Dissent, Democracy, and Deliberation Are on Trump’s Chopping Block
James Madison said representatives should be able to "withstand the temporary delusion" to "give time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection."…
James Madison said representatives should be able to "withstand the temporary delusion" to "give time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection."…
The Justice Department issued notice it will appeal Trump's Muslim ban ruling, calling it an executive order, giving the lie to Trump's claim that it was a DHS ban…
"What is our country coming to when a judge can halt a Homeland Security travel ban and anyone, even with bad intentions, can come into U.S.?"…
"The bleak cadence of last month’s inauguration was still in the air when Donald Trump lobbed the first Molotov cocktail of policies and executive orders"…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday denounced a judge who lifted a travel ban for citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries, vowing that his government would reinstate it as affected travelers scrambled for tickets to try to quickly enter the United States.…
Donald Trump's masks…
"You don’t run foreign policy by making statements, you run it with thousands of people working to implement programs every day. To undercut that is to undercut the institution.”…
Reich says Berkeley's "made-for-TV images of a riot" were too much of a good thing for Milos Yiannopoulos, Breitbart News, and Steve Bannon…
Trump was not the least bit interested in news about Russian incursions into Ukraine, which are anything but the product of overheated White House imaginations.…
While his Muslim ban was sinking under the weight of popular backlash, President Trump tried to boost support for his Executive Order by promoting a fake news story on his Facebook page.…
Kellyanne Conway, the Trump counselor and infamous spokeswoman for "alternative facts", is blaming "haters" for all of the flack she's getting for making up a fictional massacre to justify Trump's Muslim ban.…
Thousands of people are marching on Parliment in London and demanding the British government withdraw its invitation to President Trump for a state visit.…
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) showed President Trump that there would be consequences for his outburst against the judge who temporarily halted Trump's ban. Schumer said that Trump's behavior had lifted the bar even higher for confirmation of his Supreme Court nominee.…
Donald Trump lashed out at a Bush-nominated federal Judge who blocked his Muslim ban, calling the judge a "so-called judge".…
"It shows the depths that they will go to try to disparage someone and the desperation, really, of the liberals," whines Kimberly Guilfoyle…
The Trump White House did not react well to a federal judge's order blocking their Muslim travel ban nationwide.…
Twenty years of Fox "News" Fakery and claiming only it tells the truth, created an Emperor Trump and an audience, both impervious to facts.…
"When federal judges rule, government officials – up to and including the president – are supposed to obey or risk being held in contempt of court.”…
"What the judge announced today was nationwide. The president’s executive order does not apply."…
Donald Trump has set a record by registering the highest disapproval rating of any newly elected president in the history of polling.…
A group of Arizona state legislators is proposing a bill that would find charities in the state $1000 a day for helping to each refugee that they help to settle.…
Immigration lawyers are warning that in his rush to ban Muslims. President Donald Trump's Executive Order also contained language that shut down all tourism to the United States.…
It is estimated that Trump's first vacation as president could cost taxpayers at least $3 million for the weekend.…
After President Trump had signed two executive orders that weakened protections for consumers that are in place to help prevent another financial crisis, Senate Democrats vowed to put up a firewall and block any Trump repeal of Wall Street reforms in Congress.…
Trump has been silent on Russia since taking office, but he could be days away from dropping the crippling sanctions President Obama put on the country.…
Even though Conway didn't mean to call for higher wages, her accidental slip-up was likely the smartest thing she's ever said.…
In an ideal world where politics is centered around issues that matter, Hillary Clinton – not Trump – would be getting sworn in next week.…
"I would never comment on investigations ... in an open forum," the FBI director said, straight face intact.…
"American intelligence agencies intercepted communications in the aftermath of the election in which Russian officials congratulated themselves on the outcome."…
But let's not pretend that taking a series of questions from reporters – without Don King waving flags by his side – is something that should be praised.…
"To compare the next president of the United States to Hitler is not only intellectually dishonest - it's downright repulsive."…
She repeated Trump's line that it's time to "move on" from the cyberattack and called Obama's tough retaliation "symbolic."…
Trump's response suggests that holding Russia accountable for its unprecedented election meddling isn't that high on his list of priorities.…
One of them was investigated by the Senate Finance Committee in 2011 for shady fundraising practices. The other owns one of Detroit's biggest mansions…
"The beginning of the end was the horrible Iran deal, and now this (U.N.)! Stay strong Israel, January 20th is fast approaching!"…
It is being reported from inside the government, that Donald Trump is throwing tantrums during calls with world leaders when he is confronted about his policies.…
The power of protest has made President Trump even more toxic. After a customer rebellion, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick told employees that he is stepping down from Trump's economic advisory council.…