Tommy Christopher

Kellyanne Conway blithely threatens Chuck Todd’s access live on the air

President Donald Trump’s incoming White House Counselor, Kellyanne Conway, elicited deserved laughter from Chuck Todd — and the entire Internet — when she attempted to cast Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s clear lies about Trump’s inauguration crowd as “alternative facts.” TODD: …answer the question of why the president asked the White House Press Secretary to come out […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 22, 2017

Kellyanne Conway agrees that Trump White House lies, will stop if media covers what they want

Jake Tapper has made his disgust with Donald Trump‘s administration apparent, and on CNN’s The Lead, he got the opportunity to hold them accountable by grilling White House counselor Kellyanne Conway for nearly half an hour. The bulk of the interview consisted of desperate spin from Conway, punctuated by Tapper’s blunt confrontations of the facts, but […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 07, 2017

Anchor disturbingly boasts that ABC News barely mentioned Trump’s tiny crowd

President Donald Trump raged about coverage of his tiny inaugural crowds during his speech at CIA headquarters Saturday, then sent his new White House press secretary out to command reporters not to cover the larger crowds at the massive Women’s Marches: TRUMP: I get up this morning, I turn on one of the networks, and they […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 22, 2017

Watch Hillary Clinton haunt Donald Trump 12 times at his own press conference

The full range of Donald Trump’s bigotry, bluster, and dishonesty was on display at his recent press conference in the East Room of the White House, where Trump stepped all over his own announcement of his pick of Alexander Acosta for labor secretary, in order to engage in an hour-plus circus with reporters. And throughout that long […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 17, 2017

Pat Leahy busts Jeff Sessions for trying to rewrite his record on LGBT hate crimes legislation

At his confirmation hearing for the position of Attorney General, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) was confronted by Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) for saying that women and LGBT people did not experience the sort of discrimination that hate crimes legislation addresses. Sessions responded with the twin defenses that he had said no such thing, and/or that […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 10, 2017

Betsy DeVos can’t even correctly name children with disabilities, let alone educate them

During the Democrats’ all-night effort to #HoldTheFloor and resist the nomination of Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) took to the floor to raise concerns about DeVos on the subject of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). At her confirmation hearing, DeVos revealed that she did not even know this was a federal […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 07, 2017

Trump Press Secretary literally dictates to White House press: “That’s what you should be writing!”

On his first full day as White House Press Secretary, Sean Spicer shattered the mold with an unprecedented and abnormal performance from the podium, one which sets up an important test for the news media who cover him. Most of the attention to Spicer’s performance is rightly about the fact that our new president sent […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 22, 2017

Democrats: Jeff Sessions perjured himself

Shortly after the Justice Department revealed that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had repeated contacts with Russia during the presidential campaign, Democratic officials like House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer began to call on Sessions to resign: Because the Department of Justice should be above reproach, for the good of the […]

By Tommy Christopher - March 02, 2017

Mitch McConnell won’t pay for “voter fraud” investigation Pence is tapped to lead

On Fox and Friends, Mike Pence told host Brian Kilmeade that “it’ll be my honor” to lead an investigation into Donald Trump’s claims of voter fraud — which are wholly baseless — but conspicuously skirted the question that Kilmeade actually asked (emphasis mine): KILMEADE: You know you have got another job today. He put you in […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 06, 2017

Senate Democrats succeed in delaying confirmation hearing for Trump’s Education nominee

President-elect Donald Trump has a long list of disastrous nominees awaiting confirmation, but pressure from Democrats has succeeded in putting the brakes on at least one of them. Originally scheduled for Wednesday, January 11, the confirmation hearing for Trump Secretary of Education-designate and public education opponent Betsy DeVos has been postponed until January 17. Senate Committee […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 10, 2017

Jake Tapper brutally exposes Trump’s indefensible logic on judges, polls, and journalism

On CNN’s The Lead, host Jake Tapper offered a cutting critique of Donald Trump that took him to task for his recent comments attacking the federal judiciary, the free press, and the United States of America, while defending Russian despot Vladimir Putin. Tapper’s searing commentary correctly casts Trump’s actions as an attack on two “pillars of […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 06, 2017

Trump again takes credit for jobs that were already planned before the election

When he was not busy insulting the country’s greatest living actress and lying about mocking a disabled reporter, President-elect Donald Trump did the other thing he does best: Claiming credit for jobs that were already in place before he was elected. This time, the “lucky” company was Fiat Chrysler, whom Trump praised in tweets Monday […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 09, 2017

