Kaili Joy Gray

Comey’s terrifying warning: Russia is “coming after America” and Trump doesn’t care

We learned a lot from former FBI Director James Comey about Donald Trump’s attempts to shut down the investigation into Russia and Comey’s subsequent firing when he refused to comply. But Comey’s statement to the Senate Intelligence Committee that Trump appeared to show no interest in Russia’s nefarious attempts to hack our democracy is perhaps the […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - June 08, 2017

Comey: “I was fired because of the Russia investigation”

In the first moments of his testimony, former FBI Director James Comey said the White House’s various spins on the reason for his firing were “lies, plain and simple.” When asked by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) why he thinks he was really fired, Comey again did not mince words at all. As Trump confirmed himself, it […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - June 08, 2017

Comey hits the White House hard: “Those were lies, plain and simple.”

Only minutes into his testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, former FBI Director James Comey came out swinging. He condemned Donald Trump’s White House for defaming him and, more importantly to Comey, for defaming the FBI itself. During his opening statement, Comey condemned the administration for its attacks and for the incredulous justifications it offered for Comey’s firing. […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - June 08, 2017

Majority of Americans worry Trump is “too friendly” with Russia

Donald Trump’s Russia problems are not going away, no matter how furiously he tweets about it. A new poll from Quinnipiac University, filled with bad news on top of more bad news for the president, shows just how big his Russia problems are. A huge majority — 68 percent — are either “very” or “somewhat” concerned […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - June 07, 2017

Acting FBI director refuses to say whether Trump asked Comey for his loyalty

The evidence that Donald Trump may have inappropriately asked James Comey to pledge his loyalty to the president, in an attempt to derail the FBI’s investigation into Trump’s Russian ties, continues to grow. During Wednesday’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, a telling exchange between Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe raised even more serious questions. When […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - June 07, 2017

Intel chiefs to testify after Trump pressured them to shut down Russia probe

This week, Donald Trump’s attempts to shut down investigations into his team’s possible ties to Russia are coming back to bite him with a vengeance. In addition to failed attempts to solicit loyalty from the FBI director, who refused to give it and was subsequently fired, Trump reportedly also sought help from other intelligence officials to […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - June 07, 2017

Watch Jon Ossoff bust Karen Handel for cutting off funding for breast cancer screenings

Georgia Republican Karen Handel has a terrible record on women’s health. In addition to being an anti-women’s health extremist, she nearly destroyed the breast cancer foundation Susan G. Komen for the Cure by pushing for her anti-Planned Parenthood agenda. And in their first debate for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, Democrat Jon Ossoff called her out […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - June 06, 2017

Watch Republican leaders laugh off Jared Kushner investigation

You would not think that the spotlight on Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, would be a laughing matter in the White House. You would be wrong. During a White House meeting with Trump and several congressional GOP leaders, to discuss the GOP’s attack on health care, the president “joked” about his son-in-law’s newfound fame: TRUMP: I’d like to […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - June 06, 2017

White House in fierce fight with itself on whether Trump’s tweets are from the president

The White House has made it clear that Donald Trump’s tweets should not be taken seriously. Or literally. Except for when they should. The question of whether statements from the president are in fact presidential statements, even when issued on Twitter, became even more confused during White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s Tuesday briefing. REPORTER: A […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - June 06, 2017

Trump outraged his own team tried to make his Muslim ban seem less racist

The latest White House strategy to have lawyers vet Donald Trump’s tweets to prevent him from being his own worst enemy is not going so well. On Monday morning, despite the best efforts of his administration to argue that Trump’s Muslim ban is not in fact a ban at all, Trump, in typical fashion, issued an early […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - June 05, 2017

GOP lawmaker: Millions who lose health care will “simply choose not to be insured”

California Rep. Darrell Issa, like most of his fellow House Republicans, voted for the disastrous bill to repeal Obamacare and force 23 million people to lose their health coverage. But according to Issa, under the bill he supports, people won’t really lose insurance — even though that is exactly what the Congressional Budget Office reported. Instead, according […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - June 03, 2017

Chuck Grassley admits he has no idea what his taxpayer-funded health insurance costs

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is a fairly typical Republican. Like the rest of his party, he is eager to deprive millions of Americans access to affordable health care they would not have without Obamacare. Maybe his eagerness is based on the fact that he has absolutely no idea how health insurance works or what it […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - June 02, 2017

