Evidence continues to mount that Donald Trump has so completely botched the early days of his presidency that he could face a major resistance-fueled election tsunami in the 2018 midterms. Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report notes that there currently exists “all the ingredients for a disastrous midterm election in 2018 for the GOP,” […]

Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) has repeatedly and falsely claimed that a law mandating hospital emergency rooms provide care to anyone who needs it is the same thing as “universal health care” — a cruel interpretation of the law that has become an article of faith for Republicans. Cramer, who may run against Democratic Senator Heidi […]

President Barack Obama marked the upcoming 100th day of Donald Trump’s presidency by noting his failure to repeal Obamacare, and how much more popular the law is than Trump. An attendee at a private speech given by Obama in Manhattan paraphrased his remarks to CNN: “The Affordable Care Act has never been more popular — and […]

Donald Trump, the de facto head of the Republican Party, is infamous for his obscene language, his terrible treatment of women, and for bragging about sexual assault. Yet members of his party are purporting to be shocked and offended about a colorful but accurate attack from Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez. And their laughable attempt is […]

As if the list of reasons to hate Donald Trump’s health care repeal plan weren’t long enough already, one Republican congressman is pointing out a little-reported fact to add to the list. The original Republican repeal plan, which failed miserably in March, would have thrown 24 million people off their insurance. The new plan has […]

The Washington Post uncovered an audio recording of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) discussing the possibility that Donald Trump had been paid off by the Russian government. On the recording, McCarthy said, “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump.” According to the Post, “House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) immediately interjected, […]

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) is leaving Congress, possibly for a job at Fox News. If the rumors are true, his history of partisan attacks and skullduggery will be a perfect fit at the right-wing propaganda network. In a letter to his constituents, he announced his intention to resign, effective June 30. He explained that his “life […]

The runoff for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District — a seat Republicans have held for nearly four decades — is now in full swing, between former Democratic congressional staffer and filmmaker Jon Ossoff and former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel. Republicans long claimed Ossoff would have no chance against a single opponent, rather than the fractured […]

When White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer came out of hiding this week, it was to introduce Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price’s ill-prepared presentation on the poorly received Republican plan to repeal and “replace” Obamacare. While they had their props at the ready, there was a notable lack of substance, and a dearth […]

There is something happening here, as demonstrated by the massive resistance being organized at Republican town halls recently. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) found that out when folks lined up out the door for his Iowa Falls event that started at 7:45 in the morning: Lines outside of Grassley town hall. Started at 7:45 am; half of […]

Donald Trump signed an executive order gutting the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, ostensibly to bring back coal jobs that are, in fact, never coming back. And when Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt made an appearance on Fox News Sunday to propagate Trump talking points on the subject, he ran into stiff resistance […]

The past few months of special elections have been endlessly nerve-wracking for the GOP. In April, Republicans nearly lost a congressional race in Kansas’s 4th District, one of the most conservative seats in the country. Meanwhile, they are still struggling in Georgia’s 6th District, where Democrat Jon Ossoff is neck and neck with pro-Trump career politician […]

Rep. Dan Donovan (R-NY) has confirmed that the revamped Republican health care plan is a disaster for people with pre-existing medical conditions. The plan is the second attempt from Donald Trump and Republicans, led by House Speaker Paul Ryan, to repeal Obamacare. The first version of their plan, which would have stripped health insurance from […]

Ever since Republicans stole a Supreme Court seat from President Obama, the court has remained at an unproductive equilibrium of 4-4 decisions, occasionally broken up by frequent swing Justice Anthony Kennedy. If Donald Trump remains in office, however, the United States faces the prospect of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, and a Supreme […]

Throughout his career, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) has unapologetically embraced white supremacy. He once described a guest of Michelle Obama’s at a State of the Union address a “deportable.” He said young undocumented immigrants from Mexico have “calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling seventy-five pounds of marijuana across the desert” and are “undermining our culture and […]

