Kaili Joy Gray

Sen. Schumer says what we’re all thinking about Comey’s firing: “Cover-up”

The White House shocked the nation Tuesday night with the announcement that Donald Trump had fired FBI Director James Comey. But the announcement is only the beginning. The supposed justification for the firing — that Comey mishandled the bureau’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails by publicly trashing her — is not ringing true with anyone, […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 09, 2017

Morning Joe: Assaulting reporters is what happens in Trump’s America

It is disgusting, but not exactly surprising, that a Republican candidate would think it appropriate to physically assault a reporter for asking questions. After all, Donald Trump spent his entire campaign attacking the press and encouraging violence against those who criticized him. And on Wednesday night, Greg Gianforte, the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate in the special election […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 25, 2017

Sen. Van Hollen calls GOP “a threat to the integrity of our democracy”

The Senate hearing on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election revealed some terrifying and ugly truths about the very serious threats to our democracy — including from Donald Trump’s own team. During her testimony, former acting Attorney General Sally Yates repeatedly asserted that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was compromised and vulnerable to blackmail […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 09, 2017

Trump and Bannon save the White House Nazi sympathizer

Donald Trump’s taste in staff and advisers is most distasteful indeed. His administration is overwhelmingly white and male, and filled with extremely wealthy people who have no expertise whatsoever. Steve Bannon, the self-proclaimed leader of the so-called “alt-right” white nationalist movement, is Trump’s top strategist. Now, according to the Daily Beast, the two have “personally intervened” to […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 09, 2017

Spicer: Obama only warned Trump about Flynn because Obama is so sensitive

Donald Trump continues to this day to defend his selection of disgraced former general Michael Flynn as national security adviser, while still blaming his predecessor for his extremely poor decision. On Monday morning, Trump tweeted that Flynn had been vetted by the Obama administration, suggesting that Flynn’s access to highly classified information under Trump was somehow President […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 08, 2017

Mulvaney on cutting food stamps: What about his “grandchildren who aren’t here yet”?

Donald Trump’s proposed budget is a despicable attack on America’s most vulnerable citizens: women, the working class, children, and even people on disability. In a shocking exchange with Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Trump’s budget director, Mick Mulvaney, revealed a stunning contempt and lack of compassion for struggling everyday Americans, including the 44 million Americans who […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 24, 2017

Trump ignored Obama’s warning on Flynn, now blames Obama for the entire mess

Donald Trump continues to defend his hiring of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, despite the mounting pile of evidence that he and his team knew Flynn posed a threat to America’s national security. Among the Trump administration’s many defenses of the decision to hire Flynn, despite the knowledge that he was a foreign agent […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 08, 2017

White House official Ivanka Trump to go on “listening tour” of other White House officials

White House adviser Ivanka Trump is going on a listening tour to better understand the issues she has claimed are her specialty and particular passion: women’s issues and economic empowerment. But this is no ordinary listening tour. Trump isn’t setting out to listen to everyday Americans whose lives are affected by government policies — like Hillary Clinton did when she […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 08, 2017

Congressman asks Trump if Syria attack was a “head fake” to provide cover for Russian sanctions relief

California Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman has some strong words and scary questions for Donald Trump about the missile attack on Syria, via Facebook: Mr. President, you’re learning the hard way that navigating difficult policy issues from healthcare to foreign policy is actually complicated. That’s especially true with the myriad of conflicts and crises we face […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - April 07, 2017

Paul Ryan’s press secretary flat-out lies about GOP’s health repeal bill

House Republicans voted to repeal Obamacare this week and replace it with a hastily cobbled together mess of a bill that nobody supports. And they did it without even reading the bill or waiting for the Congressional Budget Office to calculate exactly how much this monstrosity will cost the country, which many of them admitted even while […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 06, 2017

Former CIA Director Brennan: “With every last ounce of devotion to this country, resist”

If you have been wondering why the investigations into Russia’s interference in our presidential election matters, former CIA Director John Brennan has a powerful answer. During the House Intelligence Committee’s hearing on the investigation, Rep. Denny Heck (D-WA) asked Brennan to explain — not just to the committee, but to all Americans — why it matters […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 23, 2017

