Back in January, Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney cast her vote to impeach Donald Trump. It was a principled moved by the Rep., one of the more powerful Republicans in Congress. Matt Gaetz, ever the Trump loyalist, went to her home state weeks later to hold an anti-Cheney rally. And while Gaetz, dealing with significant issues,…
Donald Trump really, really wants to stay in control of the Republican party. And he’s doing everything he can to do so. If a GOP lawmaker speaks out against him, he finds a primary opponent for them. And he has powerful backers in his corner like Kevin McCarthy, Lindsey Graham and the entire Fox News…
Much of the conversation about the Derek Chauvin case this week has been centered on what might happen if he were to be acquitted. Many worried that there could be serious unrest on the streets. What wasn’t really discussed, though, was how police officers may react to a guilty verdict. That was a topic of…
Speaking on “Morning Joe” earlier this morning, MSNBC pundit Joe Scarborough criticized Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for his spreading lies and conspiracy theories about Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Scarborough’s comments followed Jordan’s contentious behavior during a hearing held by the House Coronavirus Crisis Subcommittee in…
The bad news for Matt Gaetz is coming in so fast that it’s becoming hard for TV pundits to react to. During Nicolle Wallace‘s Thursday show, news broke that Joel Greenberg had accepted a plea deal. This revelation means that prosecutors are likely very interested to see what Greenberg has to say about Gaetz. The…
It’s been a bit more than a week since the Matt Gaetz sex scandal began. Since then, it has seemed like the Florida congressman has made the wrong move at nearly every turn. It also seems like Gaetz was expecting more support from the members of his own party. But nearly every fellow GOP lawmaker…
After 5 years plus of pulling the senate strings, Mitch McConnell is not enjoying his time as the Senate Minority Leader. Once Democrats took control, McConnell threatened to regularly hold up bills using the filibuster. But the Senate Parliamentarian has largely taken care of that. McConnell has decided that the easiest way to get back…
January’s Georgia run-off represented a major moment for the Democratic party. The wins of Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock gave the party control of the White House, Senate and House. An elated Joe Biden was ready to make good on a number of his biggest promises. But as he has attempted to do so, there…
When Donald Trump was sitting in the White House, he was protected from all kinds of legal jeopardy. But now that he lives in Mar-a-Lago, lawsuits are coming from all over the place. On Tuesday a judge declared that former Apprentice contestant Summer Zhervos could go ahead with her defamation suit. And later on Tuesday,…
When Mitt Romney lost the 2012 presidential election, the Republican party took a hard took at what went wrong. They decided that they GOP would be better served by seeking the votes of Latino and Black Americans. But the party essentially did the opposite. They nominated Donald Trump, whose disdain for minority voters was quite…
During the 4 years of Donald Trump‘s presidency, Republicans held control of the senate. They used this power to their advantage, pushing through 3 Supreme Court Justices and essentially laughing at Democrats. Joe Biden stormed into office in control of the House, Senate and White House. The opportunity is there for Democrats to push through…
Right now, it feels like Georgia and New York are in a race to indict Donald Trump first. New York’s prosecution team has been talking to plenty of people within Trump’s orbit about his behavior. Michael Cohen went to jail over deeds he performed on behalf of Trump. And the former lawyer is now eager…
The United States and Russia have had a tense relationship for as long as any living American could remember. But that relationship took a strange turn during Donald Trump’s presidency. Rather than seeing Vladimir Putin as an adversary, the 45th President seemed to look up to the Russian President. And some within his immediate circle…
Fox News can’t seem to make up their minds about vaccines. The anchors on the channel certainly want Donald Trump to get out sized credit for his role in developing the vaccine. At the same time, they are not willing to tell their viewers they should get inoculated. Leading the misinformation charge is Tucker Carlson….
Since the day they took office, Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene have seemingly been locked in a battle over who could be more controversial. Greene looked to be taking a commanding lead last week, but now Boebert is making up ground. Earlier this week, the Colorado congresswoman released a video ripping Speaker of the…
For nearly it’s entire history, Fox News success has been built by two men; Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch was at the top of the chain as the owner of Fox. Ailes was in charge of running the network until his resignation in 2016. Ailes has since passed, dying of a subdural hematoma in…
Not all Democratic lawmakers are on equal footing. Those in blue states could be reelected in perpetuity regardless of what decisions they make. But those who serve in red states have to be much more careful about their choices. This is certainly true of Joe Manchin. Manchin has continued to be elected in West Virginia…
Since Donald Trump left office in mid-January, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office has intensified their investigation into his finances. The prosecutors have also talked to people inside Trump’s inner circle like his former lawyer Michael Cohen. And according to the New York Times, the DA’s office would very much like to talk for long-time Trump…
On Tuesday, senate lawmakers had the opportunity to question FBI Director Christopher Wray about the January 6th insurrection. Many of the Republican senators, though, were more interested in asking about MS-13 and Antifa and absolving Donald Trump for any blame. Wray clearly told the senate that right-wing extremist violence was one the bureau’s biggest concerns….
