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George W. Bush Says We Need an Independent Media to Hold Powerful People to Account

George W. Bush Says We Need an Independent Media to Hold Powerful People to Account

"We need an independent media to hold people like me to account...it's important for the media to call to account…

7 years ago

Trump Will Have to Look for Another Rich White Guy as Navy Secretary Pick Withdraws

The decision has set twitter a-crowing over Trump's failure and sent him scurrying to find another suitable rich white guy…

7 years ago

Trump Declines WH Correspondents Dinner So Twitter Demands Alec Baldwin as Replacement

"I will not be attending the White House Correspondents Association Dinner this year" = "Oh pleeeeeez Alec Baldwin go as…

7 years ago

Wanted: Barack Obama as President of France

"Barack Obama has completed his second term as President of the United States on January 21, why not hire him…

7 years ago

Actor Robert Davi Bizarrely Claims Roman Law Would Protect Trump From Criticism

Davi is wrong, not only about the law but about who is guilty of spreading false and malicious rumors. It…

7 years ago

Darrell Issa Calls for Special Prosecutor to Investigate Trump-Russia Contacts

Issa said Sessions must recuse himself: "You cannot have somebody, a friend of mine Jeff Sessions, who was on the…

7 years ago

CPAC Turns into Anti-Globalist Hate-Fest and Alex Jones Wants You to Kill Yourself

So far at CPAC we have seen nonstop attacks on "globalists" and "globalism" - and this from a president who…

7 years ago

What Trump and Bannon Are Displaying at CPAC is Not About Ideals But Skin Color

The Trumpean agenda is the polar opposite of Obama's inclusiveness, of an America unified not by shared race, but shared…

7 years ago

Sean Spicer Lied: Only Contact Trump Had With Standing Rock Sioux is Armed Invasion

“Spicer claimed that the Trump administration has been 'constantly' in contact with our tribe. That claim is absolutely false."

7 years ago

Trump’s Attacks on the Judiciary Can Give Religious Right the Victory Voters Won’t

"[Stephen] Miller’s language about 'judicial supremacy' comes straight from the mouths of Religious Right leaders" who view "federal courts as…

7 years ago

CNN Invites Nativist Bigot on New Day to Preach Gospel of ‘Reclaiming Our Schools’

Reclaiming our schools for the American people is a politically correct way of saying "making our schools white again"

7 years ago

Ana Navarro Calls Out Trump’s Unwillingness to Offend Anti-Semitic Supporters

"Forget President Trump, forget relying on him. He's not going to fix this, he's not going to be full-throated about…

7 years ago

Muslim-Led Crowdfunding Campaign Triples Goal to Restore Vandalized Jewish Cemetery

The American people are not without the power to denounce hate and to respond to Trump in the most powerful…

7 years ago

‘Alt-right’ Media Troll Milo Yiannopoulos Resigns from Breitbart

Fox News says he won't work in journalism anymore, which should be easy since harassing and trolling people online isn't…

7 years ago

CNN Gives Air Time to Rick Santorum So He Can Blame Anti-Semitism on Obama

Santorum claimed "President Obama said and did nothing in response to rising anti-Semitism" but in fact, Obama spoke out strongly…

7 years ago

Donald Trump Channels Adolf Hitler to Attack the ‘Lying’ Press

Hitler used to refer to the lying press of his enemies, as in the "Marxist Lügenpresse," while today Trump, disturbingly,…

7 years ago

Breitbart Editor Milo Yiannopoulos Dis-invited from CPAC for Advocating Pedophilia

“Anti-Semitism, ok. Racism, ok. Alt Right, ok. Advocacy of pedophilia? Is THAT the bridge too far?”

7 years ago

Carl Bernstein: ‘We’ve Never Seen Such Open Authoritarian Moves and Rhetoric’

"We are the last resort of the American people to a dictatorial and authoritarian inclined president."

