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Scarborough Slams ‘Shameless’ GOP for Covering Up Trump’s Crimes

Scarborough Slams ‘Shameless’ GOP for Covering Up Trump’s Crimes

Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough slammed House Republicans for “shamelessly” covering for President Donald Trump as his former attorney Michael…

5 years ago

Republicans fear Democratic ‘blue wave’ spreading to once-safe districts

But the real reason they were there was basic: Donald Trump. They don't like the president, and they were not…

6 years ago

Trump and GOP almost double the deficit from last year with $214 billion deficit in August

The U.S. government had a $214 billion budget deficit in August, almost double the amount for the same period last…

6 years ago

Energized Democrats Surge Toward Midterms As Trump Is Losing On Immigration and Trade

Trump has made immigration and trade the two centerpiece issues of his midterm election strategy, but a new poll shows…

6 years ago

Adam Schiff Storms The House Floor And Blasts Republicans For Not Doing Their Jobs

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) told House Republicans to wake up and do their jobs of oversight on Trump because America…

6 years ago

Broward County Sheriff Busts NRA Talking Points: ‘We Need Less Guns In America, Not More’

"Lawmakers got to change the way they do things. The same old same old just ain't working. ... We need less guns in America, not more…

6 years ago

Shep Smith Gives Fox Viewers Reality Check By Naming Every Fatal School Shooting Since Columbine

"Since Columbine in 1999, there have been 25 fatal, active school shooting incidents at elementary and high schools in America,"…

6 years ago

Burger King tweaks U.S. regulator in new ‘net neutrality’ advertisement

Fast food company Burger King is taking on the Trump administration's decision to reverse the landmark 2015 net neutrality rules…

6 years ago

Dem Senator Says The Best Way For Congress To Govern Is To Pretend Trump Doesn’t Exist

Negotiating with Trump is a waste of time. Not only does he lack a firm grasp of the issues, but…

6 years ago

House GOP Passes Cynical Spending Bill That Senate Democrats Are Already Planning To Smack Down

Senate Republicans aren't likely to win over enough Democrats to pass their cynical spending bill.

6 years ago

Democrats Take 18-Point Lead In Midterm Matchup As Voters Are Eager To Punish GOP For Tax Scam

Democrats lead the GOP by a whopping 18 points among registered voters – the largest lead they've held in two…

6 years ago

‘People Aren’t Stupid’: Bernie Sanders Shuts Down GOP Tax Scam In 15 Seconds

Sanders took a machete to the Republican tax scam on Monday, saying that it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to…

6 years ago

Right-Wing Christians Place Party Before Faith Forsaking Compassion For Their Neighbor

It doesn’t matter what the issue is. Right-wing Christians have been placing the priorities of the party before the tenants…

6 years ago

Exclusive: Secret witness in Senate Clinton probe is ex-lobbyist for Russian firm

The Senate committee searching for Clinton's alleged wrongdoing is keeping their witness's name cloaked. However, William D. Campbell, a lobbyist,…

6 years ago

Morally Depleted Republicans Are Failing Nine Million Kids and 700K Dreamers

In the flurry and frenzy of new scandals and tragedies that wear on the spirit of our country, we must…

6 years ago

Panicking GOP Might Postpone Alabama Senate Election As Roy Moore Crumbles

If you can't handle the scrutiny of a political campaign – if you need to postpone it until the smoke…

6 years ago

Bernie Sanders Sounds The Alarm: Middle-Class Americans Will Foot The Bill For GOP Tax Scam

In order to pay for the deficit-busting tax plan, the Vermont senator said GOP lawmakers will be taking aim at…

6 years ago

Your Thoughts And Prayers Aren’t Working: At Least 20 Killed In Sickening Church Mass Shooting

To GOP politicians: When you repeatedly shed crocodile tears over mass shootings, then follow it up by refusing to do…

6 years ago

U.S. Senate Republicans want to speed Trump nominee approvals

Leading Republicans in the U.S. Senate, expressing frustration at how slowly President Donald Trump's nominees are being confirmed, on Tuesday…

