Tommy Christopher

Watch Ford’s CEO completely debunk Trump’s claim of credit for new Ford jobs

Donald Trump has a history of taking credit for jobs that he had no hand in creating, and he has not given up the habit yet. Trump tweeted about a forthcoming announcement by Ford, and called it a sign that “Car companies coming back to the U.S. JOBS! JOBS! JOBS!” Big announcement by Ford today. Major investment to […]

By Tommy Christopher - March 28, 2017

First Republican finds the courage and patriotism to call for Nunes’ recusal

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) has come under increasing fire over his actions surrounding the investigation into the Donald Trump campaign’s possible coordination with Russians during the 2016 election, most recently over a report that he canceled public testimony from former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates at the White House’s behest. Democrats […]

By Tommy Christopher - March 28, 2017

Overwhelming evidence of obstruction of justice intensifies calls for impeachment

Donald Trump stepped in political quicksand when he fired FBI Director James Comey, the man in charge of investigating possible Trump campaign coordination with Russia. But his efforts to extricate himself may have landed him in a deeper pit of legal jeopardy. The firing itself could be evidence of obstruction if Trump removed Comey in order […]

By Tommy Christopher - May 12, 2017

Trump threatens press, FBI, and democracy itself — all before breakfast

Donald Trump’s Twitter feed has long been a source of seismic national and global political upheaval. It was from this platform that he openly implied a promise to go easy on Vladimir Putin over interference in the election, and launched the slanderous claim against President Obama that scuttled the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation. But Trump […]

By Tommy Christopher - May 12, 2017

While apologizing for Hitler gaffe, Sean Spicer says Trump is trying “to destabilize the region”

It has been a long, hard day for White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. Spicer sparked outrage when he falsely noted that Hitler “didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons,” then tried to clean up that gaffe by making it even worse. Amid demands for his firing, Spicer hastily arranged an appearance on CNN to apologize […]

By Tommy Christopher - April 11, 2017

Trump to FBI: Russia investigation “should be over”

Donald Trump made plenty of news during his interview with dogged NBC News journalist Lester Holt, but the most impactful thing he said might end up lost in the shuffle. In a preview clip of the interview, Trump shot himself and his entire administration in the foot by revealing that their story about FBI Director […]

By Tommy Christopher - May 11, 2017

Trump can’t comment on United snafu without “prejudicing outcomes,” but said O’Reilly did nothing wrong

At his latest briefing, Press Secretary Sean Spicer managed to highlight a new key bit of hypocrisy regarding his boss. Spicer was asked about the viral video showing a man being violently dragged off of a United Airlines flight, and initially said that while the video was “troubling,” the incident should remain a local matter. But when […]

By Tommy Christopher - April 11, 2017

Veteran reporter busts entire Trump administration for lying about Comey firing

In a recent interview, Donald Trump contradicted his entire communications staff and his vice president by saying that the decision to fire FBI Director James Comey was his alone, and not the result of a recommendation by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. The humiliation continued for Trump’s underlings during Thursday’s daily press briefing. ABC News […]

By Tommy Christopher - May 11, 2017

Spicer forgets gas chambers: Even Hitler “didn’t sink to using chemical weapons”

See update below. Donald Trump’s administration has had a long history of troubling winks, nods, and outright ties to anti-Semitism. And they have repeatedly offended the Jewish community: By leaving anti-Semitism out of its Holocaust Remembrance Day statement; being slow to denounce anti-Semitic attacks; attacking a Jewish reporter who asked about them; theorizing that those attacks were a […]

By Tommy Christopher - April 11, 2017

Hardcore Republican says Comey replacement “better be” acceptable to Democrats

It is only day three of the constitutional crisis that Donald Trump created when he fired FBI Director James Comey, the man charged with investigating possible collusion between Trump’s team and Russia, and there are already important signs that Republicans may abandon Trump over the move. While some moderate Republicans in the House (and very […]

By Tommy Christopher - May 11, 2017

Sean Spicer repeatedly gaffes, insists we should “stop the deterrence” of chemical weapons

The aftermath of Donald Trump’s unilateral and ineffective airstrikes on Syria make clear that this administration does not understand the concept of deterrence, which White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer illustrated when he repeatedly told reporters that we need to “stop the deterrence” of chemical weapons. At a White House daily press briefing, Spicer alternately misused […]

By Tommy Christopher - April 11, 2017

WSJ: Comey’s firing came as he expressed concern about “possible evidence of collusion”

Donald Trump’s despotic and abusive firing of now-former FBI Director James Comey is turning out to be a colossal miscalculation. The White House’s audaciously false narrative about the reasons for Comey’s dismissal has opened floodgates of reporting from administration sources. Those sources are telling a very different story about how Comey’s firing came to be than the […]

