Politics

Adam Schiff Delivered The Perfect Put Down To Trump Latest Russia Vindication Claim

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) responded to Trump’s claim that he has been vindicated by the Russia indictments by saying that this president claims vindication anytime someone sneezes. Video: Boom! Slam! Down goes Trump's "Russia vindication" thanks to #AdamSchiff. pic.twitter.com/AZqymuQ3RU — …

News Analysis: U.S. Revives Concerns About European Defense Plans, Rattling NATO Allies

After pressing European nations to spend more on their security, Americans now worry that their projects could weaken the Atlantic alliance and block U.S. defense contractors from deals.…

How the Republicans stole the Second Amendment

Republicans stole the Second Amendment. Over the course of 30 years, the right waged a war on political, legal, and academic fronts to redefine that amendment, contrary to history, text, and precedent, as creating an individual right to bear arms. …

Following mass shooting, some Republicans begin to buck NRA

Days after one of the most deadly school shootings in U.S. history, there are some signs that the National Rifle Association’s stranglehold on the Republican party may be loosening slightly. Ohio Governor John Kasich (R), who touted an ‘A’ NRA …

Senator who weakened background checks says they are all we need

Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) defended the current lax gun laws that make it easy to buy assault rifles like the AR-15 used in the horrific Parkland school shooting and a large number of previous mass murders, urging only better background …

Desperate Trump Claims That GOP Investigations Of Him Are A Russian Conspiracy

Trump claimed that by investigating him, the members of his own party in Congress are helping the Russians. Trump tweeted: If it was the GOAL of Russia to create discord, disruption and chaos within the U.S. then, with all of …

Thoughts and prayers are not doing a damn thing

The headlines read, “17 killed in mass shooting at high school.” It doesn’t matter which community this happened in: it is a national disgrace. This does not happen in any other country in the world with the regularity …

Bernie Sanders Says His Social Media Person Warned Clinton About Russian Efforts

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said on Meet The Press that his social media person in San Diego went to the Clinton campaign in September and warned them about weird Russian efforts to use his Facebook pages to say horrible things …

Trump falsely claims he never said Russia did not meddle

Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday indicted 13 Russian nationals on charges of meddling in the 2016 election with phony social media posts and other tactics.  Donald Trump claimed on Sunday that he never said Russia had not interfered in …

Black History Month: The vejigante masks and bomba music of Puerto Rico

Throughout the Caribbean, in Brazil and here on the U.S. mainland Carnival, Mardi Gras and other heavily African-influenced traditions are a testament to the survival and persistence of black cultures in the diaspora. Carnival season in Puerto Rico came and …