Over the weekend, two Democratic representatives shared stories of their constituents telling them they are straight up terrified of President Donald Trump and his policies. On CNN’s S.E. Cupp Unfiltered Saturday, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) told the host that a young child, a third-generation American, told her they are scared …
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President Trump has pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord, slashed Obama-era emissions regulations, stocked his administration with former fossil fuel lobbyists, and categorically dismissed the notion that climate change is an existential threat. But none of that prevented the president from declaring in a White House …
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On Monday night, friends of E. Jean Carroll gathered at a small party for her at a Brooklyn brownstone. Someone had baked a heart-shaped pink cake with the word “BRAVE” spelled out on it in red sugar. Carroll, the advice columnist and author — and Trump’s latest sexual assault accuser …
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During a wide-ranging interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos this week, portions of which have since gone viral, President Donald Trump was asked if he’d been briefed on recent reports where Navy pilots have claimed to see unidentified flying objects. “I’ve seen, and I’ve read, and I’ve heard. And I …
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During a meeting earlier this week Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly told senior Democrats: “I don’t want to see [President Donald Trump] impeached, I want to see him in prison.” On Sunday, two prominent Democrats were asked about Pelosi’s remarks and both were unflinching and used the word “crimes” while responding. …
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The president may be a fool, but that doesn’t make him an ineffective racist. That would presuppose that it takes great talent to be good at hating people and furthering that hatred through policy. Donald Trump is quite adept at finding America’s weaknesses, a trait he shares with the Russians …
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On Wednesday morning, Special Counsel Robert Mueller read a 10-minute statement clarifying the findings of his investigation into Russian interference into the 2016 election, as well as the Trump campaign’s intersections with the Russians and the president’s efforts to stymie the investigation. Below, read Mueller’s first — and if the …
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Stephen Colbert dug into Joe Biden‘s first few days on the campaign, highlighting the ways he’s already getting under President Donald Trump‘s skin and his new Obama-heavy ad on The Late Show Tuesday. After officially announcing last week, Biden jumped to a commanding lead in the Democratic primary polls. During …
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In a not-so-subtle jab at President Trump, former president Barack Obama told an audience gathered at the The National Museum of African American History and Culture to celebrate the centennial of Nelson Mandela’s birth on Saturday why those in power might spread lies: “Leaders who feed fear typically are also …
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John Oliver unpacked the most crucial details of the long-awaited Mueller report on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, continuing the saga he once-dubbed “Stupid Watergate.” He focused the segment on “two main factors that may have saved” President Trump: “incompetence when it comes to conspiracy with Russia and disobedience when it …
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