DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — Hours after President Trump kicked off the 2020 World Economic Forum on Tuesday by bashing climate activists as “prophets of doom,” Greta Thunberg countered with yet another scathing indictment of government and corporate leaders for failing to take meaningful action to combat climate change. “Our house is …
Read More »'Why Are They Doing This to Me?' Trump Asks Friends at Mar-a-Lago, While Legal Team Officially Denies Impeachment Charges
President Donald Trump’s legal team officially responded to last week’s Senate summons that notified the president that if he is convicted during the impeachment trial, he will be removed from office. Trump’s response came in a six-page letter on Saturday, according to the New York Times, where his lawyers blasted …
Read More »How Trump's 'Imminent Threat' on Iran Turned in to the New WMD
His administration unable to keep its story straight about how exactly General Qasem Soleimani posed an “imminent threat” to U.S. national security, President Trump now claims it “really doesn’t matter” if the assassinated Iranian commander was about to kill Americans. Nothing could be further from the truth. The question of …
Read More »Mike Pompeo Had a Fun Year with His Dog, Drone Strikes, and Linda Ronstadt
Mike Pompeo has had a busy first few days of 2020. In the wake of last week’s Trump-ordered drone strike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, the secretary of state has been a fixture on cable news, regurgitating Iraq-invasion talking points and making specious claims about how the attack was …
Read More »Dennis Kucinich, Who Was Ahead of His Time, Reflects on New Hampshire, Iran, and the Antiwar Movement
Sixteen years ago, after a campaign event in New Hampshire, Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich talked about what happens in politics if voters can be convinced to spend more time worrying about polls than ideas. “Unless we’re motivated by principle in our voting, we walk into a mirrored echo chamber, where …
Read More »6 Reasons the Conflict with Iran is Giving Us Iraq War Flashbacks
The assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani by an American drone strike near the Baghdad International Airport last week has brought the U.S. to the precipice of yet another war in the Middle East. The Trump administration’s sudden, violent confrontation with Iran stands in contrast to the methodical march to …
Read More »Trump Adviser Caught on Tape Discussing 'Aggressive' Voter Suppression in 2020
Justin Clark, a senior political adviser and senior counsel to Trump’s reelection campaign, was caught discussing 2020 voter suppression efforts while at a Wisconsin chapter meeting of the Republican National Lawyers Association, according to the AP, though Clark denies it and says he was discussing “false accusations” that the GOP …
Read More »Schiff Sounds Kinda Like 'Sh!t' and the Trump Team Thinks That's Worth a T-Shirt
Trump’s campaign merchandising is living up to the image of Trump that motivates those who greet the president with a huge baby Trump protest balloon when he travels the country and overseas. Now the campaign is selling t-shirts that reads “Bull-Schiff,” aimed at House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). …
Read More »Trump 'Will Strongly Consider' Testifying in Impeachment Probe, as New Poll Shows 70% Disapprove of His Ukraine Actions
In the face of daunting new poll results on Monday morning, President Donald Trump took to his favorite venting outlet and blasted off a Twitter thread that included a juvenile nickname for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and accusations of an ongoing “witch hunt.” Trump wrote, in part, that during a …
Read More »Rep. Ayanna Pressley Endorses Elizabeth Warren for President
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) endorsed Sen. Elizabeth Warren for president on Wednesday, netting the front-running senator from Massachusetts another prominent backer in her race to secure the Democratic nomination. Pressley made the announcement in a YouTube video. “For Elizabeth and for me power belongs in the hands of the people,” …
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