Tommy Christopher

NY Times is very proud of itself for calling a Trump lie a “lie”

Unpopularly-elected President Donald Trump continued to demonstrate his insecurity over the crisis of legitimacy that hangs over his presidency by repeating the lie that millions of undocumented immigrants cast votes for Hillary Clinton. The New York Times covered the remarks, made at a White House reception for congressional leaders, using the headline “Trump Repeats Lie About Popular […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 24, 2017

Trump cites Keystone in his “American Steel” promise, then exempts Keystone from being made in America

Shareblue has long established that Donald Trump’s promises are not worth the unsecured Android phone they are tweeted from, but the latest example of this is stunning because it cuts so deeply at one of Trump’s core appeals to his less-ideological supporters. During his address to a joint session of Congress this week, Trump promised […]

By Tommy Christopher - March 03, 2017

Hillary Clinton and her team tried to warn us about Trump’s ties to Russia

This week has seen some truly stunning revelations about President-elect Donald Trump and the help he received from the Russian government in securing his electoral victory, including allegations that Russia compromised Trump, and may have colluded with his associates in their campaign to influence the election. Although Hillary Clinton has largely stayed out of public view […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 12, 2017

A reporter finally stands up to the Trump administration’s bullying of the press

The Trump administration’s campaign to intimidate and bully the press was perhaps best exemplified when CNN’s Jim Acosta (who has not gotten a question in since Sean Spicer’s first briefing) was shut down by Donald Trump, and prevented from asking a question. Since then, the White House press have largely been cowed by threats to […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 09, 2017

White House reveals Trump was not in the Situation Room during his first military raid

Donald Trump’s first counter-terrorist military action as Commander-in-Chief was a raid on an al Qaeda compound in Yemen that tragically resulted in the death of U.S. Navy Seal Chief William “Ryan” Owens, as well as other injuries to service members and, reportedly, double-digit civilian casualties. Already, military sources have been saying that the raid was the product of […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 02, 2017

Watch Trump and the Russians share the same talking points two more times

Donald Trump received short-lived praise this week because he managed to stick to a script for an hour or so, but little attention is being paid to the script he apparently shares with Russian government spokespeople. Following Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recusal in the wake of revelations that he lied at his Senate confirmation hearing, […]

By Tommy Christopher - March 03, 2017

Report: Trump doesn’t know what the nuclear New START Treaty is

During the presidential election, Donald Trump demonstrated his ignorance many times, including when he referenced something he called the “START-Up” treaty at a debate with Hillary Clinton, and got the details of the actual treaty (the 2010 New START Treaty) completely wrong: Wallace: Do you condemn their interference? Trump: Of course I condemn, of course […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 09, 2017

Kellyanne Conway wants commentators who “talked smack” about Trump to be fired

On Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked White House counselor Kellyanne Conway about Donald Trump Chief Strategist and white nationalist Steve Bannon’s suggestion that the media “keep its mouth shut.” After complaining about media outlets reporting on her absurd characterization of lies as “alternative facts,” Conway took Bannon’s notion a good deal further by calling […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 29, 2017

Gorsuch’s private, whispered criticism of Trump is proof of cowardice, not independence

Judge Neil Gorsuch made news by telling Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), in a private meeting, that he finds Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on the judicial branch “disheartening” and “demoralizing,” a mild condemnation, at best. While the corporate media and Republicans are tripping over themselves to credit Gorsuch with an unearned streak of “independence,” Senate Democratic Leader […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 09, 2017

Marco Rubio destroys Trump Secretary of State nominee for refusing to say Putin is a war criminal

As we have reported, Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson faces many challenges to his confirmation, and one of the biggest was on full display at Wednesday’s hearing. Despite endorsing now-President-elect Donald Trump after calling him “dangerous” during the presidential campaign, Senator Marco Rubio came out swinging against Tillerson over his ties to Russia. Rubio’s exchanges […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 11, 2017

White House press corps fails at calling out Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s lies

Lost amid the absurdity of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s lies at Saturday’s briefing and White House counselor Kellyanne Conway’s Orwellian attempts to re-brand those lies as “alternative facts” was the fact that both Spicer and Conway explicitly threatened the press’ access if they continued to call them out. At Spicer’s first full briefing […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 23, 2017

THIS IS HAPPENING: Lots of people are wondering if Trump can pardon himself

Given the net that is closing in on Russia’s involvement in electing now-President Donald Trump, and possible collusion between Trump associates and the Russian government, it is natural that people might be curious if the presidential pardon power could be used to self-pardon. And as I discovered Monday morning, that curiosity is already being reflected […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 23, 2017

Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee is in a heap of ethics trouble

Shareblue has covered, in great detail, why President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services-designate Tom Price is a nightmare of a selection with very troubling and regressive views. Now, a series of escalating ethics scandals could scuttle Price’s nomination altogether. As reported by CNN, Price reportedly bought stocks in a medical device company right before […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 17, 2017

Trump shuts down CNN reporter at press conference: “You’re fake news!”

