President-elect Donald Trump’s “thank you” tour kicked off in Cincinnati on Thursday, broadcast live by news networks who appear determined to learn nothing from the 2016 election. Once again, viewers got to hear Trump telling lies about issues like his deal with Carrier, free of any filter providing analysis, context, or fact-checking. The mere existence […]

During a campaign postmortem at Harvard University, key Clinton staff and key Trump staff got into heated exchanges over the tenor of the election. Hillary Clinton’s communications director Jen Palmieri observed that Donald Trump won, in part, by appealing to white supremacists. Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway rebuffed the charge. As Trump’s team basked in […]

Donald Trump has used his platform, first as a candidate and now as President-elect, to bully and belittle marginalized people. The tolerance of his high-profile expressions of bigotry has empowered the people who share his views, leading to numerous reports from educators that young people are starting to follow his lead. My colleague Ginger McKnight-Chavers […]

Donald Trump took the stage in Indianapolis for a rambling 20-minute speech in which he boasted about his deal with manufacturing company Carrier to save 1,100 jobs at the company’s plant in Indiana: But, I will tell you that United Technologies and Carrier stepped it up and now they’re keeping—actually, the number’s over 1,100 people […]

By February of 2016, Congressional Republicans had tried — unsuccessfully — to repeal the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) more than 60 times. Despite the fact that more than 20 million people are now covered under the ACA’s provisions, Republicans have repeatedly deemed it a failure that needs to be dismantled. But that was then. […]

The party of Donald Trump may relish mocking a powerful and pioneering woman like Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), but their logic, as exemplified by Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, leaves something to be desired: What a relief. I was worried they had learned from the elections & might be competitive and cohesive again. https://t.co/cvwi0IxLdU — Kellyanne […]

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and six other members of the Intelligence Committee have released a letter asking President Obama to declassify information related to Russia and the U.S. election. The body of the letter, dated November 29, reads: We believe there is additional information concerning the Russian Government and the U.S. election that should be […]

After flirtations with other candidates, Donald Trump officially nominated retired Marine General James Mattis to the secretary of defense post on Thursday. Mattis, whose nickname is “Mad Dog,” met with Trump a week-and-a-half ago about his possible nomination to head the Defense Department, and apparently impressed him: General James "Mad Dog" Mattis, who is being […]

Looking ahead to Donald Trump’s presidency, and the looming potential of a Trump-appointed conservative justice on the Supreme Court, legislators in a number of state governments are feeling empowered to put forth ignorant and harmful anti-choice laws. Just months after the Supreme Court struck down key parts of a Texas anti-abortion law, lawmakers in that […]

As my colleague Tommy Christopher wrote, President-elect Donald Trump may have made a deal with HVAC manufacturer Carrier to keep some jobs from going to Mexico — but he accomplished this by doing the exact opposite of what he promised as a candidate. And he managed to do it only with the help of his Vice […]

Elizabeth Warren is not happy about Donald Trump nominating former Goldman Sachs partner, hedge fund founder, and foreclosure magnate Steve Mnuchin for Secretary of the Treasury. In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, she did not hold back as she addressed the obscenity of this choice: “What Donald Trump is doing is he’s literally handing […]

Much of the corporate news media was slow to call out Donald Trump’s lies during the presidential campaign — so much so that it actually became news any time they made the effort. Conversely, Hillary Clinton was falsely branded a liar by news organizations constantly suggesting that people didn’t trust her. Both premises ignored the […]

Donald Trump may have made a big show on Twitter of leaving his “great business” to avoid the conflicts of interest that have been hounding him since the election, but if he stubbornly refuses to fully divest himself of his business interests, his holdings will continue to create the risk of Constitutional violations. NPR has reported […]

During Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, he took particular aim at Carrier, a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems manufacturer, whose announcement to workers that 1,400 of their jobs would be shipped to Mexico went viral. In what became a regular part of his stump speech, Trump promised that he would “tax the hell out of” […]

In the early morning hours, President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter to address the conflict of interest concerns which have cropped up in the weeks since the election: I will be holding a major news conference in New York City with my children on December 15 to discuss the fact that I will be leaving […]