6 years ago

Two-Thirds Of Voters Demand Tougher Gun Laws After GOP Pretends Vegas Shooting Never Happened

Republicans may continue to live in their NRA-funded bubbles, but it's clear the American people – Democrats, Independents and Republicans…

7 years ago

Trump Aides Privately Terrified That Impeachment Is Inevitable If Democrats Retake The House

Those closest to Trump don't believe he grasps what serious trouble he would be in if Democrats win enough seats…

7 years ago

‘Silence Is No Longer An Option’: Chris Murphy To Introduce New Gun Safety Legislation

"This silence has become unintentional endorsement. It's become a kind of sick complicity."

7 years ago

John Kasich Tells GOP To Stop Trying To Repeal Obamacare And Work With Democrats To Improve It

Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act aren't just impractical, but they are cruel.

7 years ago

Dem Senator Blasts GOP For Only Allowing 90 Seconds Of Debate On Health Care Bill

"I think we will have anywhere from – literally, by rule – 90 seconds to two minutes of debate on…

7 years ago

John McCain Compares New Obamacare Repeal Effort To ‘Murder Or Train Robbery’

"[The process for the Cassidy-Graham bill] is better but it's not what the Senate is supposed to be doing," he…

7 years ago

DC Laws Are On the Republican Controlled Congress Chopping Block Again

Every woman in American knows how it feels to have her family planning and reproductive healthcare choices vetoed by a…

7 years ago

Joy Reid Crushes New Obamacare Repeal Bill With Damning Analysis Of Who It Would Hurt

Like a villain in a horror movie that appears one last time to wreak havoc, Republicans are again making one…

7 years ago

Top GOP Senator Rounding Up Votes For Last-Ditch Effort To Take Health Care Away From Millions

With the end of September marching closer and 2018 around the bend, Republicans are still unlikely to pass any bill…

7 years ago

GOP Rep Goes Full Crazy And Claims Charlottesville Nazis Were Actually Liberal Actors

This is the kind of unhinged and crackpot rhetoric that is common on Info Wars, but it has no place…

7 years ago

Bernie Sanders Completely Dismantles GOP Argument Against Single Payer In 60 Seconds

"We have a Medicare system right now. It is a good system. ... Let's expand that program to every man,…

7 years ago

GOP Is Starting To Panic About 2018 As Democrats Quietly Outperform In Special Elections

It's hard to gauge the outcome of midterm elections more than a year before they're held, but Donald Trump's presidency…

7 years ago

New Obamacare Repeal Bill Has Been Killed Before Most People Knew It Existed

The White House wants to see the plan approved by Congress, but not even GOP leadership is interested in pushing…

7 years ago

U.S. consumer agency defends student loan reforms from Republican attacks

The U.S. consumer financial watchdog on Thursday attempted to repel a Trump-administration attack on former President Barack Obama's sweeping student…

7 years ago

Key GOP Congressman Announces Retirement, Citing ‘Disorder And Chaos’ In The Trump Era

Dent's retirement is just the latest in a slew of moderate Republicans who are calling it quits as Washington spirals…

7 years ago

GOP At War With Trump As He Attempts To Use Veterans As Props In Debt Ceiling Vote

While the president complains that members of Congress are turning the debt ceiling debate into "a mess," it is his…

7 years ago

GOP Congressman Calls Out Trump For ‘Failing’ To Strongly Condemn White Supremacists

"The president needs to be crystal clear that hatred has no place in our society, but he is currently failing…

7 years ago

Trump’s Approval Rating Hits Lowest Point Ever As His Own Supporters Flee In Droves

The poll released Monday showed Trump's approval rating at the lowest level in any survey released since he took office.

7 years ago

Dem Congressman Delivers Devastating Trump Takedown: ‘We Have A Weak President’

Donald Trump spent the entire campaign playing the tough guy card, but after six months in the White House, there…

7 years ago

GOP Plotting To Take Another Shot At Repealing Obamacare And Hurting Millions Of Americans

This week's epic failure to pass any repeal and replace legislation won't be the last effort by Donald Trump and…

7 years ago

Bipartisan Group Of Governors Tear ‘Skinny’ Repeal To Shreds In Letter To The Senate

Outside of the White House and the halls of Congress, it's clear that people of all political persuasions recognize how…

7 years ago

Desperate GOP Calls Emergency Meeting To Revive Trumpcare And Kick Millions Off Insurance

The president and his GOP allies in Congress just can't accept the fact that America isn't buying what they're selling.

