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White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told The Los Angeles Times that the Trump administration no longer wants to build a wall along the southern U.S. border with Mexico. “To be honest, it’s not a wall,†Kelly told the Times, and then added: “The president still says ‘wall’ — oftentimes frankly he’ll say ‘barrier’…
Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) on Friday released a 48-second video lambasting President Donald Trump and his ridiculous demands for a border wall with Mexico. In posting the video the outgoing Congressman showed the political world two things: He is not afraid to stand up to Trump and attack his misguided policies, and He knows how…
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on Saturday responded to outgoing Sen. Claire McCaskill after the Missouri Democrat referred to the incoming freshman congresswoman as “a bright shiny new object” earlier this week. Ocasio-Cortez said she was disappointed in McCaskill for making disparaging comments about her. The outspoken New Yorker also mentioned that before her…
Special counsel Robert Mueller has referred an immigration-related case involving one of President Donald Trump‘s businesses to the the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). And now multiple law enforcement agencies are involved in the investigation of illegal hiring practices at one of the president’s golf clubs. According to the New York Daily News, the New…
Even today Donald Trump is still fighting for his border wall. But an icicle has a better chance of surviving a summer in the Sahara Desert than Trump has of getting his wall. To dispel any doubts about this, let us review some of our key reporting from the past two weeks: On December 20…
The incoming head of the House Armed Services Committee has vowed to expose all of Donald Trump’s lies. Even before he takes over this important committee, Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), has given the president a taste of what difficulties he will face with a new Democratic majority starting January 3rd. According to Smith, “Constant misinformation…
There was a time, not that many years ago, when Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin symbolized the bright future of the Republican Party. When he was chosen to be the vice presidential running mate of Mitt Romney in 2012 he was seen as a brilliant young Congressman who understand the details of the federal budget…
A new poll shows that 60 percent of U.S. voters want Donald Trump impeached and removed from office or formally censured. The Harvard CAPS/Harris poll that came out yesterday says that a large majority of American voters polled think there needs to be “some kind of action†taken against Trump at this time. Given the…
Ever since the Steele Dossier was published Michael Cohen has denied that he has ever been in or near Prague in the Czech Republic. But most people thought he was lying. This week McClatchey reported that there is convincing evidence that his cell phone was used near Prague in 2016, so we thought this was…
White House officials are hoping that Trump’s government shutdown has created a situation that will benefit him politically as we move into the new year. According to a new report in The Daily Beast,Trump and his aides believe that the fight over a government funding bill will distract the Nancy Pelosi and the new Democratic…
Conservative New York Times writer Bret Stephens believes that Donald Trump’s withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria will destabilize the Middle East and hurt U.S. interests there. In an appearance on MSNBC‘s “Morning Joe,” Stephens said that Trump’s Syria move “will reconstitute the Middle East that we fear, which is to say an exporter of…
In 2013 Donald Trump said that if there is a government shutdown the president should be fired. And this is one of the few times he has ever told the truth. Tens of millions of Americans no doubt agree with this thought also, as the week-long “Trump Shutdown†of the U.S. government is still continuing….
