Twenty moderate Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives warned on Friday that efforts to overhaul the federal tax code could be jeopardized by demands for including major spending cuts in a fiscal 2018 budget resolution.
Perhaps the only thing more dangerous than the toxic things the petulant president says is what he doesn’t say.
A doctor who lost his job at a New York City hospital opened fire with an assault rifle inside the building on Friday, killing another physician and wounding six other people before taking his own life in a burst of apparent workplace-related violence, officials said.
Twenty-four states have defied Trump’s request for sensitive voter information data, as they are refusing to turn over personal information to the unstable president.
The Republican Secretary of State in Mississippi has refused to turn over the state’s voter data and told the Trump administration to go jump in the Gulf of Mexico. Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said that his state would not comply with a Trump administration request for voter names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and…
Mika Brzezinski humiliated Trump and destroyed the image that the paper tiger president likes to project by sharing a story about how the President begged her for the name of her doctor during a meeting at his private club.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has made it clear that the Keystone State will not be turning over sensitive voter data to Donald Trump’s voter fraud witch hunt to get lost. So far, 20 states have refused to turn over voter data to Trump’s voter fraud commission.
By Doina Chiacu and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump urged Republican senators on Friday to repeal Obamacare immediately if they cannot agree on a new healthcare plan to replace it, potentially sowing confusion as congressional leaders struggle for a consensus on healthcare legislation. Senate Republican leaders had set Friday as the…
19 states have rejected requests from Trump’s voter fraud commission for highly sensitive and personal voter data that could be used to carry out a federal voter suppression effort that would keep Trump in office.
By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday that same-sex couples are not necessarily entitled to government-dispensed spousal benefits, dealing a blow to backers of marriage equality, who have vowed to fight the decision. The Republican-dominated court said the landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision Obergefell v. Hodges, which…
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski notified NBC executives as President Trump and Senior White House Adviser Jared Kushner attempted to blackmail them, which means that the Morning Joe hosts took precautions and have witnesses who can back up their story.
President Donald Trump said on Friday that North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missiles program required a “determined response,” and that the era of “strategic patience” with North Korea’s government had ended.
The Trump attack on Mika Brzezinski is turning into a major scandal as it is being reported that it was President Trump and his son in law senior White House adviser Jared Kushner who tried to blackmail Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.
If the White House told Joe Scarborough And Mika Brzezinski that the National Enquirer would smear them unless they laid off President Trump on their show, that would be a crime per 18 USC 872, constitutional lawyer Laurence Tribe wrote on Twitter.
President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing an executive order that will require all U.S. food aid to be transported on American ships, according to four sources with knowledge of the deliberations.
Joe Scarborough has busted Donald Trump in a major lie, and this is important because the Morning Joe host says he has got the proof that the President is a liar.
No doubt the Trump administration was never going to keep this initiative going, but the fact that the White House Council On Women And Girls was shut down after Trump’s misogyny fest offers a stark contrast and a reality check for those who claimed that the President’s tweets weren’t a “real” issue.
President Trump woke up this morning with the idea of just repealing Obamacare instead of replacing it, but it is all a giant distraction.
Trump has now issued an official statement confirming that he did try to blackmail MSNBC’s Morning Joe hosts with an article in The National Enquirer, as the president is mentally breaking down in 140 characters or less.
MSNBC Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski gave the country a peek into the private behavior of a mentally ill president and his White House staff on enablers, and what they exposed was an abuse of power by a man who is not well.
Several events, ranging from the House passage of several anti-immigration laws and Jeff Sessions’ partnership with Kris Kobach to suppressing the vote nationwide, mean the Sessions DOJ is just a White House Surrogate. Earlier on Thursday, the House passed several bills to coincide with Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda. One of the laws seeks to punish…
The challenge comes as the Trump administration tries to redefine the definition of family for the purpose of enforcing their unconstitutional ban.
On Thursday, Attorney-General Jeff Sessions told Federal Prosecutors he is committed to prosecuting hate crimes. Why don’t I believe him? During Sessions’ speech he pledged “to protect the civil rights of all Americans — and we will not tolerate the targeting of any community in our country†I feel so much better about the rise…
This cowardice may help the GOP hold onto its base, but it’s doing great long-term damage to America’s political system.