This weekend, a number of prominent Republicans spoke at the CPAC conference. During the speeches, though, there was very little substance. There were also few outlines of how the GOP would move forward after last year’s losses. Instead, attendees had to listen to Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley complain about how they have been wronged….
The January 6th attack on the Capitol was one of the most disgraceful moments in United States history. Those behind the attack, though, don’t seem to be chastened by the fallout. The acting chief of the Capitol Police, Yogananda Pittman revealed on Thursday that there is a plot for more violence. She told the House…
Donald Trump may or may not be the future of the Republican party. There are plenty of reasons why he might not be. Especially after the Supreme Court ruled that the state of New York can look at Trump’s tax returns. And if the Republican nominee isn’t Trump, the field for the 2024 candidate is…
Al Franken was, at one time, one of the most popular Democratic lawmakers in the country. Franken, though, stepped down from his position after being accused of sexual misconduct in January of 2019. The former Minnesota senator now hosts a weekend political show on Sirius XM radio. But before he was a politician, Franken spent…
Donald Trump has spent much of his adult life in litigation. In his 45 years in business, the ex-president was involved in over 3,500 suits. Over the last four years, Trump enjoyed the protection offered to him by his position. Those days, however, are over and the law is soon to come for him. This…
On January 6th of this year, a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol and overwhelmed the police who protect the building. Despite the fact that many carried police supporting flags, the insurrectionists were more than happy to attack officers that got in their way. Officer Brian Sicknick died that day. Following the…
In the last week, nearly every Republican gave their take on the Donald Trump impeachment trial. People like Lindsey Graham gave the ex-president their full support. Others, like Mitch McConnell, blasted Trump but still voted to acquit him. Mike Pence, though, had nothing to say. This was especially interesting considering the facts of the case….
In listening to workers and science, Biden is providing an example of how we properly value lives and protect and practice democracy.
Today began a battle between Republicans and Democrats over the impeachment of Donald Trump. The impeachment managers on the left started the proceedings with a powerful video and an emotional speech from Jamie Raskin. The Republican response was such a disaster that it reportedly left Donald Trump fuming in Florida. During her afternoon show, Nicolle…
Last week, the news was focused on Marjorie Taylor Greene. Despite her racists statements and wild conspiracy theories, the majority of the party had her back. There are, however, some Republicans that want to fight back against the rise of QAnon within their party. And Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney is one of them. Nicolle Wallace…
Donald Trump will soon face an impeachment trial in the senate. Finding lawyers willing to defend him has been an issue. The 45th president is now on his second legal team after the first quit because he wouldn’t follow their strategy. And the arguments to defend Trump aren’t great. MSNBC‘s Nicolle Wallace spent a Tuesday…
Openly racist politicians have been successful in the past. George Wallace, who openly endorsed segregation, received nearly 10 million votes as a third party candidate in the 1968 presidential election. Strom Thurmond, who filibustered against the Civil Rights Act for over 24 hours, served as a senator for 48 years. Still, it is striking to…
From Richard Nixon to Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump, the GOP has long presented itself as the party of “law and order.” The last time a large-scale terrorist attack occurred on US soil, George W. Bush was President. In September of 2001, Bush told Congress, “Our war on terror begins with Al Qaeda, but it…
In June of last year, Facebook videos emerged of Marjorie Taylor Greene making racist comments. A spokesperson for Kevin McCarthy said, “these comments are appalling, and Leader McCarthy has no tolerance for them.” Minority Whip Steve Scalise took it a step further, throwing his support behind Greene’s primary opponent. Greene was able to win that…
Many Republicans have backed Donald Trump on the pretense that they will need his supporters in order to win future elections. What those GOP lawmakers don’t take into account, though, is the fact that those people only support Donald Trump. Mike Pence stood by the ex-President’s side for 4 years and defended him at every…
In the aftermath of the violent assault on the nation’s Capitol, all I heard on the cable news shows was how well-educated Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley are. Cruz attended Princeton University and graduated from Harvard Law School. Hawley earned his undergraduate degree from Stanford University before completing his law degree at Yale. Brian…
