No human being with a conscience, a belief in American values, or a semi-functioning moral compass would dispute the fact that Donald Trump is a despicable human being. Simply put, Trump should never have been allowed to occupy a place he has no right even visiting, and it is an opinion no small number of…
Any democratic candidate who doesn’t recognize how fed up women are is making a grave error. if Sanders expects to get the women who were supporters Warren, he’s going to need to address the problems he has with women, including his supporters issues.
Sen. Warren had the moment of the debate when she pointed out that only the women on the stage have won all of their elections.
Winning a Senate seat in South Carolina will be an uphill climb for the Democrats, but traction among independents and GOP women could make it a contest.
As his weapon, Trump used the same creepy sexual domination he used to stalk Hillary Clinton during a televised debate to which he had invited women with whom her husband had had sexual relationships.
A new poll shows the top four Democratic presidential candidates all beating Donald Trump by double digits because white women have fled this president.
Terror is growing the Republican Party as red-state suburban voters are tired of Trump and gun violence and ready to wipe out the GOP.
Republicans are desperate to end any type of investigations into this morally bankrupt president, but this might not be the best strategy.
After two sets of Democratic presidential debates, it appears that Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren, at least at the moment, are two high-speed trains on a collision course.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to condemn President Donald Trump for “racist comments” against four minority Democratic congresswomen, a symbolic measure aimed at shaming Trump and his fellow Republicans who stood by him.
A resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s racially charged attacks on four Democratic congresswomen was headed for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, with Trump pressuring his fellow Republicans to oppose it.
White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway told reporters Tuesday morning that Trump’s labor secretary Alex Acosta is doing a great job in the wake of the new Jeffrey Epstein child sex trafficking indictment.
A day after being shamed by Jon Stewart, the House Judiciary Committee unanimously passed additional funding for the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund through 2090.
Joe Biden’s Hyde Amendment reversal is fair game for critics, but the Republican Party remains the biggest threat to abortion rights.
Anyone who thinks Donald Trump hasn’t changed America is not paying attention. Trump is consolidating power before our eyes. Only the House of Representatives and the courts, for the most part, bear a resemblance to institutions that continue to fight for the American democracy we knew. The daily press briefing became a propaganda session under…
The largest Democratic field in the modern U.S. political era is competing for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination.
The diverse group of more than 20 vying to challenge President Donald Trump, the likely Republican nominee, includes seven U.S. senators. A record six women are running, as well as black, Hispanic and openly gay candidates who would make history if one of them becomes the party’s nominee.
This article is one of several profiles of women running for the democratic presidential nomination. Throughout her career, Elizabeth Warren blended a life of experiences that many of us can relate to with the benefits of an education most people can only dream about. That is what makes her the people’s wonk. As 23 people…
Hundreds of abortion-rights campaigners, including Democrats seeking their party’s 2020 presidential nomination, rallied in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to protest new restrictions on abortion passed by Republican-dominated legislatures in eight states.
Republicans are very busy running away from Alabama’s tough abortion law, even though they not only enabled this exact situation by stealing a Supreme Court seat from President Obama and then installing two exceptionally far-right extremists to the bench but also, their platform insists on personhood for a fetus.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) responded to attacks on reproductive rights in Alabama, Georgia, and Missouri with a big plan to protect the right to choose.
Stand up for women like you stand up for any other cause: We are real, we are right here, and we are in a crisis heretofore unseen.
Leana Wen, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said her group would challenge the measure in court if it took effect.
“We have no choice. For us, this is about our patients’ lives,” Wen told reporters on a conference call. “We have to file lawsuits. We are talking about the rights for generations to come.”
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday was mulling whether to sign the United States’ strictest abortion law, part of a multistate effort to get the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider women’s constitutional right to abortion.
Georgia’s Republican governor on Tuesday is expected to sign a bill outlawing abortion if a doctor can detect a fetal heartbeat, part of a concerted effort to restrict abortion rights in states across the country.
A panel of three federal judges on Friday ruled that Ohio’s Republican-drawn congressional map is an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander and ordered the state to revamp it before the 2020 presidential election.
The largest Democratic field in the modern U.S. political era is competing for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination.
By Ann Saphir and Trevor Hunnicutt SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stephen Moore, the economic commentator that U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will nominate to the Federal Reserve Board, is drawing new fire from top Democrats for his comments denigrating, among other targets, women and the Midwest. But Republicans, whose 53 to 47…
Last Friday, the president of the United States waged war on the First Amendment unlike anything I’ve witnessed. It gets more twisted because Trump’s weapon of choice was an abuse of the First Amendment. It’s the sort of thing we saw happen in the Balkans during the 1990’s and read about happening in the Soviet…
It’s happening again.
