ArchiveMay 2019

The city of Sunland Park, New Mexico, issued a cease-and-desist letter on Tuesday to stop a privately funded group from building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border after the group failed to obtain the proper permits, according to KTSM. The construction company picked up an application but failed to fill it out completely. The intended 20-foot wall is also taller than allowed by city ordinances...

A college freshman was able to sneak onto the grounds of the Mar-a-Lago resort while Trump was in town, once again highlighting the major security risk Trump has created by using the facility as his so-called “winter White House.” The Palm Beach Post reported on Tuesday that Mark Lindblom, an 18-year-old student from the University of Wisconsin, snuck onto the grounds in November and...

Justice Clarence Thomas really wants to overturn Roe v. Wade, and he’s pleading for a case that will let him do so. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky. The decision covers two parts of an Indiana anti-choice law signed by then-Gov. Mike Pence. The Court punted on dealing with the Indiana law as a whole. While they let take...

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared, with much delight, that if there were a Supreme Court vacancy in the last year of Trump’s presidency, he’d happily fill it. At a Chamber of Commerce event in his home state of Kentucky, McConnell was asked by an audience member what he and the Republican caucus would do in the event there was a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020...

It seems pedophilia and sexual assault just aren’t that big a deal to Trump. Trump began his Wednesday morning with a series of tweets in which he said he has “nothing against” Roy Moore — the failed 2017 Republican Senate nominee in Alabama who is credibly accused of child molestation and sexual assault by multiple women — but that he doesn’t think Moore should run again...

Days before Memorial Day, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) skipped a hearing focused on veterans issues so he could attend a high-dollar fundraiser in Greensboro, North Carolina, according to a Monday report from WBTV. Tillis was not in the room when the Veterans Affairs Committee, of which he is a member, convened on the Wednesday before Memorial Day to discuss legislation dealing with veterans’...

Attorneys general from 51 states and territories are pleading with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to make it easier for wounded veterans to deal with their student loans, CNN reported on Saturday. But thus far, their pleas are falling on deaf ears. In a bipartisan May 24 letter, states are asking that the Education Department automatically forgive student loans of eligible veterans who are...

Trump chose to use Memorial Day as an opportunity to lie about his administration’s efforts to retrieve the remains of American soldiers killed in the Korean War. Trump spoke on Monday morning at a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, during which he boasted about his administration’s relations with North Korea and praised the regime’s dictator...

During an interview with Fox Business last Tuesday, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said Trump is “doing the right thing” with the trade war, even as she admitted that “our farmers are feeling the pinch.” Ernst went on CNN Sunday to talk more about the harm Trump’s policies are inflicting on farmers. “The tariffs are hurtful right now,” Ernst said. “This is...

Victims struggling to recover from a series of devastating natural disasters will continue to wait for much-needed aid, after a House Republican blocked a disaster relief bill for the second time in a week. On Tuesday, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) objected to passing the $19 billion disaster relief bill that the Senate passed by a vote of 85-8 last Thursday before leaving for the Memorial Day recess...