Editorials
What Trump Actually Hears When He Gets Booed
A bit over four years ago, I was with Donald Trump when, perhaps for the first time, he was publicly booed in the context of the presidency. Given the catcalls he received last Sunday at MORE
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Politics
How a Gun-Control Group Helped Flip Virginia Blue
A $2.5 million spending spree by the gun-control organization Everytown For Gun Safety targeted three seats in Virginia with contributions, mailings and digital ads. The group is affiliated with former New York City mayor and MORE
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Roger Stone Leaves First Day of Trial Early Complaining of Food Poisoning
As jury selection and swearing in was proceeding in day one of Roger Stone’s trial in a federal court in Washington, Stone’s defense attorney told Judge Amy Berman in a sidebar that his client was MORE
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Woman Who Gave Trump the Finger Wins Election in Virginia
Juli Briskman, the woman who gave Trump’s motorcade the middle finger in 2017, has won a seat on a county board in Virginia. She defeated an 8-year Republican incumbent to win a seat with the MORE
Wingnut Watch
Don Jr. Says Dad Warned Him to Tone Down His Tweets
Don Jr. told the hosts of Fox and Friends this morning that his father had warned him several times to cool down his social media rhetoric, that it was “getting a little hot.” “You know, MORE
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Leaked tape: ABC News killed an interview with an accuser of Jeffrey Epstein
News of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes was prematurely quashed by ABC News network executives, according to reporter Amy Robach in a video released by Project Veritas, a right-wing activist group. In the video, news anchor MORE
2020 Elections
Warren’s Medicare for All attacked, parodied by Republicans, Democrats and ‘SNL’
Elizabeth Warren’s $20.5 trillion “Medicare For All” plan was attacked over the weekend by Republicans, fellow Democrats, and “Saturday Night Live.” The proposal, released on Friday, calls for cuts in defense spending and passing immigration MORE
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Pelosi Writes Letter Outlining 8 Stalled Bills on McConnell’s Desk
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) released a letter to her congressional colleagues on Saturday outlining a list of House-passed bills that currently await action in the GOP-controlled Senate. Why it matters: The letter acts as a MORE
Politics
Wealthy Americans Will Receive Billions in Tax Cuts if Obamacare Overturned
While a federal court in New Orleans is expected to rule any day on a lower court’s decision to overturn Obamacare, an analysis released on Monday from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has MORE
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Ann Coulter Praises Obama
Nope, hell hasn’t frozen over. Ann Coulter gave accolades to President Obama on Wednesday for remarks he made about “woke” call-out culture at an Obama Foundation summit on Tuesday. “This idea of purity and you’re MORE
Impeachment
How the Army officer who testified against Trump could end up in a court-martial
When Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman appeared before members of Congress on Tuesday to discuss what he knew about President Trump’s conversations with Ukraine’s president, he was violating an order from his commander in chief not to cooperate with MORE
Economy
Trump: Fed is a Bigger Problem Than China for US Economy
Trump said on Thursday that the Fed is a bigger risk to the US economy than China because interest rates here are higher than in other countries. Trump has called for rates to drop to MORE
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Trump Bribes GOP Senators with Cash
President Donald Trump is rewarding senators who have his back on impeachment — and sending a message to those who don’t to get on board. On Wednesday, the Trump reelection campaign sent a fundraising appeal to its MORE
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Fox News’ Catherine Herridge joins CBS, Saying “Facts Matter”
Catherine Herridge, the former Fox News chief intelligence correspondent, will be joining CBS News as a senior investigative correspondent in November. She was reportedly in talks with CBS before Shepard Smith resigned from Fox on MORE
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Trumps Dump Candy Bars on Minion’s Head for Trick or Treat
White House Halloween festivities turned viral on Monday as Mr. and Mrs. Trump handed out candy bars in a White House tradition. In what was apparently an inefficient use of his large “ahh, brain,” Trump MORE
Impeachment
Vindman’s Testimony Contradicts With Rick Perry’s Account
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman’s testimony is in contradiction with the claims of Rick Perry, one of the “three amigos” who were special envoys to Ukraine in July. Vindman, the NSC official overseeing Ukraine policy, testified MORE
Politics
Kyrsten Sinema, Irritating the Left and Delighting the GOP
Kyrsten Sinema isn’t fitting in with fellow Democrats in the Senate. The Arizona senator is running Ironman races, skipping party lunches, and is endorsing primary challengers of colleagues, while hobknobbing with Republicans. Nor is she MORE
Editorials
Dear GOP, Some Scary Advice on How to Survive Your Impeachment Nightmare
To: Senate Republicans By now it should have dawned on you that there is no escape. You are going to have to render a verdict not just on Donald’s Trump’s policies, but on his personal MORE
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Don Jr. Criticizes Baseball Fans for Booing
Donald Trump Jr. tried to brush off the critics at the Nationals World Series game who gave the near universal Bronx cheer for his father on Sunday night, calling them the “leftist DC fan base.” MORE
Economy
Federal Deficit Increases 26% To $984 Billion
The US Treasury reported on Friday that the federal deficit has increased 26% from 2018, to $984 billion. The revenue and spending gap is the highest it has been in seven years. Corporate tax revenues MORE
Impeachment
John Bolton’s Lawyers In Contact With Impeachment Panels
Lawyers for John Bolton, the former national security advisor, have been in contact with officials working on House committees for the impeachment inquiry about Bolton possibly testifying, according to a person close to Bolton. According MORE
News
Russian Soldier Kills 8 Colleagues At Military Base
A shooting spree at a Siberian military base has left eight Russian soldiers dead. According to a Russian investigative committee, a suspect allegedly opened fire killing two officers and six enlisted men at a military MORE
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How Rick Perry Became a Key Figure in Impeachment
Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who is resigning from his position later this year, is among the key figures in the middle of the impeachment inquiry. Perry led the US delegation to Ukraine at the inauguration MORE
Impeachment
VP Pence’s Big Brother Greg Pence is in Closed-Door Impeachment Depositions
First term Representative Greg Pence from Indiana is sitting behind closed doors in the impeachment depositions as a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, one of the three committees leading the impeachment inquiry. He MORE
Impeachment
House Republicans Storm Hearings in Protest
At least a dozen House Republicans attempted to enter the closed impeachment hearings this morning, where Laura Cooper, deputy assistant of secretary of defense, was scheduled to testify. Her testimony was delayed as police were MORE