States have been preparing to ramp up vaccination efforts after the Trump administration said it would release its reserve of Covid-19 vaccine doses, but two days later, governors were learning the promised reserve was not what they had hoped. According to the Washington Post, when Health and Human Services Secretary …
Read More »Capitol Police Officer Dead After Pro-Trump Attack on the U.S. Capitol
The death toll of this week’s pro-Trump attack on the U.S. Capitol rose to five Thursday night when a United States Capitol Police officer died from injuries sustained during the melee. Gallery: Attack on the U.S. Capitol Capitol Police issued a statement that United States Capitol Police Officer Brian D. …
Read More »Twitter Takes Bold Action Against President Who Can't Hurt It Anymore
In a move rendered effectively meaningless by the fact that the president will be out of office in (at most) 14 days, Twitter has temporarily suspended President Trump for 12 hours after removing three tweets that it said constituted “repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy.” Gallery: Trump’s …
Read More »Trump Contradicts Own Administration While Downplaying Massive Cyber Attack
One day after the president’s own secretary of state pinned the blame on Russia for recent cyber attacks, Trump falsely claimed the incident has been exaggerated by “the Fake News Media” Trump’s first public remarks on the massive and ongoing cyberattack that breached dozens of US federal agencies, think tanks, …
Read More »Trump's Partisan Pardon Bonanza: Can He Really Do That?
As President Donald Trump’s remaining days in office dwindle, get ready to hear a whole lot about the presidential pardon power. And while you’re at it, prepare yourself ahead of time for the outrage you’re going to feel when you fully digest the kicker: Between now and noon on January …
Read More »Trump to America: 'Right Now You Have It Made. You Are So Lucky I'm Your President'
Subtly was never something Trump seemed to take interest in and during his Friday rally in Michigan, the president took his abrasive act to farcical levels while trying to paint a bleak picture of American society with Joe Biden in the White House. After first whining about the media not …
Read More »As Trump Demonizes Vote-by-Mail, His Campaign Is Urging People to Vote By Mail
Donald Trump has made no secret of his disgust with voting by mail. He’s blasted the practice as creating “tremendous potential for voter fraud,” claimed it would spark “a free for all on cheating, forgery and the theft of ballots” and insisted it would create “the most CORRUPT ELECTION in …
Read More »Broken Promises: How Trump Betrayed the Autoworkers of Youngstown, Ohio
I rode through your beautiful roads coming up from the airport. And I was looking at some of those big, once-incredible, job-producing factories, and Melania said, “What happened?” I said, “Those jobs have left Ohio . . . but they’re all coming back.” Don’t move. Don’t sell your house. — President Donald Trump, Youngstown, …
Read More »The Sedition of Donald Trump
Before Donald Trump got himself infected with the coronavirus, he had firmly secured his place as the worst president in American history. Now, after mocking Joe Biden at their first debate for mask wearing, Trump has proved to be a reckless superspreader, risking the lives of donors at a New …
Read More »Trump, a Self-Proclaimed Billionaire, Paid Only $750 in Federal Income Taxes in 2016 and 2017, Report Says
The New York Times has obtained tax-return data for President Trump that shows he paid no income taxes in 11 of the 18 years the paper examined. The bombshell report also revealed that Trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016, the year he won the presidency. And …
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