Chaos broke out at the NRA’s annual convention in Indianapolis last week. The gun group’s figurehead president, Oliver North, backed by its longtime PR firm Ackerman McQueen, allegedly tried to oust the NRA’s powerful CEO, Wayne LaPierre. But LaPierre hit back — forcing North to step down, while winning unanimous …
Read More »Defending Against Accusations of Russian Meddling, Trump Cites 'All of the Different Things'
President Trump called into Hannity on Wednesday night for his first interview since Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed his final report to the Justice Department. It’s probably inaccurate to refer to this segment as an “interview.” The call, which lasted nearly 45 minutes, consisted mostly of Trump aimlessly cycling through …
Read More »Beto Is Back: Former Texas Senate Candidate Says He'll Join Presidential Field
It’s finally official: After months of teasing a follow-up to his sensational — if ultimately unsuccessful — 2018 Senate bid, Beto O’Rourke confirmed to El Paso TV station KTSM Wednesday that he is setting his sights on an even higher office. “I’m really proud of what El Paso did and …
Read More »Trump Is Getting Lost in His Own Lies
Former Trump employees have warned that as objectionable as the president may sound in public, he’s even worse behind closed doors. Such was the case last Friday when Trump spoke to Republican National Committee donors at Mar-a-Lago. According to Axios, organizers were so concerned with Trump’s private comments leaking that …
Read More »Will the Masses Finally See Fox News for What It Is?
Less than one week after New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer published a thoroughly reported exposé about Fox News, its former president resigned suddenly from his top White House job. Bill Shine, President Trump’s communications chief and his deputy chief of staff, will reportedly now put his energy and time …
Read More »Trump Should (Probably) Be Worried About This Subpoena
The wheel of investigations related to President Trump has spun back around to his inaugural committee. On Monday, federal investigators issued a wide-ranging subpoena for officials managing the nonprofit organization to turn over documents related to donors, contractors, disclosure filings and more. Reportedly of interest are a host of potential …
Read More »Trump Talks Shutdown, Roger Stone, NFL Protests in Pre-Super Bowl Interview
President Donald Trump appeared in an interview with CBS’s Margaret Brennan that aired on Sunday. Topics ranged from another potential government shutdown, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a pardon for Roger Stone, protest in the NFL, and pulling troops from abroad. When discussing another potential government shutdown, Trump said, “I don’t …
Read More »State of the Union: Back On
President Trump and Nancy Pelosi have gone through a lot of government stationary hashing out the details of the State of the Union address. The latest — and hopefully last — piece of correspondence came from the desk of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who on Monday invited the president …
Read More »Trump Tweeted Fake News About Texas Voter Rolls
On Sunday, President Donald Trump woke up and must have decided there wasn’t enough fake news circulating on Twitter, so he sent out a tweet stating that 58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas, where he claims 95,000 non-citizens are registered to vote. Except it’s not true. According to the Texas Tribune, …
Read More »Four Revelations from the Dramatic Arrest of Roger Stone
The Friday morning arrest of former Trump campaign official and longtime GOP operative Roger Stone marks a significant new chapter in the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into links between the president’s 2016 election team and Russia. Mueller hit Stone with a seven-count indictment for lying to a congressional …
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