The Friday indictments scared the crap out of Trump … and he shared that crap with the world
Fact-checking is certainly the right term for any article looking into Donald Trump’s prolonged weekend whine-rant—because it takes a careful, detailed examination to determine if it actually contained any facts. The Washington Post did a rundown of the biggest howlers…
Polish foreign minister indicates ‘Poles of Jewish ethnicity’ share blame for Holocaust
The government of Poland further escalated international tensions over the issue of accountability in the Holocaust this week, appearing to level a measure of blame at Jews for the genocide.
Following the passage of a bill criminalizing any suggestion of …
Why Pennsylvania Matters: A Gerrymandering Expert Explains How Republicans Rigged The Map
Author David Daley explained how Republicans seized power and used the gerrymander to rig the map to make themselves unbeatable for a decade. Video: Here is how Republicans rigged the map with the gerrymander. pic.twitter.com/DxbJJmkl39 — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) …
Trump Adds Cautious Support to Changes to Background Checks for Gun Buyers
The White House press secretary said that Mr. Trump had spoken to Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, about legislation he helped introduce to revamp background checks.…
Trump is all about school safety this week, but last week his budget slashed school safety funds
Last Wednesday a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, left 17 dead, so this Thursday, Donald Trump will have a meeting on school safety. But let’s flash back to last Monday, when Trump released his budget, about which Politico reported, …
Meet the new leaders of the gun control movement
After a gunman entered a high school in south Florida Wednesday and killed 17 people, news networks across the country portrayed a now-familiar scene. Students, abandoning their backpacks, sprinted out of the buildings. Helicopters circled as ambulances rushed to the …
Trump Is Supporting NRA-Approved Bill To Improve Gun Background Check Database
Though last November Trump opposed a bipartisan bill aimed at improving the gun background check database, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is now saying that the president supports the measure. “The President spoke to Senator Cornyn on Friday …
Texas Democrat Writes Giant-Killer Narrative One Livestream at a Time
Representative Beto O’Rourke is making a long-shot bid to defeat Ted Cruz and become the first Democrat in Texas to win a statewide office since 1994.…
Paul Ryan rushed to Florida Friday—for a weekend of fundraising
After the latest massacre of school children and teachers, House Speaker Paul Ryan crept into action. Not to meet with the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and their families, the site of that shooting, but for a fundraising …
Trump thinks he’s Honest Abe, but Lincoln warned us about demagogues like him
President Donald Trump loves to compare himself to Abraham Lincoln. Honest Abe would disagree.
Just last month, at a gathering of GOP lawmakers, Trump placed himself on Mount Rushmore again, asserting that Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) “actually once said I’m …