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President Trump has long derided the mainstream media as the “enemy of the people” and lashed out at NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem. On Tuesday, he took his attacks on free speech one step further, suggesting in an interview with a conservative news site that the act of protesting should be illegal….
President Trump screeches at one of his “campaign-style” neo-fascist rallies in Montana on July 5, 2018 Photo: Getty President Trump gave a speech at the United Nations in September of 2017 where he famously called Kim Jong Un, “rocket man.” Now, in one of the most bizarre stories we’ve heard this week, Secretary of State…
A pastor in Prince George’s County, Md., denounced Trump’s vulgar remarks towards Haiti and African countries during a service attended by Vice President Pence on Jan. 14. (WUSA9) Like many people, the Rev. Maurice Watson issued a stern and very public rebuke of President Trump’s Oval Office comments about immigrants from “shithole countries.” But Watson’s…
Michael Wolff’s tantalizing takedown of President Trump’s White House is so tightly packed with tales of political convulsion and personal betrayal that official Washington will be buzzing off its sugar high for weeks. But after the shock of Wolff’s account of Trump’s willful ignorance and intellectual incoherence fades, Americans will be left with the inescapable…
President Trump informed FBI Director James Comey he had been dismissed on May 9, stemming from a conclusion by Justice Department officials that he had mishandled the probe of Hillary Clinton’s emails. (Bastien Inzaurralde/The Washington Post) White House press secretary Sean Spicer wrapped up his brief interview with Fox Business from the White House grounds late…
Screenshot from the movie Lego Batman (left) Steven Mnuchin (right, photo by Getty Images) In an interview on Friday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin made a joke about everyone sending their kids to go see Lego Batman, a movie that he helped produce. So now Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, is calling for the…
Win McNamee/Getty Images On International Women’s Day, President “Grab ’Em by the Pussy” took to Twitter to express his support for women. “I have tremendous respect for women and the many roles they serve that are vital to the fabric of our society and our economy,” he tweeted Wednesday morning. “On International Women’s Day, join…
Donald Trump’s presidency has veered onto a road with no centerlines or guardrails. The president’s accusation Saturday that his predecessor, Barack Obama, had tapped his phone “during the very sacred election process” escalated on Sunday into the White House’s call for a congressional investigation of that evidence-free claim. The audacious tactic was a familiar one…
Pope Francis speaks in Malmo, Sweden in October 2016 (Photo by Michael Campanella/Getty Images) The Pope has been critical of President Trump’s treatment of immigrants. But some American Catholics think the Pope needs to slow his roll. Yes, some Catholics are trying to explain to the Pope why God believes in the so-called “extreme vetting”…
US Ambassador to Somalia Stephen Schwarz presents the President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed with a hat that reads “Make Somalia Great Again” (Twitter) Donald Trump’s campaign hat, which reads “Make America Great Again” has become the icon of a movement. So much so, that the US Ambassador to Somalia just gave the President of…