusting display, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer tried to dodge criticism of the disastrous Yemen raid by claiming that anyone who criticizes the raid is dishonoring the memory of deceased CPO Ryan Owens.

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Democrats Overwhelmingly Demand That Their Senators Block Trump Supreme Court Nominee

The Democratic base is not in the mood to compromise with racism and misogyny, let alone cater to Republicans after their unprecedented theft of Obama’s right and responsibility to fill the Supreme Court seat.

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Trump Wounded His Sinking Presidency With A Big League Mistake In Attacking Nordstrom

President Trump’s attack on Nordstrom undermined his false image as a president for the people and confirmed the perception that Trump is using the platform of the presidency to make money.

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Chuck Schumer Takes a Flamethrower to McConnell’s Attempt to Silence Elizabeth Warren

If you were wondering if Democratic Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer had it in him to fight the surreal attacks on democracy courtesy of the Trump administration, wonder no more. Senator Schumer took a flamethrower to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s use of Rule XIX to silence Senator Elizabeth Warren Wednesday on the Senate floor. Schumer…

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Armored in Willful Ignorance, Trump Claims Nobody Opposes Keystone and DAPL

“As you know, I did the Dakota pipeline and nobody called up to complain, because it was unfair. Years of getting approvals, nobody showed up to fight it.”

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Editorial: Republicans Use Shame As A Weapon To Silence Elizabeth Warren

When Republicans voted to silence Senator Elizabeth Warren Tuesday night on the Senate floor, they justified it by using shame. This matters because this is how Republicans silenced dissent under George W. Bush, and way too many liberals and Democrats fell for it then.

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