CNN debate moderator Abby Phillip asked Bernie Sanders in the Tuesday debate in Des Moines: “CNN reported yesterday — and Senator Sanders, Senator Warren confirmed in a statement — that, in 2018, you told her you did not believe that a woman could win the election. Why did you say …
Read More »An Iran Expert Explains What to Expect Following Soleimani's Assassination
It didn’t take long for Iran to retaliate for the assassination of Qasem Soleimani. Early Wednesday morning, two U.S. bases in Iraq were hit by missiles fired from Iran, an action Iranian officials termed payback for what Foreign Minister Javad Zarif described as the “cowardly armed attack” that President Trump …
Read More »How Lindsey Graham Lost His Way
Lindsey Graham and Donald Trump were born nine years and one month apart. Trump came first, but when they appear side by side, as they often do these days, the men look about the same age. On November 6th, in the East Room of the White House, the president held …
Read More »How Disinformation Spreads, According to Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd has had a front-row seat for the spread of disinformation while hosting NBC’s Meet the Press. Whether it was Kellyanne Conway using the phrase “alternative facts” to dispute media reports about the crowd size at Trump’s inauguration, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) blatantly using Russian talking points to blame …
Read More »This Is How Fox News and Trump Create a Vicious Cycle of Conspiracy Theories
Sean Hannity might not be employed by the White House as an adviser to President Donald Trump, but he might as well be, considering the undue influence the Fox News channel host has over our president. A new, extensive report from Media Matters for America, a nonprofit, left-leaning news-media watchdog …
Read More »Trump Says Giuliani Will Deliver Report on Ukraine and Biden to Attorney General and Congress
Like a serial killer returning to the scene of a crime, Rudy Giuliani has been in Ukraine recently, still digging for dirt on former vice president Joe Biden, even as Giuliani’s associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, are prosecuted for campaign finance fraud and the House conducts hearings and draws …
Read More »Ex-U.S. Ambassador Was Warned to Leave Ukraine on 'Next Flight' Over Threats to Her Security
Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, told congressional investigators she was advised to leave Ukraine on “the next plane” in April because her security was at risk, and that she felt threatened comments President Trump made about her during his July 25th call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. …
Read More »Obama Official Susan Rice Slams Trump for 'Totally Gross' Hug
After President Barack Obama‘s former National Security Advisor Susan Rice appeared on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, President Donald Trump went after her on Twitter. So Trump was either watching the program, which airs at 10:00 PM ET, live or was informed that while Rice was plugging her new …
Read More »Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib to Endorse Bernie Sanders. Will It Matter?
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is holding a rally in New York City on Saturday, less than two weeks after suffering a heart attack he initially said would force him to scale back his campaign schedule. In promoting the event, Sanders’ campaign has teased a special guest who will join him …
Read More »Trump Surrogate Brags About Pressing China for Biden Dirt
Last week, as President Donald Trump publicly asked China to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter, a Trump surrogate was in Beijing pressing Chinese contacts for dirt on the Bidens — and claims they gave it to him. The revelationcomes from the Financial Times, which reports that Michael Pillsbury, …
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