At a Make America Great Again rally in Grand Rapids, MI, on Thursday night, President Trump told his fans that the end of the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller means “total vindication.” He also took the time out for some despicable racism, as he always loves to do.
The state of gun control in the U.S. is pretty depressing, but a small bright spot shined through the bullshit today, when the Supreme Court unanimously decided to uphold the Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks while it undergoes court challenges, according to the New York Times.
Turtle boy is pissed and he’s not gonna take it anymore. That’s the vibe that we got from Mitch McConnell’s speech on the floor of the Senate today, in which he complained, incredibly, about “unprecedented obstruction” by the Democrats, according to Politico.
After weathering years of scandal, Wells Fargo CEO Timothy Sloan is finally stepping down, according to The Hill. The bank announced today that Sloan will resign immediately from his positions as CEO, president, and board member, and will leave the company entirely on June 30th.
It seems that at least one official at the National Rifle Association has had trouble squaring the reality of mass shootings in the U.S. with his beliefs about guns. But instead of leaving the organization or pushing for gun reform, NRA officer Mark Richardson went the other way, reaching out to a conspiracy theorist…
Congrats to Saudi Arabia, who just got the go-ahead from the Trump administration to buy nuclear technology from U.S. companies, according to The Daily Beast. They report that the Department of Energy has authorized six requests from U.S. companies who want to do nuclear-related work in the Kingdom.
In a rare example of the government doing its job, the Department of Justice announced today that a multi-agency investigation has concluded with the charging of 18 members of an Alaskan white supremacist gang, known as the 1488s. Members of the gang have bee charged with racketeering, drug dealing, arms trafficking,…
Bleak images emerged today from El Paso, TX, where it’s been reported that hundreds of migrants are being held in the parking lot of a Customs and Border Patrol facility under a bridge.
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that a North Carolina law banning abortions after 20 weeks is unconstitutional, according to Reuters. The law has been in place since 1973, and only allowed abortions after 20 weeks in the case of a medical emergency.
You can often tell who is on a losing side of an issue by how little they seem to like it when you bring it up. It makes sense, then, that many Republicans are pissed that President Trump is again saber-rattling over dismantling Obamacare, according to a report from The Daily Beast.
Speaking at The Biden Courage Awards on Tuesday night, former Vice President Joe Biden brought up one of the many less-than-brilliant marks on his record: the Anita Hill hearings. Biden was the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the time of Clarence Thomas’ confirmation hearings, during which Hill testified…
Our president apparently stopped by a private weekly policy lunch for Republican Senators today essentially uninvited, according to the Washington Post. The purpose of his visit seemed to be mostly gloating about his “complete and total vindication” in the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller—an inaccurate…
The Justice Department said in a court filing on Monday that it agreed with a federal judge in Texas who struck down the entire Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional.
It was only a few weeks ago that federal prosecutors revealed celebrities like Felicity Huffman as well as CEOs of major companies had been using bribes and cheating to get their kids into elite colleges. Now, the Department of Education is launching an investigation into the recent admissions scandal, according to…
The public, and Congress, are still waiting to see the full report on the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into President Trump’s dealings with Russia. To some in Congress, this is unacceptable, while to others, it seems, forgetting the report ever happened would be preferable. Unsurprisingly, this…
Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks got up on the floor of the House today and quoted Hitler in service of comparing the supposed “Big Lie” of President Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia to a theory from Mein Kampf, according to AL.com.
A mosque in the Southern California city of Escondido was briefly lit on fire on Sunday in a suspected arson attempt, according to the Associated Press.
A total of more than 600 cities, counties, and Native American tribes have filed a lawsuit against eight members of the Sackler family, who own Purdue Pharma LP and who have been blamed for the American opioid crisis, according to CNN. Purdue created OxyContin in the mid-’90s and heavily advertised the medication,…
At the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference tonight, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer had some, uh, interesting things to say about recent controversies over Congress’ relationship with the Israel lobby.
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