Donald Trump’s former personal attorney/fixer Michael Cohen has denied a report that he took a trip to Prague in the summer 2016 to meet with Russian officials. The alleged trip by Cohen was outlined in the infamous Steele Dossier and has been offered as proof that Cohen was helping to facilitate an illegal conspiracy between…
In just six days Democrats will control the U.S. House of Representatives, at which time they will probably make Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House, arguably the second most powerful position in Washington. And according to POLITICO, Pelosi and the Democrats have a plan in place to totally demolish Donald Trump in their ongoing battle…
Donald Trump is already losing his shutdown battle with Democrats. After his return from Iraq today he immediately began tweeting desperately, threatening to hold Democratic voters hostage until he gets funding for his border wall with Mexico. But two new polls show that his position is very unpopular. Writing on Twitter, Trump told Democrats that…
Beleaguered investors can expect their roller coaster ride to continue into 2019, as the new year promises to bring even more risk to the stock markets. Stock market professionals, as well as amateur investors, don’t like the wild market swings such as we have seen over the past few weeks because volatility is the measure…
Donald Trump made his first visit to a war zone on Wednesday, accompanied by his wife Melania, when he made a surprise after-Christmas trip to Iraq. The president was enthusiastically greeted by US troops there, but it appears that in their enthusiasm they violated military rules. The report of Trump’s visit with U.S. service personnel…
President Donald Trump should be very worried about the investigation into his sham charity turning into an investigation of his business empire, according to a new report from NBC News. The news service said legal experts believe that the New York state investigations into the charitable Trump Foundation will likely expand to the president’s namesake…
General Wesley Clark, the former commander of all NATO forces, has suggested that Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan blackmailed President Donald Trump in order to get him to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. Trump dropped a huge political bombshell last week when he announced that he had unilaterally decided to pull out of Syria because…
The daughters of the late Dr. Larry Braunstein, a New York podiatrist in the 1960’s, have told the New York Times that their father helped President Donald Trump avoid the draft. One daughter, 56-year-old Dr. Elysa Braunstein, said that her late father told her that Trump did not suffer from a debilitating foot ailment. But…
Donald Trump yesterday said that the partial shutdown of the federal government will last until Congress gives in to his demand for money to build a wall on the US-Mexico border. Speaking to reporters the president said that the government is “not going to reopen until we have a wall.†The U.S. government partially shut…
Another migrant child from Guatemala has died while being held by U.S border patrol officials. An eight year old boy was apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Christmas Eve and died shortly after midnight on Christmas Day, in a hospital in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The news was first reported in a tweet posted…
The Republican Party is being held hostage by a madman. GOP voters (especially those who vote in primaries) love Donald Trump. Yet GOP members of Congress know the truth: he is “nuts.†Republican elected officials who know the truth about our unhinged president can’t speak that truth in public. If they do, the Trump-loving party…
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin made a bad stock market situation worse over the weekend, and now he may be the next Trump cabinet member to receive a tweet from the president saying “you’re fired.†As the stock markets have dropped precipitously in recent weeks, Trump has been looking for scapegoats. He would like to fire…
Democratic leaders of Congress blasted President Donald Trump yesterday for “plunging the country into chaos.†Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) issued a statement expressing their concerns about Trump’s behavior that have caused a drop in the stock markets and a government shutdown. “It’s Christmas Eve and President…
It was inevitable that as soon as Beto O’Rourke‘s name started rising in the polls of 2020 Democratic presidential contenders that he would also start being attacked by his competitors. By some estimates there could be as many as 20 Democrats vying for the 2020 nomination, so competition will definitely be very fierce and intense….
Yesterday Bloomberg News revealed the real reason that Donald Trump wants to fire Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve. It’s not that the Fed’s interest rate increases are hurting the U.S. economy or causing stock market declines. It’s that they are costing Donald Trump money in his personal business. In other words, this…
Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary is seeking to calm stock market investors. They are nervous due to the chaos in Washington that has been caused by his boss. The president shut down key parts of the government, fired the Defense Secretary, and withdrew U.S. troops from Syria without consulting anyone. And then he threatened to fire…
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Saturday called for congressional salaries to be furloughed during government shutdowns. When one-fourth of federal agencies closed at midnight Friday this left 800,000 workers without paychecks. It is obvious that these workers have become pawns in a political game. And it is primarily a game being played by Republicans, who…
As critical agencies within the federal government shut down at midnight Friday, there is no clear sign that a compromise solution that would end the shutdown is anywhere in sight. Donald Trump maintains he will continue to refuse to sign a stopgap funding measure without $5 billion in funding for his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall,…
