Articles by Leo Vidal

I am a lifelong Democrat with a passion for social justice and progressive issues. I have degrees in writing, economics and law from the University of Iowa.


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Trump’s Support Among Male Voters Has Crashed

A new report from HillTV shows that since Donald Trump caused a government shutdown in attempting to force Congress to fund his border wall his support among male American voters has plummeted. The decline in his approval rating among men has been occurring steadily over recent months, according to an analysis of Hill-HarrisX public opinion…

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Analysis: Trump Really Does Inspire More Hate Crimes

Over the past week Donald Trump has been lambasted for emboldening white nationalism after a white nationalist killed 50 Muslims at two New Zealand mosques. When a reporter asked the president whether he sees “today that white nationalism is a rising threat around the world?†Trump responded, “I don’t really.†There have been other incidents…

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Democrats Believe Trump’s Business Tax Returns Will Show Conflicts of Interest

Reports from Capitol Hill this morning indicate that House Democrats will be aggressively seeking Donald Trump’s business tax returns along with his personal returns. Democratic lawmakers expect these business returns to uncover what they believe are the president’s extensive conflicts of interest, including possible dealings with Russia. They also believe the business filings will disclose…

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Kellyanne Conway Bashes Her Husband On Fox News

Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, went on Fox News this morning to publicly trash her own husband, lawyer George Conway, who has been involved in a feud with her boss on Twitter. “My husband has been very critical of the president publicly, which is unlike him just because he’s traditionally been a very…

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Trump Forced to Admit the Failure of His ‘Zero Tolerance’ Border Solution

Giving in to concerns about safety and overcrowding, the Trump administration has been forced to release hundreds of detained migrants from federal facilities as well as to stop detaining any more people attempting to enter the United States without documentation. This move proves that Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance†policy of arresting and incarcerating migrants has…

James Clyburn on NBC
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Top Democrat Compares Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler

The number three ranking Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives was seen today on TV comparing the President of the United States to Adolf Hitler. The “First Look†segment of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe†played a clip of South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn expressing his concerns that the current occupant of the White House represents…

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New York Prosecutors Release Documents From Cohen FBI Raid

New York Prosecutors on Tuesday unsealed copies of search warrants and other documents obtained in last April’s FBI raid on former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s home, office and hotel room. “JUST IN: Partially redacted search warrant materials pertaining to the April 2018 raid on Michael Cohen’s home, office and hotel room have been released†JUST…

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Conway’s Husband Fires Back After Trump Calls Him ‘A Total Loser’

Donald Trump attacked George Conway, husband to White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, on Twitter Tuesday morning. And Conway immediately responded with his diagnosis of Trump’s mental and personality disorders. In a retweet of Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale that dismissed the vocal critic of Trump, the commander in chief added: “A total loser!†Brad Parscale…

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Trump Administration Tells House Democrats to Shove It

Donald Trump’s White House has completely ignored House Democrat requests for documents, and the administration expects to get away with it reported POLITICO this morning. House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) wrote to the White House last month demanding information about Trump’s national emergency declaration. Nadler’s February 22 deadline came and went without a response…

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Beto O’Rourke Smashes First Day Fundraising Record

Beto O’Rourke is continuing to break records. In the first day of his presidential campaign the former congressman from Texas raised over $6.1 million, according to NBC News. This is  the largest first-day fundraising total of any 2020 Democratic contender to date, including Bernie Sanders. Video: Breaking: Beto O'Rourke raises $6.1M in first 24 hours…

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Legal Experts Identify New ‘High Crimes’ For Which Trump Can Be Impeached

Two of the country’s top experts on constitutional law have just published a new analysis describing new “high crimes and misdemeanors†for which Donald Trump can legitimately be impeached. They also explained why these potential offenses committed by Trump should be immediately investigated by the Justice Department (DOJ). The experts are renowned Harvard Law professor…

Bill Maher and Pee Tape Joke
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Bill Maher Hilariously Mocks MAGA Snowflakes With Pee Tape Joke

HBO’s Bill Maher last night mocked supporters of Donald Trump who complain about experiencing public shunning for wearing MAGA — “Make America Great Again†— hats. “So you think you have problems, you cannot believe,†the comedian host began, “but it’s the Trump supporters who have the real problems.†“The people who wear ‘Make America…

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Biden Has Massive Lead in New Michigan 2020 Poll

Barack Obama’s Vice President Joe Biden has a commanding lead over the rest of the field of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates in Michigan, according to a new poll. The Emerson College poll shows Biden leading all announced and unannounced candidates by a large margin. In fact he has a 17 percent lead over the second…

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Fox News and Muslim Producer Condemn Pirro Remarks

Fox News has condemned outrageous remarks by host Jeanine Pirro over the weekend suggesting that Rep. Ilhan Omar supports Sharia law in defiance of the U.S. Constitution because she wears a hijab. “We strongly condemn Jeanine Pirro’s comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar,” Fox News said in a public statement. “They do not reflect those of…

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Two More Trump Lawyers May Be Forced to Testify

House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings wants to talk to two new attorneys in the Michael Cohen/Stormy Daniels hush money probe. The lawyers — Sheri Dillon and Stefan Passantino — were formerly employed in the White House and responsible for the president’s ethics and financial disclosures. Their testimony could be critical to figuring out whether…

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SNL: ‘Manafort Stole $50 Million and Basically Got Sent to College.’

Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update†hosts had some choice words concerning the “slap on the wrist sentence†given to President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. They said that Manafort being sent to a “white man’s prison†is about the same thing as being sent away to college for four years. “Weekend Update†co-host…

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Bill Maher Tells CPAC Head ‘Fox News Is Basically Running Our Government’

Television personality Bill Maher confronted the head of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Matt Schlapp, about Fox News’ coverage of Donald Trump. In the discussion Maher said, “Fox News is basically running our government.†During the one-on-one interview with Schlapp, Maher confronted the unwavering supporter of Donald Trump with a list of the president’s…

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Huge Victory for ACLU in Family Separation Lawsuit

The Washington Post is reporting this morning that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has won a huge lawsuit against the Trump administration in federal court. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw has ruled that potentially thousands of migrant families who were separated at the southern border under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy may now…

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Sen. Warren: ‘It’s Time to Break Up Amazon, Google and Facebook’

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), desperate to increase her standing in the 2020 presidential polls, today called for the breakup of tech giants Amazon, Google and Facebook. In a Medium blog post, Warren named specific “anti-competitive” mergers she wants reversed, including: Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp and Instagram; Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods and Zappos; and Google’s…

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Former DOJ Official: Barr Must Indict Trump If Mueller Report ‘Compels’ It

J.T. Smith II, executive assistant to Attorney General Elliot Richardson during the Watergate scandal, writes in this morning’s New York Times that current Attorney General William Barr must reconsider the Justice Department (DOJ) policy against indicting a sitting president. According to Smith, the current DOJ legal position was reached in 2000, but the directive against…

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Mika Trashes DHS Sec. Nielsen: ‘She acted like a hapless robot’

MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski was not impressed with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen‘s testimony before Congress yesterday. The Morning Joe co-host not only criticized Nielsen but also said  “she’s become the face of the Trump administration’s abuse of children at the border.†Nielsen was on Capitol Hill on to brief the House Homeland…

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Omar Remarks Are Tearing Apart House Democrats

Nancy Pelosi’s newest battle is not against Republicans, but against forces that are tearing apart the unity of Democrats in the House. And Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren are now involved as well. The three U.S. Senators all came to the defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar for her remarks that critics…

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Report: ‘Vengeful Personality Cult’ Blackballs Trump Critics

Republican strategists who have publicly criticized Donald Trump are getting blackballed and losing jobs with GOP candidates, the Daily Beast reports this morning. According to the report, Republican strategist Rick Tyler, the former top communications aide on Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) political campaign, was fired from his job working for Mississippi Senate candidate Chris McDaniel…

Ty Cobb on ABC News
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Former Trump Lawyer Calls Mueller a ‘Hero’ and Says Probe is Not ‘a Witch Hunt’

Ty Cobb, who represented the White House amid Robert Mueller’s ongoing probe into Russian election meddling, called the special counsel an “American hero†in a new ABC News interview. He also said that he does not agree with Donald Trump’s view that the Russia inquiry is a politically motivated “witch hunt†or “hoax.†“I think…

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Roseanne Barr Calls Kamala Harris ‘Kama Sutra Harris’ in Wild Interview

Roseanne Barr is at it again. In a wild and unfiltered interview on the new Candace Owens Show, Barr called Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris ‘Kama Sutra Harris’ and said she has “slept her way to the bottom.†In the past Barr has also described women involved in the #MeToo movement as “hoes.â€Â  In the explosive interview Barr…

Mika and Joe on CPAC speech
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MSNBC’s Mika Warns Republicans About Serving as Trump’s ‘Fixer’

Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski told Donald Trump’s GOP enablers this morning that they should heed Michael Cohen’s warning about serving as “fixers†for the leader of their party. In his congressional testimony on Wednesday, the former Trump Organization attorney warned Trump’s supporters they would end up in the same position as he was in…

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Trump Faces Huge Loss on National Emergency Vote

According to the Washington Post, opponents of Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration at the Mexican border now have enough votes in the Senate to reject his attempted move to misuse presidential powers. Because Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has said he can’t go along with the White House the president now faces an embarrassing…

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AP: House Dems Begin New Probes That Could End Trump’s Presidency

The Associated Press (AP) is reporting this morning that Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are beginning several new investigations into Donald Trump as they prepare for “a post-Robert Mueller world.†No matter what happens with Mueller’s final Russia report, a half-dozen House committee chairmen are planning to “flood the administration with document requests,…

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Bill Hader and Ben Stiller Return to SNL For Hilarious Cold Open

Ben Stiller returned to play Michael Cohen in last night’s “Saturday Night Live†cold open and he was joined by another SNL alum Bill Hader, who played right-wing congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio. To no one’s surprise, the opening skit addressed the congressional testimony last week of Donald Trump’s former “fixer†and attorney. “Thank you…

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Congress Probing If Trump Used Pardon Offers to Obstruct Justice

Michael Cohen’s testimony before congressional investigators last week resulted in a new line of inquiry, The Washington Post has reported. Lawmakers with the House and Senate Intelligence Committees reportedly questioned Donald Trump‘s former attorney about whether he and high-level members of the Trump administration had discussed a potential presidential pardon. Anonymous sources reportedly told The…

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