Veteran progressive writer for Media Matters and Salon. Two books: "Lapdogs: How The Press Rolled Over for Bush," and "Bloggers On The Bus." Follow him on Twitter @ericboehlert.
Trump is angry that the death of his critic is receiving so much media attention.
By Eric Boehlert - August 28, 2018
Trump is helping the GOP ramp up its bullying campaign against tech companies.
By Eric Boehlert - August 28, 2018
NRA poster boy Rick Scott blamed everything he could think of — except guns — for the latest mass shootings in his state.
By Eric Boehlert - August 27, 2018
Trump shows heartless indifference to victims of gun rampages.
By Eric Boehlert - August 27, 2018
Trump prematurely raised the U.S. flag over the White House back to full staff, and reportedly refused to release a White House statement honoring McCain.
By Eric Boehlert - August 27, 2018
Nevermind that dismissing the attorney general would set off a full-blown crisis.
By Eric Boehlert - August 23, 2018
Trump’s campaign to discredit the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller is backfiring.
By Eric Boehlert - August 23, 2018
Trump is now trying to scare Americans out of supporting his impeachment.
By Eric Boehlert - August 23, 2018
Trump refuses to defend the U.S. from Russia’s ceaseless attacks.
By Eric Boehlert - August 22, 2018
‘This is clear evidence that the president committed crimes.’
By Eric Boehlert - August 22, 2018
The U.S. military depends on the help of local Iraqis — but Trump has barred almost all Iraqi refugees from entering America.
By Eric Boehlert - August 22, 2018
McConnell can’t get one-fifth of the GOP caucus to show up for his sham summer Senate session.
By Eric Boehlert - August 21, 2018
A fragile White House ego is driving the attacks on John Brennan.
By Eric Boehlert - August 21, 2018
There’s no Trump scandal the GOP isn’t willing to ignore.
By Eric Boehlert - August 20, 2018
Rep. Jim Jordan, the man who wants to be the next speaker of the House, is in the middle of a serious sex abuse scandal — and Republicans keep trying to shrug it off.
By Eric Boehlert - August 20, 2018
Trump would rather golf and rage-tweet than honor U.S. troops who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
By Eric Boehlert - August 20, 2018
Mitch McConnell demanded the Senate stay in session this August, but lots of Republicans aren’t showing up.
By Eric Boehlert - August 17, 2018
Republicans are increasingly desperate to blame the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with Russia on anyone besides the Trump campaign.
By Eric Boehlert - August 17, 2018
Members of the U.S. military are demanding accountability from Trump’s secretive advisers.
By Eric Boehlert - August 17, 2018
Federal investigators are now examining the Ohio State University sexual abuse scandal.
By Eric Boehlert - August 17, 2018
Trump’s irresponsible tariffs are forcing a storage safe manufacturer to close two plants and send more than 150 jobs to Mexico.
By Eric Boehlert - August 17, 2018
Trump’s minions are scrambling to please him on the campaign trail.
By Eric Boehlert - August 16, 2018
Trump only succeeded in giving Brennan a bigger platform.
By Eric Boehlert - August 16, 2018
‘I don’t know of a case where this has ever been done in the past.’
By Eric Boehlert - August 15, 2018
Candidates aren’t backing down on gun safety this year.
By Eric Boehlert - August 15, 2018
It looks like Trump’s ugly agenda could be sending a record number of Democrats to the voting booth.
By Eric Boehlert - August 15, 2018
The White House claims it’s allowed to ignore a directive from Congress on Russia and Crimea.
By Eric Boehlert - August 14, 2018
‘Mr. Trump is a white supremacist,’ says Rep. Frederica Wilson.
By Eric Boehlert - August 14, 2018
Bill Shine, former Fox executive and current Trump communications director, wants to change White House ethics rules so he can have back-channel chats with his old Fox cronies.
By Eric Boehlert - August 13, 2018
Trump’s oppression of immigrant communities is about racism, not law and order.
By Eric Boehlert - August 13, 2018