7 years ago

Trump’s Approval Rating On Health Care Tumbles Into The 20s As Trumpcare Dies In The Senate

The American people rate Trump's performance on health care worse than any other issue facing the country.

7 years ago

GOP Rep Drops A Bomb On Trump By Saying WH May Be Part Of A Criminal Conspiracy With Russia

Republicans are finding it increasingly hard to defend the Trump team's conduct with Russia during the 2016 campaign.

7 years ago

Maxine Waters Slams Unpatriotic GOP For Not Standing Up To Putin Puppet Trump

"I'm questioning the patriotism of all of those Republicans who are allowing this president to side with Putin, to wrap…

7 years ago

GOP Senator Slams Trump’s Twitter Tantrums, Says His Presidency Has Been ‘Disappointing’

If there is an upside for Toomey, it's that Trump's constant social media outbursts are distracting from the disastrous piece…

7 years ago

Joy Reid Smacks GOP With The Ultimate Reality Check On New ‘Repeal And Delay’ Plan

On almost every level, the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act would be harder if they did it…

7 years ago

Americans See Voting Rights As Essential To Their Personal Sense of Freedom

When asked by Pew which freedoms they consider essential, 92% of respondents said freedom of speech and 91 identified the…

7 years ago

Nobody Is Safe Under Trumpcare As Millions Of Americans Will Lose Employer-Based Coverage

The legislation won't just hurt millions of Americans who are covered under Medicaid or through the Affordable Care Act's exchanges.

7 years ago

GOP Rep Says He’s Fine With More People Dying Under Trumpcare As Long As It Saves Money

A Center for American Progress analysis found that the GOP health plan will lead to as many as 27,700 more…

7 years ago

Pro-Obamacare Protesters Storm D.C. Airport As GOP Senators Leave Town

The spontaneous demonstrations by pro-ACA activists shows how politically toxic this issue has become for Republicans as they prepare to…

7 years ago

Trumpcare Is On Its Deathbed As More GOP Senators Voice Opposition To Repeal Vote

With a slim margin for error and Republicans already backing away, Trumpcare may be on its deathbed before a single…

7 years ago

Bernie Sanders Storms Senate Floor To Rip Trumpcare To Shreds: GOP ‘Should Be Embarrassed’

"We have not had one hearing, not one open discussion. And I should think that every Republican should be embarrassed…

7 years ago

Here’s How Trump And The GOP Are Deviously Undercutting Obamacare In Swing States

Because of uncertainty caused by Trump and Republicans, at least one swing state will see Obamacare health care premiums spike…

7 years ago

High Stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court Case Could Shut Down Or Cement Gerrymandering

The Supreme Court decided to hear a case that will determine if gerrymandering for partisan benefit is constitutional. This will…

7 years ago

Bipartisan Pair Of Congressmen Smacks Down Trump’s Attempt To Shut Down Russia Investigation

Republicans may have spent the first few months of Trump's presidency cowardly refusing to hold him accountable, but even they…

7 years ago

Senate Republicans Smack Down Trump’s Attempt To Lift Sanctions On Russia

The move by the Senate comes as the White House has repeatedly suggested they would "look at" lifting sanctions on…

7 years ago

Trumpcare Is About To Go Up In Flames Because Of One Anti-Abortion Provision

Republicans may be forced to remove a portion of their legislation that would essentially doom the bill – again.

7 years ago

Republicans Forsake Morality for Money In Paris Climate Accord Exit

This deal was between the Koch brothers and their fossil fuel industry cronies and the Republicans in Congress who routinely…

7 years ago

Key Senate Republican Says Obamacare Will Be History By The End Of July

Republicans say they are just two months away from getting enough votes to take health insurance away from millions of…

7 years ago

Republican Health Care Plan Would Slash Coverage For 30 Million Low-Income Children

Under the GOP health care plan, millions of low-income children would be at risk of losing their Medicaid coverage.

