AuthorMike Stankiewicz

The Trump administration must allow doctors into migrant detention centers in El Paso and Rio Grande Valley, Texas to make sure children are being held in clean and safe conditions, a federal judge has ruled according to CNN.  Last week, prosecutors asked a U.S. district court allow doctors to evaluate the detained children’s living conditions, following reports that children and families were...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has come up with another excuse to steal Supreme Court seats from Democrats in case his own party loses the White House next year. McConnell said Thursday that should a Democrat defeat Trump next year and a Supreme Court seat become available in 2021 under the GOP-controlled Senate, he would give a hearing and a vote on the nominee — but that they would...

Yet another top Trump administration official is out, this one, a top official at the EPA with conflicts of interest with the dirty energy sector.  William Wehrum, the assistant administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air and Radiation, who implemented rollbacks of Obama-era clean air regulations, is stepping down at the end of June, the administration said...

Trump is a little picky about which inhumane regime he is comfortable with obtaining nuclear weapons.  The White House announced on Monday new international banking and financial sanctions on Iran after the country shot down a U.S. military drone last week. The Trump administration also claims Iran was behind the attacks on two oil tankers earlier this month.  The true motivation for the...

The Trump administration is refusing to act on Kellyanne Conway’s constant lawbreaking, and a House committee chairman has had enough. The Office of Special Counsel (OSC), which is headed by a Trump appointee, announced Thursday that Conway repeatedly violated the Hatch Act, a law prohibiting certain federal employees from “engaging in partisan political activity” while in their official...

Trump’s reckless disregard for humanity and congressional authority has forced even some Republicans to act. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) will vote in support of 22 disapproval resolutions, each of which will block one of Trump’s arms sales benefiting Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to The Hill. Four other Republican senators, Rand Paul (KY), Lindsey Graham (SC) and Todd Young (IN)...

The man who asked for and received damaging information on his political opponent says he’d do it again. During a Wednesday night interview with ABC, Trump admitted he would, again, welcome damaging information on his 2020 political opponents if offered by foreign, potentially hostile, government: “I think you might want to listen. There isn’t anything wrong with listening. If...

A new poll has Trump faring poorly against all of the top Democratic candidates, the latest in a series of red flags that are sending Trump into a panic over his reelection chances. The Quinnipiac University national poll had Trump losing against every candidate polled. Former Vice President Joe Biden bested Trump 53% to 40%; Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) 49% to 41%; Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) 49%...

Apparently unsatisfied with the amount of lives already destroyed under his watch, former Speaker Paul Ryan regrets not fully completing his dreams of dismantling safety net programs and giving Trump his wall. Before a conference hosted by the Edison Electric Institute Monday, Ryan lamented that he was unsuccessful in destroying these programs millions of Americans rely on. “One thing I...

North Carolina Republicans lied to a federal judge about how they rigged state elections, according to new court documents. Common Cause, a voting rights group, is suing the state’s Republican lawmakers for creating gerrymandered legislative maps, made by contorting district lines to favor their party. The group previously sued the lawmakers for the same reason for maps drawn in 2011, and...