Tax Day Resistance: tens of thousands march to tell Trump to come clean

Donald Trump headed out of town to spend another long weekend at his Florida estate — his seventh trip there since taking office — at an estimated cost to taxpayers of $3.6 million. Not that anyone would blame him for wanting to avoid the protesters who gathered in front of the U.S. Capitol on April 15 to demand the president […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - April 15, 2017

Mike Pence baffled that ‘for some reason’ people care about climate change

The entire world, from European allies to corporations like Exxon, is utterly horrified at Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement. It should not be difficult to understand why. Climate change is a crisis that nearly every country on the planet agreed to address together. But inside Trump world, concerns […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - June 02, 2017

House Freedom Caucus leader admits Republicans are getting “annihilated” at town halls

Republicans seized control of the House in 2010 on a wave of angry anti-Obamacare enthusiasm, but times have changed, and the act that expanded coverage to millions of Americans and lowered the cost of health care is more popular than ever and supported by a majority of voters. Now that Republicans control the White House […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - April 14, 2017

Democratic women senators not allowed to meet with Trump’s pick for stolen SCOTUS seat

The Republican Party’s unprecedented theft of a Supreme Court seat is reason enough for Senate Democrats to oppose Donald Trump’s illegitimate nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch. But the White House’s refusal to make Gorsuch available to even meet with some Democratic senators to answer their questions leaves them no choice but to vote no. According to Huffington Post, […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - March 31, 2017

GOP lawmaker caves to constituents on support for Planned Parenthood

What a difference a few weeks — and a ton of anger from constituents — can make. In April, Republican Rep. Leonard Lance was on the receiving end of what HuffPost described as a “verbal beating” from his New Jersey constituents, after he tried very unsuccessfully to dodge his own spotty record on support for Planned Parenthood. […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 31, 2017

Latest Comey revelations have Democrats talking impeachment. Republicans? Crickets

On Monday, we learned that Donald Trump had violated the trust of a close ally by releasing classified information shared with the United States to Russian officials. Contradicting denials from his own top aides, Trump confirmed the story in a bizarre and unfinished Twitter rant Tuesday morning. Only a day later, the New York Times has another […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 16, 2017

Donald Trump just killed family planning for millions of Americans

Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans swore they would immediately repeal Obamacare and replace it with, as House Speaker Paul Ryan vaguely describes it, “a better way.” But their attempt to do so was a colossal failure, with the president openly declaring war on House Republicans who did not want to go along with his […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - April 13, 2017

Senate intel cyber expert identifies “unwitting agents” of Russia: WikiLeaks, Twitter, and media

Dr. Thomas Rid, a professor in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London and an expert on information technology, testified to the Senate Intelligence Committee on the extensive reach and ability of Russia to use entities and “overeager journalists” to spread disinformation during the 2016 election. The “art,” Rid said, of using “unwitting agents,” […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - March 30, 2017

Ivanka Trump’s “moderating influence” fails again — this time on Paris climate deal

Ivanka Trump cares about climate change. Sort of. At least, that is what she would have us believe. Climate change, vague notions of “women’s empowerment,” and other causes she suddenly discovered she cared about when her father was running for president. But it seems that Donald Trump does not much care for his daughter’s concern […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 31, 2017

Trump humiliates his own administration for the second time in a week

After several members of the Trump administration carefully denied the explosive story that Donald Trump had revealed highly classified information from a close ally to Russia, Donald Trump took to Twitter to tell the real story. And the real story, according to the president, is that he certainly did do the things his defenders said he did […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 16, 2017

Trump invites women to White House to explain the significance of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony

Donald Trump — who has opposed equal pay, insulted women’s appearances countless times over the years, and most horrifically, was exposed, on a tape revealed during the 2016 election, bragging about sexual assault — was in fine form at his Women’s Empowerment Panel at the White House. Without a trace of irony, the president “educated” the female audience about […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - March 29, 2017

Trump and Putin unite in eerily similar attack on Democrats

Donald Trump has a theory about the 2016 election. He has many theories, in fact, some of which contradict each other, but one of his favorites is that the overwhelming evidence that Russia meddled in the 2016 election is “fake news” from bitter Democrats. Trump resumed trumpeting this almost immediately upon his return from his […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 30, 2017