Former CIA Director Brennan confirms contacts between Trump campaign and Russia

During the House’s hearing Tuesday on the Russia investigation task force, former CIA Director John Brennan confirmed what a growing number of scandalous revelations have been indicating all along: that there was contact between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign during the 2016 election. During questioning by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), who has served as acting chair […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 23, 2017

House Republicans just voted to destroy health care — and seal their fate in 2018

By a strictly partisan vote of 217-213, House Republicans passed their second attempt to repeal Obamacare since Donald Trump became president. The bill, which Speaker Paul Ryan rushed through without even waiting for the Congressional Budget Office to score it to calculate how much it will cost, is a disaster for the American people, especially those […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 04, 2017

GOP just did the unthinkable to steal a Supreme Court seat — and they will regret it in 2018

On the very same day that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2016, Republicans declared they would block any nominee President Obama named to take his place — and for a better part of a year, they did just that. They even said they would block any nominee by Hillary Clinton, if she […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - April 06, 2017

Chris Christie seems to be gunning for Mike Pence’s job. Or Trump’s.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie made quite a show of supporting Donald Trump during the 2016 election, a move that earned him widespread ridicule and resentment from his constituents, who already had a low opinion of him. At one point, Christie even had to deny that he was Trump’s “manservant,” after a New Yorker story reported that […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 22, 2017

GOP lawmaker: You don’t need Planned Parenthood, just get birth control at the grocery store

Rep. Glenn Grothman, a tea party Republican from Wisconsin, has some terrible and terribly ignorant ideas about how American families get by. And about grocery stores. At a town hall in 2015, Grothman encouraged shoppers to be on the look out for anyone they might suspect of fraudulently using government assistance, claiming that “some people are arranging their life to […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 03, 2017

Trump will not apologize to Israel for divulging its secrets and endangering its spies

Donald Trump’s reckless decision to share Israel’s password-only classified information with Russia has already had serious ramifications, including endangering the lives of Israeli spies and others who gather such information. It was a move that enraged Israeli officials, who said that it jeopardized the safety of its spies who are embedded in ISIS. It also concerned other American […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 22, 2017

Mitch McConnell decides to save himself instead of Trump’s border wall

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is not shy about flouting Senate rules and traditions to put his party before his country and constitutional obligations. He was perfectly willing to obstruct President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nomination for the better part of the year in order to steal the seat for the Republican Party. And when he […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 03, 2017

Fox praises Trump for not bowing to Saudi leaders — right before he bows and curtsies

Donald Trump made the unusual decision to spend his first 100 days in office traveling not to visit foreign leaders but to promote his own golf courses in the United States. Now, Trump is on his first international trip as president, in a journey that is ripe with potential for Trump to further embarrass himself and America on […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 20, 2017

Dem challenger has GOP so scared of losing safe Georgia seat, they’re dredging up bin Laden

Democrat Jon Ossoff is the young, unlikely challenger — endorsed by his former boss and civil rights hero Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) — who is surging in the polls, raising piles of money, and making Georgia’s 6th Congressional District competitive. And that has Republicans increasingly desperate and terrified of losing this reliably safe seat. Just look at […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - April 05, 2017

Spicer boasts about Trump “starting a tradition” of National Prayer Breakfast that dates back to 1953

The White House is fond of congratulating Donald Trump for supposedly historic actions and accomplishments that are in fact nothing of the sort. Senior adviser Kellyanne Conway wrote an op-ed praising her boss for his “historic” first 100 days in office because he signed 28 pieces of legislation. The problem with that claim is that […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 01, 2017

Watch Elizabeth Warren spell out exactly why Gorsuch does not belong on the Supreme Court

Senate Republicans are determined to steal the vacant Supreme Court and give it to Judge Neil Gorsuch — whose anti-woman record and remarks, even during his confirmation process, is deeply troubling — but Democrats are united in making sure they will not get their way without a fight. That is why Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) organized her fellow Democratic […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - April 04, 2017

Democrats were right: Investigation now officially includes White House cover-up

In a Friday afternoon already packed with incredibly bad news for Donald Trump and his team comes yet another bombshell that proves skeptical Democrats have been right all along. When the White House announced the firing of FBI Director James Comey, Democrats quickly dismissed the offered excuse: that Comey was fired because of his mishandling of the investigation […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 19, 2017

