The “Salute to America” extravaganza on the National Mall this July 4th is poised to be one of the gaudiest, most over-the-top displays of jingoism in American history. President Trump wouldn’t have it any other way. According to the Washington Post, Trump has “demonstrated an unusual level of interest” in …
Read More »The Shadow Cabinet: How a Group of Powerful Business Leaders Drove Trump's Agenda
Listen to an audio version of this story below: It could have been an episode of The Apprentice. On a summer day in 2016, a group of businessmen and women descended on Trump Tower in Manhattan. They exited their black SUVs and rode the golden elevators to the 26th floor, …
Read More »Why Did Trump Tip Off Immigrants That ICE Will Begin Deporting 'Millions' Next Week?
President Trump recently cleaned house at the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement so he could take a more aggressive approach to immigration. He revealed part of this approach on Monday night, tweeting thatnext week ICE “will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens …
Read More »Obama: 'Our Gun Laws Don't Make Much Sense'
Former U.S. President Barack Obama was the keynote speaker at the VTEX DAY conference in Brazil this week. On Thursday, prior to Friday’s Virginia Beach shooting, he talked about America’s gun laws, according to The Hill. “The most difficult day that I’ve had was the day that there was a …
Read More »Trump Bashed Fox News for Hosting Pete Buttigieg. He Shouldn't Be Worried
For anyone who thinks Fox News is in some way legitimizing itself by hosting town hall events with Democratic candidates,please direct your attention to the events of the past 24 hours. It began Sunday night, when the network hosted a town hall event with Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. As …
Read More »Former Prosecutors: Trump Deserves to Be Charged With 'Multiple' Felonies
More than 500 former federal prosecutors have signed on to an open letter declaring that President Trump appears to have has committed numerous felonies, and would already have been charged if he were not the commander in chief. The open letter, posted to Medium, had been signed by 566 former …
Read More »Watch Hillary Clinton Read the Mueller Report Aloud, Including Trump's 'I'm F-cked' Quote
Hillary Clinton and her husband, Bill Clinton, were featured in a video with Comedy Central’s Jordan Klepper during which Hillary read from the Robert Mueller report. Among other things, the former presidential candidate quoted a portion of the report, reading aloud: “The president slumped back in his chair and said, …
Read More »Pete Buttigieg Is Fighting, and Winning, a Battle Over Religion With Mike Pence
Pete Buttigieg is scheduled to officially announce his candidacy for president this weekend. The 37-year-old South Bend, Indiana, mayor has been steadily climbing in the polls — and in our 2020 Democratic candidate leaderboard — since announcing in January that he was forming a committee to explore his chances of …
Read More »Lucy Flores Makes First TV Appearance Since Calling Out Joe Biden's Inappropriate Behavior
Lucy Flores, the former Nevada assemblywoman who accused former vice president Joe Biden of inappropriately touching her and kissing the back of her head, appeared on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday morning to talk about what happened and why she came forward. She began the interview by describing in …
Read More »Recordings Show Oil Executives Love Having So Much Access to Trump and Officials
Oil executives have been reveling in all of the access and influence they now have because President Donald Trump is in office. A recording of a meeting of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) obtained by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting shows executives bragging about how they …
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