At what the corporate media generously described as a “press conference,” President-elect Donald Trump — who spent only 34-and-a-half minutes answering a handful of questions — again displayed the remarkable hostility he uses to intimidate the press when he shut down CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s attempt to get a question in: ACOSTA: Since you’re attacking us? […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 11, 2017

Panicked White House shuts off cameras, shuts out major news outlets from briefing

Donald Trump’s administration has been caught attempting to collude with the FBI to quash a story about the Trump campaign’s communications with Russia, and they have escalated their response to include a press blackout. At noon on Friday, the following update was made to the White House’s daily press schedule (via email from The White […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 24, 2017

Watch all 23 times Obama spoke about our democracy in his farewell address

President Barack Obama leaves office with a historic approval rating and a long list of important accomplishments, and while his farewell address Tuesday night recounted some of the notable progress of the past eight years and maintained a still-hopeful outlook, it was also suffused with a clear theme: https://twitter.com/aseitzwald/status/819015675612188674 In reality, the President used the […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 11, 2017

Trump lies about murder rate, tells law enforcement he will give them “the weapons that you need”

Donald Trump found himself in familiar territory when he told this whopper of a lie to a group of sheriffs during a meeting at the White House: And yet the murder rate in our country is the highest it’s been in 47 years. Right? Did you know that? 47 years. I used to use that, […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 08, 2017

Trump’s new executive order proves his “secret plan” to defeat ISIS never existed

Unpopularly-elected and Russia-installed President Donald Trump has proven himself a liar repeatedly during his first week in office, and he is not taking the weekend off, either. In a stunning bit of self-exposure, Trump signed an order Saturday evening calling on military leaders to bring him a plan to defeat ISIS within 30 days of […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 28, 2017

FBI colluded with Trump White House. The time for an independent investigation is now.

Donald Trump’s White House is desperately trying to spin its way out of a bombshell CNN report which revealed that the administration tried to lean on the FBI to refute a story about Team Trump’s contacts with Russia, but succeeded only in deepening the scandal. The timeline for this current scandal is important, because it reveals […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 24, 2017

Trump tweets about Ivanka’s Nordstrom troubles 21 minutes into his intel briefing

As we have previously noted, Donald Trump’s daily schedule does not contain the “Presidential Daily Briefing” that his predecessors received. But even during his so-called “daily intelligence briefing,” it seems he is barely paying attention. Actor and former Obama administration White House staffer Kal Penn flagged this disturbing bit of activity Wednesday morning: White House […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 08, 2017

Standing up to historically unpopular Trump drives Saturday Night Live to historic popularity

Donald Trump’s dismal disapproval numbers are spiking, and support for his impeachment is surging, but his unpopularity is good news for sketch comedy institution Saturday Night Live, which has soared to new heights by defying Trump’s repeated attacks on the show. SNL kicked off this week’s episode with a cutting Oval Office spoof, but the highlight […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 08, 2017

Every attendee at Trump’s Black History Month event was part of his campaign or administration

Donald Trump’s “African American History Month listening session” in the Roosevelt Room of the White House was an odd spectacle to begin with, coming from this particular administration and on the heels of David Duke’s effusive and repulsive endorsement of Trump’s Supreme Court pick. The meeting featured Trump “honoring” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 01, 2017

FBI Director James Comey laughably testifies he would never publicly comment on an investigation

Anyone who followed the last weeks of the presidential campaign that saw now-President-elect Donald Trump badly beaten in the popular vote and eking out a 70,000-vote margin in key states knows that any undue interference would have been enough to swing the election in Trump’s favor. There were two major things that have been cited as […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 10, 2017

David Duke tweets vile anti-Semitic praise for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee

Just minutes after Donald Trump announced his nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court seat that was stolen from Merrick Garland, former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan David Duke took to Twitter to engage in a repugnant celebration of the pick — explicitly because Gorsuch is not Jewish: https://twitter.com/DrDavidDuke/status/826606635225325568 Of course, of […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 01, 2017