About the time George W. Bush became President, the Fox News network became the dominant force in cable news. Rupert Murdoch‘s operation made stars out of anchors such as Megyn Kelly, Bill O‘Reilly, Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity. And throughout all of Donald Trump’s term, the network continued its ratings dominance. But cracks have been…
For the last four years, Donald Trump has had nearly everything he wanted. The former businessman has immeasurable power. He had immunity from all his looming court cases. And he could play golf whenever he wanted to on the people’s dime. When he leaves office, though, his outlook won’t be so bright. Trump is facing…
Last week had a number of major political events. On Monday, Donald Trump made a stump speech in Dalton Georgia. On Tuesday, Americans eagerly awaiting the results of the Georgia senate race. On Wednesday, viewers tuned in to see the election challenge being mounted by Trump loyalists in the House and Senate. As the fight…
Republican lawmakers have let Donald Trump get away with pretty much anything over the last 4 years. Their enabling the President, in part, led to the terrorist attack on the US Capitol last week. And no Republican enabled Trump more than Lindsey Graham. The South Carolina senator, who stood in angry opposition to Trump during…
This was a near unbelievable day in Washington DC. After reinforcements from a number of states arrived, though, the Capitol has been cleared. The senate is set to reconvene at 8:00 PM. Now the focus will be on the fallout from Donald Trump and his supporters behavior. Clearly, the current president is desperate to stay…
Back during the 2016 Republican primary, GOP lawmakers had a much different reaction to Donald Trump. Chris Christie frequently bashed him before becoming an important campaign surrogate. Lindsey Graham famously tweeted, “If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed…….and we will deserve it.” No the South Carolina senator is one of Trump’s chief sycophants. If…
For a few weeks during the 2016 presidential primary, Chris Christie was willing to say that Donald Trump wasn’t qualified to be president. After the former New Jersey governor dropped out of the Republican nomination race, though, he quickly fell behind Trump. And he has essentially been there every step of the way over the…
On Friday, News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch was vaccinated against COIVD-19. The media mogul received the inoculation in England, where due to his age, he qualified to get the vaccine early on. The 89 year-old man receiving the treatment would not be a big deal if Murdoch didn’t own Fox News. He is, however, is…
Donald frequently bragged about how much money his campaign was raising during election season. The truth was, however, that he was being crushed by Joe Biden and the Democratic machine. And now that the election is over, Trump hasn’t stopped trying to raise funds. This time, he is asking for money to fund legal fights…
Donald Trump has quite a day on Wednesday. After deciding not to attend a meeting of Republicans in Gettysburg, PA, he called the phone of lawyer Rudy Giuliani. As the lawyer held the phone up to a microphone, Trump begged for the 2020 election results to be overturned. After his widely mocked phone call, Trump…
In late 2015, early 2016, nearly 20 contenders fought it out for the Republican nomination. Many of them had significant political experience, working as senators, congresspeople or governors of large states. But in the end, GOP voters picked a failed businessman and reality television show host to be their standard bearer. It worked out well…
Donald Trump was hoping to win enough electoral college votes to win the White House on Tuesday night. He was also prepared to go nuclear in the likely event that he failed to do so. This morning and into the afternoon, the Mid-West Blue Wall states began to break heavily for Biden. The Trump legal…
While reports from Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Chase, and Moody’s all link a Biden presidency to a healthier economy and more powerful recovery, Donald Trump continues to peddle lies that the economy will collapse under Biden, stoking fears that people’s 401Ks will evaporate. He persists in these lies despite inheriting an economic recovery from Biden…
When the COVID-19 pandemic broke, Donald Trump actually made a couple of smart moves. He created a task force and assigned renowned immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci to be a part of that task force. The president, however, has ignored much of the advice Fauci has given him. He’s also basically demoted the immunologist and Dr….
Anthony Scaramucci said that Trump is no longer physically or mentally capable of being president so he must immediately drop out of the race.