7 years ago

Trump Wants You to Believe Lie About a Massacre in Sweden Wasn’t About a Massacre

"Give the public a break - The FAKE NEWS media is trying to say that large scale immigration in Sweden…

7 years ago

The Inexcusable Republican ‘Soft-Response’ to Trump’s Russia Scandal

"Honest Q for conservatives who aren't just working with or around Trump, but rationalizing him: In your heart, don't you…

7 years ago

KKK Leader Who Made Terrorist Threats Against Ferguson Protesters is Dead

Frank Ancona once told Anonymous "You'll be strung up next to the chimps" was shot as he slept and his…

7 years ago

Scott Lively Warns of a Gay-Led ‘Obama/Soros/Media Shadow Government’

Lively says "Obama's personal priorities" mean "Today’s alphabet soup of intelligence agencies could easily be condensed to just four letters:…

7 years ago

Trump’s Completely Unnecessary Rally Was All About Getting Cheers for His Lies

The only difference between then and now is that before Election Day he lied that he would do the things…

7 years ago

Pat Robertson Says People Who Oppose Trump Are Revolting Against God

The First Amendment says "there is no...infringing on the freedom of the press." Not by Donald Trump. Not even by…

7 years ago

Bill Maher Slaps Down the Magic (R) Republicans Use to Forgive Their Own Sins

"If you have one of those, you can get away with pretty much anything when it comes to selling out,…

7 years ago

J.K. Rowling Destroys Donald Trump’s Attack on the Free Press

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President…

7 years ago

The Press Reacts to Trump Calling Them ‘The Enemy of the American People’

"On Planet Trump, the MSM is the enemy of the American people, but Russia -- which hates us & has…

7 years ago

Trump Sends Out ‘Poor Donald is Being Bullied by the Media’ Survey to Supporters

“Do you believe that our Party should spend more time and resources holding the mainstream media accountable?”

7 years ago

Bill to Investigate Activities of Russia in 2016 Election Gains First GOP Sponsor

The bill would establish a commission is to examine "activities by the Russian government...to interfere with" the 2016 elections

7 years ago

Evan McMullin Condemns Republicans Who Put Conservative Agenda Above National Security

McMullin says "Republicans are now responsible for protecting the nation from its dangers." Sadly, we can't expect them to do…

7 years ago

Fact Checkers Tear Apart Trump’s ‘Jaw-Dropping’ Rant-n-Rave Press Conference

NBC's Peter Alexander's point to Trump was "Why should Americans trust you on big things if they can't even trust…

7 years ago

Trump’s Crazy Presser Has Left Smart People Grasping for Words to Describe it

"Reminder: the same jerks who call liberals "snowflakes" elected the whiniest petulant motherf*cker in the entire history of the presidency"

7 years ago

Eminent Psychiatrist Says it’s an Insult to Mentally Ill to Call Trump Mentally Ill

"He can, and should, be appropriately denounced for his ignorance, incompetence, impulsivity and pursuit of dictatorial powers."

7 years ago

Michael Flynn Has Had His Security Clearance Revoked ‘Pending Review’

The only question now will Donald Trump be able to get a new NSA in place before yet further disasters…

7 years ago

Paul Krugman Says Thanks to Trump America is ‘Deep Into a Legitimacy Crisis’

Listing Trump's offenses, Krugman says "If he were a Democrat, impeachment hearings would already be underway...Our whole system is now…

7 years ago

Malcolm Nance Says Trump aides ‘Need to Start Getting Lawyers and Cutting Deals’

"These people need to start getting lawyers and cutting deals because when we have both sides of the conversation, you…

7 years ago

Jason Chaffetz Called Out by Salt Lake City Tribune For Refusing to Investigate Trump

“Opening this line of questioning could be a first step toward some real congressional oversight of the administration."

7 years ago

Questioned About Anti-Semitism Trump Answers by Bragging About Electoral Win

"I just want to say that we are very honored by the victory we had, 306 electoral college votes. we…

7 years ago

Bernie Sanders Wants an Investigation. Republicans Only Want to Talk About Tax Cuts

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) tweeted today that he will ask the Senate Intelligence Committee to investigate the Trump-Russia connection: Today…

7 years ago

Morning Joe’s Mika Brzezinski Says She Will No Longer Book Kellyanne Conway

“Kellyanne Conway does not need to text our show, as long as I’m on it. It’s not happening here.”

