At the controversial Hamptons fundraiser hosted at the home of SoulCycle and Equinox majority owner Stephen Ross this week, President Donald Trump stirred up even more controversy by mimicking an Asian accent and mocking South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, the New York Post reported. …
Read More »Trump's Pick for Defense Secretary Is as Swampy as You'd Expect
It’s been seven months since a Senate-confirmed secretary of defense has presided over the Pentagon. This isn’t likely to be the case for much longer, as the Republican-controlled Senate is expected to confirm Mark Esper to the position soon, possibly by the end of the week. President Trump’s Cabinet is …
Read More »Trump Is Awfully Sensitive About His Confusing Immigration Deal With Mexico
President Trump’s big immigration deal with Mexico hasn’t exactly gone over the way he expected when he announced it on Friday. The New York Times reported on Saturday that the particulars of the deal were agreed upon months ago, not in response to Trump’s recent threats to hike up tariffs …
Read More »Missouri Is Poised to Lose Its Last Abortion Clinic
The state of Missouri is refusing to renew Planned Parenthood’s license to provide abortion, threatening to effectively end legal abortion access in the state, the nonprofit says. Planned Parenthood’s St. Louis health center is the last remaining abortion clinic in Missouri; if it closes, the state would become the first …
Read More »Bypassing Congress, Trump Sells Weapons to Saudi Arabia, Orders Troops to Middle East
As tensions with Iran have escalated, President Trump wanted to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. But, he knew Congress won’t approve his decision, so on Friday the president announced he was going to declare a national emergency, allowing him to sell the foreign governments …
Read More »Trump Took Another Terrifying Step Toward Authoritarianism at His Rally in Pennsylvania
President Donald Trump traveled to Pennsylvania on Monday to stand in front of Air Force One and speak to a fired-up crowd of supporters. Some of his time onstage was spent hammering 2020 election talking points, like immigration (“We don’t want people coming up here! Our country is full!”); the …
Read More »Fran Lebowitz Kinda Apologizes for Saying Saudis Should 'Get Rid of' Trump Like Khashoggi
Author Fran Lebowitz was a guest on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher Friday night and got herself in hot water when she spoke about President Trump. After addressing her reaction to the Mueller report and her dismay over how Attorney General William Barr handled the aftermath, she said she …
Read More »Should Democrats Refuse to Appear on Fox News?
Related: 2020 Democratic Primary Leaderboard On Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) announced she had turned down an invitation from Fox News to appear in a town hall event. She explained her reasoning in a Twitter thread, calling the network a “hate-for-profit racket,” and that she doesn’t want to “ask millions …
Read More »Trump's 2020 Platform: A Magical Healthcare Plan That Doesn't Exist
Days before the 2018 midterm elections, President Trump promised that he was preparing to pass a big tax cut for the middle class. Republican lawmakers were “studying very deeply, round the clock” to work out the details of the package, he said, and a vote would be imminent. No one …
Read More »Congressman Introduces Federal Bill Banning 'Gay Cure' Therapy: 'This Quackery Is Outrageous'
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney does not mince words when it comes to his thoughts on conversion therapy. Last week, the New York Congressman introduced a federal bill which would restrict attempts to treat the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ youth as a mental illness. Comparing conversion therapy to …
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