‘Alternative facts’ are lies — and we must point this out every time
As I watch President Trump and his representatives distort the truth with what one of them dubbed “alternative facts,” I’m reminded of two words that forever changed the way the presidency is viewed. “You lie!” Of all the acts of disrespect that Barack Obama endured during his eight years as president, that utterance from U.S. Rep.…
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Trump impeachment trial: The big picture — and 10 things you need to keep in mind
Don’t get bogged down by the marathon minute-by-minute coverage of the Senate impeachment trial stretching late into the night. Don’t get overwhelmed by all the complex procedural maneuvers aimed at securing a fair and open trial with witness testimony and new documents that Republicans want to prevent at all costs.
We must stay focused on the big picture. Here are the 10 big things you need to understand about the Senate trial and the historic moment our country is in right now.
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Mike Pompeo’s behavior is straight out of Nixon VP’s playbook: historians
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s expletive-laden dust-up with NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly is on message for the Trump-led Republican Party. Complaining that Kelly’s question about Ukraine was “another example of how unhinged the media has become in its quest to hurt President Trump and this Administration,” Pompeo has rallied the Republican base by slamming a journalist doing her job.
Whether he knows it or not, Pompeo is drawing from a playbook written a half century ago and perfected by a politician once voted the worst vice president in American history. Secretary Mike Pompeo, meet Vice President Spiro Agnew.
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Trump’s EPA is about to give a big gift to the coal industry
Trump's EPA administrator wants to redraw our nation’s mercury standard to benefit coal-fired power plants that belch out nearly half the nation’s mercury emissions. But the agency’s Science Advisory Board is balking.
The board, headed by Trump administration appointee Michael Honeycutt who previously opposed tougher mercury standards, told the EPA it needed to look again at how much mercury people get from fish and the harm from mercury.
Trump’s threats of violence should warn us what’s coming after impeachment
Republicans who are sick of being routinely embarrassed now have the perfect chance to flip on Trump
Adam Schiff terrifies Donald Trump and his Republican lackeys
Sen. Ron Johnson scrambles after accidentally becoming fourth GOP senator to support Bolton testimony
John Bolton told GOP donors that Trump is ‘mentally unstable’: report
Trump-loving pastor runs shady outreach program that literally gives black voters envelopes stuffed with cash
Trump fan who claimed Yovanovitch surveillance introduced himself as DEA agent: report
Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows tutoring GOP senators on what to ask in Q&A phase of impeachment trial: report
Trump trade blunder results in US’s ‘biggest strategic defeat’ since WW2: Newt Gingrich
Rick Wilson: Bolton’s bombshell has GOP terrified of a long trial that will ‘grind them into dust’
Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows tutoring GOP senators on what to ask in Q&A phase of impeachment trial: report
‘Getting the truth is irrelevant!’ Rick Santorum goes down in flames trying to defend Trump on CNN
GOP’s Doug Collins reveals Trump’s last line of defense: ‘No matter what happened the president did nothing wrong!’
Morning Joe warns senators to hear witnesses — or else: ‘Avalanche of incriminating information’ is coming before election
