ArchiveJuly 2018

If it’s a day ending in “y,” Republicans are feeling victimized. Today, it’s over the phony claim that Twitter is singling out conservative voices and somehow trying to silence them via a practice known as “shadow banning.” Now Trump is leading the parade of whiners and threatening the company. “Twitter ‘SHADOW BANNING’ prominent Republicans...

The Republican attempt to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is so absurd even Fox News legal analyst and Trump fan Andrew Napolitano is slamming the “embarrassing” and “baseless” move. During an appearance on Thursday morning’s edition of “Fox & Friends,” Napolitano slammed the campaign against Rosenstein, which has been an effort to...

Every day brings more bad news for American consumers and workers as companies struggle with the fallout from Trump’s needless trade war. On Wednesday, soft drink giant Coca-Cola suddenly announced that it will raise prices on its sodas because, thanks to Trump, it now costs more for Coke to produce aluminum cans. “Chief Executive James Quincey said the price move in North America was...

On Wednesday, CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins dared to ask Trump questions during a pool spray with the press corps Wednesday. The White House was not pleased with the reporter’s attempt to do her job. So it banned her from covering an event later that same day in the Rose Garden — an event that was otherwise open to the press. Collins says she was summoned to the office of...

Student rights advocates reacted angrily to news that Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is once again going to bat on behalf of for-profit colleges that swindle students. After freezing Obama-era guidelines that were designed to help students victimized by crooked schools, DeVos on Wednesday formalized the administration’s plan to deal with the widespread fraud. Under DeVos, defrauded...

Trump is allowing corruption to flourish as his administration engages in a “soft on crime” mentality when it comes to wealthy corporations. A new report from Public Citizen shows a significant decrease in fines and punishments levied on lawbreaking corporations as a  result of the Trump era’s lax enforcement. In 11 of 12 agencies the report looked at, the Trump administration...

The Trump administration is officially ordering U.S. attorneys to use racist, politically charged language when referring to immigrants. Instead of the term “undocumented immigrants,” the new directive instructs government lawyers to use the terminology preferred by racists, “illegal aliens.” The order sent out to U.S. attorneys’ offices came from the Trump Justice...

Rust Belt manufacturers are suffering big losses, thanks to Trump’s erratic trade agenda. Earnings are being slashed, costs are piling up, stock prices are falling, and hints of layoffs abound. Michigan-based Whirlpool this week blamed Trump’s escalating trade war for the company’s weak second-quarter earnings. Specifically, U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum have drastically...

Trump revealed his ugly racism once again by attacking Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams — who would be the first black woman governor in U.S. history if she wins in Georgia this November. In a tweet Wednesday morning congratulating Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp on his GOP primary victory, Trump instructed Kemp to “go win against the open border, crime loving opponent...

Fox News’ senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano believes that there is “an indication of a fraud” in the recently released audio recording of Trump arranging a payoff to cover up his affair with a Playboy model. Trump can be heard on the pre-election recording discussing how to arrange a payoff to American Media, the parent company of the National Enquirer, in order to quash...