Jimmy Kimmel Live mocked the ongoing political tension between President Trump and Democratic leaders with a hilarious, fake promo for a “shutdown showdown steel slat brawl” between the president, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Kimmel opened the monologue piece from Wednesday’s episode with …
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WASHINGTON —Congressman Will Hurd of Texas is an increasingly lonely voice in the “build the wall” Republican Party of Donald Trump. A 41-year-old former undercover CIA officer, Hurd represents one of the largest congressional districts in America, Texas’ 23rd, a vast expanse of land roughly the size of Georgia that …
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As part of my job, I occasionally appear on television and radio to talk about politics. Inherent in that invitation is the same presumption that I will not consciously lie to the audience. These shows and networks hold tell their audience that they will report and analyze the news responsibly …
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was not happy with President Trump’s recent decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria. Trump was not happy that Graham was not happy, and the senator is now angling to get back in the president’s good graces before the new year. On Sunday, he spent …
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“RealLife Rock Top Ten” is a monthly column by cultural critic and RS contributing editorGreil Marcus. 1. Rich Kreuger, “Kenny’s (It’s Always Christmas in This Bar,” from NOWThen (RockkinK Music). Years ago in Chicago, in the middle of winter, my friend Bill Wyman was taking me to a bar: “Chicago’s …
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Garry Trudeau marked Donald Trump as a con man early on. The Pulitzer Prize winning writer and illustrator ofDoonesburyhas mocked Trump relentlessly since the 1980s, homing in on the then real-estate mogul’s insatiable appetite for attention and penchant for lying, a body of work that was anthologized in Trudeau’s2016 bestseller,Yuge!: …
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In a detailed piece on the upcoming Mexican election,John Olivertalked about the real prospect of the country electing its own version of President Trump. It’s a contradictory image, the comedian said on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight.He dubbed Mexico “Number Seven on the list of things Donald Trump is frightened of, …
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So, Roger Stone. Lots of things we can call him: Agent of chaos. Champion ratfucker. Longtime friend of Donald Trump. Maybe-FBI-informant (though he staunchly denies it). At the moment, Stone is a little bit more defensive, given his current situation as a not-yet-indicted – yet likely – target of one …
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President Trump was planning to head to Camp David this past weekend, but, as you probably now realize, that did not happen. Nor did Trump hit the links at any of his golf properties, which means he spent Saturday and Sunday largely alone inside the White House, left to his …
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As we observe the first anniversary of Robert Mueller‘s appointment as special counsel of the inquiry into the Trump team’s Russia ties, we also ought to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the appointment of Archibald Cox as special prosecutor of the Watergate investigation. We know how the Cox story ended. …
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