In addition to the revelation that Donald Trump’s administration colluded with the FBI to quash a New York Times story about Trump campaign contacts with Russia, it was revealed this week that Republican lawmakers on intelligence committees also participated in that effort. With these revelations has come increased pressure for an independent investigation by a […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin is already prepping for his first in-person meeting with Donald Trump since the 2016 presidential election, and a new NBC report reveals Putin’s preparation includes an assessment of Trump’s psychological profile, including what weaknesses Putin can exploit to further Russia’s interests. Even in the midst of legislators, prominent Republican voices, and mental health experts […]

The Christian Post is the single most read Christian news site in the United States and a consistently conservative voice in U.S. politics. Three weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency, Eric Sapp, the author of the site’s most popular op-ed of 2016 (which happened to be supportive of Hillary Clinton), is back with a fiery commentary on […]

A significant portion of the press conference that President-elect Donald Trump finally held (after a 6-month drought) was eaten up by Trump attorney Sheri Dillon’s explanation of Trump’s plan to address conflicts of interest arising from his business holdings. And since that press conference, ethics experts on all sides have denounced the plan as essentially […]

It is 2017. That is an apparently necessary reminder for our new president, who was born in 1946 and who may still be mentally residing there. According to a report at Axios, Donald Trump has carried over to the White House his superficial reality TV worldview when it comes to outward appearances. One of his […]

Yesterday the Badlands National Park Twitter account published several tweets containing factual information about climate change: [media-credit name=”Twitter” link=”https://twitter.com/BadlandsNPS” align=”aligncenter” width=”450″][/media-credit] The account has published similar factual information previously on many occasions, both before and after the 2016 election. However, these tweets came after the Trump administration had issued different forms of gag orders among […]

In the 21 days since Donald Trump took office, there have been (at least) 21 notable victories for the Resistance: 1: Following massive protests and public outcry, Trump’s Muslim ban has thus far failed in court. 2: Uber’s CEO resigned from Trump’s economic council following outrage over the company’s attempts to capitalize on the upheaval created by the […]

Americans are learning that they never have to wait long to find out what is newly enraging President-elect Donald Trump. And Wednesday morning, two days before his inauguration, was no exception. Trump lashed out at NBC News so bitterly that you could practically hear his feet stamping through his Twitter feed: Totally biased @NBCNews went […]

On the heels of President-elect Donald Trump’s utterly meaningless plan to “resolve” conflict of interest concerns, Housing and Urban Development Secretary-designate Ben Carson’s testimony at his confirmation hearing is all the more concerning. On Thursday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) asked Carson if he could assure Americans that “not a single taxpayer dollar that you give […]

One of the most remarked-upon moments during his address to a joint session of Congress occurred when Donald Trump singled out Carryn Owens, the widow of Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens, who was killed during the counterterror operation in Yemen hastily ordered by Trump five days into his presidency. But contrary to the claims of […]

Donald Trump can be described in many, many ways, but being a friend to women is surely not the first thing (or second, or third, or thousandth) that would come to mind for most people. This is a man who bragged and joked about committing sexual assault; who used his position as a beauty pageant […]

The American people are making their voices heard, and it is already getting results. Communications Director for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reports an average of 1.5 million calls per day this week, and says you can tell “they’re working” by watching the activity on the floor of the Senate: #Senate offices are being […]

During his confirmation hearing to head the CIA, Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) was asked by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) if he would comply if Donald Trump asked him to reinstate torture. “Absolutely not,” he replied. Pompeo’s answer signified a major break with Trump, who bluntly advocated resuming the use of waterboarding and “much worse” in […]

Donald Trump has taken numerous actions to limit civil rights and civil liberties. From revoking people’s visas based on their religion, to letting states block minorities from voting, to banning news outlets from his press functions, if he dislikes their coverage of him and his many scandals. Trump has all the makings of an authoritarian leader. And recent […]

