Oliver Willis

GOP Rep brushes off town hall mom pleading for help for her heroin-addicted son

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) could not be bothered to address the concerns of a mother with a heroin-addicted son at a recent town hall meeting. The woman explained to Zeldin that her son is addicted to heroin, and that she is pleading with him to oppose any possible changes to the health care system that […]

By Oliver Willis - April 28, 2017

Collapse: Trump sending GOP towards dangerous “wave election that wipes his party out of power”

Evidence continues to mount that Donald Trump has so completely botched the early days of his presidency that he could face a major resistance-fueled election tsunami in the 2018 midterms. Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report notes that there currently exists “all the ingredients for a disastrous midterm election in 2018 for the GOP,” […]

By Oliver Willis - April 03, 2017

GOP Rep. Kevin Cramer claims emergency rooms are “universal health care”

Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) has repeatedly and falsely claimed that a law mandating hospital emergency rooms provide care to anyone who needs it is the same thing as “universal health care” — a cruel interpretation of the law that has become an article of faith for Republicans. Cramer, who may run against Democratic Senator Heidi […]

By Oliver Willis - May 18, 2017

Former Trump campaign manager is selling White House access to foreign governments

Corey Lewandowski, former campaign manager for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, is now selling access to Trump, Mike Pence, and other senior Trump administration officials to his prospective clients as part of his consulting firm, Washington East West Political Strategies. A document from the company obtained by Politico includes statements from Lewandowski saying he can arrange “meetings […]

By Oliver Willis - April 28, 2017

The Resistance in red: Democratic women storm the Capitol

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), along with other members of the Democratic Women’s Working Group, took to the steps of the U.S. Capitol in order to express solidarity with events held around the country and to highlight the importance of women workers to the economy. Wearing red and holding signs bearing sentiments like “Equal […]

By Oliver Willis - March 08, 2017

“She’s totally for the NRA”: Trump’s praise of Karen Handel won’t win over Georgia voters

Donald Trump took some time during his address to the NRA’s annual meeting in Atlanta to praise Karen Handel, the Republican candidate facing Democrat Jon Ossoff in the runoff for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. TRUMP: I’d like to congratulate Karen Handel on her incredible fight in Georgia six. The election takes place on June 20th — […]

By Oliver Willis - April 28, 2017

President Obama dunks on Trump: Obamacare “more popular than the current president!”

President Barack Obama marked the upcoming 100th day of Donald Trump’s presidency by noting his failure to repeal Obamacare, and how much more popular the law is than Trump. An attendee at a private speech given by Obama in Manhattan paraphrased his remarks to CNN: “The Affordable Care Act has never been more popular — and […]

By Oliver Willis - April 28, 2017

RNC and Fox get the vapors when Dem leader swears, forget their leader is Donald Trump

Donald Trump, the de facto head of the Republican Party, is infamous for his obscene language, his terrible treatment of women, and for bragging about sexual assault. Yet members of his party are purporting to be shocked and offended about a colorful but accurate attack from Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez. And their laughable attempt is […]

By Oliver Willis - April 03, 2017

Trump sent Omarosa to plead for help from civil rights group. It did not go well.

Omarosa Manigault, former reality television personality and current Trump administration official — ranked by TV Guide as one of the “60 nastiest villains of all time” — was dispatched by the White House to the National Action Network’s annual conference to sell attendees on Donald Trump. Manigault is the White House director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison, […]

By Oliver Willis - April 28, 2017

While Pence poses for cameras with U.S. allies, “President Bannon” meets in private to destroy them

Before Mike Pence flew to Brussels and declared that the United States was supportive of a “steadfast and enduring” commitment to the European Union, Reuters reports that Donald Trump’s Chief Strategist Steve Bannon met with Germany’s ambassador in Washington and gave a completely different message. The news service, quoting people familiar with the details of […]

By Oliver Willis - February 21, 2017

Russia helped Paul Ryan too

The Washington Post uncovered an audio recording of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) discussing the possibility that Donald Trump had been paid off by the Russian government. On the recording, McCarthy said, “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump.” According to the Post, “House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) immediately interjected, […]

By Oliver Willis - May 18, 2017

Trump praises North Korean dictator from the Oval Office while his administration prepares for war

Donald Trump praised North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un in an Oval Office interview, taking the unusual step of complimenting an oppressive leader while sitting in the ultimate seat of American power, even as his administration is sending alarming signals about its “military preparation” for possible action against North Korea. Speaking to Reuters, Trump said of […]