The media is paving the way for Donald Trump to win 2020 with lazy, or perhaps purposeful, false equivalencies aimed at the top Democratic possible for 2020.
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand delivered a fiery repudiation of U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday at the doorstep of one of his most famous properties, making it clear she will not pull her punches in seeking to replace him. “President Trump is tearing apart the moral fabric…
Democratic U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will give her first speech as an official presidential candidate in New York City today, and will call Donald Trump a “coward†in front of his own hotel. The new 2020 candidate will also accuse the president of  “tearing apart the moral fabric of our country.†The New York senator…
The Republican Party of Texas is in panic mode. Shocked by the results of the 2018 midterm elections that saw the GOP lose a record number of seats in the House, and by the close race that saw incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz (R) almost lose his seat to rising star Beto O’Rourke (D), the Texas…
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, struggling to move past criticism over her claims of Native American heritage, aimed for a fresh start on Saturday with the formal launch of her 2020 presidential campaign, saying that she is fighting for all Americans.
But Democratic women lawmakers from the House of Representatives, many of them dressed elegantly in white to celebrate 100 years of women having the right to vote, projected a picture of calm displeasure during Trump’s speech that made clear his version of unity was not one they could accept.
Women marched in hundreds of U.S. cities and overseas on Saturday to mark the second anniversary of demonstrations that drew millions of protesters to the streets the day after Republican President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2017.
Leaders of both groups say they will use this year’s marches to push policy related to raising the minimum wage, access to reproductive and healthcare and voting rights, among other issues. They are aiming to mobilize women to vote ahead of the 2020 elections, when Trump is expected to be the Republican nominee for president.
By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Women will march in hundreds of U.S. cities and overseas on Saturday to mark the second anniversary of demonstrations that drew millions of protesters to the streets the day after Republican President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2017. Women’s March, a national nonprofit organization that evolved from the initial…
A new poll from American University shows that voters supported women candidates in the 2018 midterms because of the qualities that they were perceived to have, such as a willingness to compromise in order to achieve desired goals. Mallory Newall, research director at Ipsos Public Affairs, told Hill.TV: “What was really striking to me about…
Virginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger had a potent defense against attacks by President Donald Trump and other Republicans casting her party as weak on national security: her career as a covert CIA counter-terrorism officer.
Republican governors are warning Trump that he needs to change or he will lose again in 2020.
The Trump administration is expected to push ahead with a range of policies that affect healthcare next year despite Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives. Democrats captured the House majority in the midterms because of their message on healthcare. But that is not stopping Donald Trump from moving ahead on his controversial health…
Ediotor’s Note: The current economy is no better than it was under President Obama, in fact it is worse if you take into account experts claiming we are heading for a recession, topped off with the instability of the markets and future based on Trump’s unnecessary trade wars and the deficit projected to top $1…
GOP candidates and party bosses all over the country are in panic mode as they have seen President Donald Trump hijack the 2018 midterm elections. They wanted their campaign message to focus on how great the economy is. But instead he has made sure the election is all about him. With his packed schedule of…
By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The record numbers of women running for office in the United States this year are mostly Democrats, and their party is banking on their candidacies and a widening gender gap on key issues to achieve big wins in the Nov. 6 elections. Reuters/Ipsos polling two weeks ahead of Election…
A New Hampshire judge on Monday put on hold a law requiring some voters to present proof of residency when they register, saying it would lengthen lines at polling places and make it difficult for students, disabled voters and others to cast ballots
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) warned Trump and the Republican Party that there is an uprising of outraged voters coming for them in 28 days.
While watching her political support crumble, Sen. Susan Collins plunged a fresh knife into the backs of American women.
Republicans got their way and confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, so now it is up to voters to vote them out of office.
Last night, just hours after Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh appeared to have secured enough votes to be confirmed, a warning was issued by a current Supreme Court Justice. Associate Justice Elena Kagan said Friday she is afraid that the high court going forward will not have a justice who will serve as a swing-vote…
The clues were rumbling around Washington all day yesterday: Republicans don’t have the 50 votes they need to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. While Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota boldly announced she would vote “no” on Kavanaugh, several undecided Republicans failed to announce they would vote “yes” on Trump’s Supreme Court…
Confidence grew among President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans on Thursday that Brett Kavanaugh would win Senate confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, after positive comments from two wavering lawmakers about an FBI report on accusations of sexual misconduct by the judge.
Bob Corker’s decision to vote in favor of this Brett Kavanaugh will forever taint his legacy as he prepares to leave office.