Bad news for Trump: Huge majority of Americans wants independent investigation

Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress keep trying to make questions about Russia’s involvement in our election go away, but so far, they are failing miserably. A new NBC/WSJ poll shows that voters want an investigation, despite claims by various White House officials, and Trump himself, that the investigation “should be over.” But voters do not believe Congress is up to […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 14, 2017

Red state Dems say no to Gorsuch, refuse to surrender stolen Supreme Court seat without a fight

Senate Republicans are steamrolling ahead with their plan to give the Supreme Court seat they stole from President Obama to Donald Trump’s appointee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, with a confirmation vote scheduled for April 7. But a growing number of Senate Democrats are sending a clear message of resistance and vowing to filibuster the nomination. As […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - March 29, 2017

Morning Joe: “Mike Pence needs to apologize to America. He lied.”

Donald Trump and his White House have offered a number of conflicting explanations and timelines about the decision to fire FBI Director James Comey. The one thing that has become abundantly clear is that the administration is not being honest with the American people. And it looks more and more every day like a massive […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 11, 2017

Trump gives thumbs up to his body-slamming “friend” Greg Gianforte at G7 summit

While many Americans might be rightfully horrified that Montana Republican Greg Gianforte assaulted a reporter, which he admitted only after he won Thursday’s special election, Donald Trump is still an enthusiastic supporter. According to NBC News national correspondent Peter Alexander, Trump offered unsolicited praise of Gianforte’s win during a G7 event in Italy, giving a thumbs […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 26, 2017

Trump praises murderous dictators, but calls close democratic ally “evil”

Few things thrill and inspire Donald Trump more than brutal dictators, alive or dead. He has praised everyone from Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte — who has ordered the slaughter of his own people — to Saddam Hussein. He and his cabinet have had nothing but praise for Saudi Arabia, and his administration has called Russia an “ally.” But during […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 25, 2017

Yet another court rules that Trump’s Muslim ban is obviously a ban on Muslims

Another day, another gut punch of bad news for Donald Trump and his flailing administration. This time, the bad news comes from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, which refused to lift the injunction on Trump’s so-called “travel ban” that not-at-all coincidentally bans travel from Muslim-dominant countries. And, as three other courts have previously ruled, this is […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 25, 2017

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Comey’s terrifying warning: Russia is “coming after America” and Trump doesn’t care

Comey: “I was fired because of the Russia investigation”

Comey hits the White House hard: “Those were lies, plain and simple.”

Majority of Americans worry Trump is “too friendly” with Russia

Acting FBI director refuses to say whether Trump asked Comey for his loyalty

Intel chiefs to testify after Trump pressured them to shut down Russia probe

Watch Jon Ossoff bust Karen Handel for cutting off funding for breast cancer screenings

Watch Republican leaders laugh off Jared Kushner investigation

White House in fierce fight with itself on whether Trump’s tweets are from the president

Trump outraged his own team tried to make his Muslim ban seem less racist

GOP lawmaker: Millions who lose health care will “simply choose not to be insured”

Chuck Grassley admits he has no idea what his taxpayer-funded health insurance costs

Tax Day Resistance: tens of thousands march to tell Trump to come clean

Mike Pence baffled that ‘for some reason’ people care about climate change

House Freedom Caucus leader admits Republicans are getting “annihilated” at town halls

Democratic women senators not allowed to meet with Trump’s pick for stolen SCOTUS seat

GOP lawmaker caves to constituents on support for Planned Parenthood

Latest Comey revelations have Democrats talking impeachment. Republicans? Crickets

Donald Trump just killed family planning for millions of Americans

Senate intel cyber expert identifies “unwitting agents” of Russia: WikiLeaks, Twitter, and media

Ivanka Trump’s “moderating influence” fails again — this time on Paris climate deal

Trump humiliates his own administration for the second time in a week

Trump invites women to White House to explain the significance of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony

Trump and Putin unite in eerily similar attack on Democrats

Bad news for Trump: Huge majority of Americans wants independent investigation

Red state Dems say no to Gorsuch, refuse to surrender stolen Supreme Court seat without a fight

Morning Joe: “Mike Pence needs to apologize to America. He lied.”

Trump gives thumbs up to his body-slamming “friend” Greg Gianforte at G7 summit

Trump praises murderous dictators, but calls close democratic ally “evil”

Yet another court rules that Trump’s Muslim ban is obviously a ban on Muslims