By Oliver Willis - April 28, 2017

Jason Chaffetz quits Congress, leaving a legacy of destruction and lies

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) is leaving Congress, possibly for a job at Fox News. If the rumors are true, his history of partisan attacks and skullduggery will be a perfect fit at the right-wing propaganda network. In a letter to his constituents, he announced his intention to resign, effective June 30. He explained that his “life […]

By Oliver Willis - May 19, 2017

Planned Parenthood pres: Ivanka “has a lot of responsibility” for her dad’s attacks on women’s rights

Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund, says that Ivanka Trump cannot evade responsibility for Donald Trump’s attacks on women’s rights, since she is now a part of his administration. Since occupying the presidency, Trump has at every turn chosen to erode and attack women’s rights, including […]

By Oliver Willis - April 27, 2017

Resistance win: Senate Democrats have the votes to block theft of SCOTUS seat

Democrats have put together enough votes in the Senate to filibuster the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Democrats needed 41 votes to deny Senate Republicans the 60 votes that are required to invoke cloture, which will allow the final vote on Gorsuch’s nomination to proceed. It is another win for the […]

By Oliver Willis - April 03, 2017

China approves Trump trademarks, now he can use the White House to profit from escort services, massage parlors

The Associated Press reports that China has approved 38 Trump-related trademarks, “paving the way for President Donald Trump and his family to develop a host of branded businesses from hotels to insurance to bodyguard and escort services.” China is the world’s largest market for luxury goods, so a trademark there could quickly become a profit […]

By Oliver Willis - March 08, 2017

GOP rep confirms new health care plan will leave people with pre-existing conditions worse off

Rep. Dan Donovan (R-NY) has confirmed that the revamped Republican health care plan is a disaster for people with pre-existing medical conditions. The plan is the second attempt from Donald Trump and Republicans, led by House Speaker Paul Ryan, to repeal Obamacare. The first version of their plan, which would have stripped health insurance from […]

By Oliver Willis - April 27, 2017

Pence recklessly allowed Mike Flynn into the White House while he was under investigation

Before Donald Trump was even sworn into office, his transition team knew Michael Flynn was under federal investigation and was thus a huge liability to the incoming administration. Yet he was appointed national security adviser anyway. Flynn reportedly told the Trump transition team — which was headed by Mike Pence — that he was being investigated for secretly […]

By Oliver Willis - May 18, 2017

Trump just put a $28 million opportunity to bribe him on the open market

Donald Trump has opened up yet another avenue of corruption by putting up for sale a $28 million mansion he owns on the Caribbean island of St. Martin, the Washington Post reports. The beachfront estate, La Chateau des Palmiers, was listed for sale in April by Sotheby’s International Realty, accompanied by an Instagram post making […]

By Oliver Willis - May 18, 2017

Smoking gun: Flynn took Russian money after Pentagon warned it was illegal

Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn was warned that he would be in violation of the law by taking payments from Russia’s state-owned RT network, but he did anyway. The House Oversight Committee recently released documents that shed new light on the behind-the-scenes communications between Flynn and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), a […]

By Oliver Willis - April 27, 2017

Paul Ryan’s belated declaration of “full confidence” in Trump couldn’t look worse

Speaker Paul Ryan confirmed to reporters that he now has “full confidence” in Donald Trump. Ryan, who expressed extreme skepticism about Trump during the presidential campaign, gave his full-throated endorsement of Trump during his weekly press briefing. Ryan’s new confidence comes in the midst of an incredible series of scandals unfolding before the public, from […]

By Oliver Willis - May 17, 2017

Pelosi exposes Ryan’s inability to govern, forces two losses in one day

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats backing her stood up to Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, and secured two major concessions after both men had made a lot of noise in the preceding weeks. Trump had initially insisted that funding for his ridiculous border wall be included in the short term […]

By Oliver Willis - April 27, 2017

Beginning of the end: DOJ closes in on Trump team for selling us out to Russia

Donald Trump and his team are in serious trouble now, thanks to relentless pressure from Democrats. The Department of Justice has appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to lead the investigation into Russia’s election meddling and the Trump campaign’s connection to that effort. Mueller served under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and […]

By Oliver Willis - May 17, 2017

How Trump’s SCOTUS pick would force the disabled “back into the segregated shadows of institutions”

Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Ed Markey (D-MA) held a press conference to “raise serious concerns about President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch’s anti-worker, pro-corporate record,” according to a press release. The Democrats pointed out that “Judge Gorsuch has consistently favored big money, powerful special interests over the rights of […]