By Tommy Christopher - May 11, 2017

Mike Pence lies to cover for Trump

Vice President Mike Pence continues to dig himself deeper into the muck with his boss. Pence is already deeply involved in the Michael Flynn scandal, and is now further tarnishing himself by attempting to cover for Donald Trump’s outrageous firing of FBI Director James Comey. Pence is parroting the bald-faced lie that former Director of National Intelligence […]

By Tommy Christopher - May 10, 2017

Breaking: Panicked White House forbids reporting on Russia briefing

Earlier, we reported that a senior U.S. official says that Russia knew, in advance, of Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons attack on civilians, despite Donald Trump’s initial insistence that Russia was not involved. Since then, the White House has taken a very unusual step that was described in this baffling pool report (via email from The […]

By Tommy Christopher - April 10, 2017

In despotic declaration, White House says Trump is ‘leading the Department of Justice’

Donald Trump’s outrageous firing of FBI Director James Comey, the man who was in charge of investigating the Trump campaign, was nothing if not a despotic abuse of power. And at the first White House daily briefing since the firing, Trump’s spokesperson perfectly matched that deed with despotic words. Fox News correspondent John Roberts was […]

By Tommy Christopher - May 10, 2017

Missouri Republicans say women should get abortions at the zoo

Reproductive freedom has been under assault in America for a very long time, but it has escalated recently with relentless Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, and with the seating of an ill-gotten Republican majority on the Supreme Court. If it was not clear enough already, recent remarks by a pair of Republican state legislators in […]

By Tommy Christopher - April 10, 2017

Massive student resistance brings Betsy DeVos commencement speech to a halt

Trump Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos already faced stiff opposition to her confirmation over her lack of competence and opposition to public education, and sparked even greater outrage when she remarked that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were a great example of “school choice.” Combined with Donald Trump’s recent attack on the constitutionality of federal funding […]

By Tommy Christopher - May 10, 2017

Trump’s defense of Russia after Syrian chemical attack falls apart: U.S. official says Russia knew in advance

Donald Trump is still basking in the afterglow of the positive media coverage that immediately followed his decision to militarily disable a Syrian airbase for a day, but a new report from The Associated Press could, and should, put a damper on all that. In the hours following the horrific chemical weapons attack on civilians […]

By Tommy Christopher - April 10, 2017

WH reporter’s question reveals an ominous truth: What is Trump “actually doing all day?”

One of the many deleterious features of Donald Trump’s time in office has been his leisurely schedule of what can loosely be described as “work,” consisting largely of ornamental meetings, phone calls, and photo ops that occasionally intrude on golf and dinner. And of course, hours of watching TV. Even for Trump, though, his recent schedules have been wafer […]

By Tommy Christopher - May 10, 2017

White House Press Secretary refuses to say Trump thinks Assad is a “war criminal”

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer vividly illustrated the Trump administration’s confused messaging over Russia and Syria when, moments after declaring Russia an “ally” of the United States, he twice refused to say that Donald Trump views Bashar al-Assad as a “war criminal.” When the question was put to Spicer at the daily press briefing, […]

By Tommy Christopher - April 10, 2017

Russian foreign minister openly scoffs at Comey firing: “Was he fired? You are kidding!”

Donald Trump shocked the world when he suddenly decided to fire FBI Director James Comey, tasked with investigating the Trump campaign’s possible coordination with Russia during the 2016 presidential election. In the aftermath of that decision, a senior Russian official appeared to mock the firing. During a photo op with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Russian Foreign […]

By Tommy Christopher - May 10, 2017

Watch Trump Commerce secretary joke that Syria airstrike was free “after-dinner entertainment”

Donald Trump’s outrageous and abusive firing of FBI Director James Comey is just the latest demonstration that he wields presidential power like a clumsy, Godzilla-sized toddler. That move stunned even those critics of Trump who have come to expect almost anything from this administration. But new video from the recent Milken Institute Global Conference provides […]

By Tommy Christopher - May 10, 2017

Sean Spicer just called Russia an “ally”

One of the things that Donald Trump’s token military strike on a Syrian air base was supposed to accomplish was to erode the narrative that Trump is weak on Russia, despite the fact that Trump informed Russia of the strike before he told our own Congress. Further damaging that message was White House Press Secretary […]

By Tommy Christopher - April 10, 2017

Town hall boos GOP Rep for trying to distract from Trump/Russia investigation

Donald Trump’s unilateral airstrikes to temporarily inconvenience a Syrian airbase have effectively distracted the corporate media from the bombshell developments in the investigation of his campaign’s collusion with Russia, but they don’t appear to be working with everyday Americans. The town hall resistance that has characterized much of Trump’s early presidency continued this past weekend at Rep. […]

