Some of Donald Trump’s claims over the past few days are so bizarre that they appear to go beyond simply lying, and raise questions about his mental faculties — a concern that numerous doctors and psychologists have raised. This week, Trump suggested the “Access Hollywood” tape of him boasting about assaulting women was fake — […]

This week, Donald Trump has behaved — if possible — even more reprehensibly than usual. He has offended everyone from Native Americans to African-Americans to Hispanics to Muslims. The ugliness has been so insane that some reporters are simply stunned — like CNN’s Jim Acosta, who noted to Wolf Blitzer how thoroughly Trump has angered […]

A new report revealing multiple episodes of Donald Trump engaging in revisionist history and denial of reality prompted CNN’s Brooke Baldwin to pointedly ask: “Is there something seriously wrong about him?” Baldwin hosted a panel to discuss a New York Times article detailing Trump’s recent behavior, including professing his belief in absurd conspiracy theories during conversations […]

The mounting evidence supporting the serious charges of child molestation against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore triggered a moment of incredulity from MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle. In a discussion of Donald Trump’s decision to back Moore and defend him from these allegations, columnist Mike Lupica referenced reporting from Alabama about Moore indicating that he “is […]

The allegations of sexual predation and pedophilia have continued to pile up against Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore. Donald Trump initially tried to stay agnostic, but on Tuesday, after a week of his officials taking an increasingly pro-Moore stance, he gave an enthusiastic and repugnant defense of the candidate. “Well, he denies it. Look, […]

The deepening sexual abuse and child molestation scandal surrounding Alabama GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore has made one thing quite clear: We are not dealing with a “normal” Republican Party. As Shareblue Media Senior Writer Eric Boehlert noted to MSNBC’s Joy Reid, this is made painfully evident by the refusal of much of the right […]

As the Russia investigation has heated up, Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have increasingly clung to the discredited Uranium One “scandal” as a means of changing the subject to their favorite target, Hillary Clinton. Attorney General Jeff Sessions even explored appointing a second special counsel to investigate the matter — a gross abuse of […]

Republicans are going to have a hard time selling the unpopular tax plan if their media appearances are anything like Rep. Dave Brat’s cringeworthy appearance on MSNBC. Judging by his reaction, the Virginia Republican was expecting to be able to regurgitate inaccurate Republican talking points on the legislation. Instead, NBC’s Katy Tur challenged Brat — […]

Desperate to get ahead of the Russia investigation, Republicans have been peddling lies about the scandal’s simple, observable facts for weeks. The lies and spin have only grown worse since three Trump campaign officials were indicted, one of whom pleaded guilty and is now cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Responsible journalists are finally […]

Expressing alarm and outrage at the sight of a political journalist being thrown to the ground and dogpiled by six police officers while trying to cover a campaign, journalists and press advocates are denouncing the arrest of Shareblue Media reporter Mike Stark. On Tuesday, Shareblue Media posted a video of the violent police action where […]

Desperate Republicans surrogates are doing their best to spin away the deeply damaging news from Monday that a former foreign policy adviser to the Donald Trump campaign has already pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI with regard to the Russia investigation. But some Trump defenders are going even further and aggressively crossing over from […]

Fox News did not want its audience to know that two major figures in Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, Paul Manafort and Richard Gates, were indicted, so instead the right-wing propaganda network spoke about burger emojis. And Halloween candy. While real journalists at legitimate news outlets were discussing the 12 criminal counts against two top Trump […]

As the nation awaits details of the first indictments in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, Donald Trump’s personal propaganda network has been doing everything it can to try to change the subject. Particularly, Fox News has repeatedly insisted that the “real Russia” story is not that Trump and multiple members of his campaign likely […]

The GOP tax scheme, formally authorized by Thursday’s vote in the House, is a disaster in the making. It would raise the deficit $1.5 trillion, cut nearly $2 trillion from Medicare and Medicaid, and raise taxes on many working families while preserving loopholes that help millionaires buy yachts. Republicans want you to know that whether or […]

The Republican Party — the party that claimed complete victory in November, taking the White House and maintaining control of the House and Senate — is falling apart. “A political implosion is underway,” said Nicolle Wallace, a longtime Republican strategist who worked in George W. Bush’s White House and on John McCain’s presidential campaign in […]