Republican senator gets owned by 7-year-old at town hall

It was the final question at Senator Tom Cotton’s (R-AR) town hall meeting in Springdale, Arkansas, and it was a doozy. After a raucous hour-and-a-half grilling by constituents, Cotton called on a little boy named Toby Smith, who wanted to know why Donald Trump wants to cut funding for PBS, while wasting money on an absurd […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 23, 2017

Mike Pence refuses to say America is “morally superior” to Russia — three separate times

Vice President Mike Pence did some heavy lifting for the Trump administration this weekend, appearing on four Sunday shows to try to repair some of the damage that Donald Trump has done in just two weeks on the job. It did not go well. On ABC’s This Week, Pence revealed more of Trump’s weakness against […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 06, 2017

Trump signs draconian Muslim ban, backs down for now on torture and “voter fraud”

At a ceremony to swear in Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders calling for the “rebuilding” of our already vast military, and another which institutes a version of Trump’s long-promised Muslim ban. In a particularly vile touch, Trump dedicated his hateful order to the people who were killed in […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 27, 2017

Fox News anchor schools despotic Senior White House Adviser on checks and balances

Donald Trump’s Senior White House Adviser Stephen Miller took his act to Fox News recently to promote Trump’s do-over Muslim ban, where he was greeted with a harsh dose of reality. When asked what the difference would be between the original order, which had a clear discriminatory intent, and the new one, Miller described the […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 22, 2017

Kellyanne Conway accidentally admits Donald Trump cannot be trusted

At the 2016 Golden Globe awards show, award factory and national treasure Meryl Streep delivered an impassioned speech in which she blasted President-elect Donald Trump for mocking disabled reporter Serge Kovaleski. Trump characteristically reacted by attacking Streep on Twitter, and once again lying about the well-reported fact that he crudely imitated Kovaleski’s appearance and bodily movements […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 09, 2017

Kellyanne Conway blames “the haters” in the media for her own lies

Kellyanne Conway has proven such an adept liar that CNN, which has been frozen out by the Trump administration, declined to have her as a guest on this week’s State of the Union. As if to demonstrate the wisdom of that choice, Conway took to Fox News’ Mediabuzz program to defend herself over the fake […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 05, 2017

Trump Treasury nominee makes solid case for his own unfitness for the job

Shareblue has already covered some of the many reasons why Secretary of the Treasury-designate Steve Mnuchin is a wholly unqualified and conflicted choice to lead the Treasury Department. And at the confirmation hearing Thursday morning, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) broke some new ground with a tough grilling over Mnuchin’s failure to initially disclose $100 million in real estate […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 19, 2017

McCain open to possibility Trump directed Flynn to talk sanctions with Russia

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has shown some integrity about seeking accountability for Russia’s intrusion into the U.S. presidential election, especially when compared to other Republicans, but even he has been publicly skeptical about the fact that Russia absolutely did affect the outcome in Donald Trump’s favor. This week’s bombshell revelations have apparently had some effect on McCain, […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 16, 2017

Pence reveals what wasn’t said during Trump’s Putin call

Russia’s escalating aggression in Ukraine has already exposed Donald Trump’s weakness in dealing with Vladimir Putin. On ABC’s This Week, host George Stephanopoulos pressed Vice President Mike Pence on the subject, contrasting the administration’s handling of Iran with the response to Russia, and getting Pence to offer some insight into the depth of Trump’s weakness […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 05, 2017

Democrats resist handing stolen Supreme Court seat to Neil Gorsuch, who poses clear threat to Roe v. Wade

In true Trumpian fashion, unpopularly elected Donald Trump treated the announcement of his Supreme Court pick like a reality show competition, bringing both “finalists” to Washington, D.C., to heighten the suspense — but even that, he could not get quite right. In the East Room of the White House Tuesday night, Trump announced the winner, 10th U.S. […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 31, 2017

The Trump administration moves immediately to hurt low-income homeownwers

In a move that was previewed during HUD Secretary-designate Ben Carson’s confirmation hearing, the brand-new administration of President Donald Trump has made one of its first moves to suspend a reduction in FHA mortgage insurance premiums: The Trump administration overturned a mortgage-fee cut under a government program that’s popular with first-time home buyers and low-income […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 20, 2017

Trump statement on intelligence briefing proves his own ego is more important than our democracy

In a classic Friday afternoon news dump, following the classified briefing on Russian cyberattacks during the election, President-elect Donald Trump issued a carefully-crafted statement which attempted some heavy strategic lifting, but still failed to directly acknowledge Russia as the perpetrators of those attacks. Instead, Trump pivoted to the crisis of legitimacy, which is apparently far more […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 06, 2017

