Democratic Congressman Needs Just 6 Words To Explain Why Trump Is Going Down
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) explained why Donald Trump is on the verge of going down for obstructing justice with six little words, “No one is above the law.”
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) explained why Donald Trump is on the verge of going down for obstructing justice with six little words, “No one is above the law.”
Instead of responding with a denial that Trump is being investigated for obstruction of justice, Trump’s legal team responded by calling the leak illegal.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has broadened the FBI’s investigation to include an investigation of President Donald Trump for potential obstruction of justice.
There were calls for President Donald Trump to attend the congressional baseball game after the shooting at the Republican team’s practice, but the White House has announced that Trump will not be showing up.
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) of Georgia argued that it is shootings like the one that took place at a Republican baseball practice, not their fear of angry constituents over losing their healthcare that is stopping Republican members of Congress from doing town halls.
While the Russia scandal dominates the headlines, 196 Congressional Democrats are suing Trump to get him to comply with the Emoluments Clause.
James T. Hodgkinson, the man who allegedly shot and wounded Representative Steve Scalise and others during a Congressional baseball practice Wednesday, was charged with assaulting his girlfriend and the reckless discharge of a firearm in 2006, but the charges were later dismissed.
Fox News has finally realized that they aren’t fooling anybody anymore, and are tired of being mocked, so they are dropping their ‘Fair and Balanced’ slogan.
All Trump had to do was stay on script and read the statement, but the undisciplined President had to toss in an absurd exaggeration while talking about the congressional baseball practice shooting.
“The world changed for us a little bit as members. I encourage everyone across America to pray for our nation,” Representative Jeff Duncan (R-SC) said in the wake of the shooting during a Congressional baseball practice in Virginia.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) expressed his sickness over the fact that the Republican congressional baseball practice shooter was a volunteer for his presidential campaign. Sanders condemned the violence while saying that real change only comes through non-violent action.
The rules about not politicizing mass shootings don’t apply to Republicans, as Rep. Steve King (R-IA) blamed “the left” for gun violence.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe said, “I think we need to do more to protect all of our citizens. I have long advocated, this is not what today is about, but there are too many guns on the street. We lose 93 million Americans a day to gun violence.”
Police have identified 66-year-old James T. Hodgkinson as the man who shot 5 people at a Republican practice for the congressional baseball game.
Five people were shot at a Republican practice for the Congressional baseball game. The media and political leaders are calling the shooting a tragedy, but what it is just another day of domestic gun violence terror in the United States of America.
Former Arizona Congresswoman Democrat Gabrielle Giffords issues a statement after the shooting of Congressman Steve Scalise during Republican baseball game, saying her heart is with her former colleagues, their families and staff and the U.S. Capitol Police.
During an interview on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) responded to Jeff Sessions’ testimony, by calling on the Attorney General to come before the Judiciary Committee so that the Minnesota Senator can question him.
President Trump is so out of touch with reality that he thinks he can threaten special counsel Robert Mueller into clearing him on the Russia scandal.
The proof that Democratic enthusiasm is real can be found in Virginia on Tuesday night as Democratic turnout for the gubernatorial primary is up 130% compared to the last primary.
President Trump didn’t stop at calling his own health care bill mean. While meeting with Republican Senators, Trump also called the bill a son of a b*tch and told Republicans to spend more money.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) didn’t buy for a second that Jeff Sessions didn’t understand his question when he lied under oath in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Franken accused Sessions of trying to whitewash and downplay his lie and urged the Attorney General to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
You’re probably hearing a lot of this because it’s the Republican talking point. But it’s only meant for those who really don’t understand the most basic ideas about our government. That is to say, it’s meant for the Trump base.
If there was one devastating lesson to come out of Jeff Sessions’ testimony it was that Donald Trump never showed concern to the Attorney General about the Russia election hacking.
Donald Trump may have put the final nail in the coffin of the Republican health care bill by telling Senators that he thought the House passed bill was “mean,” and that he wants the Senate bill to be more generous.
Trump was supposed to give a statement on health care, so he showed up for 5 minutes in Wisconsin, lied about the Affordable Care Act then ran back to Air Force One to resume hiding from the Russia scandal.
Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) accused Jeff Sessions of obstructing the Russia investigation by refusing to answer questions.
During Jeff Sessions testimony Sen. James Risch (R-ID) compared secret meetings with Russians to bumping into someone at the grocery store.
During his testimony before the Senate Intel Committee, Jeff Sessions confirmed that Comey did not want to be left alone with Trump.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions didn’t deny that he met with Russians, but said that he didn’t recall meeting with Russians. Sessions also denied colluding with Russians specifically but didn’t deny working with Russia on the campaign.
According to the Gallup three-day rolling average of presidential approval, Trump’s disapproval has reached a record high of 60%.
At a health care lunch with Republican Senators, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska got seated right next to Trump, and she couldn’t hide the look on her face or body language that suggested that she wanted to get far away from Trump.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) blasted Republican Senators who passed new rules that allow them to hide from the press and keep their health care bill a secret.
