Most are aware of Donald Trump's...shall we say, loathing of any media coverage not favorable toward him. He calls the media “the enemy of the people.” He attacks the "failing New York Times."  He first dubbed CNN the"Clinton News Network" before then...
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Candidate Trump didn’t actually invent the term "fake news." He copied it from political satirists who were using the term a decade prior to his run for the White House.
Donald Trump's admiration for dictatorial rhetoric, posturing, and politics has caused some to speculate whether we actually could be dealing with a inchoate authoritarian. After all, he has on numerous occasions praised autocratic heads of state for their “tough” stances...
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Monday on Fox News' Fox and Friends, host Ainsley Earhardt and Turning Point USA's Candace Owens could not contain their shock, horror, and disgust over a most unflattering portrait of White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders...
Yesterday, as the country was still reeling from the thirtieth mass shooting in the first 45 days of the year, the eighteenth school shooting, I decided to look up how much the Republican, John Faso (NY-19),...
Joy Reid
This week, a conservative guest on MSNBC's AM Joy had a very tough time spinning out a defense for Donald Trump's record on women's issues after host Joy Reid stumped her with just a straightforward...
Judge Jeanine Pirro with Rudy Giuliani (image from Pirro's Facebook)
We expected to hear some pretty bizarre, unhinged, and flat-out dumb attempts by Donald Trump's diehard supporters to spin White House staff secretary Rob Porter going down in flames amid reports that he'd physically abused...
We mustn't discount Russia's influence in the 2016 presidential election, especially since it's now been confirmed Russia officially penetrated several states’ voter rolls, and is gearing up to repeat its success this November. But Russia did not succeed...
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Over the years, Fox News Channel has given us a lot of reasons to wonder where its standards are--or if it even has any standards at all. For instance, in 2008, a chyron operator called Michelle...
via Time: When President Donald Trump met with Aflac employees in the Oval Office to discuss tax cuts, he noted that First Lady Melania Trump once starred in a TV ad for their company. “Your chairman I know very well...
Based on the number of pro-Trump tweets during the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, one would assume Donald Trump's popularity soared more than polls were indicating. We know now, though, around half a million of...
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Fox News' Jeanine Pirro recently leap-frogged over her colleagues for the title of biggest Donald Trump sycophant when she invaded the quiet town of Chappaqua, New York in search for former Secretary of State and...
Lance Wallnau relaxing in his chair (image from Wallnau's Facebook)
Among the religious right luminaries who are still bowing down to Donald Trump, Lance Wallnau is almost in a class by himself. This is mainly because he seems to think that any criticism of Trump...
Michael Flynn. Paul Manafort. George Papadopoulos. Steve Bannon. Jeff Sessions. What do all these names have in common? They are names of Trump campaign officials special council Robert Mueller has interviewed about their knowledge and/or participation in Russian interference in the 2016 presidential...
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For the last few weeks, the right-wing tubes have lit up with claims that the FBI is trying to cover up a smoking gun that supposedly proves the investigation into Russia's effort to hack the...
Yep, it's been a year since Donald Trump became president. Granted, it seems like decades, and some days it feels more like a century. Fortunately, the good people at CNN have compiled a collection of Trump's...
Would it surprise you to know that Donald Trump is currently cheating on his wife, Melania? If so, then apparently you aren't aware what a lowlife cheating asshole the president is. Michael Wolff, author of the...
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On Wednesday, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow perfectly summed up where American politics is today, with Donald Trump occupying the Oval Office. She explained how unbelievable it is that just a year ago, America went from having...
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Are Americans and the media overreacting to Pres. Donald Trump's "shithole countries" comment? I mean...what's the big deal?!? Haven't most of us used an expletive occasionally? Sure we have. Some of us likely curse even more...
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday morning, and she quickly walked into a line of questions she clearly wasn't prepared for. Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy (VT) asked Nielsen about President...