An alarming new study from researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology seems to prove that false stories on Twitter are 70 percent more likely to be spread by human users of the social media platform than are true stories. The study looked at 126,000 stories shared by 3 million people on Twitter over an eleven…
Donald Trump needs to stop wasting the country’s time and start acknowledging that easy access to high-powered weaponry in the U.S. is why we see such frequent mass killings.
When all is said and done, it’s possible that this meeting is nothing but an attempt by two small leaders to gain legitimacy via photo op.Â
CNN has reported that Russian trolls with ties to the Kremlin allegedly released an anti-Hillary Clinton video game shortly before the election. The game -“Hilltendoâ€- plays like any other time-sucking game you’ll find on the internet (looking at you, “Candy Crush Sagaâ€), but a peek into the code reveals that the game may have tracked…
On an issue as consequential as a meeting with North Korea, it’s important for the administration to be on the same page. That’s not even close to what we’re seeing from this White House.
On a moral level, Trump’s behavior is despicable. From a legal perspective, this payoff deserves to be investigated thoroughly.Â
It’s unclear when or where the meeting would take place, but if the two men meet in North Korea, it would give a big boost to Kim Jong Un who seeks legitimacy more than anything else.
Public employees are generally immune to civil suits, but those authorized to carry a concealed weapon under the Florida measure potentially could be held liable in circumstances such as an accidental shooting or if a gun is lost or stolen and later used in a crime, the experts said.
Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg told Trump to forget destroying the economy with a tariff, but to place a tax on gun purchases. Hogg tweeted: Hey @realDonaldTrump how about instead of destroying our economy through tariffs on steel and aluminum you place a tax on firearm sales that is used to harden schools, create new…
Idaho last month told health insurers they could sell plans that did not comply with all of the rules in the Affordable Care Act, former President Barack Obama’s signature domestic policy achievement commonly called Obamacare. Those rules include charging sick and healthy people the same rates and requiring that insurers cover a certain set of benefits, such as maternity and newborn care and prescription drugs.
Eleven countries including Japan and Canada signed a landmark Asia-Pacific trade agreement without the United States on Thursday in what one minister called a powerful signal against protectionism and trade wars.
For the second time former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort has sent a message loud and clear that he is not cooperating as a witness in Special Counsel Mueller’s Russia investigation.  According to Bloomberg: “Manafort entered a not guilty plea Thursday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, where he faces 18 counts including bank…
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders is in trouble with Donald Trump and now is hiding out from reporters.  On Wednesday Sanders accidentally told the truth about Trump’s affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels, and Trump was furious. Meanwhile a defiant Daniels (whose real name is Stephanie Clifford) posted a racy photo of herself…
U.S. Republican Senator Jeff Flake said on Thursday he would introduce a law to nullify President Donald Trump’s aluminum and steel tariffs, which Trump finalized in a proclamation earlier in the day.
Trump listened to a story from steelworker’s local president about his father and responded by telling the man his father was looking down on him. The problem was that the steelworker’s dad is still alive. Video: That moment when Trump tells you that your very much alive father is dead. https://t.co/QAQbDxcB8R #25thamendment pic.twitter.com/9H54v1JXDo — Sarah…
As the Florida prepares to arm school staff in 14 days, a second middle school teacher was accused of racism, this one for calling students “n*ggers,” telling white girls not to date black boys, and calling students dumb.
Trump’s tariff announcement was upstaged by a presidential combover that appeared to be trying to run away and get off of his head. Video: The Trump combover is making a break for it. Run, combover Run. https://t.co/ZatrqLzErY pic.twitter.com/KGsMqvludH — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 8, 2018 Here is a picture: The tariff announcement was worthless…
Trump is using his tariff on aluminum and steel as a playground mob style threat that is being met with eye rolls more than a serious concern. The AP reported: WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: All countries invited to negotiate exclusions from new US tariffs on steel, aluminum imports. — Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) March 8,…
President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty on Thursday to additional criminal charges ranging from bank fraud to filing false tax returns.
While meeting with reporters, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Corey Lewandowski refused to answer questions about whether or not Trump and administration officials lied about meetings with Russians. Video: While meeting with reporters, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Corey Lewandowski refused to answer questions about whether or not Trump and administration officials lied about meetings…
Sam Nunberg  wants you to know that despite spending Monday afternoon and evening telling anyone who would listen that he wouldn’t comply with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s grand jury subpoena that he has, actually, complied in full already. Wednesday -in an interview with Rita Cosby and Curtis Sliwa on WABC- he explained that his bizarre,…
An informant whom House Republicans have said could reveal a link between a 2010 sale of U.S. uranium supplies and donations to the Clinton Foundation provided no evidence of that during a four-hour interview with congressional staff last month, Democrats said on Thursday.
The top U.S. general in Europe said on Thursday that the U.S. government did not have an effective unified approach to deal with Russia’s cyber threat.
A federal judge on Thursday expressed skepticism about whether U.S. President Donald Trump can constitutionally block Twitter users whose views he does not like from following and retweeting from his own Twitter account.
A federal judge is expected to hear arguments on Thursday about whether President Donald Trump violated Twitter users’ free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution by blocking them from his account.
President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, arrived at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday to be interviewed by the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee as it investigates Russia and the 2016 U.S. election.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Mitt Romney would be Secretary of State if it were not for Russian influence.  In an article published Thursday morning the Journal reported: “Weeks after Donald Trump was elected president, Russia-backed online “trolls†flooded social media to try to block Mitt Romney from securing a top job in…
Trump is unhappy with Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, which is the first step in exile from the White House because she accidentally told the truth about the Stormy Daniels scandal. Video: Sarah Huckabee Sanders accidentally told the truth about Stormy Daniels so Trump is unhappy with her. https://t.co/90PkR7X197 pic.twitter.com/ttmx3O49eW — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March…
Late yesterday the New York Times reported that Donald Trump had contacted two witnesses in the Mueller probe. According to the Times, “The special counsel in the Russia investigation has learned of two conversations in recent months in which President Trump asked key witnesses about matters they discussed with investigators, according to three people familiar…
A new NBC poll released Thursday morning should be a wakeup call to the NRA and its supporters in Washington, including President Trump. Â Most people think that putting more guns in schools is a really bad idea. The truth is that arming teachers is a crazy idea that could only be thought up by the…