Republican Senate leadership, read Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, has prohibited reporters from filming interviews in the hallway, and now requires prior permission from the Senate Rules Committee and prior permission from the Senator for all interviews. In other words, reporters can no longer interview Republican Senators as the GOP drafts their health care bill in secret.
While testifying before a Senate subcommittee, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein rejected the idea being floated by Trump allies of firing the special counsel by saying there is no good cause to fire Robert Mueller.
President Trump’s personal lawyer Mark Kasowitz bragged that he got New York U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara fired, warning Trump, “This guy is going to get you.â€
The hack into US voting systems by Russia was worse than reported. Thirty-nine states were compromised, and the Obama administration worried that the Kremlin’s goal was to delete voter registration information.
Instead of even pretending that he is trying to run the country, Trump tantrums on social media and is demanding a personal apology for what he calls “fake news,” as the President’s mental meltdown accelerates.
Jeff Sessions is in big trouble, no matter what he tells the Senate Intelligence Committee.
The move by the Senate comes as the White House has repeatedly suggested they would “look at” lifting sanctions on Russia.
The ranking of the House committee investigating Russia, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) put an end to Trump’s dreams of firing special counsel Robert Mueller by letting the President know that if he fires Mueller, Congress will reappoint him.
“If they feel blessed to be in his cabinet or to be around him, to be his chief of staff for at least another week or so, they should feel very blessed.”
Friends of Donald Trump are telling reporters that the President is seriously considering terminating Russia special counsel Robert Mueller.
Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL) trolls Trump and uses his fake word against him by unleashing a new COVFEFE act which will document and archive a president’s social media activity.
A complaint has been filed against Donald and Eric Trump accusing them of fraud and embezzlement after it was reported that funds raised for charity were directed into Donald Trump’s businesses.
Some members of Congress are officially starting to get serious with the possible impeachment of Donald Trump. While impeachment did not seem very prominent early into his first 100 days, Trump is now facing many deserved calls for his impeachment due to his obstruction of justice during the Russian investigation, as well as his firing…
A new PPP poll finds that by a margin of 49%-41% respondents believe that Donald Trump obstructed justice after James Comey testified before Congress.
That bizarre dear leader meeting where Trump’s cabinet was forced to praise him was part of an intentional effort by the White House to boost Trump out of his depression. In other words, the White House virtually confirmed that this president has some mental health issues going on.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and his staff had the perfect response after Donald Trump forced his cabinet to stroke his fragile ego during his first full cabinet meeting.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that President Donald Trump violated the law with his executive order that banned Muslims from traveling to the United States.
The attorney generals for the District of Columbia and Maryland stood before the media and made a devastating point by point case for why Donald Trump is violating the Constitution and why it is up to them to do something about it.
A completely deranged Donald Trump held his first full cabinet meeting on Monday where he claimed to have passed more legislation than any other president because this president believes that executive orders are legislation.
Senate Republicans are going to be done writing their health care bill tonight, but they are refusing to release it to the public yet because they think it would be stupid to let the American people see it this soon.
Secretary of Defense James Mattis has refused to go on the Trump friendly show Fox and Friends, where he would be asked partisan questions and asked to defend the President.
Trump crafted the public image of a ruthless businessman who fires people at will. The reality is that Trump’s threats carry so little weight that his own White House staff treats him like a joke.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions tried to get out of testifying in public, but the Senate Intelligence Committee is debating whether to deny the AG’s request to testify in closed session.
While Donald Trump Jr. thinks he did his dad a favor, he made matters much worse for Trump by exposing his conversation with Comey on an interview for Fox News.
Donald Trump is seeing his level of intense support drop as white voters without college degrees are cooling on his presidency all of this has left the White House freaked out and worried they won’t be able to fight an energized left in 2018.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has become a key target of Democrats and those who are demanding answers in the Russia investigation.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) spent eight years doing nothing but criticizing and complaining about former President Obama’s global leadership, but when asked if American leadership was better under Obama, McCain admitted that it was.
If you want to know how damaging James Comey’s testimony was to the White House, consider that not a single member of the Trump administration appeared on the Sunday shows to defend the President.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) told Senate Intelligence Committee leadership that the public has a right to hear the testimony of Jeff Sessions, so the committee should hold the Attorney General’s hearing in public.
The President’s own lawyer refused to answer when he was asked if Trump would promise not to interfere with or fire special counsel Robert Mueller.
During an interview on Face The Nation, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) warned Trump that he might be the first president in history to go down because he won’t stop talking about the investigation.
Former US Attorney Preet Bharara told ABC’s This Week that he believes that there is enough evidence to begin an investigation of President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice in relation to the firing of James Comey.
While the country hung on every word of James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday morning and then spent the rest of the day analyzing the Senators questions and his responses and the implications for the Trump/Russia investigation, House Republicans were quietly stripping away protections of the momentous Dodd-Frank Act.
At the People’s Summit in Chicago, Sen. Bernie Sanders crushed Donald Trump with the most comprehensive policy dismantling of his term so far.
