An eye-popping new poll shows Elizabeth Warren vaulting to an 11 point lead in Iowa — hitting 28 percent support, while Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have dropped back, tied for second at 17 percent. https://thisforall.net/7im/status/1162101188784902144 But something seems off about the Iowa survey, which comes from a pollster called …
Read More »Steve King's View of Rape and Incest Is Not Abnormal Among GOP Lawmakers
At a breakfast meeting of the Westside Conservative Club in Urbandale, Iowa on Wednesday, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) paused to muse upon the sheer magnitude of violence visited upon women and children throughout the course of human history. “What if we went back through all the family trees and just …
Read More »Lock Him Up? Mueller's Testimony Emphasizes the Seriousness of Trump's Alleged Crimes
Robert Mueller‘s taciturn testimony before the House Judiciary Committee broke little news. But it underscored that the evidence of obstruction of justice developed in the Special Counsel’s report could haunt President Trump after he leaves office, exposing him to legal jeopardy and even — though the possibility seems remote — …
Read More »How (Actual) Fake News Is the (Actual) Enemy of the People
President Trump lashed out at the media Monday over a Washington Post story about how the White House responded to his racist attacks against four congresswomen of color. “The Mainstream Media is out of control,” he tweeted. “They constantly lie and cheat in order to get their Radical Left Democrat …
Read More »Joe Biden in 1987: 'We (Delawareans) Were on the South's Side in the Civil War'
Since entering the presidential race, former Vice President Joe Biden has faced repeated questions about past statements he’s made criticizing school busing, fondly remembering racist white senators, and helping pass draconian laws in the ill-conceived drug war. On Thursday, another decades-old quote of Biden’s surfaced courtesy of the Trump campaign’s …
Read More »Border Patrol Agents' Commemorative Coin Declares: 'Keep the Caravans Coming'
This story was originally published by ProPublica. An unofficial commemorative coin has been circulating among Border Patrol agents at the U.S./Mexico border, mocking the task of caring for migrant children and other duties that have fallen to agents as families cross into the U.S. On the front, the coin declares …
Read More »'F-ck Trump' Chants Interrupt Fox News World Cup Broadcast from Bar in France
Fox News senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot was broadcasting live from Lyon, France, after the U.S. Women’s national team claimed victory in the championship game against the Netherlands when chants from the bar turned political. “History has just been made! We are here in a sports bar in Lyon, …
Read More »Kamala Harris and Joe Biden Are the Latest Targets of Disinformation Campaigns
Despite the election being 492 days away, the campaign of online disinformation has already begun. During the Democratic debate, tweets began popping up accusing Senator Kamala Harris of not being black. It’s yet another birtherism campaign based completely in fiction and racism, designed to divide Americans, just like the one …
Read More »Trump Loves to Say He May Not Leave Office After Two Terms, and It's Dangerous
Donald Trump thinks his supporters will want him to serve a third term, despite not yet winning a second. On Saturday, the New York Times reported that Pentagon and intelligence officials kept certain details from the president regarding a new U.S. military program that included cyber warfare attacks on Russia …
Read More »Add Child Porn to Crimes Allegedly Committed by Trump-Affiliated Figures
Figures associated with President Trump have been charged with everything from lying to the government to violating federal campaign finance law to just about every financial crime imaginable. Add trafficking child pornography to the list. George Nader, a Middle East fixer who advised the crown prince of the United Arab …
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