Donald Trump won the presidency in a very curious way. The Washington Post’s Philip Bump observes: “More Republicans voted for someone besides Trump than voted for him in the primary, but he won. More Americans voted for Trump’s opponent in the general, but he won.” And it is more than just winning with fewer votes: […]

Days after the election, aides to Donald Trump told The New York Times that he wants to continue holding rallies as president, because he “likes the instant gratification and adulation that the cheering crowds provide.” The article notes that his aides are working out ways to “accommodate his demand.” To that end, the Trump organization has announced plans […]

Out of 15 cabinet and 4 advisory positions, President-elect Donald Trump has now filled 10 slots. In yet another non-swamp-draining move, Trump is reportedly nominating Steven Mnuchin to be his Treasury Secretary, and nominating Wilbur Ross, the billionaire chairman of W.L. Ross & Co., for Commerce Secretary. Mnuchin, who served as Trump’s campaign finance chairman, […]

Donald Trump’s selection of retired orthopedic surgeon and current House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) to head the Department of Health and Human Services has been met with well-deserved revulsion by those who are committed to protecting access to healthcare. Price believes that women can, and should, pay for birth control out of their […]

Donald Trump, Tom Price, and Congressional Republicans are eagerly awaiting their opportunity to repeal the Affordable Care Act, privatize Medicare, and defund Planned Parenthood. And Chuck Schumer is having none of it. I was just so disappointed to see the President-elect nominate Congressman Price to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services this morning. […]

(Editor’s Note: Although women’s agency is a primary target of these policies, not only women need access to reproductive care.) It is no secret that Representative Tom Price (R-GA), a former physician and House Budget Committee chairman whom Donald Trump has nominated for Secretary of Health and Human Services, wants to repeal the Affordable Care […]

Donald Trump has nominated Elaine Chao to serve as his Secretary of Transportation. Chao, who is married to Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, previously served as George W. Bush’s Secretary of Labor for all eight years of his presidency. Because of Trump’s proposed infrastructure plan — which, as detailed by Ronald A. Klain, is […]

Donald Trump’s outsized ego would not let him sit idly by while his opponent Hillary Clinton continued to amass a commanding popular vote victory. Thus, he could not help but tweet a breathtaking explanation for why he lost the popular vote. His incredible claim: Millions of “illegal” votes. Presidents do not normally imply that their […]

Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag – if they do, there must be consequences – perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2016 This is not normal. It is not normal for a president to use his social media account to tweet chilling opinions […]

https://twitter.com/Shakestweetz/status/803235614049107968 When this campaign began, when Donald Trump’s opening salvo was to assert that undocumented immigrants from Mexico are rapists, I said that this man is terrifying; that he is dangerous. I railed and cautioned against treating him like a joke, or a harmless bit of entertainment. Throughout the campaign, I pushed back, hard, against […]

During the presidential campaign, Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, made the bold declaration that he would have the same demands and expectations of disclosure no matter which candidate won the election. But with Donald Trump now the president-elect and every day seemingly bringing a new story about his financial conflicts […]

President-elect Donald Trump may have won the title he coveted, but he is already demonstrating an astounding lack of respect for and interest in the expectations and obligations that come with it. It has been 124 days since Trump last held a press conference on July 27th, 2016. Since then, he has not engaged with the […]

Much has been written attributing Donald Trump’s Electoral College victory to his resonating appeal to white working class voters. His win is accurately owed to a confluence of factors, but insofar as his outreach to disaffected Rust Belt voters was a contributing element, he won many of their votes by a colossal hoodwinking. Their suffering […]

President-elect Donald Trump has made nine cabinet and staff appointments thus far, only three of whom are women: Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education; South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Haley as Ambassador to the United Nations; and Kathleen McFarland as Deputy National Security Adviser. It is worth noting that DeVos and Haley both bring a […]

Before the election, Donald Trump tried to preemptively lay the groundwork for contesting the election results by repeatedly asserting the election would be “rigged.” Then he won — and his claims of rigging disappeared. But in recent days, as calls to audit the vote have become widespread, Green Party candidate Jill Stein has started a […]