While Trump tries his best to lie his way out of an investigation, Sen. Feinstein showed that she is not backing down in a new letter requesting for an investigation into any obstruction of justice.
While Mr. Trump has indeed been elected to the highest office in the land, there can be little debate that his words and deeds throughout his lifetime have garnered almost nothing to induce respect. In fact, Mr. Trump has seemingly almost gone out of his way to reflect the very opposite of presidential conduct.
As Pride celebrations carry on in cities throughout the country, it’s important that LGBTQ health is kept at the forefront of the national dialogue.
George W. Bush’s ethics lawyer is warning that Trump’s threat to legally come after James Comey could result in new charges, including obstruction of justice against the President.
Trump is desperately spewing nonsense because he knows he has no credibility – and because, with each passing day, the obstruction of justice case against him builds a little bit more.
Since Trump’s emergence as a political figure, bashing the Muslim community has been one of his biggest applause lines among his supporters.
Leaker found!
It’s Kellyannne Conway at a British Embassy party, loudly sharing White House gossip off-the-record to a group of reporters, while mocking Reince Priebus, asking what legislative director Marc Short does all day, and explaining that Trump told her to say, “Jim Comey will have to wait and see about the tapes” but she converted that to, “No comment.”
Ossoff now leads his Republican candidate by seven points as Republican and Independent voters flock to his campaign.
Here is what is perhaps the President’s morning briefing, since we know he prefers pictures. It’s done in that secret Trump code that is “known to a small group of people,” so it was super smart for the White House Deputy Press Secretary to tweet it to the world this Saturday morning.
Ex-Twitter CEO Dick Costolo destroyed Trump’s self-created reputation as a deal maker who gets things done by comparing a meeting with the President to the literal torture of waterboarding.
Democratic donor Tom Steyer told Democrats to get their heads out of the sand when it comes to talking about impeachment as argued the case for why the Democratic Party must step up and stop dodging talk of impeaching Trump.
Kathy Griffin has the head, Comey gets the rest.
Let’s get the most important news out of the way first: Fox & Friends has a brand new 2-story set, new show opening, new curvy couch, but it’s the same old crap from the Three Stooges that sit thereupon. How can you tell it was the same lie-filled propaganda? Take it from an expert on…
NATO allies were so appalled after Trump winged his remarks at a behind closed doors dinner that sources described the event as a “total sh*tshow.”
A House Republican who served on the Judiciary Committee that impeached Bill Clinton has torn into Speaker Paul Ryan for his impeachment hypocrisy on Donald Trump.
The House Intelligence Committee is demanding that the White House turn over all recordings, memos, and communications with former FBI Director James Comey, as Donald Trump has officially had his tapes bluff called by the Russia investigation.
During a joint press conference with the president of Romania, Donald Trump accidentally admitted that he asked for Comey’s loyalty as he denied making the request of the former FBI Director.
Trump’s Infrastructure Week and his 1 trillion dollar proposal came crashing down as his new”plan” is nothing like what he promised, and barely a plan at all.
The Trump White House Social Media Director Dan Scavino has been found in violation of the Hatch Act by the Office of Special Counsel because he used his government position to advocate primarying Republican Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan.
At her weekly press conference, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) questioned Donald Trump’s fitness for office while pointing out that Trump will be a jobs loser for America.
Moments after it was reported that President Trump’s personal lawyer Marc Kasowitz is going to file a complaint against former FBI Director James Comey, Norm Eisen of CREW announced, “This is an abuse of process and we will be filing a defense of Comey.”
James Comey said that Donald Trump was a liar, so Trump responded by talking to Twitter and telling more lies about Comey.
The Democrat’s lead is slim, but it appears to be somewhat durable and is even showing signs that he is gaining support as the June 20 election approaches.
The Trump administration is in for a rude awakening if they think the American public will believe the president over James Comey.
Murphy didn’t explicitly call for the impeachment of the president, but his comments suggest that Democrats are becoming more comfortable heading down that road.
Former FBI Director, James Comey came away from his public testimony before the Senate Intelligence committee with his integrity intact.
Republicans may be forced to remove a portion of their legislation that would essentially doom the bill – again.
The cable news ratings dominance of Fox News is being conquered by Rachel Maddow as the MSNBC host finished first in overall viewers for the second night in a row.
Trump son in law Jared Kushner will be meeting with the Senate Intelligence Committee as the Russia investigation is inside the West Wing and getting closer to Trump.
House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said the one thing that should terrify Trump after Comey’s testimony. Schiff said that Comey’s testimony provided evidence that Trump intended to interfere with or obstruct the Russia investigation.
Trump’s lawyer accused Comey of committing a felony, but the lawyer got the facts he based this accusation on wrong.
Trump’s lawyer Marc Kasowitz made the situation worse for the President by flat out lying and threatening James Comey with prosecution.
In a clever trap, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) is calling for Donald Trump to testify under oath, because it is a near certainty that Trump would commit perjury.
Acting as a surrogate for his father, Donald Trump Jr. unleashed a series of irrelevant Tweets attacking the former FBI director during the hearing earlier today.