Politics – Page 38

Trump claims his rhetoric brings people together

08/07/2019 Ms. G 27 Comments

On his way to Dayton and El Paso, Trump answered a few questions from the press. With a straight face, Trump claimed that the has toned down his rhetoric and that his rhetoric brings people MORE

Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against the New York Times moves forward

08/06/2019 Ms. G 82 Comments

In 2017, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought forth by Sarah Palin against the New York Times (Times). The judges ruled that Palin could not show any “actual malice” on the MORE

Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman has resigned his post.

08/06/2019 Ms. G 28 Comments

US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman has resigned his post effective October 3rd, 2019. In his resignation letter to Trump, Ambassador Huntsman wrote, “American citizenship is a privilege and I believe the most basic responsibility MORE

Trump still claims, “I am the least racist person.”

08/06/2019 Ms. G 47 Comments

Trump responded to President Obama’s remarks following the recent mass shootings that occurred over the weekend. Without directly naming Trump, President Obama urged Americans to: “…reject language coming out of the mouths of any of MORE

Texas faces turbulent political moment

08/06/2019 forkless 15 Comments

For a quarter century, Texas Republicans have run a ruby-red state, building a conservative bastion where government is limited. Now, the mounting tensions of racially-motivated rhetoric, a polarizing president and Republican infighting have rocked Texas’s MORE

Biden: Trump ‘abandoned the theory that we are one people’

08/06/2019 forkless 2 Comments

WASHINGTON – Saying that the president has “abandoned the theory that we are one people,” former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday slammed President Donald Trump’s rhetoric following two mass shootings, including one in El MORE

Beto O’Rourke “Jesus Christ, of course he’s racist!”

08/05/2019 Ms. G 65 Comments

2020 presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke didn’t mince any words when a reporter asked him what Trump could do to make the situation in El Paso better. "Members of the press, what the fuck?" Beto O'Rourke MORE

Rep. Kinzinger (R-Ill) voices support for universal background checks and raising the legal age for gun purchases

08/05/2019 Ms. G 30 Comments

In an OpEd published on Medium, Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger of Illinois called for universal back ground checks and raising the legal age for gun purchases to 21. Kinzinger also admitted that our country has MORE

Another Texas Republican joins the “Texodus” movement

08/05/2019 Ms. G 30 Comments

Texas Republican Kenny Marchant announced he will retire from Congress. Marchant joins Reps. Olson, Conaway, and Will Hurd, the only black Republican in the House in the growing exodus—or “Texodus,” as members of the Democratic MORE

Wing Nut Watch: Ohio lawmaker blames everyone under the sun for mass shootings

08/05/2019 Ms. G 88 Comments

Ohio state lawmaker, Candice Keller blamed this weekends’ mass shootings on “drag queen advocates,” “homosexual marriage,” open borders and even former President Barack Obama. In a FB post, Keller blamed: “the breakdown of the traditional MORE

Nebraska lawmaker suggests the GOP denounce White Supremacy, gets told to leave, and called a RINO

08/04/2019 Ms. G 57 Comments

Nebraska State Senator John McCollister (R) called out his party for enabling white supremacy and was met with disdain, called a RINO, and told to leave. We have Republican senators and representatives who look the MORE

Jake Tapper calls out Republicans who declined to appear.

08/04/2019 Ms. G 44 Comments

CNN’s State of the Union host Jake Tapper called out Texas Governor Abbot, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz as well as Rep. Kevin McCarthy for declining to appear on his MORE

MPD Officer to challenge Rep. Omar

08/03/2019 Ms. G 20 Comments

Chris Kelly, a twenty year member of the Minneapolis Police Department and veteran of the U.S. Army and Army Reserves announced he will challenge Rep. Ilhan Omar in 2020. In 2016, Kelly ran for the MORE

Wing Nut Watch: Laura Loomer to run for Congress

08/02/2019 Ms. G 35 Comments

Far right, wing nut Laura Loomer announced she will run for Congress to unseat Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) The district is located north of Miami and heavily Democratic. In 2019, Rep. Frankel ran unopposed. In MORE

Trump loses another asylum ruling

08/02/2019 Ms. G 9 Comments

U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss ruled against a Trump administration policy that only allows immigrants who enter through a designated port of entry the right to seek asylum. Judge Moss found Trump’s policy violated the MORE

John Ratcliffe withdraws his DNI nomination

08/02/2019 Ms. G 34 Comments

President Trump just announced on Twitter that Rep. John Ratcliffe withdrew his nomination as Director of National Intelligence. Ratcliffe faced strong criticism after he claimed he arrested 300 undocumented immigrants in one day. It never MORE

NYPD Judge recommends Officer Daniel Pantaleo be fired

08/02/2019 Ms. G 8 Comments

New York Deputy Commissioner of Trials Rosemarie Maldanado just recommended that Officer Daniel Pantaleo accused of using a chokehold in the death of Eric Garner be fired. Appearing alongside of Rev. Al Sharpton, Emerald Gardner, MORE

Trump replies to Rep. Elijah Cummings’ break in: “Too bad!”

08/02/2019 Ms. G 14 Comments

For the last few weeks, Trump has attacked both Rep. Cummings and Baltimore. He has even claimed, without any evidence, that political leaders in Baltimore of took and mismanaged federal funds. MORE

“Lock him up! Lock him up!”

08/02/2019 Ms. G 18 Comments

President Trump held a rally yesterday in Cincinnati but outside the arena, one of Trump’s cultists decided to attack a peaceful protester. According to Newsweek, MORE