7 years ago

Paul Ryan’s Own Words About Classified Info Come Back To Haunt Him After Trump Leaks To Russia

Last summer, referencing Hillary Clinton, Ryan said: "Individuals who are 'extremely careless' with classified information should be denied further access…

7 years ago

Trump Finally Admits That “Everybody” Wonders How He Became President: “Sorry, Folks”

The president admitted that "everybody" wonders why he's president, and sometimes he is forced to look around and say, "Sorry,…

7 years ago

Republicans Are Considering A Special Prosecutor To Investigate Trump After Comey Firing

Trump's move to fire James Comey could already be backfiring after some Senate Republicans are so troubled by Trump's actions…

7 years ago

Trumpcare Takes Another Blow As 76% Oppose GOP Assault On Pre-Existing Condition Coverage

While Republicans are banking on their repeal efforts to excite the base of their party, it's becoming clear that they…

7 years ago

Rachel Maddow Exposes A Pro-Trumpcare Congressman For Lying Right To His Constituent’s Face

Maddow interviewed a woman with a brain tumor who was promised by her GOP congressman that he would oppose Trumpcare.…

7 years ago

Political Suicide: Every Republican Who Votes For Trumpcare Better Start Looking For Work

Members of Congress who put their name on this legislation should save themselves the time and not even launch a…

7 years ago

Wall Street-Owned GOP Threatening To Take Obama’s Retirement Money Because Of $400K Speech

Even when Barack Obama isn't in the White House, Republicans in Congress are trying to bring him down.

7 years ago

“This Will Mean Death”: Cory Booker Delivers Emotional Takedown Of GOP Health Care Plan

"This will cost American lives if it ever becomes law. This will mean death, pain, and suffering to people's families."

7 years ago

GOP Approval Takes Double-Digit Nosedive After Trump, Republicans Accomplish Nothing In 100 Days

As the GOP-controlled government continues to wage war on middle-class Americans, this number will likely get worse.

7 years ago

Democrats Rake In Millions As Trump Has Republicans Running Scared Ahead Of 2018

If Democrats can ride this wave into 2018, they could very well outperform expectations in a year which Republicans are…

7 years ago

Rachel Maddow Explains Why The GOP Should Be Terrified Regardless Of The Final Kansas Results

No matter what happens, this is a good night for Democrats in Kansas and across the country.

7 years ago

The Ink On Trumpcare 2.0 Isn’t Even Dry And It’s Already Dead In The Water

Not only is the latest version of Trumpcare already doomed to fail, but it's guaranteed to drag Republicans down with…

7 years ago

Trump Trying To Revive Politically Suicidal Health Care Plan As Approval Rating Craters

If there was a time for the president to revive Trumpcare, now would not be it.

7 years ago

Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness Threatened By Repugnant Republicans

When the air we breathe and the water we drink are imminently threatened so that corporations can make more money,…

7 years ago

Trump Is Losing Republicans As His Approval Nosedives With His Own Supporters

Bearing in mind that this poll tends to lean pro-Trump, the decline in Trump's approval ratings was sharper among Republicans…

7 years ago

Republican Retreat: GOP Abandons Border Wall And Planned Parenthood Fight After Trumpcare Loss

The colossal failure of Donald Trump and Republicans to agree on a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care…

7 years ago

GOP Congressman Says Trumpcare Failed Because It Wasn’t As Good As Trump Steaks

"President Donald Trump did the best he could, but it’s not the same as when Donald Trump in the private…

7 years ago

Top Democrat Throws The Hammer Down On Nunes, Demands He Recuse Himself From Russia Probe

Democrats aren't backing away from their commitment to give the American people a fair and independent investigation into Trump's ties…

7 years ago

Filling The Supreme Court Seat Stolen by Republicans Remains An Unprecedented Challenge

Critical cases are on the line and the civil rights of people hang in the balance for the present and…

7 years ago

Lindsey Graham Destroyed At Town Hall For Saying He Supports Trump’s SCOTUS Pick

Graham made matters worse by telling the crowd, "You're not persuading me at all."