Former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis was often referred to as ‘the adult in the room†in Donald Trump’s White House. With his abrupt resignation on Thursday many people in Washington are expressing alarm. The ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Sen. Mark R. Warner of Virginia called Mattis “an island of stability amid…
With Congress on break for a long Christmas weekend we know that Trump’s government shutdown will last until at least Thursday. If it goes on much longer than that it won’t be the fault of Democrats, however. It will because Republicans on Capitol Hill can’t agree among themselves how to end the impasse. Yesterday the…
By a three-to-one margin most people who voted for Donald Trump believe he will still build a border wall and make Mexico pay for it, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov survey. The poll was taken before this week’s government shutdown over wall funding, but it shows the high degree of confidence that Trump’s base of supporters…
President Donald Trump is considering firing the chairman of the Federal Reserve because of his decision to raise interest rates, according to a new report from Bloomberg published shortly before midnight. Such a move by the president would create chaos, roil the stock markets and cause great uncertainty for investors around the globe. And, according…
The amount of convincing evidence showing how Russia bailed out Donald Trump is rapidly increasing. And according to Foreign Policy Magazine, this new evidence will soon bring the president much more trouble than he currently has. Foreign Policy (FP) reported that before he ran for president, Trump and his family didn’t even attempt to hide…
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) had harsh words for President Trump early Saturday morning over that they are calling “the Trump shutdown.†Thanks to Trump large parts of the federal government are being closed after Congress failed to pass legislation that would provide funding for his “ineffective…
According to the editors of the Washington Post, people “go into public service to make sacrifices and to accomplish some good for their fellow citizens, not to be pawns in pointless political gamesmanship.†But  hundreds of thousands of federal workers who will have to work without pay over the holidays have become exactly that: pawns…
A new poll says that the majority of American voters believe that President Donald Trump has tried to obstruct special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. It also shows that most Americans believe that Russian government intelligent agents engaged in a lengthy and widespread attack on American democracy as…
Mick Mulvaney may not last long as an employee in Donald Trump’s White House after all. Before he has even started his new job as White House Chief of Staff Mulvaney is reportedly already in the president’s dog house. Mulvaney is schedule to begin his new job in the White House at the end of…
President Donald Trump has a deadline of midnight tonight. If he doesn’t sign a bill providing money needed by key federal agencies by that time, there will be a partial government shutdown. While millions of Americans look on with shock and horror, the president seems to be enjoying himself. On Friday he bragged that a…
President Donald Trump has taken the nation to unprecedented levels of chaos, yet he still appears supremely confident. But there is something new for him to worry about, in addition to Democrats taking over control of the House of Representatives in January: He is losing the support of Republicans in the U.S. Senate. In fact…
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) will deliver an assessment on election security to the White House on Friday, with two big questions surrounding it. One is obvious: what does the DNI assessment say about foreign interference in the November 6 midterm elections? The other question is less obvious but equally important:…
Vladimir Putin has warned that there is an increasing threat of a nuclear war that could destroy all of human civilization as well as planet Earth itself. The Russian President held his 14th annual end-of-the-year press conference on Thursday morning, touching upon a wide array of issues, including relations with the US and Ukraine, anti-Russia…
The end may be near for Roger Stone, a longtime Donald Trump associate and presidential campaign adviser. According to the Washington Post, Special Counsel Robert Mueller has asked the House Intelligence Committee to give him the transcript of its 2017 interview with Stone, which is “a sign that prosecutors could be moving to charge him…
The U.S. Senate approved a temporary funding bill on Wednesday, preventing a partial government shutdown that was expected to begin on Saturday. The measure provides funding only until February 8. The move was seen as a defeat for President Trump who had insisted the bill should include funding for a border wall with Mexico The…
In a late-night speech on the Senate floor on Wednesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham strongly criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to pull troops from Syria, calling the decision “disastrous” and a “stain on the honor” of the U.S.. Graham also said the president’s claim that the Islamic State had been defeated was “fake news.” The South…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. Putin also said that  the American presence in Syria is “illegitimate.†During his annual news conference with domestic and foreign media, Putin was asked by a U.S. reporter what he thought of the decision by Trump. “Donald is right…
For those of us who wish the worst upon Donald Trump and his crime family, some good news occurred yesterday. Due to actions of the State of New York the possibility of Trump dying penniless just became very real. As the Washington Post reported: “President Trump has agreed to shut down his embattled personal charity…
