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 […]

Following the resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, who was caught in a lie regarding his contact with a Russian ambassador, Trump, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, and Press Secretary Sean Spicer have all offered varied and at times contradictory statements regarding Flynn — particularly, what exactly occurred regarding Russia during the 2016 campaign, who […]

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) has been vocal and vehement in her condemnation of Donald Trump, and unyielding in her dedication to fighting back against his administration’s abuses of power. She has searingly noted that she is not yet explicitly calling for impeachment yet, because “he’s doing it himself.” Now she is reiterating her conviction that Trump […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

All around the country, those few Republican lawmakers who have deigned to show up for their own town hall meetings have been pushed by angry constituents to seek answers on Donald Trump’s finances. One such lawmaker, first-term congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL), has listened to his constituents and stated at his town hall, to great applause, that he believes Trump should release his tax […]

In a little-noticed line from an otherwise unremarkable speech, Donald Trump indicated that Americans he may not deem “loyal” should not expect to be represented by his administration: We are going to fight to get more jobs and better-paying jobs for the loyal citizens of our country. Believe me. Given his lack of respect for […]

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 […]

Following reports of the troubling intelligence assessment that suggests Donald Trump may have been comprised by Russia, Senator Dick Durbin has released a statement calling for a special investigation. Durbin stated that the new report makes Trump’s public statements about Russia “even more worrisome,” and that the claims, “though unverified, warrant serious investigation by a […]

Kellyanne Conway has taken kleptocracy under the Trump administration from the implied to the overt in her most recent comments on Fox News. Turning her appearance into a literal advertisement for Ivanka Trump’s line of apparel, Conway told viewers: Go buy Ivanka’s stuff, is what I would tell you. I hate shopping, but I am […]

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 […]

Had a great meeting at CIA Headquarters yesterday, packed house, paid great respect to Wall, long standing ovations, amazing people. WIN! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 22, 2017 President Donald Trump spoke at the CIA on Saturday, an event which was originally scheduled to welcome Mike Pompeo as the new director of the agency, […]

Giving his first press conference since last July, Donald Trump seemed rattled when he first appeared in front of reporters. Though the presser was ostensibly called to present how he would address his vast conflicts of interest as a result of his business, he almost certainly expected to be grilled about new reports on his […]

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer took what several White House reporters who have covered both parties described as unprecedented action by banning several major outlets from a press briefing. The briefing was designed to push back on reporting indicating that the Trump administration has been colluding with the FBI to squash stories on contacts […]

Donald Trump continues to characterize the issue of his ties to Russia as “fake news,” and many in the GOP have colluded with him to avoid establishing a bipartisan independent investigatory body. But one of the central public documents at the core of the controversy continues to haunt them all. Both CNN and Buzzfeed recently published contents […]

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 […]

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? […]

After more than a decade of effort by Donald Trump to trademark the Trump brand in China, the Chinese government granted Trump’s request for a trademark on February 15, 2017. While Trump already has some trademarks in China, this particular one is related to Trump’s most profitable area of business — real estate, including building and […]

Donald Trump’s words and intent regarding Muslims have always been clear. Despite his last minute protestations to the contrary, it is obvious that Trump intentionally acted to discriminate against individuals on the basis of religion when he signed the executive order banning Syrian refugees from entering the country and restricting immigration from a number of Muslim […]

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, […]

Having grown up in the South, I tend to get frustrated with “red state” stereotypes. Southern states simply are not monolithic. Just days into Trump’s presidency, we are seeing evidence that indeed, the resistance is alive and well in Red America. Just a few examples: More than 50 airport protests against Trump’s Muslim ban took place in […]

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 […]

Donald Trump has been waging an appalling — and deeply self-serving — campaign to discredit the U.S. intelligence community. The end game is, as was admitted by his senior advisor Kellyanne Conway, to replace the intelligence community with “his own people.” Now, following a report that Trump may be compromised by Russia, and that his […]

The people targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids since the beginning of the year are mothers, fathers, people without criminal records, people with severe illnesses or injuries, people brought to America as children, and local business owners. They are not the criminal gang members and rapists and drug dealers Donald Trump and his […]

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 […]

On January 8th, Representatives Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Katherine Clark (D-MA) both announced that they would not be attending Donald Trump’s inauguration. Gutierrez said he “could not look at my wife, my daughters, or my grandson in the eye” if he attended. And Clark commented that, after many discussions with her constituents, she did not want […]

During his confirmation hearing, Department of Homeland Security nominee, General John Kelly of the Marine Corps, seemed caught entirely off-guard when Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) raised questions about immigrants currently protected under the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, which provides a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as […]

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 […]