Republicans love props. At Sean Spicer’s first televised White House briefing since the Republicans rolled out their disastrous “replacement” for Obamacare, at which he was accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, the dais featured this simplistic visual aid: Prediction: the pile on the left is GOP #MakeAmericaSickAgain bill, the right is Obamacare […]

The controversy involving secret calls with the Russian ambassador and discussions of sanctions which forced Michael Flynn to resign from his post as National Security Advisor, and the bombshell report on the Donald Trump campaign’s pre-election coordination with the Russian government, are making headlines across the corporate media. “Senators from both parties pledge to deepen probe of Russia in […]

As a second week of confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s nominees proceeds, many Americans have watched with disbelief and horror as a parade of unqualified, corrupt, and/or destructive candidates have submitted themselves for (limited) questioning, offering answers that are at turns offensive and chilling, but rarely reflective of the radical changes Trump has threatened to […]

Vice President-elect Mike Pence managed to talk without saying a whole lot during his interview with Fox News Sunday’s Chris Wallace this week, but there was one response that stood out. Wallace asked Pence the question that CNN’s Jim Acosta never got the chance to ask when Trump froze him out at his press conference, […]

House Republicans just unveiled details about their new proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act, titled the American Health Care Act, and it is, unsurprisingly, a complete mess and a seriously deficient substitute for Obamacare. But this has not stopped high-ranking GOP congressmen from toeing the party line and promoting the plan. One of the most appalling remarks […]

According to the Congressional Budget Office, repealing the Affordable Care Act will result in 32 million people losing their health insurance in the first ten years, and to varying degrees, Republicans freely acknowledge that their plan will leave people out. As angry and fearful constituents flood Republican town halls across the country to oppose the repeal of Obamacare, […]

During her confirmation hearing to become the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Haley tried her best to skate past Senator Tim Kaine’s (D-VA) question about the Iran nuclear deal. But in just a few seconds, she managed to display such rank ignorance of the pact that Kaine had to respectfully […]

Given all the questions about Donald Trump and his team’s ties to Russia, approximately two-thirds of Americans support the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the matter in the interests of national security and sovereignty. Following Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recusal from such an investigation — which resulted from pressure after it was discovered Sessions lied […]

The national media has no dearth of scandals emerging from the Donald Trump administration to cover, not least of which is the resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and reports of constant contact between Trump campaign officials and Russia during the 2016 campaign. But with so much necessary focus on the White House, many in […]

At CNN’s town hall with Speaker Paul Ryan Thursday night, moderator Jake Tapper introduced Angelica Villalobos, who stood with her young daughter at her side. Villalobos, who was brought to America when she was 11 years old and is currently protected from deportation by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, asked Ryan if he thought […]

It took the Republican Party 2,541 days since its passage to legislatively introduce what they are presenting as a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. The “American Health Care Act” bill introduced by Republicans is a dud on arrival that rolls back a safety net millions of Americans rely on, in a process […]

Key Republicans at the head of committees that would conduct the investigations into Michael Flynn’s wrongdoing and possible collusion with Russia by members of the Trump administrations have indicated no desire for independent examination. Worse, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, went so far as to say Flynn should actually […]

Scott Pruitt, whom Donald Trump has named to head the Environmental Protection Agency, seems to have missed the memo on one of the biggest ongoing environmental hazards in the U.S. Many communities across the United States have been dealing with the crisis of lead contamination — in drinking water, in ground soil, in old paint […]

The House of Representatives voted nearly straight down party lines today to approve a budget that would pave the way for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Nine Republicans peeled away from the crowd to vote no, while five others abstained. No Democrats voted for the measure, leaving the final vote at 227-198. Republicans plan […]

Secretary of Health and Human Services-designate Tom Price faced stiff questioning at his confirmation hearing, including from Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), who wisely questioned Price’s ability to run a science-based department while ignoring the basic facts of climate science: WHITEHOUSE: These groups, and many others, have gone very clearly on record that climate change presents […]