While He Was Tweeting: Draft Dodger Has Some Nerve Edition, Week 40
While Trump was busy demeaning gold star families, Betsy DeVos made moves to hurt special ed and the EPA continued to wreak havoc on our environment. Here’s what else you missed.
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While He Was Tweeting: The Grand Jury Edition, Week 28
From Mueller's Grand Jury to the hiring of John Kelly as Chief of Staff, it was firehose of headlines, but lot's of other news happened. Here's what you missed.
Jeff Sessions Believes White Mediocrity Needs a Helping Hand
Pandering to aggrieved white Trump supporters who think their opportunities are being stolen by people of color because of affirmative action isn't politics – it’s a dangerous threat to democracy.
While He Was Tweeting: Special 6-Month Dumpster Fire Edition, Week 26
In a week where we saw Team Trump talked pardons, Jeff Sessions in jeopardy and Spicey out, it was easy to miss the other political horrors that happened.
While He Was Tweeting: The Collusion Edition, Week 25
In a week where Donnie Jr. told more lies than his dad and Trump Sr humiliated the US by drooling over the French First Lady, democracy died a little more. Here's what you missed.
The Most Pernicious Form of Terrorism Threatening the U.S. Is the GOP
America has always condemned other nations for religion-based oppression of their citizenry. But are our evangelical lawmakers really so different from other political fundamentalists?
Another Day, Another GOP Lawmaker Telling a Woman to Shut It
Legal expert Jessica Pieklo explains how the Sessions confirmation hearing is a prime example of why women must persist to save democracy.
There Is No Justice in Our Real-Life Bitter Reality Show
The Constitution is over 200 years old and has way more than 140 characters. Did we really expect our new president—the former "Apprentice" host—to read it, much less follow it?
How Donald Trump Is Building a Fourth Reich
With last week’s appointment announcements, Trump is following through on his platform of hate. And backtracking on his promise to help the middle- and working classes.