During the 2018 midterms, the Democrats had a wave election, picking up 40 more House seats than Republicans. They won many of these seats because suburban women voted for them in record numbers. On Friday, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s granddaughter said her grandmother’s dying wish was to be replaced by a president other than Trump. On…
Criticism of William Barr has rumbled on this week and the latest voice to join the chorus of condemnation was Claire McCaskill, the former senator from Missouri. McCaskill, a Democrat, spoke to MSNBC on Friday about how the Attorney General isn’t focusing on the Russian threat to the November election, as FBI Director Chris Wray…
Despite his complete and utter lack of credentials, Donald Trump has given Jared Kushner a number of different tasks. One of the jobs the President gave to his son-in-law was to make peace in the Middle East. The White House has been promoting a recent peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. The…
Bob Woodward has spoken candidly about his interview with Donald Trump and his view of how the President has handled the Coronavirus. The veteran journalist spoke in tragic terms. Woodward spoke to MSNBC on Wednesday about his new book Rage, which made headlines for its revelations about Trump’s downplaying of the virus. Woodward said Trump regretted not…
There’s is a pretty good reason why Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein are famous. The Washington Post duo were responsible for exposing Richard Nixon’s Watergate scheme and bringing down a presidency. For some reason, though, the Trump campaign thought it was a good idea for the President to speak with Woodward on 18 different occasions….
Retired Army Colonel Jack Jacobs knows something about honor and sacrifice. The former military official was award the Medal of Honor after saving the lives of 14 soldiers during the Vietnam War. Jacobs, who works a military consultant for MSNBC, also retains many connection in today’s military. And on Friday he confirmed to Chris Jansing…
Today, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy appeared before the House of Representatives. The Trump appointee seemed uprepared to answer even basic questions and contradicted himself on a number of occasions. Nancy Pelosi appeared on MSNBC on Monday to talk about the Trump administration and its attack on the Post Office. The Speaker of the House, however,…
MSNBC’s Democratic convention coverage anchored by Rachel Maddow beat Fox News all night and especially during Michelle Obama’s speech.
Trump tried to upstage Joe Biden adding Kamala Harris to the Democratic ticket, but CNN and MSNBC did not cover his White House event.
John Heilemann issued a stark warning on Tuesday about Donald Trump sending federal agents into Portland. He sees it as the first step in undermining the November election. The MSNBC political analyst spoke to Morning Joe about his concerns as the President threatens to send federal law enforcement to a slew of Democrat-led cities. “I don’t want…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has taken President Donald Trump to task after he declined to say whether he’ll accept the election results if he loses to Democrat Joe Biden. Pelosi made the remarks earlier this morning during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “The fact is, whether he knows it yet or not, he…
Speaker Pelosi said that Trump doesn’t have the power to cut education funding and accused him of trying to unsafely open schools.
This unfortunate and hopefully soon-expiring moment in U.S. history, Donald Trump’s presidency, has been anything but subtle in summoning the worst energies, impulses, and dimensions embedded in the nation’s history and still animating contemporary culture and politics. If it hadn’t been clear during his 2016 campaign when he characterized Mexican immigrants as rapists and criminals,…
Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro went on MSNBC and told Ali Velshi that China deliberately created the coronavirus and intentionally spread it to the US.
Recent polling indicates that an overwhelming number of Americans, close to 75%, support the protests, inspired by George Floyd’s murder, against racism and police brutality.  This approval, polls reveal, stretches across party lines and racial lines. The polls, of course, don’t reveal in any precise way the psychological dynamics at work in the American mentality…
Fox News’ Brit Hume thinks Donald Trump should definitely be golfing rather than sending tweets. He highlighted the President’s recent unfounded allegations against an MSNBC personality. President Trump has revived false claims about Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough and the death of an intern when he was a congressman. Hume was not pleased by Trump’s tweets. “A…
Mika Brzezinski slammed Donald Trump on Wednesday for his repeated suggestions that her husband is a murderer. The MSNBC personality addressed the President on live TV. Brzezinski is a co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe along with her husband, Joe Scarborough. Trump has recently revived the unfounded claim that Scarborough was involved in the death of…
Donald Trump gets an “F” on Coronavirus, according to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. The California Democrat offered a brutal summary of the President’s failures on Wednesday. Pelosi spoke to MSNBC about Trump’s lack of preparation and the damage it had caused to the American people. “For our seniors in nursing homes and the…
Joe Biden took the President to task on Thursday for his handling of the Coronavirus. The former vice president was incredulous at Donald Trump’s recent behavior. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee spoke to MSNBC’s Morning Joe program along with his wife, Dr. Jill Biden. He discussed Americans’ reaction to the Covid-19 global pandemic and chastised Trump for…
MSNBC cut away from Trump’s coronavirus briefing to do a live fact check of several lies told by Trump and Steve Mnuchin about the availability of COVID-19 stimulus.