By Oliver Willis - March 07, 2017

Trump pushes conspiracy: Anti-Semitic threats are false flag operation

Since the year has begun, a series of threats have been made against Jewish schools and community centers, while grave sites at Jewish cemeteries have been vandalized and defaced. Trump made his allegation during a meeting with state attorneys general, according to Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who was in attendance. Shapiro said that he brought […]

By Oliver Willis - February 28, 2017

Trump is losing support from voices conservatives trust

Donald Trump and his team have repeatedly lied to the media, on issues big and seemingly small. When they do not lie, they refuse to even answer emails from reporters who — despite knowing they are likely to be served up a whopper — do the right thing and ask them for comment anyway. Then, when those stories […]

By Oliver Willis - February 21, 2017

Trump Chumps: Media echoes Iraq War cheerleading by praising Trump’s empty speech

George W. Bush once infamously said, “Fool me once, shame on…shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.” But the mainstream media’s reaction to Donald Trump’s speech before Congress shows that in the case of the press in America, they are not only susceptible to being fooled time and again, but appear […]

By Oliver Willis - March 01, 2017

Senate Dems on GOP’s disastrous Obamacare replacement plan: “Hell no”

It took the Republican Party 2,541 days since its passage to legislatively introduce what they are presenting as a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. The “American Health Care Act” bill introduced by Republicans is a dud on arrival that rolls back a safety net millions of Americans rely on, in a process […]

By Oliver Willis - March 07, 2017

20 bomb threats against Jewish Americans in one day. Zero action from Trump.

At least 20 Jewish community centers and day schools received bomb threats on one day in 13 states — including Ann Arbor, MI; Staten Island, NY; Asheville, NC; Rockville, MD; and Fairfax, VA. The newest incidents are part of a wave of threats documented coast to coast since the beginning of the year. The Huffington Post reports that that […]

By Oliver Willis - February 27, 2017

Trump White House goes into media lockdown: No on-camera briefings as events spiral out of control

In the face of continuing controversy on multiple fronts, the Trump White House has not held an on-camera press briefing for over a week. The last on-camera briefing with the White House press corps was on February 27. Since then, Press Secretary Sean Spicer has held smaller, off-camera “gaggles” with the press, but has not represented […]

By Oliver Willis - March 06, 2017

Oliver Willis

Senior Reporter

GOP Rep brushes off town hall mom pleading for help for her heroin-addicted son

Collapse: Trump sending GOP towards dangerous “wave election that wipes his party out of power”

GOP Rep. Kevin Cramer claims emergency rooms are “universal health care”

Former Trump campaign manager is selling White House access to foreign governments

The Resistance in red: Democratic women storm the Capitol

“She’s totally for the NRA”: Trump’s praise of Karen Handel won’t win over Georgia voters

President Obama dunks on Trump: Obamacare “more popular than the current president!”

RNC and Fox get the vapors when Dem leader swears, forget their leader is Donald Trump

Trump sent Omarosa to plead for help from civil rights group. It did not go well.

While Pence poses for cameras with U.S. allies, “President Bannon” meets in private to destroy them

Russia helped Paul Ryan too

Trump praises North Korean dictator from the Oval Office while his administration prepares for war

Jason Chaffetz quits Congress, leaving a legacy of destruction and lies

Planned Parenthood pres: Ivanka “has a lot of responsibility” for her dad’s attacks on women’s rights

Resistance win: Senate Democrats have the votes to block theft of SCOTUS seat

China approves Trump trademarks, now he can use the White House to profit from escort services, massage parlors

GOP rep confirms new health care plan will leave people with pre-existing conditions worse off

Pence recklessly allowed Mike Flynn into the White House while he was under investigation

Trump just put a $28 million opportunity to bribe him on the open market

Smoking gun: Flynn took Russian money after Pentagon warned it was illegal

Paul Ryan’s belated declaration of “full confidence” in Trump couldn’t look worse

Pelosi exposes Ryan’s inability to govern, forces two losses in one day

Beginning of the end: DOJ closes in on Trump team for selling us out to Russia

How Trump’s SCOTUS pick would force the disabled “back into the segregated shadows of institutions”

Trump pushes conspiracy: Anti-Semitic threats are false flag operation

Trump is losing support from voices conservatives trust

Trump Chumps: Media echoes Iraq War cheerleading by praising Trump’s empty speech

Senate Dems on GOP’s disastrous Obamacare replacement plan: “Hell no”

20 bomb threats against Jewish Americans in one day. Zero action from Trump.

Trump White House goes into media lockdown: No on-camera briefings as events spiral out of control