Immigrant and refugee groups assailed the Trump administration on Thursday over its rollout of a long-delayed travel ban, saying it had defined too narrowly who should be exempted from the ban targeting travelers from six Muslim-majority countries and all refugees.
It’s becoming increasingly hard to believe that Trump had no idea what some of his closest advisers were up to with respect to Russia.
The gap between what Trump says is in the GOP health care bill and what’s actually in it is incredibly wide, meaning Trump probably hasn’t even read the thing.
It is being reported that Russian hackers were caught discussing how to get hacked Clinton emails to Mike Flynn of the Trump campaign, which would be proof that Trump colluded with Russia during the 2016 election. Buried in the middle of a story about how a Republican operative tried to obtain Hillary Clinton’s hacked emails,…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised to fight for free trade and press on with multilateral efforts to combat climate change at the G20 summit next week, challenging the “America First” policies of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Republicans have been arguing that their health care bill doesn’t cut Medicaid spending. President Trump tweeted a misleading graph to make this point, and his spokespeople and various Republicans have also made this argument. The new CBO score proves that their argument is a lie.
Spending on the Medicaid healthcare program for the poor would be 35 percent lower than under current law in 2036 if a draft bill to repeal Obamacare proposed by Senate Republicans were to become law, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday.
Republican strategist and former White House communications director Nicolle Wallace laid down some harsh truth in response to Donald Trump’s attacks on Mika Brzezinski, saying Trump needs to apologize and Republicans need to demand a retraction.
The leaders of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee’s Russia probe on Thursday called on the White House to respond more fully to their request for any records on President Donald Trump’s conversations with fired FBI Director James Comey.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders took the Trump road of responding to reporters about the President’s deranged tweets attacking MSNBC TV host Mika Brzezinski by whining about why the press wasn’t outraged about Mika’s behavior.
Greta Van Susteren’s time at MSNBC came to an end on Thursday as it is being reported that she is being replaced at 6 PM by Ari Melber.
One picture shows that Trump’s attack on MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski was a based on a total lie.
Comedy Central has perfectly captured everything that is wrong with the Republican attitude about healthcare and their legislation in one hilarious video.
Ana Navarro went off on CNN when talking about Trump’s attack on MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski and told Republicans to stand up to the president as she called Trump a crazy, lunatic, 70-year-old man baby.
All Democrats from the House Judiciary and Oversight committees demanded that the Department of Justice investigate Attorney General Jeff Sessions for violating his “recusal” from the Russia investigation by collaborating in the firing of former FBI head James Comey.
Mika Brzezinski got the perfect revenge on Donald Trump, as her reply to the President is twice as popular as his personal attack on her.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday said Republican senators are making “good progress” on their efforts to come to agreement on retooled draft legislation aimed at repealing and replacing the 2010 Affordable Care Act.
Visa applicants from six Muslim-majority countries must have a close U.S. family relationship or formal ties to a U.S. entity to be admitted to the United States under guidance distributed by the U.S. State Department.
One phrase in the Supreme Court’s decision allowing Trump to implement a part of his Muslim ban is the key to determining which Muslims are allowed to visit the United States and which are not. Following Monday’s ruling, there was some anticipation that the phrase “bona fide relationship with a person or entity†in the…
The Republican Party has become the party of Archie Bunker enablers, little men lacking courage and morality, appeasing the lowest functioning among us, who just so happens to be their President right now.
Calling President Trump’s denial of Russian attack on our election “dismaying and objectionable”, former Ambassador Nicholas Burns said it’s the President’s duty to be skeptical of Russia and that his refusal to take action is “a dereliction of the basic duty to defend the country.”
Trump went completely bonkers on social media and attacked MSNBC Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski by accusing her of bleeding from the face after a facelift.
Trump UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is bragging that there will be less peace in the world thanks to Donald Trump.
Britain intends to refer Rupert Murdoch’s takeover of Sky to a full investigation because the deal raises concerns about the amount of influence the media mogul would wield.
Trump kept the media out of his secret illegal reelection fundraiser but details of his comments are being leaked to the press, and they paint the picture of a ranting and unhinged president who is painting himself as a victim of an unfair media conspiracy.
