Between the recent “Rudy Can Fail” tour, Donald Trump’s meltdown today in response to a question posed by a reporter and, well, take your pick of any number of recent Trump administration scandals it was easy to miss that the Trump White House snubbed the not-so-recently-crowned WNBA champions, Minnesota Lynx.
During Thursday’s Energy and Commerce Committee hearing many Republicans rushed to the defense of embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, to the surprise of exactly no one. Texas’ Joe Barton bemoaned that “<Pruitt is> not the first person to be the victim of -for lack of a better term- Washington politics,” while David McKinley of West Virginia clucked that…
In what feels like a never-ending race to the bottom, Scott Pruitt added to his list of public trust violations and legal transgressions when he told the salesman at his local Chevy dealership “I’ll add those bullet-resistant car seats, please! Just put ’em on the taxpayers’ tab!” Well, if it’s a race, at least Pruitt…
Yesterday, Donald Trump tweeted this: A perfectly executed strike last night. Thank you to France and the United Kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military. Could not have had a better result. Mission Accomplished! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 14, 2018 Not surprisingly, ridicule rained down on him almost immediately…
The Guardian reports chilling -if not altogether surprising- news that David Smith (the chairman of the now-infamous Sinclair Broadcast Group) assured candidate Donald Trump in 2016 that his organization had his back. Because, you know, that’s the role of a news agency. “The chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group met Donald Trump at the White House…
Profile in courage Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told CNN’s Kate Bolduan this morning that “the bottom line is I’m not worried about Trump firing Mueller, because I think he’s smarter than that.” This assessment doesn’t just fly in the face of reason, but in the face of legislation Graham himself co-sponsored with Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) that…
Birds On A Wire: Chuck Schumer Warns Donald Trump “Don’t.”
Speaking at his tax reform roundtable in West Virginia, Donald Trump literally threw his prepared remarks away before launching into a xenophobic rant about that migrant caravan that only yesterday he was accusing of marching toward our border, intent on invasion. Trump riffed: “I’m reading off the first paragraph, I said, ‘This is boring. Come…
While various media outlets report that Donald Trump’s poll numbers are on the rise, we should take a moment to grab on to reality with both hands, and remember that those poll numbers remain at what my AP Calculus teacher used to somberly describe as”below C-level.” In other words, FoxBusiness, nothing to crow about. It’s…
Donald Trump opened the annual White House Easter Egg Roll with a reminder for the kids: American military might is the mightiest! He told the kids (after describing the White House as “this house or building or whatever you want to call it because there is no name for it, it is special” and as…
If you thought the antics of Fox News were bad, wait’ll you get a load of Sinclair Broadcast Group‘s latest scheme. You may remember Sinclair Broadcast Group because not too long ago we learned that they can just about reach into 75% of American homes. That news didn’t make the news that CNN reported earlier…
Just yesterday, Laura Ingraham felt the need to add her voice to the conservative chorus that’s been bashing Parkland shooting survivors (and David Hogg specifically). It did not go quite the way she planned. Unless her plan was to lose face and advertisers. In that case, job well done, Laura Ingraham! Turns out, when a…
This afternoon Donald Trump fired off two Tweets, announcing the removal of VA Secretary David Shulkin, and his nomination to replace him, Trump’s personal physician rear admiral Ronny Jackson. ….In the interim, Hon. Robert Wilkie of DOD will serve as Acting Secretary. I am thankful for Dr. David Shulkin’s service to our country and to our…
A wiser man than me once said “Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes.” In news that vaults easily over the huge pile of colorful metaphors it engenders, The Hill tells us that House Republicans are -with straight faces- pushing a balanced budget amendment. That push will come after their latest break … which they surely…
Run, Romney! Run! Not even two months into his run for Orrin Hatch’s Utah Senate seat, the Daily Herald reports that Mitt Romney has run right over Trump and most of his GOP colleagues on immigration, telling voters at a campaign Q&A that “I’m… more of a hawk on immigration than even the President. My…