It just became official: the Republican Party is now the party of Donald Trump, which will probably result in disaster for them in the 2020 elections. POLITICO is reporting that the GOP has basically re-branded itself as the “Trump Party:†“President Donald Trump is planning to roll out an unprecedented structure for his 2020 reelection,…
A new report from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says that during 2018 a minimum of 53 journalists were killed throughout the world. This is evidence that more autocratic leaders in more countries are threatening democracy and freedom of the press. According to the report: “The number of journalists targeted for murder in reprisal…
Presidential historian Jon Meacham said Tuesday that actions taken by Donald Trump may represent the “definition of treason.” This would be the case if Trump was aware of Russia‘s efforts to interfere and help him win the 2016 election. Meacham, who is an expert on the history of U.S. presidents said: “If, in fact, and…
The recent bad news for Mike Flynn is also bad news for Vice President Mike Pence, and may mean that he will soon be indicted by Bob Mueller. Yesterday the judge responsible for sentencing Flynn suggested he was guilty of treason and should spend some serious time in jail. Also yesterday, one of Flynn’s partners…
Donald Trump’s family fortune was built on illegal tax evasion schemes. He inherited over $400 million from his father, and since then he has increased his net worth in part by cheating on his taxes, just like his father did. So there is a huge appetite on the part of the public to learn more…
Donald Trump’s allies in Russia are trying to help him out by attacking special counsel Robert Mueller. The Washington Post reported Monday evening that a new report prepared for the Senate Intelligence Committee shows that Mueller has become a target of Russian social media warfare efforts. The report also shows how Russia helped Trump win…
Special counsel Robert Mueller has released to the public the January 2017 memo describing in detail the FBI’s interview with Michael Flynn. The memo proves that the former three-star general and head of the Defense Intelligence Agency told numerous lies during the interview, in violation of federal law. The lies Flynn told led to the…
Speaking with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani really messed up. He accidentally made the mistake of admitting that Trump committed a crime, which he had previously denied. He also set forth a legal argument that was completely false and therefore he watered down the Trump team’s previous denials. In talking to ABC,…
Republican leaders in Congress are desperately trying to stop President Trump from shutting down crucial parts of the United States government, according to the Washington Post. On Monday they contacted the White House, asking that the president back off his threat of a partial shutdown if he doesn’t get funding for his border wall. If…
The Senate Intelligence Committee will release a new report this week that has the results of a study of the millions of social media posts provided to Congress detailing Russian efforts to help elect President Donald Trump, according to a Washington Post story Sunday. According to the Post, the report details a massive “Russian disinformation…
The U.S. government has been pushed to “the brink of a partial shutdown,†according to the Associated Press (AP).  With both sides unwilling to budge, a compromise solution does not look possible. On the one hand, Donald Trump and his White House aides say that Congress must provide $5 billion to build a wall along the…
Saudi Arabia has rejected a U.S. Senate bipartisan resolution that blamed Saudi crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman (MBS) for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to the Associated Press (AP). The Saudi government used strong language in rebuking the Senate’s actions, saying it was unwarranted and unwanted intrusion into the affairs of the…
Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating President Trump’s inaugural committee for misspending donated funds from the record $107 million it received. Investigators are examining financial wrongdoing, and are scrutinizing donors who may have written sizable checks in exchange for access to the Trump administration, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Many Different Crimes…
A Texas judge’s decision to strike down Obamacare as unconstitutional was, according to Daily Kos, “a lawless act of partisan idiocy.†The ridiculous opinion will undoubtedly be reversed upon appeal. In the meantime the mere prospect of overturning the popular healthcare law, and taking health insurance away from 20 million people, is hurting the Republican…
The Republican Party is a shipwreck. The entire party is facing a disaster of historic proportions, and its members don’t even see it. For example: Republicans lost the House midterm elections by ten million votes — the largest margin in history — and have made no changes to their policies. The Republican President, Donald Trump,…
Nearly two-thirds of American voters surveyed say that President Donald Trump “has not been truthful†about the investigation into Russian 2016 election interference and a possible conspiracy between his campaign and Russia. The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday morning shows a heavy partisan discrepancy, however. The poll shows the following: 94 percent of…
People obsessed with presidential politics often look to Iowa for early indications of which candidates might be favored to win their party’s nomination. This is because for decades Iowa has held presidential nominating caucuses before any other states hold primaries. Even though there are other early caucus and primary states, the preferences of Iowans are…