Rachel Maddow exposed how Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are trying to stop the FBI’s investigation into Trump collusion with Russia through an effort to discredit the purpose of the investigation.
The top U.S. Senate Republican struggled on Wednesday to salvage major healthcare legislation sought by President Donald Trump, meeting privately with a parade of skeptical senators as critics within the party urged substantial changes.
Norm Eisen of CREW is warning that President Trump’s reelection fundraiser at his own DC hotel is illegal and in violation of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. Eisen tweeted: 1/ Trump Hotel fundraiser is illegal. His benefitting from leasing this US property violates the domestic emoluments clause of US Const. — Norm Eisen (@NormEisen)…
The White House is refusing to let the press cover Donald Trump’s first fundraiser for his 2020 reelection campaign which is to be held at his Washington, DC hotel and expected to raise $10 million.
Fox News has spent years demonizing Obamacare, but President Obama is finally getting his revenge as a new poll shows support for Obamacare has grown by 11 points in the last year.
When asked by Pew which freedoms they consider essential, 92% of respondents said freedom of speech and 91 identified the right to vote.
A healthcare expert has four ways Republicans could address the 28 million people who aren’t insured under Obamacare, but they are all ideas Republicans have already done the opposite of or would never consider.
More fake Time Magazine covers are being found at Trump golf clubs as the presidential fake news epidemic has grown from four covers to eight.
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda on Wednesday released what he called a “musical counterweight” to the U.S. political debate on immigration, inspired by one of the best-known lines from his award-winning, racially diverse Broadway musical. Video: The video “Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)” portrays refugees and immigrants from…
“Healthcare is working along very well…we’re gonna have a big surprise. We have a great Healthcare package,” President Trump told the White House pool in the Roosevelt Room Wednesday afternoon.
When asked what that meant, Trump answered according to the White House pool report sent to PoliticusUSA, “We’re going to have a great, great surprise.”
The censoring of the free press is getting worse as the Trump White House has been dodging and refusing to answer questions from CNN during the blacked out White House briefings.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee said on Wednesday the panel had asked election officials in 21 U.S. states to make public information about efforts to hack their systems during last year’s election. Some lawmakers have expressed frustration that the information has been kept secret, saying it impedes the…
Trump hijacked his photo-op with the world champion Chicago Cubs to complain about how sports teams don’t want to be seen with Trump.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis elevated five senior clerics from outside Italy and the Vatican to the top rank of cardinal on Wednesday, urging them to be humble and not forget refugees and victims of war, terrorism and injustice. Appointing new cardinals is one of the most significant powers of the papacy, allowing a…
Warren Buffett has given Trumpcare the perfect nickname. Buffett is calling Trumpcare the Relief for the Rich Act.
Unlike Mitch McConnell and other Republicans, Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) told Capitol Police not to remove healthcare protesters from his office.
Trump proclaimed that he is very involved and very knowledgeable about health care, but when he was asked about the health care bill, the President said it would be great, provided no details about the actual legislation, and proved that he knows nothing.
Sean Spicer pushed that idea on Wednesday that 28.2 million Americans being without insurance is a bad thing, so Republicans should rush to make that 49 million without insurance.
The American people are close to a victory on healthcare as Republicans are saying they will begin negotiations with Democrats on a bipartisan healthcare bill if they can’t get enough Republican votes to pass the Senate healthcare bill by Friday.
Only 26% of Republicans support the Senate’s tax cut as health care bill, according to a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll.
“Even among Republicans, only 26% support the Senate bill; 17% oppose it. A 52% majority say they need more information before they can express a view.â€
A new USA Today/Suffolk University Poll has found that just 12% of Americans support any of the Republican health care bills proving that Trumpcare has turned into a raging inferno that is burning down the Republican Party. USA Today has the data on their poll, “Just 12% of Americans support the Senate Republican health care…
A huge, 24-point margin of Americans believe President Obama was a far more effective leader than Trump, 58% to 29% – and among independents, it’s even worse, with a 35-point margin of 65% to 29%.
In what was almost certainly an abuse of presidential power, Donald Trump threatened Amazon with an Internet sales tax, when the company already collects sales tax for all 50 states.