7 years ago

Rep. Steve King Claims Trump’s Russia Scandal is a ‘CNN Narrative’

In 2012, eyeing Hillary Clinton, King did not need facts or a chronology. Now, with all eyes on Donald Trump,…

7 years ago

Desperate Putin Puppet Donald Trump Insanely Claims Obama Was Soft on Russia

In response to Times assertions Trump says, "Crimea was TAKEN by Russia during the Obama Administration. Was Obama too soft…

7 years ago

Sen. Chris Murphy Seeks Trump Tax Returns to Explain ‘Bizarre Positioning’ on Russia

"Either...the Russians have something on Trump or...there are financial ties that require Trump to behave in this way or...perhaps the…

7 years ago

As Trump Blames Hillary for Scandal, Remember: She Warned Us About Trump and Putin

We were warned by Hillary Clinton about Trump and Putin. She warned us. She persisted. She did not sit down…

7 years ago

Jason Chaffetz Asks White House to Provide Info on Mar-a-Lago Security Breach

“Accounts and photographs from other diners seem to indicate these communications occurred in the presence of other guests."

7 years ago

Paul Krugman Says Trump is a Horror but a Horror Made Possible by GOP Corruption

"The point is that the sickness runs deep; Trump is horrible, but a horror made possible by GOP corruption and…

7 years ago

Sean Spicer Claims Trump Acted Decisively on Flynn – 17 Days After Being Told

Spicer claimed that talking about a 17-day delay “assumes a lot of things that aren’t true,” but what it actually…

7 years ago

Evan McMullin Says in Dodging Investigation Chaffetz is Shirking His Duties

"The WH ignored DOJ warnings and clearly has troubling ties to Moscow. Jason Chaffetz & Congressional Republicans are shirking their…

7 years ago

As Demands for Investigation Grow, Jason Chaffetz Says ‘No need to investigate Flynn’

Amid a growing chorus of demands for an investigation into who knew what, Chaffetz claims “I think that situation has…

7 years ago

John McCain Says Flynn Scandal Raises Questions About Trump’s Intentions Toward Putin

“At the same time, General Flynn’s resignation is a troubling indication of the dysfunction of the current national security apparatus."

7 years ago

CNN Puts Trump On Notice That There is Zero Chance Press Will Move on From Flynn Scandal

"Congressman, there is zero chance that we are going to move on until answers to the questions that present themselves…

7 years ago

John Oliver to Provide Helpful Information to Trump Via Commercials on Fox News

"We've actually created a series of commercials in an attempt to bring him up to speed on some information he…

7 years ago

Democrats Must Go on the Offensive and Topple Trump’s Rotten, Treasonous Regime

Michael Flynn led the chants of "Lock her up!" Well, we know who should be locked up, and Flynn is…

7 years ago

In Joint Press Conference, Trump and Trudeau Artfully Dodge Immigration Differences

Trudeau said it was not for Canada to lecture the U.S. but rather to continue to reflect Canada's approach and…

7 years ago

Donald Trump Doesn’t Think He Has Enough Social Media Staff in White House

Do we really need more photos posted to FB by Trump guests of the man holding the nuclear football as…

7 years ago

Sen. Chris Murphy Says if Michael Flynn Lied ‘He Probably Has to Go’

"If there's evidence that makes it clear that Flynn lied to the Vice President and others...he can't continue to be…

7 years ago

Stephen Miller Gets a ‘Pants on Fire’ From PolitiFact for Lie NH Busses in Voters

PolitiFact concluded that "there is no evidence this occurs, and Republicans and Democrats in New Hampshire say it does not."

7 years ago

Sean Hannity Wigs Out Over Morning Joe Criticism of Stephen Miller

"Steve Miller works 18 hour days serving the country and the @POTUS What do you do? Basically talk to yourself…

7 years ago

Sen. Angus King: Trump Lacks ‘A Gut-Level Understanding of Checks and Balances’

"John Marshall settled that question in 1803. This is Mr. Trump meet Mr. Madison. Division of powers, independent judiciary, fundamental…

7 years ago

Morning Joe Reacts With Horror to Claims Trump’s Power Will Not be Questioned

“(They are) questioned, my young, little Miller. They will be questioned by the court — it’s called judicial review.”

