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 […]

In a new interview on Sirius XM with Salena Zito of the Washington Examiner, Donald Trump offered glowing praise for Andrew Jackson, a president who is generally reviled for his genocidal policies against Native Americans. Trump has expressed his love for Jackson on previous occasions, but this time he made a new claim that ignited a firestorm of controversy and […]

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 […]

Donald Trump continued his outreach to international dictators, remarking that he would be “honored” to host North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Talking to Bloomberg News, Trump said, “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would absolutely, I would be honored to do it,” adding, “If it’s under the, again, […]

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 […]

Former Obama UN Ambassador and National Security Advisor Susan Rice appeared on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports and calmly and carefully debunked the recent conservative attack on her, which alleged that she misused her position to target Donald Trump officials for “unmasking” by security agencies during the election. Rice told Mitchell that the claim coming from […]

There is no shortage of problems with the House Republicans’ bill to repeal Obamacare, currently being rammed through committee with no input from Democrats or the Congressional Budget Office: It raises premiums. It kicks up to 10 million people off their plans. It cuts nearly $600 billion in taxes for the wealthy. It bans Medicaid patients from using Planned Parenthood. […]

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 […]

Marc T. Short, the White House director for Legislative Affairs, is leading the Trump administration’s obstruction of the congressional inquiry into Michael Flynn and Russia. Short is also a major player in Vice President Mike Pence’s political operation, and further connects Pence to the Flynn scandal. As previously reported, Pence was in charge of the Trump […]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen 14,300 points since 2009, while the S&P 500 index has increased by 249 percent. When President Obama was sworn into office in January of 2009, the global economy was in absolute chaos. But by the end of his presidency, the picture looked quite different: Longest streak of total […]

In its eagerness to prematurely confirm that Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was in Iraq, the administration broke the traditional protocol and endangered American military personnel in the area, as well as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford, who was traveling with Kushner. An administration official told reporters that Kushner was in Iraq, […]

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 […]

Donald Trump has invited Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte to the White House, using the government of the United States to confer legitimacy on an autocrat who has authorized the killing of thousands of people in his country, including children. The ruthless dictator, however, has said he is unlikely to accept Trump’s invitation, claiming he is “tied […]

Vice President Mike Pence has largely gotten an unearned pass from the media on the Trump/Russia probe, and pretty much every other issue, but recent revelations about his complicity and dishonesty in the Mike Flynn scandal could change that. This weekend, MSNBC’s Joy Reid criticized Meet the Press, on NBC, for failing to ask Pence […]

New York Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has spent years fighting relentlessly for progressive causes, such as gun safety and combating sexual assault in the military. And in the Donald Trump era, Gillibrand is proving to be one of his loudest and staunchest opponents in Congress. In a lengthy profile by Rebecca Traister for New York Magazine — […]

CBS reports that America is suffering a shortage of primary care physicians, and hospitals have been counting on people from other countries to make up for the shortfall. Now, with Donald Trump’s Muslim ban wreaking havoc on the system, those doctors could be barred from ever coming here, which would create ripple effect for patients […]

One hundred days ago, the man who showed us “the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too,” boarded a Marine helicopter and waved goodbye to the nation he served so honorably and honestly for 8 years. The tenure thus far of his predecessor, Donald Trump, […]

Erik Prince served as an “informal” intermediary between Donald Trump’s team and the royal family of the United Arab Emirates to set up a secret meeting with a confidante of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to recent revelations by the Washington Post. Prince, a former Navy SEAL and White House intern under President George H. W. […]

The adamant refusal by Republicans in Congress to give Merrick Garland a hearing, and to leave late Justice Antonin Scalia’s Supreme Court seat open indefinitely — or at least until Donald Trump was elected — was an unprecedented dereliction of duty. As Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) both bluntly noted, by their inaction, the Republicans stole […]

Maxine Waters is not an outlier. Support for impeaching Donald Trump is already at at Nixon-level eras. And two-thirds of Americans support the necessary step needed to make impeachment stick: The appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate Trump’s ties to Russia. In an interview on Sirius XM’s Make It Plain, Waters explains that Democrats can make it increasingly uncomfortable for “patriotic” Republicans […]

Dana Boente was just named by the Department of Justice (DOJ) as the acting assistant Attorney General for the national security division, which will give him oversight of the FBI’s investigation into coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia. But in January, as he was leaving office, President Barack Obama issued an executive order that […]

New polling shows an erosion of Donald Trump’s support in the demographics key to his election, as the slow-motion disaster of his first few months in office continues to unravel. Investor’s Business Daily/TIPP’s latest poll shows Trump dropping to 34 percent approval and 56 percent disapproval, leading IBD to note, “Approval ratings for a president haven’t […]

Donald Trump and the Republicans have sparked a resistance that has changed American politics, led by everyday Americans speaking out at town hall meetings across the country. Shareblue readers have seen a good bit of that resistance covered here, but what we have published only scratches the surface of the long hours of town hall video […]

According to the New York Times, while neither Donald Trump nor Steve Bannon have used the term publicly, they are both true believers in the “deep state.” Bannon has spoken to supporter and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich about “his suspicion of the deep state and what he sees as its pernicious influence.” […]

Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff Reince Priebus declared that the Trump administration is currently in the process of “looking at” ways to limit speech in America. Appearing on ABC’s This Week, Priebus said that Trump is looking at ways to change libel laws, which would make it easier for Trump to sue news outlets that […]

At the relatively late hour of 7:30 pm Monday, the White House announced several bills that Donald Trump signed into law, away from the prying eyes of the press. Among them was a resolution repealing an Obama-era rule against the selling of Americans’ private information by internet service providers without their consent (via email from […]

In light of revelations that Attorney General Jeff Sessions met with Russia’s ambassador to the United States last year — contrary to testimony he provided under oath during his confirmation hearing — Democrats and Republicans in Congress are calling for him to recuse himself from investigating Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. As Attorney General, Sessions oversees the […]

Have these last 100 days been some of the longest of your life? Are you more exhausted than you thought possible and anxious about the direction the country is heading? If so, you are not alone. But breathe and spend a moment to take this in: Donald Trump has accomplished almost none of his political […]

Donald Trump loves Twitter. He cannot get enough of it. Despite the fact that his @realDonaldTrump account is likely in violation of the Presidential Records Act, he spends a great deal of his time tweeting. It is his go-to way to vent about all the frustrations of running the country, and he has been known to […]

While many corporate media figures bear great responsibility for the ascension of Donald Trump, his nascent presidency has also caused some journalists to up their game. One of them has been NBC News’ Katy Tur, who doggedly covered Trump on the campaign trail, despite being directly targeted for harassment by Trump, and has been consistently […]