California Gov. Gavin Newsom is in open conflict with Donald Trump’s administration amid an announcement that his state will attempt an off-cycle gerrymandering of their congressional map in order to counteract a similar effort by Republicans in Texas. Trump “doesn’t play by a different set of rules. He doesn’t believe …
Read More »Trump Privately Dismissed Epstein Victims as 'Democrats'
Donald Trump, Republicans in Congress, and the president’s allies across right-wing media have been trying everything to make public backlash to their botched handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation go away, amid reports that Trump himself appears in the government’s files pertaining to the convicted sex offender. The administration’s attempts …
Read More »DOJ Staffer Who Threw Sandwich at D.C. Cop Fired, Charged With Felony Assault
The Justice Department has fired one of its own and charged him with felony assault after he threw a sub sandwich at a federal officer. A video of Sean Charles Dunn throwing a sandwich at the chest of an officer amid President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of law enforcement in …
Read More »D.C. Mayor Heads to Martha's Vineyard as Trump Takes Over City
As President Donald Trump and his administration pursue a hostile takeover of Washington, D.C., the city’s mayor is skipping town for a bit. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office confirmed reports on Thursday that she left D.C. for Martha’s Vineyard. “The mayor has a family commitment and had to pick up her …
Read More »Stephen King Compares Donald Trump's Presidency to 'a Horror Story'
Stephen King couldn’t write anything as terrifying as Donald Trump‘s America. In a new interview, the author answered a series of fan questions for The Guardian, among them: “If you had to invent an ending forTrumpian America, what would it be?” “I think it would be impeachment — which, in …
Read More »Trump's Military Crackdowns Are Only Going to Get Worse
President Donald Trump has expanded his military campaign against the United States by deploying armed troops to yet another major metropolitan area, announcing on Monday that he is sending the National Guard into Washington, D.C., to “liberate” the city. The D.C. operation, launched two months after the start of his …
Read More »Trump Is Honoring Kiss' Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons. They've Criticized Him in the Past
Kiss co-founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley —who will be among this year’s Kennedy Center Honors recipients after Donald Trump‘s takeover and populist revamping there —haven’t had much to say about the president during his second term. But before that, they were fairly vocal about Trump, with opinions from Simmons, …
Read More »Jimmy Kimmel Says He Obtained Italian Citizenship to Flee 'Unbelievably' Bad Trump Administration
Jimmy Kimmel‘s dislike of President Donald Trump seems to have reached an inflection point. The late-night host has felt so dismayed by the administration’s fascist policies that he’s set up a bit of a contingency plan to flee the country altogether if need be.During a recent appearance on The Sarah …
Read More »New Analysis Finds Trump Family Has Raked in $3.4 Billion Off the Presidency
Even before Donald Trump officially began his second term in office, his family businesses were beginning the race to milk the presidency for every cent they could. Now, a new analysis from The New Yorker has put a potential dollar figure on how much Trump’s crypto ventures, real estate deals, …
Read More »John Oliver Takes Aim at Dean Cain's Plan to Join ICE
Last week, former Superman actor Dean Cain announced plans to join ICE. On the latest episode of Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver quipped that Cain won’t need to disguise himself with a mask because the chances of people knowing who he is “are fucking zero.” “You know, there’s an …
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