Trump tanks Toyota stock by $1.2 billion in 5 minutes with a single tweet

President-elect Donald Trump’s senior advisor Kellyanne Conway is already on record taking pride in the fact that he can influence stock prices with a single tweet, and, on Thursday afternoon, that reckless power was on display once again. At 1:14 pm, Trump tweeted an explicit threat at Toyota: Toyota Motor said will build a new […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 05, 2017

Progressive group launches huge ad campaign to oppose Trump’s Treasury nominee

President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks have been a series of unqualified and unmitigated disasters. And former Goldman-Sachs partner and Trump’s nominee for Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is a particularly ripe target for ratcheting up opposition and resistance. The progressive advocacy organization Allied Progress has launched a six-figure ad buy in Arizona and Nevada that focuses on […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 04, 2017

Trump openly urges cover-up of Russian hacks that CIA says got him elected

It is easy to get lost in the surreal nature of President-elect Donald Trump emerging from his Mar-a-Lago palace with boxing promoter Don King at his side to dole out a handful of comments to an eager press corps. But even within this odd spectacle, Trump’s self-serving statement on Russia hacking ought to be blaring […]

By Tommy Christopher - December 29, 2016

Trump backs Putin, attacks Americans on Super Bowl Sunday

Donald Trump has managed to prove that it is always possible to go lower, even after his series of outrageous attacks on a federal judge. Fox News has released a clip from Trump’s Super Bowl Sunday interview with Bill O’Reilly, and Trump exceeded his own low standards. When O’Reilly pointed out that Russian President Vladimir […]

By Tommy Christopher - February 04, 2017

Kellyanne Conway provokes laughter with her refusal to even say the word “Russia”

President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign of lies and deflections to protect Russia from blame for the cyberattacks that the FBI and CIA say were intended to help Trump win the election has become more and more desperate by the day. While Trump himself phoned the New York Times ahead of his security briefing on Russian interference, […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 06, 2017

Trump breaks promise to reveal secret intel on Russian hacking by Wednesday

During a brief exchange between President-elect Donald Trump and reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate on New Year’s Eve, Trump claimed that he has secret information regarding Russia’s involvement in the hacks that the FBI and CIA say were intended to deliver him the election. His clear intimation was that the information could exonerate Russia. Without saying where […]

By Tommy Christopher - January 05, 2017

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Kellyanne Conway blithely threatens Chuck Todd’s access live on the air

Kellyanne Conway agrees that Trump White House lies, will stop if media covers what they want

Anchor disturbingly boasts that ABC News barely mentioned Trump’s tiny crowd

Watch Hillary Clinton haunt Donald Trump 12 times at his own press conference

Pat Leahy busts Jeff Sessions for trying to rewrite his record on LGBT hate crimes legislation

Betsy DeVos can’t even correctly name children with disabilities, let alone educate them

Trump Press Secretary literally dictates to White House press: “That’s what you should be writing!”

Democrats: Jeff Sessions perjured himself

Mitch McConnell won’t pay for “voter fraud” investigation Pence is tapped to lead

Senate Democrats succeed in delaying confirmation hearing for Trump’s Education nominee

Jake Tapper brutally exposes Trump’s indefensible logic on judges, polls, and journalism

Trump again takes credit for jobs that were already planned before the election

Republican senator gets owned by 7-year-old at town hall

Mike Pence refuses to say America is “morally superior” to Russia — three separate times

Trump signs draconian Muslim ban, backs down for now on torture and “voter fraud”

Fox News anchor schools despotic Senior White House Adviser on checks and balances

Kellyanne Conway accidentally admits Donald Trump cannot be trusted

Kellyanne Conway blames “the haters” in the media for her own lies

Trump Treasury nominee makes solid case for his own unfitness for the job

McCain open to possibility Trump directed Flynn to talk sanctions with Russia

Pence reveals what wasn’t said during Trump’s Putin call

Democrats resist handing stolen Supreme Court seat to Neil Gorsuch, who poses clear threat to Roe v. Wade

The Trump administration moves immediately to hurt low-income homeownwers

Trump statement on intelligence briefing proves his own ego is more important than our democracy

Trump tanks Toyota stock by $1.2 billion in 5 minutes with a single tweet

Progressive group launches huge ad campaign to oppose Trump’s Treasury nominee

Trump openly urges cover-up of Russian hacks that CIA says got him elected

Trump backs Putin, attacks Americans on Super Bowl Sunday

Kellyanne Conway provokes laughter with her refusal to even say the word “Russia”

Trump breaks promise to reveal secret intel on Russian hacking by Wednesday