7 years ago

Donald Trump’s ‘Yuge Image Problem: He’s a Walking, Talking Joke

"What the actual f*ck is up w these Trump Admin ppl. They are the most smug, smarmy, cartoon villain-y ppl…

7 years ago

Lindsey Graham Mansplains That Elizabeth Warren’s Silencing ‘Was Long Overdue’

"The bottom line is," said Graham, "it was long overdue with her. I mean, she is clearly running for the…

7 years ago

Trump Ignores Quebec Terrorist Attack But Whines About Nordstrom’s Treatment of Ivanka

Trump says Nordstrom's treatment of Ivanka is terrible! No, "Terrible" is Muslims murdered by a Trump supporter in a terrorist…

7 years ago

Armored in Willful Ignorance, Trump Claims Nobody Opposes Keystone and DAPL

“As you know, I did the Dakota pipeline and nobody called up to complain, because it was unfair. Years of…

7 years ago

These Are The Republicans Who Voted to Strip Elizabeth Warren of Her Right to Speak

"Think about it: Senator Warren was silenced in the U.S. Senate for reading the words of Coretta Scott King. We…

7 years ago

A Defiant Elizabeth Warren Reads Coretta Scott King’s Letter Outside Senate

"Mitch McConnel and the Republicans came to the floor to shut me down...what I'd like to do outside the Senate,…

7 years ago

Anderson Cooper Destroys Trump Terror Lies: ‘I know we covered attacks, I was there’

“Not only did we cover many of the attacks on that list, we covered them heavily. I know, because I…

7 years ago

Ralph Reed Attacks Democratic Opposition to Betsy DeVos as ‘War on Religion’

Ralph Reed cites 'War on Religion' but as Al Franken has said, "She is fundamentally incompetent" to lead the Department…

7 years ago

Trump Claims He Doesn’t ‘Know Putin’ But He Bragged About Their Relationship in 2013

Donald Trump claimed this morning 'I don't know Putin,' but in 2013, he said proudly, 'I do have a relationship…

7 years ago

Trump’s List of Attacks Were Covered Extensively by the Media He Says Ignored Them

"Worth noting," CNN's Jim Acosta observed with great relish. "WH was able to assemble this list... from media reports."

7 years ago

CNN Considers Banning Kellyanne Conway While Conway – Naturally – Lies About it

CNN says they rejected the offer of Conway due to her lack of credibility. She lied about it, but Mika…

7 years ago

Paul Krugman Warns Against Media Normalization of Trump

"The big risk is still that the media will start to normalize, and worse, become intimidated and obsequious. Don't let…

7 years ago

Trump Will Make State Visit to UK But He Will Not Be Allowed to Address Parliament

"I feel very strongly that...our support for equality before the law and an independent judiciary are hugely important considerations in…

7 years ago

Bipartisan National Security Experts File Brief Against ‘Ill-Conceived’ Muslim Ban

"In our professional opinion, this Order cannot be justified on national security or foreign policy grounds."

7 years ago

Washington Attorney General Says Trump is ‘A Bully and Can’t Take Defeat Like a Man’

Ferguson pointed out that the president's actions are not above challenge: "That is not the law and frankly, it cannot…

7 years ago

Admiral Mike Mullen Says Steve Bannon Does not Belong on National Security Council

"Putting aside for a moment Mr. Bannon’s troubling public positions, which are worrisome enough, institutionalizing his attendance threatens to politicize…

7 years ago

America’s Embrace of Diversity Was Center Stage at The Super Bowl Last Night

"Some expected Gaga to go off on a politcal riff during half-time show. Instead, she let her music send message…

7 years ago

Stung by Steve Bannon Rumors, Donald Trump Claims ‘I Call My Own Shots’

"I call my own shots, largely based on an accumulation of data, and everyone knows it. Some FAKE NEWS media,…

7 years ago

Donald Trump Turns on TV Then Rants That ‘Fake News’ Lies About Negative Polls

CNN had just reported on Donald Trump's new low approval numbers when presto! He tweeted that "negative polls are fake…

7 years ago

Trump’s Justice Department Files Notice it Will Appeal Muslim Ban Ruling

The Justice Department issued notice it will appeal Trump's Muslim ban ruling, calling it an executive order, giving the lie…

