Mike Pompeo is pissing away whatever credibility he brought to the post of secretary of state as he struggles to substantiate President Trump’s claims that Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was assassinated because he posed an “imminent and sinister” threat to Americans. In his latest insult to the American public’s intelligence, …
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President Trump’s Iran policy doesn’t seem to be working out very well. Since he pulled the United States out of the nuclear deal brokered by the Obama administration, Iran has both resumed its nuclear program and found new ways to stir up trouble in the region. The latest provocation came …
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President Donald Trump is raising the possibility of passing on the coming general election debates. Trump told advisors last week, according to the New York Times, that his lack of trust for the Commission on Presidential Debates is why he may sit out. Trump also tweeted about possibly skipping the …
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“You are the most unpopular person in our government,” Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) told Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday. DeVos appeared before the House Education and Labor committee to defend a student debt policy and Wilson had some strong words for the secretary. Under the Obama administration the “borrower’s …
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The Kellyanne and George Conway public something happened again on Monday. And because our present day political world seems rather incomprehensible, their whatever-you’d-call-it kinda fits. The latest drama started after counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway quote tweeted a video of Democratic candidate Joe Biden telling an odd story about …
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On Sunday, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) equated President Donald Trump’s malfeasance with another disgraced president who was facing impeachment, Richard Nixon, but instead on a global scale. Klobuchar told Meet the Press host Chuck Todd that behavior like what Trump is accused of is what motivated America’s …
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The bottomless pit that is the Ukraine scandal continues to grow. According to a report from ABC News on Sunday, the House Intelligence Committee is now in possession of audio and video recordings as well as photographs that include both President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani. The materials were handed …
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While EU ambassador Gordon Sondland was testifying during Wednesday’s impeachment hearings President Donald Trump attempted to defend himself to the media. The president held a pad of paper with words written in all-caps with a sharpie and read aloud in dramatic fashion: “I WANT NOTHING. I WANT NOTHING. I WANT …
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Having reached the fifth Democratic debate of the 2020 primary cycle, habitual viewers risk coming away with that not-so-fresh feeling. They know that Bernie Sanders welcomes the rage of the billionaires, that Elizabeth Warren has big plans for the big ideas that Amy Klobuchar agrees with on principle but wants …
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Gordon Sondland, President Trump’s ambassador to the European Union, offered a first-hand account on Wednesday of how the president’s personal lawyer demanded a “quid pro quo” from the Ukrainian government in exchange for an official White House meeting. In an appearance before the House Intelligence Committee, Sondland testified he and …
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