Senate Republicans had a clear plan to pass the healthcare bill by keeping Trump far away from it. That plan was blown to bits on Wednesday, as Trump proclaimed himself heavily involved and knowledgeable on health care.
PARIS (Reuters) – The United States has not confirmed whether President Donald Trump will accept an invitation by President Emmanuel Macron to attend France’s annual July 14 Bastille day celebrations, government spokesman Christophe Castaner said on Wednesday. “We confirmed this week the invitation and our services are working on the basis that president trump comes,”…
“It has now been more than 150 days of this new administration … and they have yet to pass a single substantive piece of legislation of any kind.”
“The longer that it’s out there the more it’s going to stink. People are going to figure out what they’re trying to do to the country.”
First, Trump said how important it is to pass the health care bill, and then he immediately said it’s “okay” if it fails.
Donald Trump got hit hard by the CNN PR department after he falsely claimed that the network’s ratings were down.
The Fox News argument for the Republican health care bill is that we’re all going to die anyway, so who needs healthcare?
Time Magazine has asked Trump to remove fake Time covers that feature Trump on the cover from the walls of his golf clubs. The Washington Post reported on a fake 2009 Time cover that hangs in four of Trump’s golf clubs: “I can confirm that this is not a real TIME cover,†Kerri Chyka, a…
Republican efforts to overhaul the U.S. tax code have hit a snag in the House of Representatives, where party infighting over spending cuts is delaying adoption of a key legislative tool that the party needs to move a tax bill forward. The House Budget Committee canceled plans to send a budget resolution for fiscal 2018…
Trump proclaimed his love for the American people which is why he and Republicans are going to pass a bill that provides less coverage for more money and takes away health care from 22 million people.
White House reporter Brian Karem said what everyone is thinking about Trump and called out his administration for inflaming people while dodging accountability. The press is fed up with Trump’s media bashing, and they have clearly had enough.
Mitch McConnell delayed the vote on the Senate health care bill until after the 4th of July recess because he is spending the next three days working on a new deal to take away your healthcare.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reversed course on his own strategy and has delayed the health care bill vote until after the 4th of July recess.
Senate Republicans want to put healthcare in the rearview mirror and move on to tax reform, which is why they may be setting the President up to fail by holding votes on a healthcare bill that doesn’t have enough support to pass.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a reality check to Trump by telling the President that he is not going to be able to let the ACA implode. Instead, if the Senate health care bill fails, Democrats will enter negotiations to save the health insurance market and Obamacare will grow stronger. Politico reported, “President Donald…
The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday it had cut its growth forecasts for the U.S. economy to 2.1 percent in 2017 and 2018, dropping its assumption that the Trump administration’s tax cut and fiscal spending plans would boost growth.
As of Tuesday, there are only 35 committed yes votes for Senate health care bill. The bill could end up still getting 50 votes, but with mass opposition from conservative and moderate Republicans, along with unified Democrats, this legislation could be blocked resoundingly.
Donald Trump is proclaiming all stories about the Russia scandal fake after one CNN story about a person who was joining his administration’s ties to a Russian investment fund was found to be false, and three journalists resigned.
The Vermont senator said, “Many thousands of our fellow Americans every single year will die, and many more will suffer and become much sicker than they should” because of Trumpcare.
Whether they’re from a red state or blue state, Democrats are not afraid to speak out against this disastrous piece of legislation because they are listening to the American public.
The legislation won’t just hurt millions of Americans who are covered under Medicaid or through the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges.
As the American people get more engaged and look for factual news and information, they are increasingly turning to MSNBC as the Rachel Maddow led network is growing three times faster in total viewers than Fox News in primetime.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer drew the ire of some reporters on Monday for banning cameras from daily press briefings as part of what Spicer called an effort to vary the routine.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) is calling on Senate Republicans to abandon their effort to pass a healthcare bill that takes away coverage from 22 million Americans.
After the CBO report, Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Dean Heller (R-NV) said that they would vote no on a motion to move the Senate health care bill to a final vote, while Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said that he highly doubts that he would vote yes on moving the bill forward.
“Gutting coverage, as this bill does, will lead to deaths due to lack of coverage, and the legislators who vote this in are mercenary murderers, contracted and paid for by the insurance companies and ultra rich,” said Patriotic Millionaire Blaine Garst.