7 years ago

Now Donald Trump is Claiming His Muslim Ban is From Homeland Security

"What is our country coming to when a judge can halt a Homeland Security travel ban and anyone, even with…

7 years ago

The Economist’s Editors Calls Donald Trump ‘An Insurgent in the White House’

"The bleak cadence of last month’s inauguration was still in the air when Donald Trump lobbed the first Molotov cocktail…

7 years ago

Robert Reich Suggests Breitbart, Bannon and Trump Were Behind Berkeley Agitators

Reich says Berkeley's "made-for-TV images of a riot" were too much of a good thing for Milos Yiannopoulos, Breitbart News,…

7 years ago

Trump’s Amateurish White House Thinks Poland Invaded Belarus

Trump was not the least bit interested in news about Russian incursions into Ukraine, which are anything but the product…

7 years ago

Fox News Loses it Over Nancy Pelosi Telling the Truth About Steve Bannon

"It shows the depths that they will go to try to disparage someone and the desperation, really, of the liberals,"…

7 years ago

Kellyanne Conway Plays the Victim of Media Bullying for Inventing Massacre

Factchecker Daniel Dale called her excuse "highly dishonest - links to old story about fears there were more refugee terrorists.…

7 years ago

Kellyanne Conway Gets Caught Lying About a ‘Massacre’ That Never Happened

Conway speaks of the Bowling Green massacre“ that 'Most people don’t know that because it didn’t get covered,' when it…

7 years ago

In ‘Special Interest Giveaway’ Senate Republicans Kill Anti-Corruption Rule

“One of the top priorities of President Trump...was to allow oil and gas companies to cover up payments and bribes…

7 years ago

Under Trump Women’s Reproductive Rights Reeling Under Onslaught of Anti-Choice Bills

Indiana SB 118 "Removes provisions allowing a pregnant woman to decline to view the fetal ultrasound imaging and hear the…

7 years ago

Trump Lashes Out on Twitter at ‘Professional Anarchists’ With Hilarious Results

"wait there are people being paid?? did my check get lost in the mail. also how do u become a…

7 years ago

If Twitter Rants and Phone Calls are a Foreign Policy, Donald Trump’s Sucks

A short list of Trump attacks include China, Germany, Mexico, Iraq, and Iran, always without bothering to have studied the…

7 years ago

Trump Adds Hanging Up on Australian Prime Minister to Foreign Policy Disasters

Trump called Turnbull, berated him on an agreement he hadn't even studied yet, then abruptly hung up on him 25…

7 years ago

Trump Ally Roger Stone Goes on Russian TV to Defend Russia From Hacking Allegations

"I think it's pretty established that the Russians did not hack the DNC. That's a falsehood."

7 years ago

PFAW Says Gorsuch an ‘Unacceptable Nominee Who’d Put Ideology Above the Constitution’

“Gorsuch is an ideological warrior who puts his own right-wing politics above the Constitution, the law and the rights of…

7 years ago

A Flustered Trump Gives Up: ‘Call it What You Want’ it Keeps ‘Bad People’ Out!

"Everybody is arguing whether or not it is a BAN. Call it what you want, it is about keeping bad…

7 years ago

Mark Cuban Calls Trump Muslim Ban ‘Half-A**ed and Half-Baked’

"It wasn't thought out, it was rushed, it was ridiculous. And...it calls into question the management skills of the guy…

7 years ago

Trump Blacklists CNN Because it Won’t be Another Fox and Promote His Agenda

A White House official told Politico “We’re sending surrogates to places where we think it makes sense to promote our…

7 years ago

Fox Debates Jesus’ Refugee Status and Determines He Was a Good Taxpayer Instead

Asking "Is Al Sharpton right that Jesus is a refugee?" the Fox crew somehow bizarrely concludes his family fled Judea…

7 years ago

Mark Cuban Hilariously Trolls Sean Hannity’s Airport Protest Conspiracy Theories

"It's me Sean. I had the TriLateral commission pitch in, then i went to the Illuminati. They were really cheap,…

7 years ago

Paul Krugman Warns Either Trump or the Republic Will Be Gone Within a Year

"Either he or the republic, in any meaningful sense, will be gone quite soon. I have a hard time seeing…

7 years ago