Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s additions to the US Supreme Court. Getty Images It hasn’t happened since the 1950s, yet unsurprisingly the Trump administration wants to bring back a question for the 2020 US census asking whether respondents are US citizens. Three federal judges have already blocked the plan, saying the Trump administration’s […]
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Nancy Pelosi Again Says No to Impeachment
Nancy Pelosi, not in a hurry to ITMFA. Alex Edelman / Getty Images In the wake of the redacted Mueller report, a number of Democrats are demanding impeachment proceedings against President Trump. Among them: AOC, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Maxine Waters in the House of Representatives and Elizabeth Warren in the Senate. Plus, Seattle’s […]
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What Buttigieg Gets Right About Bernie Supporters and Trump Supporters
Mayor Pete, whisperer to the “blow up the system” constituency. Scott Eisen / Getty Images The New York Post has a headline today that suggests there’s something shocking about Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg noting similarities between Bernie Sanders voters and Trump voters. Drudge then takes it a half step further, telling his massive audience […]
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“This Is the End of My Presidency. I’m Fucked,” Trump Said on May 17, 2017
Trump said, “This is the worst thing that’s ever happened to me.”
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The Mueller Report Is Coming Thursday
Finally. Alex Wong / Staff It’s about 400 pages long. It will have color-coded redactions. It doesn’t prove that Trump obstructed justice, according to Trump-appointed Attorney General William Barr. It’s a “Complete and Total EXONERATION,” according to Trump. But according to multiple reports, people at the White House are seriously concerned about what the Mueller […]
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Who Is This John Hickenlooper Guy?
Democrat John Hickenlooper used to be the governor of Colorado. Now he wants to be president. Michael Ciaglo / Getty Images There are a lot of Democrats running for president—16 of them at present. But on most days, the focus is on just a few people: Bernie, Beto, Kamala, Elizabeth, and maybe one or two […]
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McConnell Is Going Nuclear (Again) to Give Trump the Federal Judges He Wants
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Drew Angerer / Getty Images After spending hundreds of days blocking President Barack Obama’s 2016 nomination of Merrick Garland to the US Supreme Court, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell then went “nuclear” to get Trump’s first supreme court pick, Neil Gorsuch, approved. In 2017, McConnell changed Senate rules […]
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Another Reason to Want the Whole Mueller Report: It Describes Russia’s 2016 Election Interference
Collusion is not the only thing Special Counsel Robert Mueller was looking into. Alex Wong / Getty Images A bit lost in all the coverage of Mueller, obstruction, and collusion is this: the “Mueller Report” contains a description of how Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. President Trump has repeatedly ignored the findings of […]
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Barr Knew About Mueller’s Non-Exoneration of Trump Weeks Ago
Contrary to Trump’s tweets, Mueller did not actually exonerate Trump when it comes to obstruction of justice. Alex Wong / Getty Images Still trying to wrap your head around what just happened with the Mueller investigation? You’re not alone. But it looks like at least two people in DC had a big head start on […]
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Beto Brings Warmth, But He Does Not Spark Joy
This is not the B.O. you were looking for.
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Elizabeth Warren, Facebook, and “Outsourced Content Moderation”
Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren. Drew Angerer / Getty Images By now you’ve heard the story: Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Big Tech, so her presidential campaign bought ads on Facebook talking about how Facebook is too powerful and should be cut down to size. Then Facebook blocked Warren’s ads, making Warren’s point for her. […]