On Real Time with Bill Maher, Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor David Hogg said he hung up on the White House because they were offensive and showed no care for the funerals that were taking place for those who lost their lives. Video: Hogg said, “I hung up on the White House the other…
MSNBC’s Ari Melber took the Russia investigation and added clarity about where the investigation is heading by breaking it down into four pieces. Video: @AriMelber brought some clarity to the progress of the Russia investigation by breaking it down into four potential crimes. https://t.co/vqimgoXa89 pic.twitter.com/PK0SXOeCc9 — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 3, 2018 Melber said…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gun-control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety said on Friday it will donate up to $2.5 million to support marches around the United States on March 24, the date of a planned March For Our Lives in Washington to demand an end to school shootings. They are calling for the Republican-controlled…
On March 1, MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show was the most watched show not only on all of cable news but on all of cable television. Here are the total viewership numbers for all of cable for Thursday, March 1: Here is the press released provided to PoliticusUSA by MSNBC: MSNBC was the #1 cable…
Multiple White House insiders describe Trump as depressed, angry, and losing his mind. NBC News reported: “On Wednesday evening, the president became “unglued,” in the words of one official familiar with the president’s state of mind. A trifecta of events had set him off in a way that two officials said they had not seen…
Campbell’s Soup disagreed with Commerce Sec. Wilbur Ross after he claimed the new Trump tariff on steel would not make a difference on prices. Video of Ross on CNBC: This is a long overdue idea: RealityChek founder on proposed steel tariffs from CNBC. Ross said, “In a can of Campbell’s Soup, there are about 2.6…
Robert Mueller is investigating Jared Kushner for using his White House job to help his private businesses, and the result could mean criminal charges for Trump’s son in law. NBC News reported, “Federal investigators are scrutinizing whether any of Jared Kushner’s business discussions with foreigners during the presidential transition later shaped White House policies in…
Europe has drawn up a list of U.S. products from bourbon to Harley Davidson motorbikes on which to apply tariffs if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on a plan to impose global duties on aluminum and steel.
Gun sale profits are plunging as the combination of increased public support for gun control, and the lack of a Democratic president to scare people with has led to hard times for the gun industry and their lobby, the NRA. CNN reported on the plunge in gun sales and profits for American Outdoor Brands, the…
Trump is being described as angry, isolated, and trying to get Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump to leave the White House due to Kushner’s various scandals. The New York Times reported: Mr. Trump is isolated and angry, as well, according to other friends and aides, as he carries on a bitter feud with his attorney…
“While Delta’s intent was to remain neutral, some elected officials in Georgia tied our decision to a pending jet fuel tax exemption, threatening to eliminate it unless we reversed course,” Bastian said in the memo. “Our decision was not made for economic gain and our values are not for sale.”
Led by a Republican majority, state lawmakers passed a tax bill that excludes a jet fuel tax exemption designed to benefit Delta, the state’s largest private employer, after the carrier said last week it was cutting ties with the NRA following a Florida school massacre.
After having dinner with the NRA, the White House has backed off expanding background checks for gun purchases. Chris Cox of the NRA tweeted: I had a great meeting tonight with @realDonaldTrump & @VP. We all want safe schools, mental health reform and to keep guns away from dangerous people. POTUS & VPOTUS support the…
Trump displayed his lack of knowledge about trade by proclaiming a trade war easy to win, as he has tanked the stock market, and the US economy prepares to feel the pain. Trump tweeted: When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade…
A former Obama administration official on Thursday reached a deal to purchase assets of The Weinstein Company and said she will use a majority-female board to rebuild the Hollywood studio tarnished by sexual misconduct allegations.