Even while many in our culture are finding some measure of satisfaction and a sense of justice being done in the prison sentence doled out to Bill Cosby for his years of sexually predatory behavior, the GOP at least seems to have consciously decided, as a matter of political strategy, to take a hard-line against…
The GOP is gone. There are no responsible Republicans anymore. There is no moral wing of the party preparing stand up for what’s right.
With Christine Blasey Ford up against an all male panel being fronted by Rachel Mitchell, a registered Republican they brought in from Maricopa County in Arizona (home to injustice and cruelty), a fact depicted so brilliantly by a New York Times photo below, people flocked to send Christine Blasey Ford their support.
No matter what happens going forward, the Republican Party has already damaged the reputation of the nation’s highest court.Â
With growing support from women, Democrats are poised for major gains in midterm, new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll shows. Democrats are poised to make huge gains this midterm, and it’s thanks to three groups of women voters who have been important for Republicans: suburban residents, married white women and white women without college degrees….
Bullish fighter Michael Avenatti, who takes on Trump and wins and wins and even if he loses an argument keeps winning the war, was just forced to make his account private on Twitter due to bots and Trump trolls he attributed to his representation of women regarding Kavanaugh. “I was just forced to make my…
Trump responded to more sexual assault allegations against his Supreme Court nominee by telling his staff that this is why they should have been fighting the Christine Blasey Ford allegations sooner.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is being investigated for sexual misconduct while he was an adult at Yale.
By Doina Chiacu and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans threatened to go ahead with a Senate panel vote on President Donald Trump‘s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Monday unless a deal could be reached on Friday with the woman accusing him of sexual assault on how and when she will testify….
All ten Judiciary Committee Democrats tried to school Republican Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to “learn from past mistakes,” that is, to ease himself into the modern era where sexual assault is no longer something to be ignored.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal blasted Republicans for their treatment of Kavanaugh’s accuser, who now says she is willing to testify next week.
Wondering why the President and Republicans keep referring to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford as “the accuser” as if she has no name? Republicans have a history of painting women as “accuser” instead of “victim.” They’ve even tried to make this law. Republican state Rep Bobby Franklin of Georgia wrote a bill in 2011 to change…
Republicans are afraid that the sexual assault accusation against Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh will hurt them in the upcoming midterm elections. According to the Washington Post, many have expressed fear that the investigation will focus the voters’ attention on a highly-charged issue that will help increase Democratic turnout in November. Initially Republicans thought…
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) told Republicans that if they are going to have their women staff question Christine Blasey Ford, they need to step down.
CNN was read a redacted copy of the letter Dr. Christine Ford Blasey sent to Senator Feinstein and it’s chillingly worse than what is being reported in the media, especially as it suggests it was planned in advance with malice.
Too many men – particularly those with the deny-deny-deny strategy of Donald Trump – are quick to dismiss women and doubt their stories.
New game: Character assassination can go both ways. As Republicans dig down low for their cheap, worn 1980s playbook of How to Smear an Alleged Victim, all 10 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee today sent a letter challenging Chuck Grassley to allow the FBI to investigate the allegations and follow up on Kavanaught’s misleading committee testimony.
“Morning Joe†guest Donny Deustch said this morning that he thinks Brett Kavanaugh will not be confirmed to the Supreme Court. He also said Republicans face a “lose/lose†situation in the political fight over the sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump’s nominee. MSNBC's Donny Deutsch says Kavanaugh confirmation would be 'suicidal' for GOP https://t.co/BPRh7HB29m —…
Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer cited the “serious and credible allegations” that must be thoroughly investigated. “For too long, when woman have made serious allegations of abuse, they have been ignored. That cannot happen in this case.”
After months of silence, widely published Christine Ford, a clinical psychology professor at Palo Alto University who teaches with Stanford University, has come forward, and she comes having passed an FBI-administrated lie detector test to boot.
Anyone old enough to remember Clarence Thomas’ confirmation hearing, remembers that Anita Hill came forward at the last minute. She testified and, true to any situation when a woman accuses a man of inappropriate sexual behavior ranging from harassment to rape, she was vilified.
Women may finally get their revenge on serial sex offender Donald Trump and his GOP enablers in Congress. From all reports it appears that the 2018 midterm elections will be a Big Blue Wave fueled by the energy of women and the ‘Me Too†movement. Just last week we reported that there are over 100…
Former President Obama had a message for Trump, the Republican Party, and his fellow Democrats. Obama warned the GOP, “We are going to fight.”