On Friday a courtroom in Washington, D.C. was sealed off from the press, as dozens of reporters gathered there because of rumors they had heard on social media that Robert Mueller was bringing in a secret witness to testify in front of a grand jury. And then something totally unexpected happened: courthouse officials forcefully removed…
According to a report in the New York Times, Donald Trump and his siblings set up phony businesses in the 1990’ to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes. Then they used those same businesses to cheat thousands of their tenants out of millions of dollars in violation of New York City housing laws. The…
Two years after Donald Trump won the presidency, every organization he has led in the past decade is under investigation or involved in at least one lawsuit. Trump’s private company, the Trump Organization, is facing civil suits digging into its business with foreign governments as well as state criminal inquiries into its tax practices. Trump’s…
For many months new Democratic superstar Beto O’Rourke was attacked by Republicans in Texas as he ran for the Senate against Ted Cruz. But now that he is considered a presidential contender, he is being attacked by members of the left wing of his own party. The 2020 Democratic primary season will be long and…
With all of the news that has come out recently about crimes committed by Donald J. Trump, many people are asking this one all-important question: How the heck can this joker still be President of the United States? For some unknown reason, Trump still has the backing of Republicans in Congress and about one-third of…
Confessed Russian spy Maria Butina may be preparing to testify in an upcoming criminal trial, according to sealed court papers briefly made public on Friday. Reportedly she is now needed to testify or provide information in another case. U.S. prosecutors on Friday asked a federal judge for permission to move Butina to and from jail…
A federal judge in Texas said on Friday that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual coverage mandate is unconstitutional and that the rest of the law therefore is not valid. The ruling was based on law changes made in the 2017 Republican tax bill. Experts said the ruling will not affect Americans’ current health coverage,…
The legal jeopardy for President Donald Trump has been increasing all week. And Friday special counsel Robert Mueller made things even worse as he disclosed that he still wants to sit down for an in-person interview with the president. Apparently Mueller and his team were not satisfied with Trump’s written responses to their questions, although…
George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, is continuing his attacks on President Donald Trump, which apparently has caused some marital friction. In addition to trashing dubious legal claims by Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani on Twitter Friday, Conway also lambasted the president in a Washington Post editorial that he co-wrote with former…
Republicans in Congress are expecting a partial government shutdown, “just in time for Christmas,†but they would probably rather have a lump of coal. President Trump’s harmful comments at a White House meeting with congressional Democrats on Tuesday about how he would accept blame for a shutdown have made the partial shutdown scenario much more…
Many people believe that the Russia probe is nearing its completion, but now The Daily Beast is reporting that Bob Mueller’s investigation might be moving to a whole new area of the world. According to The Beast: “Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office is preparing to reveal to the public a different side of his investigation….
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. confirmed Donald Trump’s worst fears on Thursday when he said “We’re going take an MRI to his finances.†Swalwell works with Rep. Adam Schiff on the House Intelligence Committee and is also on the House Judiciary Committee, soon to be chaired by Rep. Jerry Nadler. Both Schiff and Nadler have promised…
Former Trump attorney and “fixer†Michael Cohen dropped some new bombshells on Friday when he told ABC News that Donald Trump knew that it was “wrong†when he paid hush money to two former mistresses during the 2016 presidential campaign. He also said that Trump knew about Donald Trump, Jr. and other top campaign officials…
Two top lawyers say it is now time for President Donald Trump to negotiate a plea deal and resign from office in order to minimize his legal liability. Both former U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal and former chief White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter reached the same conclusion yesterday after more evidence was disclosed making…
Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) on Thursday jumped from tenth to second place in CNN rankings of prospective 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. By placing O’Rourke second on his monthly “power rankings” of potential Democratic candidates, CNN’s Chris Cillizza put him ahead of many others who had been considered leading contenders for the 2020 nomination. The Texas…
Democrat Stacey Abrams, who lost a heated and controversial Georgia governor’s race against Republican Brian Kemp, has announced that she will definitely run for public office again. “Yes, I’m going to run again,†she told an enthusiastic crowd at Fortune’s “Most Powerful Women Next Gen Summit†in Laguna Niguel, Calif. “What it is I’m going…
The lawyer for Michael Cohen, who for 20 years was President Trump‘s personal lawyer, said that the president knew ahead of time that Cohen was planning to perjure himself while testifying to Congress. Lanny Davis, an attorney who has represented Cohen in his ongoing legal battles with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District…
Donald Trump’s war on immigrants is continuing. Yesterday The Atlantic reported: “The Trump administration is resuming its efforts to deport certain protected Vietnamese immigrants who have lived in the United States for decades—many of them having fled the country during the Vietnam War.†The Trump administration has reinterpreted the 2008 agreement between the United States…
