Rachel Maddow used the example of Trump’s acting director who was overseeing rail safety with no experience and a second job as an example of how incompetence and corruption are at the heart of Trump’s “infrastructure week.” Video: Rachel Maddow wrecks Trump's infrastructure week in less than three minutes. #Maddow https://t.co/KgfRoY64OX pic.twitter.com/O9tTJCxpDp — Sarah Reese…
Trump cheerleader and frontrunner for the nomination, Rep. Marsha Blackburn, could lose the seat for Republicans and possibly hand the Senate majority back to the Democrats.
It’s nothing short of embarrassing that the folks who know GOP Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson best – literally, his folks – don’t think he should be a U.S. Senator.
This is part of a pattern of members of the administration – up to and including the president himself – using their positions for their own personal benefit.
MSNBC’s Ari Melber took clips of Trump saying that Hillary Clinton couldn’t be trusted with classified information and contrasted that with the hypocrisy of an administration where nearly four dozen people lack the security clearances that they need to be handling classified intelligence. Video: Ari Melber takes down some Trump hypocrisy on handling classified information….
Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters that Trump wasn’t really defending domestic abusers. She pretended to know Trump’s real feelings and that he doesn’t men who abuse women. Video: The White House is now pretending like we all imagined Trump defending domestic abusers. pic.twitter.com/xzjQYIvF5J — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 12, 2018 Transcript via The White…
The Trump budget calls for the elimination of LIHEAP, which is a low-income home energy assistance program that helps 6.7 million Americans stay warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Trump’s budget proposed the unnecessary elimination of a program that has seen its funding level stay at $3.39 billion since 2015. Campaign for…
MSNBC’s Katy Tur ran through a damming of all the ways that Trump and his administration have leaked or mishandled classified intelligence while he has been in office. Video: Katy Tur lists all of the factually proven ways that Trump and his White House have leaked, mishandled, or jeopardized classified intelligence. #ReleasetheDemmemo #RobPorter https://t.co/gTp3Swa9Jz pic.twitter.com/Bs9tlAn9Kh…
There have been no biological or weaponized substances founded in a letter addressed to Donald Trump Jr. that was opened by his wife Vanessa Trump. Video: Vanessa Trump was not exposed to any dangerous weaponized substance in the letter. #VanessaTrump pic.twitter.com/gvkzTwXroJ — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 12, 2018 Tom Winter of NBC News reported,…
The $4.4 trillion budget plan, which is viewed by Congress as little more than a suggestion, will likely draw criticism from conservatives who worry that Republicans are embracing deficit spending.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee, exploded with rage after Trump released a budget that slashes trillions of dollars from Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security disability after he gave a massive tax cut to the wealthy and corporations. In a statement provided to PoliticusUSA, Sen. Sanders said: The Trump…
Vice President Mike Pence claimed that there is no place in the White House for domestic abuse, while he is working for a president who has been accused by dozens of women of sexual assault. Video: As he works for Trump, Mike Pence says the White House has zero tolerance for sexual harassment. #RobPorter https://t.co/kOl8Maj5Q5…
White House legislative affairs director Marc Short told reporters on Monday that the Trump administration looks “forward to releasing” the Democratic rebuttal to the Republican memo accusing the FBI and Justice Department of running a corrupt investigation on Russia — but only after Democrats “clean it up.” “I think the reality is that the White…
The official portraits for former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were unveiled on Monday (February 12) at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Video:
Yet another high-ranking official who might find themselves having to deal with the Trump administration’s ties to Russia has resigned. This time, it’s Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand, the third highest-ranking official at the Department of Justice. Brand has left to take the Executive Vice President, Global Governance and Corporate Secretary position at Wal-Mart. While people close…
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi continues to be a powerful fundraising figure for the Democratic Party. According to POLITICO, Pelosi raised nearly $50 million during 2017. Out of the $49.5 million total, $47.6 million went to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Pelosi raised these funds by holding 204 events in 43 cities. This is nearly…
A White House aide leaked to the press that Trump’s real plan for 2018 is to exploit cultural issues to fire up Republican voters ahead of the midterms by dividing the country with racism. Axios reported: A source close to the White House tells me that with an eye to getting Republicans excited about voting…
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili has been detained in Kiev by unknown “kidnappers”, according to a post on the former Georgian leader’s official Facebook page and his spokeswoman. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the detention, but last week his lawyer warned that he could face imminent deportation or…