Nazi sympathizer ousted from White House will get new government job

For Donald Trump, who has faced extensive criticism for his anti-Semitic dog whistles, tweets, and of course for choosing unapologetic white nationalist Steve Bannon as one of his top advisers, hiring Sebastian Gorka to advise Trump on counterterrorism was always an odd choice. Gorka, according to a report by The Forward, is a member of the Hungarian […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 01, 2017

Trump assured Russians he’d taken care of “nut job” Comey to shut down investigation

It appears that during his Oval Office meeting with top Russian officials, Donald Trump gave away more than highly classified intelligence. He also gave away the game. According to the New York Times, during Trump’s meeting with Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, and Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey I. Kislyak, he explained why he […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 19, 2017

Trump’s die-hard supporters are just fine with him giving classified intelligence to Russia

Here is the good news: A majority of Americans do not approve of Donald Trump betraying a close ally to share Israel’s top secrets with Russia. The bad news is that even on this, some of his most fervent supporters still stand with him. A new Politico/Morning Consult poll found that 58 percent of respondents do not approve […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - May 19, 2017

To hell and back: My first 100 days of Donald Trump’s so-called presidency

At the very moment Donald Trump became president of the United States, I was drunk on a beach, trying to pretend it wasn’t happening. Like everyone I know, and millions of Americans I don’t, I’d spent the two months since Election Day swinging uncontrollably between utter hopelessness and gut-wrenching fear. I cried a lot. I drank a […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - April 29, 2017

Trump’s new pick for Health and Human Services wants to ban birth control

Donald Trump ran for president on a viciously anti-woman platform, threatening to appoint anti-abortion judges to the court, defund Planned Parenthood, fight to overturn Roe v. Wade, and repeal Obamacare — which particularly benefits women. And now he has named Charmaine Yoest, one of the most prominent and radical anti-abortion activists in the country, to be assistant secretary […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - April 28, 2017

New poll proves women are leading the resistance

The resistance to Donald Trump’s presidency started almost immediately, with historically large women’s marches taking place across the country the day after his inauguration. But the marches in January were only the beginning. Huffington Post reports on a new poll with some striking results about Democratic women’s enthusiasm and involvement in the resistance: Although their overall […]

By Kaili Joy Gray - April 02, 2017

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Sen. Schumer says what we’re all thinking about Comey’s firing: “Cover-up”

Morning Joe: Assaulting reporters is what happens in Trump’s America

Sen. Van Hollen calls GOP “a threat to the integrity of our democracy”

Trump and Bannon save the White House Nazi sympathizer

Spicer: Obama only warned Trump about Flynn because Obama is so sensitive

Mulvaney on cutting food stamps: What about his “grandchildren who aren’t here yet”?

Trump ignored Obama’s warning on Flynn, now blames Obama for the entire mess

White House official Ivanka Trump to go on “listening tour” of other White House officials

Congressman asks Trump if Syria attack was a “head fake” to provide cover for Russian sanctions relief

Paul Ryan’s press secretary flat-out lies about GOP’s health repeal bill

Former CIA Director Brennan: “With every last ounce of devotion to this country, resist”

Former CIA Director Brennan confirms contacts between Trump campaign and Russia

House Republicans just voted to destroy health care — and seal their fate in 2018

GOP just did the unthinkable to steal a Supreme Court seat — and they will regret it in 2018

Chris Christie seems to be gunning for Mike Pence’s job. Or Trump’s.

GOP lawmaker: You don’t need Planned Parenthood, just get birth control at the grocery store

Trump will not apologize to Israel for divulging its secrets and endangering its spies

Mitch McConnell decides to save himself instead of Trump’s border wall

Fox praises Trump for not bowing to Saudi leaders — right before he bows and curtsies

Dem challenger has GOP so scared of losing safe Georgia seat, they’re dredging up bin Laden

Spicer boasts about Trump “starting a tradition” of National Prayer Breakfast that dates back to 1953

Watch Elizabeth Warren spell out exactly why Gorsuch does not belong on the Supreme Court

Democrats were right: Investigation now officially includes White House cover-up

Nazi sympathizer ousted from White House will get new government job

Trump assured Russians he’d taken care of “nut job” Comey to shut down investigation

Trump’s die-hard supporters are just fine with him giving classified intelligence to Russia

To hell and back: My first 100 days of Donald Trump’s so-called presidency

Trump’s new pick for Health and Human Services wants to ban birth control

New poll proves women are leading the resistance