Officials in the White House have been making increasingly false statements to justify President Donald Trump‘s beloved border wall, including lying about terrorists coming across the United States border with Mexico. On Friday, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that last year, 4,000 individuals“that came across our southern border”were detained …
Read More »This Is Why Trump's Wall Will Never Work
The United States government is currently in a shutdown because President Donald Trump wants to build a wall — a “big, beautiful wall” along the United States’ border with Mexico. But a viral video posted by Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Tex.) illustrates exactly why Trump’s beloved wall is completely unfeasible. First …
Read More »Claire McCaskill Says GOP Senators Privately Admit Trump Is 'Nuts'
Outgoing Senator Claire McCaskill has nothing to lose after she was unseated in the 2018 midterms, so she is speaking her mind on her way out of office. In an interview with CNN’s Manu Raju, the Missouri Democrat said her Republican colleagues privately acknowledge that President Donald Trump is “nuts.” …
Read More »We Know How Trump's War Game Ends
So we’re withdrawing troops from the Middle East. GOOD! What’s the War on Terror death count by now, a half-million? How much have we spent, $5 trillion? Five-and-a-half? For that cost, we’ve destabilized the region to the point of abject chaos, inspired millions of Muslims to hate us, and torn …
Read More »Ohio Has Passed Two Extreme Anti-Abortion Bills
“Be careful what you wish for.” That was the message Ohio Governor John Kasich had for Donald Trump after Trump said in an interview Thursday that he hopes Kasich challenges him for the Republican nomination in 2020. But “be careful what you wish for” could easily double as advice for …
Read More »Supreme Court Refuses to Hear a Case About Defunding Planned Parenthood
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a case that could have paved the way for Republican states around the country to defund Planned Parenthood. A lower court had previously blocked laws passed in Louisiana and Kansas that declared Medicaid funds couldn’t be used to receive services at the …
Read More »New Report of Cyberattacks on Leading Republican Campaign Group Raises Questions
WASHINGTON —Fresh off its shellacking in the 2018 midterm elections, House Republicans suffered another embarrassment on Tuesday when it was revealed that their flagship campaign group was hacked earlier this year and failed to tell senior party members about the attack. Politico reported that unknown hackers breached the National Republican …
Read More »What Can Democrats Actually Do to Prevent Voter Suppression?
Democracy has seen better days than November 6th, 2018. Though dozens of diverse new leaders were elected to Congress, several states were plagued by dysfunctional voting systems, effectively disenfranchising countless Americans. This was largely the result of voter suppression measures enabled by a 2013 Supreme Court ruling that ravaged the …
Read More »Stacey Abrams Sues to Count Provisional Ballots in Heated Georgia Governor's Race
Stacey Abrams isn’t giving up. The Democratic candidate for governor of Georgia filed a lawsuit Sunday insisting that provisional ballots in heavily Democratic counties around Atlanta be counted before the 2018 election is officially certified. The suit also asks that the deadline to certify the election, set for Tuesday, be …
Read More »Four Top Intelligence Agencies Issue Election Day Interference Warning
WASHINGTON —As Election Day 2018 gets underway, the nation’s top intelligence and law-enforcement chiefs want you to know that interference and disinformation efforts by foreign countries are still a threat to the U.S. — no matter what President Trump says. In a joint statement released Tuesday morning, the heads of …
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