Except the “deal” was going to happen anyway. Yup: The deal to avert tariffs that President Trump announced with great fanfare on Friday night consists largely of actions that Mexico had already promised to take in prior discussions with the United States over the past several months, according to officials from both countries who are familiar with the negotiations. Friday’s … Read More
I…. Just… Can’t….
Our president thinks the Moon is part of Mars.
Articles Of Impeachment Against Trump (Fictional)
ARTICLE I The Russian government engaged in a sophisticated campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election. On May 17, 2017, a special counsel was appointed to investigate Russian interference, including any links or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the Trump campaign. The special counsel was also given “the authority to investigate and prosecute federal crimes committed … Read More
After Brief Bump, Trump Goes Down In Polls
Gallup: After rising to 46% in April, President Donald Trump’s job approval rating skidded in May, first dipping to 42% and now to 40%. His latest rating, from a May 15-30 Gallup poll, is similar to the 39% he received in March and matches his average since taking office. Trump’s back-to-back ratings at the 45%-46% level in April represent his … Read More
White House Orders Hicks Not To Comply With House Subpoena
Hope Hicks has been instructed by the White House not to comply with a House Judiciary Committee subpoena, but the former aide to President Trump has begun turning over some of the requested documents, according to Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY). The documents she is producing are related to the Trump campaign, according to Nadler, and therefore not necessarily in defiance … Read More
Delusion Of Trump Supporters
Yup. 74% of Trump voters who saw Mueller quoted as saying that the report did not exonerate Trump still believe that the Mueller Report exonerated Trump These people vote. Scary.
London Trolling
Here are some not-tremendous-crowds right after the motorcade passed and they opened the blocked street. pic.twitter.com/76GV74gyIt — Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755) June 3, 2019 Currently being projected on the Tower of London during President Trump’s visit to the UK. Photo: @ByDonkeys pic.twitter.com/UchJZwjTjp — Travis Akers (@travisakers) June 3, 2019 In addition to the image of President Obama’s and Trump’s respective UK … Read More
Breaking: House Judiciary Committee To Hold Hearings On Mueller Report
WaPo: The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing next week on the Mueller report — but the report’s author will not attend. The panel announced Monday that it will convene on June 10 for a hearing titled “Lessons from the Mueller Report: Presidential Obstruction and Other Crimes.” Former U.S. attorneys and legal experts are expected to attend, as is John W. … Read More
The Right’s Grifter Problem
God help me. I’m linking to National Review Back in 2013, Conservative StrikeForce PAC raised $2.2 million in funds vowing to support Ken Cuccinelli’s campaign for governor in Virginia. Court filings and FEC records showed that the PAC only contributed $10,000 to Cuccinelli’s effort. Back in 2014, Politico researched 33 political action committees that claimed to be affiliated with the … Read More
Public Slowly Warms To Impeachment… But Is There A Tipping Point?
CNN poll Democrats are increasingly in support of impeaching President Donald Trumpand removing him from office but the majority of Americans remain opposed to the prospect, a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS shows. Trump’s approval rating, meanwhile, holds exactly even with where it was in late April — 43% approve and 52% disapprove of the President, according to the poll. That’s the case even … Read More
The Problem With Trump Supporters
Last night, Maddow mentioned this little telling anecdote: Cathy Garnaat, a Republican who supported Amash and the president said she was upset about Amash’s position but wanted to hear his reasoning. She said that she will definitely support Trump in 2020 but that Tuesday night was the first time she had heard that the Mueller report didn’t completely exonerate the president. … Read More
Smoking Gun: Hard Drive Of Deceased GOP Consultant Shows Census Question Had Partisan Motive
The move by the Trump administration to add a citizenship question to the census can be traced back directly to the work of a Republican redistricting expert who studied how to create maps that “would be advantageous to Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites,” according to new evidence revealed in court documents filed Thursday. How the evidence even fell into the challengers’ … Read More
Trump Denies He Would Have Been Triggered By USS John McCain
The Trump administration can’t seem to get its story straight on what happened with the White House asking the Navy to hide the USS Sen. John McCain from Donald Trump’s view during his visit to Japan. Trump himself denies knowledge of the request, and Navy officials claim it wasn’t carried out anyway—that pictures of the McCain covered with a tarp were taken on a different day and that the … Read More
Wait, Did He He Just Admit….?
Odd to see Trump acknowledge that Russia tried to help him get elected. Slip of the tongue? Did he forget lie? WATCH: After tweeting this morning that “I had nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected,” President Trump tells reporters that “No, Russia did not help me get elected. You know who got me elected? I got … Read More