By Tommy Christopher - April 10, 2017

“Ouch.” Morning Joe crew awed by Sally Yates’ complete destruction of Ted Cruz

Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates put on a tour de force performance at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election. She faced down intimidation from Donald Trump, connecting the dots in key elements of the Michael Flynn scandal, and repelling several Republican attempts to derail the hearing with extraneous issues. […]

By Tommy Christopher - May 09, 2017

Trump’s “Muslim ban” goes down memory hole right after Spicer chokes

Donald Trump’s constant bleating about banning Muslims during his campaign has haunted his presidency, making plain the discriminatory intent of his travel ban. Those words, which have been cited in court filings, remained on Trump’s campaign website even after he was sworn into office. Even after he signed the executive order effectively banning Muslims from traveling to […]

By Tommy Christopher - May 09, 2017

Nunes scandal proves need for independent Trump/Russia probe as media gets distracted by bombings

Coverage of Donald Trump’s largely ineffective attack on a Syrian airbase has gone from glowing to something a fair bit more skeptical, but it has unquestionably crowded out a scandal that would completely derail an ordinary presidency: The recusal of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) from that committee’s investigation into Trump’s ties to Russia. […]

By Tommy Christopher - April 09, 2017

Trump team on the defensive amid Dem criticism of Syria strikes

Donald Trump’s decision to launch airstrikes on a Syrian airfield was hailed by many corporate media and foreign policy establishment types, but in addition to the myriad questions surrounding the motivation and constitutionality of Trump’s unilateral action, the ineffectiveness of the strike is becoming the story. According to multiple reports, flights from the airbase resumed on […]

By Tommy Christopher - April 09, 2017

Spicer shuts down reporter for questioning Trump’s threats to Black colleges

Donald Trump issued a signing statement last week that appeared to question the constitutionality of federal funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The signing statement, occasioned by the passage of HR 244, contained the following closing paragraph: My Administration shall treat provisions that allocate benefits on the basis of race, ethnicity, and gender (e.g., […]

By Tommy Christopher - May 08, 2017

GOP rep lies to 14-year-old diabetic about coverage for pre-existing conditions

At a recent town hall in Hinsdale, New York, Republican Rep. Tom Reed displayed both cruelty and dishonesty when he lied right to a young constituent’s face about the disastrous GOP bill to repeal Obamacare, which the House passed on a strictly partisan vote last week. At the event in Hinsdale, 14-year-old Robert Shuryn explained to […]

By Tommy Christopher - May 08, 2017

Tommy Christopher

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Watch Ford’s CEO completely debunk Trump’s claim of credit for new Ford jobs

First Republican finds the courage and patriotism to call for Nunes’ recusal

Overwhelming evidence of obstruction of justice intensifies calls for impeachment

Trump threatens press, FBI, and democracy itself — all before breakfast

While apologizing for Hitler gaffe, Sean Spicer says Trump is trying “to destabilize the region”

Trump to FBI: Russia investigation “should be over”

Trump can’t comment on United snafu without “prejudicing outcomes,” but said O’Reilly did nothing wrong

Veteran reporter busts entire Trump administration for lying about Comey firing

Spicer forgets gas chambers: Even Hitler “didn’t sink to using chemical weapons”

Hardcore Republican says Comey replacement “better be” acceptable to Democrats

Sean Spicer repeatedly gaffes, insists we should “stop the deterrence” of chemical weapons

WSJ: Comey’s firing came as he expressed concern about “possible evidence of collusion”

Mike Pence lies to cover for Trump

Breaking: Panicked White House forbids reporting on Russia briefing

In despotic declaration, White House says Trump is ‘leading the Department of Justice’

Missouri Republicans say women should get abortions at the zoo

Massive student resistance brings Betsy DeVos commencement speech to a halt

Trump’s defense of Russia after Syrian chemical attack falls apart: U.S. official says Russia knew in advance

WH reporter’s question reveals an ominous truth: What is Trump “actually doing all day?”

White House Press Secretary refuses to say Trump thinks Assad is a “war criminal”

Russian foreign minister openly scoffs at Comey firing: “Was he fired? You are kidding!”

Watch Trump Commerce secretary joke that Syria airstrike was free “after-dinner entertainment”

Sean Spicer just called Russia an “ally”

Town hall boos GOP Rep for trying to distract from Trump/Russia investigation

“Ouch.” Morning Joe crew awed by Sally Yates’ complete destruction of Ted Cruz

Trump’s “Muslim ban” goes down memory hole right after Spicer chokes

Nunes scandal proves need for independent Trump/Russia probe as media gets distracted by bombings

Trump team on the defensive amid Dem criticism of Syria strikes

Spicer shuts down reporter for questioning Trump’s threats to Black colleges

GOP rep lies to 14-year-old diabetic about coverage for pre-existing conditions