7 years ago

Trump To America: “Do Not Worry,” I Will Not Stop Trying To Take Health Care Away

Trump is publicly rooting for the failure of a law that has helped millions of Americans.

7 years ago

Dealmaker-In-Chief Trump Throws Tantrum, Demands Friday Vote After Failed Health Care Talks

Trump can't even bring Republicans together to do something they have promised to do for the past seven years.

7 years ago

New Analysis Finds Trumpcare Would Be Even More Catastrophic Than Originally Thought

Trumpcare will cost more than initial estimates – and none of the cost increases will go toward covering the 24…

7 years ago

Top Republican Leading Russia Investigation Must Step Aside After Defending Trump’s Lies

Both Democrats and Republicans are now calling on Devin Nunes to step aside from the Trump-Russia investigation.

7 years ago

Steve King Says GOP Colleagues Have Been “Patting Me On The Back” Since His Racist Comment

This is the Republican Party under Donald Trump, and 2018 can't come soon enough.

7 years ago

Fox News’s Own Poll Shows That Trump Is Failing As President

As Trump doubles down on defending a disastrous heath care bill, all while peddling paranoid conspiracy theories and covering up…

7 years ago

GOP Setting Itself Up For Midterm Bloodbath As Trumpcare Hurts The Most Reliable Voters

Trumpcare is political suicide for the president and his Republican colleagues in Congress.

7 years ago

Fox News Panics After CBO Report And Begs GOP To Immediately Abandon Trumpcare

With even the most extreme conservatives opposing this plan, Republicans are miles away from repealing the Affordable Care Act.

7 years ago

Rep. Steve King Says Pre-Obamacare Health Care System Was ‘Absolutely’ Better

"If the American people had to decide between continuing with Obamacare the way it is ... or going back to the…

7 years ago

Don’t Be Fooled: GOP Obamacare Replacement Has Even Bigger Fines For Being Uninsured

Republicans claim to be doing away with the individual mandate. But their newly released plan would slap uninsured Americans with…

7 years ago

GOP Panicking As Majority Of Voters In Key 2018 States Are Unhappy With Trump

In record time, most voters are seeing that Trump is just a con artist who cares nothing about making life…

7 years ago

Democrats Will Slam Trump As ‘Wall Street’s Champion’ In Post-Speech Rebuttal

The Democrats will use their first rebuttal speech to go hard after the unpopular president.

7 years ago

Sean Spicer Pretends Like The Russia Scandal Doesn’t Exist In Arrogant Press Conference

Sean Spicer tried to put an end to questions about the need for a special prosecutor to investigate President Trump's…

7 years ago

Republican Senator Torn To Shreds At Town Hall Over His Support For Betsy DeVos

Republicans are learning that they can't defend the indefensible.

7 years ago

Trump Attacks “So-Called Angry” Americans Worried About Losing Their Health Insurance

With all due disrespect to the president, the people flooding these town halls in GOP districts are angry. There is…

7 years ago

Judge Blocks Texas GOP From Denying Low-Income Citizens Access To Planned Parenthood

It remains to be seen what Donald Trump will do on a national scale as president.

7 years ago

Trump’s Illegal Voting Lie Is Part of Larger Republican Attack On Democracy

There was a good reason Trump admitted being 3-million votes less “popular” than Hillary Clinton; it fostered his other dangerous…

7 years ago

‘Women’s Protest’ Sent Trump Republicans A Powerful Frightening Message

The diverse protesters said that what is about to happen to any American at the hands of Trump Republicans “should…

7 years ago

Lower Income Republicans Voted For Trump And Now They Want Government Healthcare

According to a new poll, a majority of Republicans who are earning less than $30,000 a year want government ensured…

7 years ago

Republicans Pass Bill To Roll Back Key Environmental And Consumer Protections

The GOP move hampers the government's ability to protect "public health and safety, the environment, workplace safety and consumer financial…

7 years ago