CBO report: The GOP’s planned repeal of Obamacare would devastate Americans

Repealing Obamacare is a worse idea than anyone could have imagined, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office. The depth and severity of the results will be difficult to convey in headlines and soundbites. To cut through some of the likely confusion, here is a brief breakdown of what the report says. The report finds that […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 17, 2017

In 2017, we must ask if this White House thinks ANY civil rights are federal issues

The Trump administration’s rescission of President Obama’s guidance on transgender students’ use of restrooms and locker rooms in schools is worryingly reminiscent of the “states’ rights” point of view. And the White House has now cast doubt on whether it believes any civil rights are worthy of federal protection. Press Secretary Sean Spicer revived a familiar […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 24, 2017

David Duke swoons over Trump presser: “We understand. We realize.”

As Shareblue reported, prominent Ku Klux Klan alum David Duke tweeted his approval of Donald Trump’s bizarre and troubling press conference, at which Trump attacked and harassed Jewish reporter Jake Turx and Black journalist April Ryan. And on his radio program the morning after the press event, Duke had even more to say about Trump’s […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 17, 2017

Trump was absent from Situation Room during his own version of bin Laden raid

At a White House briefing last week, Press Secretary Sean Spicer was asked where Donald Trump was during the operation in Yemen that tragically resulted in the death of U.S. Navy Seal Chief William “Ryan” Owens, as well as other injuries to service members and, reportedly, double-digit civilian casualties that included children. Spicer gave this stunning […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 07, 2017

Hot mic catches CNN reporter’s colleagues snickering at Hillary Clinton during inauguration coverage

Everything you need to know about the corporate media’s treatment of Hillary Clinton is contained in this clip, in which CNN’s John King shouts a question at Clinton as his colleagues snicker in the background: Let us never forget that despite all she faced, Hillary Clinton still got almost 3 million more votes than President-elect Donald […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 20, 2017

Trump nominee Rex Tillerson to face questioning over fossil fuel industry’s climate change cover-up

In just a few days, Secretary of State-designate and former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson is scheduled to be deposed in a lawsuit, which will enable him to be questioned on allegations that his company knew about its contribution to climate change for decades, but covered it up: “The thing about this guy, is that he […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 10, 2017

Tommy Christopher

Freelance Political Writer

NY Times is very proud of itself for calling a Trump lie a “lie”

Trump cites Keystone in his “American Steel” promise, then exempts Keystone from being made in America

Hillary Clinton and her team tried to warn us about Trump’s ties to Russia

A reporter finally stands up to the Trump administration’s bullying of the press

White House reveals Trump was not in the Situation Room during his first military raid

Watch Trump and the Russians share the same talking points two more times

Report: Trump doesn’t know what the nuclear New START Treaty is

Kellyanne Conway wants commentators who “talked smack” about Trump to be fired

Gorsuch’s private, whispered criticism of Trump is proof of cowardice, not independence

Marco Rubio destroys Trump Secretary of State nominee for refusing to say Putin is a war criminal

White House press corps fails at calling out Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s lies

THIS IS HAPPENING: Lots of people are wondering if Trump can pardon himself

Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee is in a heap of ethics trouble

Trump shuts down CNN reporter at press conference: “You’re fake news!”

Panicked White House shuts off cameras, shuts out major news outlets from briefing

Watch all 23 times Obama spoke about our democracy in his farewell address

Trump lies about murder rate, tells law enforcement he will give them “the weapons that you need”

Trump’s new executive order proves his “secret plan” to defeat ISIS never existed

FBI colluded with Trump White House. The time for an independent investigation is now.

Trump tweets about Ivanka’s Nordstrom troubles 21 minutes into his intel briefing

Standing up to historically unpopular Trump drives Saturday Night Live to historic popularity

Every attendee at Trump’s Black History Month event was part of his campaign or administration

FBI Director James Comey laughably testifies he would never publicly comment on an investigation

David Duke tweets vile anti-Semitic praise for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee

CBO report: The GOP’s planned repeal of Obamacare would devastate Americans

In 2017, we must ask if this White House thinks ANY civil rights are federal issues

David Duke swoons over Trump presser: “We understand. We realize.”

Trump was absent from Situation Room during his own version of bin Laden raid

Hot mic catches CNN reporter’s colleagues snickering at Hillary Clinton during inauguration coverage

Trump nominee Rex Tillerson to face questioning over fossil fuel industry’s climate change cover-up