One of many unanswerable questions from the past year in Trump’s funhouse is why Rudy Giuliani continues to go on TV and incriminate the man for whom he’s supposed to be providing legal defense. Whenever news about the president’s potential criminality begins to bubble up, you can bet Giuliani is …
Read More »The Humanitarian Crisis in the Oval Office
A day before President Trump delivered his first Oval Office address, a Florida prison employee named Crystal Minton was quoted in the New York Times. Hurricane Michael tore most of the roof and fence off her workplace, so the incarcerated were relocated to a Mississippi prison that is a seven-hour …
Read More »Just To Be Clear, Mexico Is in No Way Paying for the Border Wall
President Trump doesn’t have much to cling to as he enters his third year in office. He can claim that he’s followed through on campaign promises like tearing up the Iran nuclear deal, moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and pulling the United States out of the Paris …
Read More »Trump's Alleged Crimes Are Just the Tip of His Legacy
Nearly every organization President Trump has led in the past decade is under investigation — his administration, campaign, transition, private business and inaugural celebration. They are all either under federal or state scrutiny, subject to a lawsuit, or are being exposed by the press in ways that may put him …
Read More »The Truth About Trump's 'Incredible' Trade Deal With China
President Trump was confident he would be able to work out a trade deal with Chinese President Xi as they dined in Argentina over the weekend. The two world leaders appear to have agreed tosomethinggeared toward ending the trade war between the U.S. and China. It’s unclear what exactly that …
Read More »Large Adult President Loves Memes, Fan Accounts
President Trump is tweeting memes again. It began Tuesday night, just as Cindy Hyde-Smith won the special election runoffin the Mississippi senate race. Before Trump congratulated Hyde-Smith, he took a strange shot at Brenda Snipes, the departing Broward Country, Florida, election official who came under fire as the state counted …
Read More »Wildfire Evacuees Not Impressed With Trump's Rake Remarks During California Visit
President Donald Trump visited California this weekend to tour areas devastated by wildfires that burned out of control across the state and once again blamed forest management for the fires spreading so quickly. The president went to a neighborhood in Paradise, California, as well as parts of Malibu. As the …
Read More »What Happens When the Walls Finally Close in on Trump?
Following a slew of tweets after the midterm elections congratulating himself on losing control of the House to Democrats, Trump had one clear-eyed, honest promise to Americans: “If the Democrats think they are going to waste Taxpayer Money investigating us at the House level, then we will likewise be forced …
Read More »How the Supreme Court's Travel Ban Decision Paves the Way for More Trump Bigotry
Amid the public outcry over President Trump’s family separation policy, the Supreme Court today cemented itself in the national conversation about how America treats foreigners. In a split 5-4 decision, the court let everyone who hoped that the justices would protect American citizens from the whims of Donald Trump know …
Read More »Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Question of 'Tolerance'
Nothing Donald Trump has done in his 17 months as president has elicited as much disgust as his policy of dividing migrant families at the border. The separation of over 2,300 migrant children from their parents has led in recent weeks to real-life backlash against Trump administration officials. Department of …
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