“There were more than 100 staffers in the Executive Office of the President who were operating on interim clearances more than a year after Trump was elected.”
“If I thought he was going to offer something that was real, actual consolation, I’d be willing to hear more. I’m not sure what’s that we would get.”
The man accused of opening fire at a Florida high school on Wednesday, killing 17 people, was a troubled former student who loved guns and was expelled for disciplinary reasons, police and former classmates said.
“This one is the 18th school shooting just this year … Congress has been complicit. Congress bears responsibility.”
After a national tragedy, the president should speak to the American people and try to bring the country together. That’s what leaders do during such moments. Not Trump.
U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed hiking the federal gasoline tax by 25 cents a gallon in a meeting with lawmakers on Wednesday about funding his infrastructure spending proposal, a Democratic lawmaker said.
“Since Columbine in 1999, there have been 25 fatal, active school shooting incidents at elementary and high schools in America,” the Fox Host told his viewers.
Police have identified the suspect in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people as former expelled student Nikolaus Cruz. Video: #parkland shooter identified as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz by the Broward County Sheriff. pic.twitter.com/2tZKdiyfSt — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 14, 2018 Sheriff Scott Israel said during a press briefing, “Nicholas Cruz was…
The military parade that President Donald Trump wants to stage, likely in Washington, would cost U.S. taxpayers up to $30 million, the White House budget chief said on Wednesday in remarks on the administration’s fiscal 2019 spending plan.
After the shooting in Parkland, Florida, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) told Republicans on the Senate floor that they are allowing the mass atrocity of school shootings to take place through their inaction on common sense gun legislation, Video: Murphy said: As we speak, there is a horrific scene playing out at a high school in…
This is the 18th school shooting in the U.S. in 2018.
While the Republican-led Congress offers nothing but weak prayers in lieu of actual legislation that might protect our children, there have been 29 mass shootings and 17 school shootings if you count the discharge of a gun in a school.
Trump responded to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida that is being reported as a mass casualty incident by offering nothing more than bogus thoughts and prayers on Twitter. Trump tweeted, because getting out of bed and speaking to the Ameican people would be too much work: My prayers and condolences to the families of…
At least 20 people are injured with the shooter in custody after a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. Reuters reported, “Florida’s WSVN-TV reported at least 20 people were injured. Live television showed dozens of students running and walking away from the school, weaving their way between large numbers of…
A new PPP poll found that more voters want to impeach Trump than keep him in office, and a majority of voters wish that Barack Obama was still the president. According to PPP, “Only 42% of voters think he’s honest to 53% who say he isn’t, and by a 49-44 spread voters outright call him…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s surprise speech to Native American groups gave Donald Trump a taste of what he fears most is coming his way in 2020. Sen. Warren (D-MA) said: Our country’s disrespect of Native people didn’t start with President Trump. It started long before President Washington ever took office. But now we have a president…
Princeton Professor Eddie Glaude told MSNBC that Trump’s plan to replace food stamps with food boxes was proof that he doesn’t give a damn at all about working class white people. Video: Princeton professor: Trump doesn't give a damn about working class white people. #Trump pic.twitter.com/aosWhBn7zL — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 14, 2018 Glaude…
Weeks ago, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, had arranged for a payment of $130,000 to pornographic actress Stephanie Clifford, who goes professionally by the name Stormy Daniels. The money was allegedly meant to keep Clifford quiet about a sexual encounter she and Trump had had in 2006; at…
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) couldn’t even take a stand against Trump on the issue of domestic violence at his weekly press conference. Video: Coward #PaulRyan won't even criticize Trump for not condemning domestic violence. This is what Trump enablement looks like in action. #RobPorter pic.twitter.com/Hy4qL5Oogv — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 14,…
It looks like Mitt Romney wants to be Utah’s next senator. Talk that he would be launching a bid for the seat has been swirling for the past month, but sources confirmed to the Washington Examiner that he would be formally announcing his candidacy on Thursday. On Monday, Romney posted a message on Facebook making…
The White House budget chief said on Tuesday that, if he were still a member of Congress, he “probably” would vote against a deficit-financed budget plan he and Trump are proposing.
Things are getting even worse for the White House on the Rob Porter story as House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) has launched an investigation into the Rob Porter scandal. Video of Gowdy confirming the investigation on CNN’s New Day: Trey Gowdy confirms that the House is investigating how #RobPorter got a job…
According to a Tuesday report by Politico, the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has increased he and his wife’s debt by millions of dollars since joining the White House. He currently holds a senior position in the administration. The debt comes from loans taken from three credit lines between last March and July. Kushner’s initial financial…
