The Secret Service who’ve pledged to give their lives to protect Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have for years been instructed not to use any of the seven bathrooms in the Trump/Kushner home. Instead, the Secret Service has spent $100,000 in taxpayer money to rent a $3,000-per-month basement studio apartment …
Read More »'Deeply Disturbing and Alarming': World Leaders Condemn MAGA Insurrection
Amid Trump supporters’ siege on the Capitol building — an invasion that halted the Electoral College vote and forced members of Congress to go into lockdown — world leaders and organizations reacted to the assault on American democracy on social media. “Disgraceful scenes in U.S. Congress,” U.K. Prime Minister Boris …
Read More »Trump's Lost Cause
The junior senator from Missouri announced Wednesday that he’ll contest the certification of Biden’s victory when the House and Senate convene on January 6th. Why do this? If you believe Sen. Josh Hawley’s office, it’s because the Americans who are lying about this fair and settled election being riddled with …
Read More »Monument Glorifying Civil War Traitor Removed From U.S. Capitol
A monument honoring the traitor Robert E. Lee was removed overnight from the U.S. Capitol. The statue of Lee, who commanded Confederate forces in the rebellion waged to preserve the institution of slavery in the South, had been a fixture in the federal Statuary Hall collection for more than a …
Read More »What You Missed if You Missed the Georgia Senate Debates
Georgians are poised this January to decide the balance of power in the Senate and shape the trajectory of the Biden presidency in a pair of wildly competitive Senate runoff races. On Sunday night in Georgia, three of the four candidates running showed up to debate: Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler …
Read More »Watch Gov. Murphy Go After Rep. 'Matt Putz' Gaetz for Superspreader Event
While millions of Americans are trying to do the right thing and stay home to suppress the spread of coronavirus, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz and the New York Republicans threw a massive indoor party with at least 150 people, flouting mask requirements and crowd limitations. The New York Young Republican …
Read More »NRA Chief Pays Back $300,000 in Illicit Gains: Report
National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre has returned nearly $300,000 to the gun group, in repayment of illicit personal gains, according to an explosive report in the Washington Post.The Postdetails new tax filings, obtained from the NRA, in which the gun group reportedly admits to a “significant diversion of its …
Read More »How Many Electoral College Votes Will Joe Biden Win?
Former Vice President Joe Biden has defeated Donald Trump in Pennsylvania and Nevada — and, more importantly, in the 2020 election — according to calls by the Associated Press and the major networks. Read Rolling Stone‘s full Biden-victory coverage here. All that’s left now is the final counting. Biden is …
Read More »Why Julián Castro Thinks Biden Can Win His Native Texas
More than 9,000,000 people have voted in Texas, already surpassing the entirety of the ballots cast in 2016. That had been an all-time record. The turnout is just one sign that this election is different, and Julián Castro is thankful to be home to witness it. In past campaigns, it …
Read More »Trump's Chief of Staff: 'We Are Not Going to Control the Pandemic'
In a raising-the-white-flag-of-surrender moment, the White House Chief of Staff admitted on Sunday that Trump’s administration cannot “control the pandemic.” When pressed by CNN’s Jake Tapper and asked why not try, Meadows compared Covid-19 to the flu. The problem with that comparison is that the mortality rate of the coronavirus …
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