White House thought ripping families apart was a great midterm strategy
The White House’s cruel family separation policy was not spontaneous, but long-planned as an election strategy.
By Oliver Willis - June 19, 2018The White House’s cruel family separation policy was not spontaneous, but long-planned as an election strategy.
By Oliver Willis - June 19, 2018White House chief of staff John Kelly has given up on Trump and is just spending his time at the gym now.
By Kaili Joy Gray - June 19, 2018When the government is helmed by leaders with an insatiable appetite for cruelty, even the unthinkable must be considered.
By Caroline Orr - June 16, 2018The move comes just after the United Nations condemned the Trump administration for using forced family separation as a means of punishing immigrants.
By Caroline Orr - June 16, 2018A Republican finally joined Democrats in speaking out against Trump’s latest attack on Obamacare.
By Tommy Christopher - June 13, 2018A career DOJ official is resigning after the Trump administration announced it would no longer defend the Affordable Care Act’s protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions.
By Caroline Orr - June 13, 2018Once upon a time, these Republicans swore they’d protect people with pre-existing conditions. Now the states they represent are attacking health coverage for the sick.
By Emily Crockett - June 11, 2018Trump has gutted the State Department and failed to fill key science advisory posts, leaving the U.S. in a weak position ahead of talks with North Korea.
By Caroline Orr - June 11, 2018With suicide rates already on the rise, the Trump administration wants to dismantle protections for pre-existing conditions — a move that could discourage people from seeking help for suicidal thoughts.
By Caroline Orr - June 09, 2018The fallout from Republicans refusing to act on immigration reform continues to claim lives. A young man brought to America as a toddler was deported to Mexico, where his throat was slashed.
By Oliver Willis - June 08, 2018The Trump DOJ just put an estimated 52 million Americans with pre-existing conditions at risk of losing health insurance coverage.
By Caroline Orr - June 08, 2018Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and other members of Trump’s Cabinet apparently have more important things to do than attend the first public meeting of the commission to make schools safer for kids.
By Oliver Willis - June 06, 2018Trump’s secretary of education has no idea what she’s talking about, and she doesn’t seem to care.
By Tommy Christopher - June 05, 2018Ambassador Richard Grenell continues to make a mess in Germany.
By Tommy Christopher - June 04, 2018Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave Trump a much-needed lesson on how trade between our nations is supposed to function.
By Tommy Christopher - June 03, 2018Newly released emails show EPA officials working with a right-wing think tank in a coordinated effort to undermine climate science.
By Caroline Orr - June 01, 2018Hot take: If you defend the p***y-grabber but think Samantha Bee’s words crossed a line, you might just be a hypocritical shill.
By Caroline Orr - May 31, 2018The Russians are coming — and Trump left the door wide open.
By Caroline Orr - May 30, 2018Thousands could lose their livelihoods, and Americans would also pay $6,000 more for every foreign-built car purchased in the United States, all because of Trump’s thoughtless policies.
By Eric Boehlert - May 30, 2018To justify his move to put more heavily polluting trucks on the roads, EPA Director Scott Pruitt cited a study that was disavowed by the university that produced it.
By Caroline Orr - May 29, 2018NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch thinks the best way for the country to respond to school shootings is to stop reimbursing medical services for low-income women.
By Caroline Orr - May 23, 2018Veteran journalist Lesley Stahl revealed that Trump once admitted to her that his attacks on the press are part of a strategy to ‘demean’ and ‘discredit’ reporters so no one believes negative coverage about him.
By Caroline Orr - May 22, 2018In his continuing crusade against the record of President Barack Obama, Trump has decided that hunters must be allowed to shoot and kill defenseless bear cubs.
By Oliver Willis - May 22, 2018The EPA tried to cover up a study about toxic chemicals in drinking water. At a summit on the crisis, security guards manhandled a journalist attempting to cover the story.
By Oliver Willis - May 22, 2018The White House and the EPA suppressed a report showing dangerous levels of toxic chemicals in the U.S. water supply because they feared it would cause a ‘public relations nightmare,’ according to newly revealed emails.
By Caroline Orr - May 16, 2018Scott Pruitt said he needed a full-time security detail after he received a wave of threats as head of the EPA. Turns out he made the request before he was even in office.
By Eric Boehlert - May 15, 2018Team Trump lowered the bar for working at the White House — and they still can’t find people.
By Eric Boehlert - May 14, 2018John Kelly’s bigotry comes straight from the top, and echoes the nation’s shameful past.
By Tommy Christopher - May 13, 2018Trump’s reckless ‘leadership’ is driving a mass exodus from the State Department and leaving America unprepared for the diplomatic challenges we face.
By Caroline Orr - May 13, 2018As a new Ebola outbreak was declared on Tuesday, Trump called to rescind emergency outbreak funding and the White House abruptly disbanded its global health security team.
By Caroline Orr - May 12, 2018