President Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night was supposed to be about unity. Instead, it might have been the most divisive speech of his time in office. Trump tried, though. Kind of. “Together we can break decades of political stalemate. We can bridge old divisions, heal old …
Read More »What Will It Take for Mike Pence to Respect LGBTQ Americans?
Early Tuesday morning, Empire actorJussie Smollett alleged he was attacked by two men while walking to an apartment in Chicago. Smollett, who is black, said that one of the attackers put a noose around his neck and poured an unidentified substance on him. According to the police, the two attackers …
Read More »Roger Stone, Trump's Confidant for Decades, Is Indicted by Mueller
The lies appear to have finally caught up to Roger Stone. On Friday morning, the former Trump adviser and longtime Republican operative was indicted as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s investigation into the Trump campaign’s coordination with Russia during the 2016 election.Stone was charged with seven counts — including …
Read More »For Years, the Supreme Court Has Been Silent on Gun Rights — Until Now
When Brett Kavanaugh replaced Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court this past fall, most people thought the most drastic changes would come in the areas of abortion, LGBT rights and the death penalty. Justice Kennedy was a conservative, but he often sided with the Court’s liberals on these areas of …
Read More »Puerto Rico May Be Trump's Ultimate Stain
Update: The special counsel’s office has released a statement in response to Buzzfeed’s report: “BuzzFeed’s description of specific statements to the Special Counsel’s Office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Michael Cohen’s Congressional testimony are not accurate,” wrote special counsel spokesperson Peter Carr. Original text …
Read More »The President and the Soviet-Born Pianist
Lola Astanova may not be the most famous classical pianist in the world, but she has managed to gain a devoted following by performing Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Liszt in provocative attire. Over a half-million people follow Astanova on Instagram where she frequently poses in low-cut tops, miniskirts and stiletto heels. …
Read More »Robert De Niro Says Trump Is a Con Artist and White Supremacist
Robert De Niro has never been shy with his feelings about President Donald Trump, and in a new interview with theGuardianpublished on Sunday, he is still throwing barbs at the man in the White House. Here are just a few of the insulting names he called Trump in his latest …
Read More »Incoming Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney Disagrees with Himself on the Border Wall
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is now claiming that a border wall with Mexico would be effective, a reversal of his stance a mere three years ago, when he criticized Trump’s wall idea as “childish.” CNN’s KFile unearthed audio of the 2015 interview with a local South …
Read More »Tucker Carlson Juxtaposes Migrants With Piles of Garbage as Advertisers Flee
Update: Fox News has released a new statement defending Carlson’s comments while attacking the “agenda-driven intimidation efforts” of organizations that have criticized the host. “It is a shame that left wing advocacy groups, under the guise of being supposed ‘media watchdogs’ weaponize social media against companies in an effort to …
Read More »Investigation into Inaugural Committee Spending Reportedly Closes in on Ivanka Trump
New York federal prosecutors are looking into potential financial wrongdoing by President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee and Ivanka Trump’s involvement in price negotiations for space rental in the Trump International Hotel in D.C. According to reporting by WNYC and ProPublica, President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee paid large sums of money …
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