The implosion at Fox News is all of its own making. And a large part of it is the repugnant attitude, apparently prevalent among the powers that be at the conservative network, that sexual misconduct and abuse by male employees deserves nothing more than a cover-up and a contract renewal. From former anchors Bill O’Reilly […]

Former Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly paid $32 million to settle new sexual misconduct allegations just one month before Fox News extended his contract, according to a new report by The New York Times. This was at least the sixth payout, and by far the largest, made by O’Reilly or Fox News to settle claims of sexual […]

Donald Trump refused to answer a question posed by a black reporter about the police-involved shootings that prompted the protests that have popped up at NFL stadiums. Instead Trump reiterated his previous opposition to the demonstrations, while ignoring the underlying issue. In a hastily organized press conference in the White House rose garden, reporter April […]

On CNN’s State of the Union Sunday morning, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson repeatedly dodged questions about whether he called the president a “moron,” all but confirming that he did, indeed, say it. “Is it true? Did you call him a moron?” host Jake Tapper asked, referring to recent reports that Tillerson called Trump a […]

The GOP plan to repeal Obamacare failed dozens of times before Donald Trump took office, and it has not fared any better with him in power. So instead, Trump has openly admitted that he is going to dismantle it “piece by piece” until it is destroyed — or until Democrats cave to his demands and […]

Crossing a dangerous new line in his endless war on the media, Donald Trump on Thursday morning demanded that members of Congress investigate journalists who produce reports that Trump doesn’t like. He seemed especially upset by reporting on the Russia interference scandal. At Thursday’s White House briefing, press secretary Sarah Sanders reiterated the attack theme: […]

This is why Republicans don’t want to talk about gun violence in the wake of horrific cases of gun violence — their arguments don’t hold up. Kellyanne Conway learned that Thursday morning with an appearance on CNN’s “New Day.” She became one of the first White House officials this week who was willing to have […]

Donald Trump has always cultivated a mythology of himself as a shrewd, brilliant negotiator who can cut a bargain. But since taking office, and especially since his repeated failure to wrangle a health care repeal bill out of Congress, Trump’s supposed ability to cut deals has been exposed as shallow and fake. Nevertheless, the notion […]

Giving voice to the rodeo of injustices that apparently stampede around his brain, Donald Trump jumped on Twitter Friday morning to rage once again about his election opponent from 10 months ago. Specifically, Trump whined loudly about Hillary Clinton’s supposedly adoring press coverage from last year: The Russia hoax continues, now it's ads on Facebook. What […]

Republicans are absolutely lying when they say the proposed Graham-Cassidy health care repeal bill doesn’t undo Obamacare’s protections for those with pre-existing conditions. The lie is so obvious that it only took about 30 seconds for a reporter to prove it. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel has been exposing this cruel provision in the legislation that Republicans […]

One the most appalling features of the Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal bill that Senate Republicans are trying to ram through without debate is its impact on sick people. The bill would totally wipe out all Obamacare protections, and let insurers jack up prices based on pre-existing illness. According to the Center for American Progress, asthma would […]

The Republican Party is now officially in the fake news business. The party created a fake news site designed to confuse millions of voters so that the party could win elections in multiple states. The operation was exposed by reporters working for the Associated Press who dug into “The Free Telegraph” and found out that […]

Given the chance to reprimand Donald Trump, ever so slightly, for retweeting a video on Sunday that promoted violence against women, and specifically against Hillary Clinton, Republicans are for the most part giving him a pass. Again. The refusal by Republicans to even timidly call out, let along acknowledge, Trump’s dangerous, anti-social behavior means that […]

It is no secret that the Trump administration has no respect for climate science or the danger posed by climate change. From withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, to appointing climate deniers to important scientific positions, to purging the words “climate change” from government websites, Trump and his allies are determined to wipe out any talk […]

The Trump administration made yet another attempt to lie about the record of President Barack Obama, but it only took a few minutes for reporters to completely debunk it. During the daily White House press briefing, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made the bold and false proclamation that Donald Trump has done “more for bipartisanship […]