Trump started the coronavirus briefing by not talking about coronavirus, so MSNBC cut away from the briefing because he wasn’t discussing the pandemic.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says she hasn’t spoken to President Donald Trump since the State of the Union. The California Democrat made the claim on MSNBC on Tuesday. “I’ve always spoken to presidents on an as needed basis,” she said. “It’s an historic occasion when the Speaker and the President speak. It’s history.”…
As coverage of the coronavirus streams 24-7 on the airways, updating cases and casualties as well as policy shifts and other breaking developments, it is understandable Americans might find their attention riveted to day to day events linked to the pandemic, making it hard to even think about larger political contexts or issues raised by…
Republicans are faking anger at Adam Schiff and using it as an excuse for their predetermined votes not to convict Donald Trump.
Joseph Bondy, the lawyer for Lev Parnas, called on Congress to release the tape of Trump demanding the former ambassador to Ukraine be taken out.
What is the story of the U.S. economy? Not unlike the proverbial elephant subject to scrutiny by a band of blind men, the nation’s economy is subject to multiple narrative descriptions depending on which component of the beast, whether our economy or an elephant, the blind man massages. Some media pundits have argued that the…
Trump awarded Conan the dog a medal as he the president is hitting a new low in his bid to distract America from his impeachment.
The latest tact of Republican apologists for President Donald Trump’s violating his oath of office by publicly urging China to interfere in the 2020 presidential election is to insist that Trump was just joking. As Jason Easley reported for PoliticusUsa.com , Representative Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican, in an interview with George Stephanopolous Sunday morning on…
As Trump was making false statements at a furious pace, MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace cut off Trump’s press conference to fact check his lies.
Bernie Sanders gets nearly double the support from Fox News viewers (22%) than he gets from MSNBC viewers (13%) in a new poll. Bernie Sanders is more popular with Fox News viewers than MSNBC viewers According to a new Morning Consult poll that breaks down support for Democratic candidates based on what media they consume,…
Trump called for MSNBC and other outlets to be banned from social media after some of his biggest alt-right supporters were banned for hate speech.
MSNBC stopped their live coverage of the Barr hearing to fact check Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Lindsey Graham as he lied about no collusion.
MSNBC’s Donny Deutsch thinks Donald Trump is “repulsive†and “disgusting to look at.†Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough thinks Trump is “pathetic†and “sad.†As a result, Deutsch said this morning, the president should not be attacking or making fun of the appearance of anyone else. And Scarborough joined Deutsch as together they mocked Trump…
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell discussed how Trump committed an impeachable felony by refusing to let the FBI move out of a building that is across the street from his Washington DC hotel.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) is calling for an investigation into Trump’s claim that “rogue killers” may have been behind the murder of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Video from 2015 shows Brett Kavanaugh saying that what happened during his time in prep school where he is accused of sexually assaulting Christine Ford stays at Georgetown Prep.
Bill Nye explained on MSNBC that climate change is making hurricanes like Florence more severe because of increased ocean temperature.
MSNBC’s Velshi and Ruhle didn’t let Trump get away with claiming that his White House is operating like a smooth running machine.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has introduced the largest anti-corruption bill since Watergate to kill the cancer on our democracy that has flourished under Trump.
Rachel Maddow has remained the number one show on cable television as her network MSNBC is dominating in the ratings.
On MSNBC’s Deadline: White House, host Nicolle Wallace said that unlike George W. Bush and Barack Obama, Trump was never a political rival to John McCain. Trump was just a troll.
Paul Manafort’s lack of cooperation with prosecutors has been puzzling legal experts and casual observers ever since he was indicted by Robert Mueller last year. Many theories have been tossed around, but nobody knows for sure why there is no cooperation agreement between Manafort and federal prosecutors. It may be that he doesn’t have enough…
As the worst week of the Trump presidency unfolds, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is dominating the cable ratings by being the highest rated TV show for the 3rd straight night.
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow had the number one show on all of cable television for the second straight night.
MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show and The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell were the most-watched shows on cable television on the day of Paul Manafort’s conviction and Michael Cohen’s plea deal.
Both CNN and MSNBC have refused to give Trump a platform to rant, but MSNBC went beyond CNN by not airing any part of Trump’s West Virginia campaign rally.
Former congresswoman and attorney Liz Holtzman said that the double whammy of the Manafort verdict and the Cohen cooperation means that the noose is tightening and Donald Trump is heavy duty trouble.
The secret tape where Devin Nunes admits that House Republicans are the only way to stop Mueller shows how Speaker of the House Paul Ryan betrayed his own country to protect Trump.
MSNBC’s Ari Melber called out an absurd lie that Rudy Giuliani told in what is an increasingly desperate effort to prevent Trump from talking to Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Former CIA Director John Brennan said that Trump couldn’t have gotten the warning that his campaign was under federal investigation in 2016, because warning Trump would have compromised the investigation.
