ArchiveNovember 2019

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter on Thursday demanding documents from the State Department as part of an investigation into a debunked right-wing conspiracy theory involving former Vice President Joe Biden. Graham, a fierce defender of Donald Trump, appears to have picked up the investigation Trump previously pressured Ukraine to launch. That...

A Republican legislator in South Carolina has proposed a new bill that would make it illegal for transgender individuals under 18 to receive hormonal treatments or gender confirmation surgery, according to a report from the Post and Courier. GOP State Rep. Stewart Jones compared the ban to a ban on cigarettes and alcohol in an interview with the Post and Courier, saying, “Somebody under 18...

Donald Trump spent an hour of his time Friday morning on “Fox & Friends” regurgitating falsehoods about the impeachment investigation and attacking witnesses who testified in the impeachment probe. Among the lies Trump pushed during the interview was the debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine has the hacked Democratic National Committee server — a claim that former Trump national...

Donald Trump once said he could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue and he wouldn’t lose any support. And House Republicans are intent on proving Trump’s theory right, as GOP lawmakers plan to stick with Trump despite being presented with irrefutable evidence that Trump tried to force a vulnerable ally to announce investigations that would benefit Trump politically by...

The Trump administration is actively pushing Americans using the Affordable Care Act exchange into “junk” health care plans that may not cover preexisting conditions or key benefits such as hospital stays, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Some looking for health care plans during open enrollment are being redirected to third-party sites selling so-called “short-term”...

A new campaign finance disclosure form filed by the Republican National Committee (RNC) shows that, on Oct. 29, the party spent $94,800 on “donor mementos” at the online bookstore Booksamillion.com. The filing was first flagged by New York Times reporter Nick Confessore on Thursday. According to Confessore, the mementos, a spokesperson confirmed, were part of their promotion of Donald...

The Environmental Protection Agency weakened a safety rule related to storing potentially dangerous chemicals, the Washington Post reported Thursday. The rule change means companies storing potentially explosive chemicals will no longer be required to take certain safety precautions that could prevent accidents. In addition, companies no longer have to make a list of the types of chemicals being...

Many Senate Republicans have dodged questions about the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, saying that they are staying neutral because they will likely be “jurors” in any impeachment trial. But according to a Politico report on Thursday, Trump has been hosting many of these same prospective “jurors” for a series of group lunches, part of an “intense...

Republican attempts to smear House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) backfired on Thursday. In a poster GOP lawmakers displayed at the impeachment hearings into Donald Trump, they attempted to accuse Schiff of not following House rules. However, their poster actually implied the opposite. “0 DAYS SINCE ADAM SCHIFF FOLLOWED HOUSE RULES,” read the sign, which was displayed...

The man who claimed to know more than the military generals again overruled his top Defense leadership on Thursday to restore the status of a sailor accused of war crimes. Last week, Donald Trump pardoned Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, reportedly against the wishes of top military leaders. Gallagher, a Navy SEAL, had been accused of war crimes in Iraq. A military court acquitted him of...