Down, Pat! Ex-Nixon campaign aide and full-time racist Pat Buchanan thinks those damn kids shoulda’ stayed off the White House lawn on March 24th, that they’re immature, and not so bright. Yesterday, on CSPAN’s “Washington Journal” Buchanan had this to say in response to a callers query: Caller: Today, as I look at the march…
It didn’t take long for Roseanne Barr’s interview on last night’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to take a turn for the terse. Roseanne and co-star John Goodman were on the show to talk about reboot of beloved 90’s sitcom “Roseanne” that premiers on ABC March 27th… but Jimmy Kimmel had other plans. Like many of us…
Here’s a tip: don’t take advantage of tipped workers. MarketWatch reports that tucked into the sprawling 1.3-trillion dollar omnibus spending bill the House just passed is a provision that will ensure that workers can keep their tips. You wouldn’t think that would be necessary, and so, wouldn’t expect it to be news-worthy, but it’s a…
Never re-tweet, never surrender! Donald Trump took to Twitter to take his critics to the woodshed for the audacity they had to criticize the congratulatory phone call he made to Vladimir Putin after Putin “won” reelection. Congratulations, by the way, that his National Security advisers strongly (in all caps, no less) urged him not to…
The Atlantic reports that “Counselor to the President” Kellyanne Conway is this close to accepting the recently (and repeatedly) vacated White House Communications Director position. Evidently being an enabling, lying sycophant Trump’s being a violator of ethics law. That would make her the 5th person to hold that job in the Trump administration in 1…
For Team Trump, the hits just keep on coming! For anyone who was looking for a reason for Trump’s Twitter meltdown that began Saturday and raged on today, special counsel Robert Mueller has what you’re looking for: a list of interview questions special counsel sent to The Donald as part of ongoing negotiations over the…
It hasn’t even been a week since Donald Trump’s “body man” John McEntee was suddenly thrown out of the White House due to security concerns that arose from his (we’ve since learned, thanks to the Washington Post) expensive, high-stakes gambling habit, but Politico reports that the White House is currently considering bringing him back to work….
An Axios article reveals what comes as a surprise to exactly no one: Trump’s White House is a miserable place to work. Explains one anonymous, exasperated White House official: “This is the most toxic working environment on the planet. Usually tough times bring people together. But right now this atmosphere is ripping people apart. There’s…
On this National Walkout Day, two California schools were unable to participate in the nationwide protest because they were on lockdown.
CNN reports that John McEntee -Donald Trump’s personal assistant- is being investigated for what are being described as “serious financial crimes.” So serious, in fact, that he was fired, escorted out of the White House and not even allowed to collect his things -not even his jacket- on his way out.
Pamela Brown of CNN reported that Donald Trump is desperately-quizzing his friends for advice on how to handle the Stormy Daniels affair (pun 100% intended). Her source (whom one can only hope goes by “Deep Throat”) attests that Trump’s being told not to fight her attempts to get out of the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) because…
With all apologies to earnest, “sounds great on the JBL speakers in the Volvo” rock band Rooney, the question must be asked: “When did your heart go missin’, GOP?” Video: Speaking to CNN’s Erin Burnett today, House Intelligence Committee member Representative Tom Rooney (R-FL) had to concede that the panel has “lost all credibility” after…
Donald Tr*mp Doesn’t Give a F*ck. According to a new report from Gabriel Sherman of Vanity Fair, Donald Trump is about to “You’re fired” multiple members of his inner White House circle. Those (un)fortunate souls include H.R. McMaster, John Kelly, Jared Kushner and even Trump dife (“dwaughter?”) Ivanka. Sherman tells us that high off his…
CNN has reported that Russian trolls with ties to the Kremlin allegedly released an anti-Hillary Clinton video game shortly before the election. The game -“Hilltendo”- plays like any other time-sucking game you’ll find on the internet (looking at you, “Candy Crush Saga”), but a peek into the code reveals that the game may have tracked…
Sam Nunberg wants you to know that despite spending Monday afternoon and evening telling anyone who would listen that he wouldn’t comply with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s grand jury subpoena that he has, actually, complied in full already. Wednesday -in an interview with Rita Cosby and Curtis Sliwa on WABC- he explained that his bizarre,…