The Republican lawmaker in charge of the plan said it was crafted to maintain Republican dominance because ‘electing Republicans is better than electing Democrats’
By Letitia Stein TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans loyal to Donald Trump scored victories in nominating contests for Florida and Arizona, giving momentum to the insurgent wings of America’s two main parties ahead of November elections. “Some worry that we are beyond a point in American politics where you can come…
By Ginger Gibson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As women line up to run for U.S. political office at historic rates, state legislatures – where some of America’s most critical policy decisions get made – could see a slew of new female lawmakers after November’s vote, according to a Reuters analysis of election data. In Michigan, for…
Because of Democratic strength with the female electorate, they now hold a 12-point advantage heading into the critical midterm elections.
Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti  posted on Twitter early Thursday morning a statement saying that he has new evidence proving Donald Trump and his attorney/fixer Michael Cohen paid off multiple women in 2016 during the presidential campaign, and they were concerned about one of them being pregnant. According to Avenatti, “Donald Trump conspired with Michael…
CNN’s Senior Congressional Correspondent Manu Raju captured Republican Senators duck and dodge on tape when asked about President Trump being caught on tape talking to his “fixer” Michael Cohen about silencing a story about his alleged affair with a Playboy model.
Trump’s support with Republican women is twenty points lower than it is with Republican men, which provides Democrats with a great opportunity to pick up even more support among Republican and Independent women in the midterm election.
Trump has made immigration and trade the two centerpiece issues of his midterm election strategy, but a new poll shows that he is losing on both as Democrats have surged to a double-digit lead on enthusiasm.
In a wild morning tweet storm President Donald Trump complained about Democrats who are “weak on crime,†the Fake News, the infestation of MS-13 gangs, unfair trade deals, “Crazy Maxine Waters,” and Nancy Pelosi. And as if that wasn’t enough, he also said that if it wasn’t for him the U.S. would now be at…
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) laid it out for Senate Republicans. A vote for an extremist Trump Supreme Court nominee could be a career-ending move.
While fealty to the Republican president may be a requirement to win low-turnout Republican primaries dominated by conservative activists, it could prove a tougher sell against energized anti-Trump Democratic forces in midterm elections this fall.
The media needs to face the reality that Roseanne’s hate is nothing special; it’s exactly what is behind the “real America” they are so obsessed with.
It’s no longer a question who Trump stands for. It’s the same wealthy interests to which all Republican administrations cater. The real question is: Will his supporters notice?Â
They say they are fighting abortion, but recent actions by Donald Trump and his Republican enablers make clear that they in fact have declared war on birth control itself. In doing so they have taken the “war on women” to a new extreme level because they are challenging the right of women to have access…
The results in Arizona’s special congressional election were a wake-up call for Republicans who have been used to hitting the snooze button in recent years. An Arizona GOP polling expert, Mike Noble, said: “Republicans shouldn’t be hitting the alarm, they should be slamming it. This district isn’t supposed to be competitive, and so to see…
North Dakota’s Heidi Heitkamp, one of the most endangered Democrats in the U.S. Senate, knows a political gift when she sees one.
President Donald Trump was fuming on Tuesday over FBI raids of his lawyer’s office and home in search of details about ties between Trump and two women who say they had sex with him, aides said.
The source said investigators were looking into whether there was a broader pattern of tax fraud, wire fraud, tax evasion, money laundering and other crimes in Cohen’s private dealings, including his work for Trump and some real estate transactions that involved Russian buyers.
A new Pew study found that the Democratic base is growing while Republicans are losing identification with whites and male voters ahead of the midterm. The Democratic base is growing Women and college graduates increasingly align with Democratic Party, according to a new Pew study. The 19 point Democratic advantage with women is up 7…
Republican governors are trying to boost Scott Walker in his bid for a third term as governor of Wisconsin by claiming that Hillary Clinton called the Badger State backwards. The transcript of Clinton’s remarks reveals that the Republican Governors Association of which Walker is the chairman is lying. PolitiFact published the transcript of Clinton’s full…
The firm’s presentation, viewed by Reuters and not previously reported, showed a significant “intensity gap†between the two parties, with 82 percent of Democrats strongly disapproving of the job Trump is doing as president, while just 56 percent of Republicans strongly approve of his performance.
Democratic Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf rejected a Republican-drawn congressional map on Tuesday as unfairly skewed toward protecting Republican candidates, likely putting the state’s top court in charge of creating new boundaries.
One of the most important players in the Trump White House is resigning from his job as White House staff secretary amid accusations of abuse – a job Rob Porter got even though one of his ex-wives told the FBI about the charges during his background search. Thus it’s impossible to miss the fact that…
Thousands of protesters gathered for the Women’s March “Power to the Polls” rally in Las Vegas on Sunday, kicking off a national drive to register a million new voters as well as put more female candidates in office and stymie President Donald Trump’s agenda.
All across the country, people are marching to show the president that they are more motivated than ever to stand up to his dangerous agenda.