According to many Republicans, the phrase “Radical Islamic Terrorism” possesses such power that without its utterance at every opportunity, the United States would be doomed to failure in the fight against terrorism. That notion was at the center of years-long criticism of President Obama and Hillary Clinton, and a central pillar of Donald Trump’s tough-guy posture during […]

Craig Deare, who was serving as the senior director for Western Hemisphere Affairs, reportedly criticized Donald Trump during a roundtable discussion at the Woodrow Wilson Center. According to a Politico report, Deare spoke about the outsize influence of white nationalist Steve Bannon over affairs in the White House (including preventing national security aides from speaking […]

Donald Trump has long claimed that the United States has lost the respect of the world and that he is the savior who can restore it. When Obama was reelected, Trump tweeted that “the world is laughing at us,” a claim he has repeated on the campaign trail. “Russia, China, Japan, Mexico, all countries will respect us far […]

The story of Donald Trump’s invitation for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan to stay at his Mar-a-Lago resort is a sharply-drawn microcosm of the Trump administration as a whole. Back in January, Trump and his lawyer promised that any payments by foreign governments for lodging at Trump’s properties would be given to the United States Treasury, in […]

President Donald Trump has faced a snowballing crisis of legitimacy that involves, among other things, his professed affinity for the Russian government that coincidentally aided his electoral victory, and which multiple agencies are investigating for possible collusion with Trump associates. Against that already-surreal backdrop, Tuesday’s White House briefing provided a stunning reminder of the baffling […]

Before a meeting between Donald Trump and officials from Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the Trump administration promoted a news story touting the claim that Trump “seeks to outdo Obama in backing black colleges.” The White House claimed that they were set to roll out a plan detailing how the federal government would continue to support these […]

The keynote speaker at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos, a man with a long track record of hateful statements and behavior, and one who has openly advocated for sexual relationships between older men and boys of 13: Here is a longer cut where Milo Yiannopoulos says that he "is advocating" for […]

A new public opinion poll by the Washington Post has some very positive news regarding support for women’s rights under the Donald Trump administration. One key question in particular makes it clear: Pollsters asked respondents about their awareness of and support for the Women’s March, the massive displays of protest held nationwide after Trump’s inauguration, […]

One of unpopularly-elected President Donald Trump’s core appeals to his voters was his promise of “jobs, jobs, jobs,” yet since his narrow and ill-gotten victory, all Trump has done has been to take credit for jobs that were already set before his win, to actually reward a company that shipped 1,300 American jobs to Mexico, […]

Shortly after his first meeting with President Obama following the election in November, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would like to keep intact crucial provisions of the Affordable Care Act, including the ban on discriminating against people for pre-existing conditions and the requirement that children be allowed to stay on their parents’ plans until age […]

This week in the nation’s capital, Donald Trump addressed the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and espoused a notably non-inclusive form of nationalism. In a thinly-veiled reworking of his campaign stump speech, Trump doubled-down on attacking the media as “the enemy of the people,” calling them “liars.” And he yet again attacked Hillary Clinton, smiling as the […]

The petulant, all-caps tweet from Donald Trump said it all, even if you had not yet heard the news: SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 9, 2017 That tweet was in response to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling denying the Trump […]

In May 2016, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper sounded the alarm about “indications” that 2016 political campaigns were being targeted by cyberattacks. He stated that “as the campaigns intensify, we’ll probably have more of those [attempts].” In June, officials at the Democratic National Committee and cyber security experts revealed that the DNC computer network […]

The President-elect has a nasty habit of starting his morning off with disinformation. At 7:23am EST, Donald Trump published yet another false tweet mischaracterizing both his interactions with the U.S. intelligence community and the materials purporting to present compromising information, or kompromat, on Trump, which was reportedly presented to him during his briefing by top U.S. intelligence […]

Khizr Khan was invited to speak at a public forum on Donald Trump’s Muslim ban executive order, hosted by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. Rather than “explaining the atrocities” of the first days of Trump’s presidency “inflicted on my country and my nation,” Khan fervently implored House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democrats in Congress to […]

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 […]