Stop Being Conned By the Regressive Right

Stripping a man of his constitutionally ordained duty so you can put an anti-abortionist in the Supreme Court is pretty rude. Calling a man’s children “apes,” and “Monkeys” is pretty rude. Calling his wife an “ape in heels” is worse than just rude. Eight years of lying about a man’s birthplace is rude.

Even If Trump Is Found To Be A Criminal Republicans Will Be Just Fine With It

One of President Donald Trump’s longtime legal advisers said he warned the president in a phone call Friday that Michael Cohen, Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer and close friend, would turn against the president and cooperate with federal prosecutors if faced with criminal charges.

Trump: A Sad, Old, Fat Guy Is Not the Country

If you have ever wondered just how totally absorbed a truly narcissistic mind can go drifting into never, never land, then a good thing to do is to sit and listen to our president. Now to be sure the president is considered a pretty important person in this country even though he hasn’t a clue what he is doing.

Crazy Alex Jones: Dems Want To Brutally Murder And Rape Children In Midwest

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones told Infowars listeners today that liberal leaders in the tech industry, politics and media—who Jones refers to as “the globalists”—want to brutally murder people in the Midwest, rape Infowars viewers’ wives and children, and starve conservatives in forced labor camps.

South Carolina Republican Congressfool Pulls Out Loaded Gun During Meeting

During a meeting with Moms Demand Action Against for Gun Sense in America, a South Carolina congressman reportedly pulled a gun out and told a group of women that they should feel safe in the presence of the weapon, according to several advocates in attendance. Rep. Ralph Norman, a Republican who serves in the U.S. House…

Republican Congressdick Blake Farenthold Suddenly Resigned Today

Here’s today’s Friday news dump: Blake Farenthold, the embattled Republican Congressman famous for his harassment of staffers and duckie PJs, has decided to leave Congress immediately rather than waiting for the midterms. No one knows why, but there are many reasons that might fit. For example, his failure to repay the $84,000 that he owed for…

Colorado GOP Group: Republicans Hate Poor People Because ‘Dignity of Man Is Above Being Poor’

A Colorado-based GOP group issued a public apology yesterday for a social media post that claimed “Republicans hate poor people.” The Alamosa County Republicans took to Facebook to apologize for the comments on Friday, which urged Americans to be Republicans “out of self-respect.” “Democrats love poor people because they think that poor people will vote Democrat.…

Robert Reich: Is Trump The Worst President In History?

America has had its share of crooks (Warren G. Harding, Richard Nixon), bigots (Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan), and incompetents (Andrew Johnson, George W. Bush). But never before Donald Trump have we had a president who combined all these nefarious qualities.

The Paranoid Nonsense of the Deep State Is A Mirror for Madmen

Dean Miller is plugging a book called Deep State: The truth about the ‘shadow government ruling America. It’s about pretending that this book doesn’t appear in legitimate bookstores because of that nebulous but nefarious shadow government. Creating the illusion of suppression is, of course, a time-honored tool.

Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, Trump And Why The Internet Is Increasingly A Dangerous Place To Be

A company few had ever heard of – Cambridge Analytica – have fallen victim to an undercover report from Britain’s Channel 4 TV news. It appears they may have taken personal details from Facebook and used them to assist Trump in his presidential election campaign.

Trump Staffers Who Signed NDA Offered Pro Bono Aid

A prominent Washington, D.C., lawyer who specializes in national security and free speech—often in the cases of current or former federal employees—has offered his firm’s services on a pro bono basis for any White House staffer who signed a nondisclosure agreement at President Donald Trump’s urging.

Why Liberals Cannot Afford To Apply Ideological Purity Tests

Cities will vote Democratic no matter what, so Democrats can afford to be ultra-progressive when they campaign there. But, as Hillary found out, you can’t just win in all the urban areas and lose everywhere else. You also can’t run as a far-left progressive in a red state that’s not heavily urbanized.

Gun Control Protests Aren’t Going Away This Time

The ebb and flow of gun debates following high-profile shootings has seemingly become rote in the United States: Vocal outrage, offers of thoughts and prayers, public attention fizzles, no federal legislation passes. Then the next mass shooting and the cycle repeats. But the sustained activism following the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in…