Trump Offers Bogus Thoughts And Prayers As Children Die In Parkland School Shooting
Trump responded to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida that is being reported as a mass casualty incident by offering nothing more than bogus thoughts and prayers on Twitter. Trump tweeted, because getting out of bed and speaking to the …
Trump Rules: How $225,000 Can Help Secure a Pollution Loophole at Trump’s E.P.A.
A Tennessee truck dealership lavished a local Republican congresswoman with campaign donations. It also sells “Make Trucks Great Again” caps.…
Over 250 groups to Congress: 'Focus on protecting Dreamers, not remaking the immigration system'
More than 250 immigrant, refugee, faith, labor, education, health, civil liberties, and progressive organizations—including Daily Kos—are calling on Congress to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and pass the DREAM Act now. Each day that …
Trump’s military parade could cost up to $30 million: budget chief
The military parade that President Donald Trump wants to stage, likely in Washington, would cost U.S. taxpayers up to $30 million, the White House budget chief said on Wednesday in remarks on the administration’s fiscal 2019 spending plan.
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Former federal prosecutors join the ranks of Democratic candidates
With the Justice Department under fire from the White House and congressional Republicans, some former federal prosecutors are ready to run—or even leaving their jobs to run:
After watching President Donald Trump fire former FBI Director James Comey, belittle …
Shep Smith Gives Fox Viewers Reality Check By Naming Every Fatal School Shooting Since Columbine
“Since Columbine in 1999, there have been 25 fatal, active school shooting incidents at elementary and high schools in America,” the Fox Host told his viewers.
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Fake and stupid fight for top billing in Donald Trump Jr.'s attack on Olympian
Donald Trump Jr. sure is his father’s son. Junior tweeted a personal attack on gay Olympian Adam Rippon for having had the nerve to criticize Mike Pence on policy. Rippon called out Pence’s homophobic positions in a January interview, but …
These mental health experts are terrified by Trump’s obsession with nuclear weapons
Between his defense of domestic abusers, his habit of stoking fears about immigrants, and his support for tax cuts tailor-made for billionaires, it’s sometimes easy to forget about the level of destructive power that President Trump wields …
Trump backs 25-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax hike: senator
U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed hiking the federal gasoline tax by 25 cents a gallon in a meeting with lawmakers on Wednesday about funding his infrastructure spending proposal, a Democratic lawmaker said.
Idaho insurer to test Trump administration, rule of law by selling illegal plans
When Idaho Gov. Butch Otter (of course he’s a Republican) decided the best bet in a primary for his handpicked successor would be to blatantly break Obamacare law, plenty of observers scratched their heads, but weren’t sure it would go …