Former Judge Andrew Napolitano, legal analyst for Fox News, said that yesterday the people of America learned without question that federal prosecutors in New York have clear evidence that President Donald Trump committed a felony. “Career prosecutors here in New York have evidence that the president of the United States committed a felony by ordering…
For some reason unfathomable to most people, evangelical Christians love Donald Trump, the most criminal and immoral president in United States history. On Friday a group of Christians gathered at Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. for Revolution 2018, a conference of charismatic Christian ministries organized by Lamplighter Ministries. The location they chose is very…
Democrats in the House of Representatives have begun to openly discuss impeaching President Donald Trump. This is a new development in that after the November 6 elections most of them said they would focus on hearings and legislation instead. But the new criminal allegations made against Trump by federal prosecutors last week have changed the…
Donald Trump said on Tuesday that much of the border wall he wants has already been built and has been “very effective.” But that is not true. He apparently was referring to old border fencing built decades ago. And nothing he’s done has been “very effective.†Even with his hard-line immigration policies and inflammatory rhetoric…
The newly-elected Attorney General for the State of New York has some big plans. And they involve the President of the United States, his children, and his business. After being elected on November 6, Letitia James promised she would begin large-scale investigations of “President Donald Trump, his family and anyone in his circle who may…
Donald Trump has called prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller on the Russia probe “angry Democrats.†Even though most of them have been lifelong Republicans, he has pointed out that in the past some of them gave political donations to Democrats as proof that they are biased against him. And now Trump has nominated…
Fox News’ senior legal analyst Andrew Napolitano said Monday that President Donald Trump may be charged with three separate crimes. He also said that Trump could be indicted while still the president. Prosecutors from the Southern District of New York (SDNY) filed a court document on Friday saying that Trump directed his former lawyer Michael…
A bipartisan group of 44 former U.S. Senators wrote an op-ed published by The Washington Post today expressing their concerns about the dangers facing American democracy. In the opinion piece, which starts “Dear Senate colleagues,†the distinguished former lawmakers sent a stern warning to current and future members of the Senate. They said that the…
House Republicans know they have a big problem, but they don’t know who to blame. In order to figure that out, they’ve decided they need an autopsy to determine the cause of death of the Republican Party. Although it’s obvious to most people, a group of GOP House members has asked the House GOP campaigns…
Everyone knows that Donald Trump will try to blame Democrats if he shuts down the U.S. government. But Democratic leaders in Congress are having none of it. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer issued a joint statement Monday letting the world know the truth. They wrote: “Republicans still control the…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) reportedly has quietly put together a formidable presidential election campaign machine for 2020. POLITICO reported Monday that Warren has personally contacted at least  100 key people in early presidential states such as Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. She has is also looking for a campaign headquarters space in Boston….
Wacky conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi filed a lawsuit in Washington on Sunday against special counsel Robert Mueller, the Department of Justice, the FBI, the NSA and the CIA. The suit alleges that Mueller and other federal agencies surveilled him illegally as part of the special counsel’s investigation into contacts between Russia and the Trump 2016…
Federal prosecutors in New York have been investigating Trump Organization executives to determine if they were also involved in campaign finance violations, the New York Times is reporting this morning. Last week the New York prosecutors recommended a substantial prison term for President Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen. In the sentencing memo filed with the…
The world’s largest investors, who manage over $32 trillion in financial assets, joined together to issue a strong warning to governments at the U.N. climate summit on Monday. Without huge reductions in carbon emissions, and the phasing out of all coal burning, the world faces a financial crash several times worse than the 2008 crisis,…
Former FBI Director James Comey knows better than most people the existential threat that Donald Trump poses to democracy in America. On Sunday night, speaking to a well-healed audience on New York City’s Upper East Side, he said that American voters must end Donald Trump’s presidency with a “landslide victory for his opponent†in 2020….
President Trump attacked former FBI Director James Comey early Sunday, accusing him of lying during his testimony to House lawmakers about the investigation into Russia‘s election interference. “Leakin’ James Comey must have set a record for who lied the most to Congress in one day. His Friday testimony was so untruthful!” the president tweeted. “This…
Controversies surrounding the infamous Steele Dossier are still continuing, nearly two years after its existence was first disclosed. The bombshell document was published by BuzzFeed News in January of 2017 The sensational allegations about President Donald Trump’s sexual activities, along with details of his financial crimes, immediately made headlines. The dossier has been endlessly discussed…
