Did Trump Agree to Protect Dreamers Without Building the Wall?
Democratic Minority Leaders Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) had dinner at the White House tonight and later announced that they’d reached some sort of agreement with President Donald...
View ArticleWSJ Says Trump Has Changed His Mind About Leaving the Paris Agreement
Update 5:35 p.m. ET: White House spokesperson Lindsay Walters pushed back on the Wall Street Journal report in a statement, “There has been no change in the United States’ position on the Paris...
View ArticleThe Washington Post Says Paul Manafort Offered to Brief a Russian Billionaire...
“How did the Russia scandal unfold?” someone will ask one day. The answer? Slowly at first, then all at once. Earlier today the New York Times dropped one bombshell on the Special Prosecutor’s...
View ArticleAnthony Weiner Is Going To Prison
Maybe Trump will pardon him as a thank you for indirectly helping him win the election? BREAKING: Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner sentenced to 21 months in sexting case that rocked presidential race. —...
View ArticleThis New Yorker Cartoon Made Me LOL
This New Yorker cartoon by Emily Flake is from January but it could just as easily be from today since the GOP is still making a last minute attempt to replace Obamacare with a sack of potatoes that...
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Happy Anniversary, Obamas
Barack and Michelle Obama got married 25 years ago today! Happy 25th anniversary @barackobama. A quarter of a century later, you're still my best friend & the most extraordinary man I know. I you....
View ArticleCNN Just Published a Story Claiming Mueller Has Filed Charges in the Russia...
CNN: A federal grand jury in Washington, DC, on Friday approved the first charges in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller, according to sources briefed on the matter. The charges...
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“Thor: Ragnarok” Is the Best “Guardians of the Galaxy” Film Yet
Who is the least popular Marvel movie superhero? It’s complicated. If we’re going off the box office, the answer is Hulk. Edward Norton’s 2009 turn as Bruce Banner in The Incredible Hulk made far and...
View ArticleTrump Just Reacted to the GOP Loss in Virginia. It Isn’t A Good Look.
Donald Trump reacted to the loss of Ed Gillespie, his favored candidate in the Virginia gubernatorial race, in a predictably Trumpain way: he sent a tweet throwing Gillespie under the bus. Ed...
View ArticleThe Ridiculous “Justice League” Could Have Been So Much Worse
Once upon a time, in the long long ago, this bad guy from a lava planet comes to Earth with these three magic boxes and tries to turn our pretty blue marble into a red marble, but is defeated by some...
View ArticleThe CBO Just Released Its Analysis of the Senate Tax Bill
Last night, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its analysis of the Senate tax bill. The report concludes that the GOP’s tax bill is bad for the poor from the get-go and ends up...
View ArticlePaul Ryan Admits the GOP Is Going to Slash Entitlements to Fund Tax Bill
Last week, the Senate passed a “tax reform” bill that costs over $1 trillion dollars and almost entirely benefits the rich, while tossing the poor and middle class a sack of nickels, some old NOW CDs,...
View ArticleFestival of Slights, the First Night: Trump’s Book of Hitler Speeches
Happy Hanukkah! Mother Jones is celebrating this year’s festival of lights with a festival of slights. Specifically, President Donald Trump’s slights toward the Jewish people. In 1990, Vanity Fair...
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Festival of Slights, the Second Night: The Sheriff’s Star
Happy Hanukkah! Mother Jones is celebrating this year’s festival of lights with a festival of slights. Specifically, President Donald Trump’s slights toward the Jewish people. During presidential...
View Article“The Last Jedi” Felt Like a Dream. I’m Not Sure I Even Really Saw It.
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… A film called the Empire Strikes Back set the bar for sci-fi sequels. The year was 1980. It’s still, to this day, considered by many people to be the best...
View ArticleFestival of Slights, the Fifth Night: Trump’s Closing Argument to Voters
Happy Hanukkah! Mother Jones is celebrating this year’s festival of lights with a festival of slights. Specifically, President Donald Trump’s slights toward the Jewish people. On the eve of the 2016...
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The Treasury Department Just Released Updated Tax Withholding Tables That...
On Thursday, the Treasury Department released updated tax withholding tables that reflect the changes thanks to the tax bill Republicans passed in late December. Employers will be required to implement...
View ArticleA US Ambassador Resigned Because He Can No Longer Serve Under Trump
The US Ambassador to Panama has resigned because he no longer comfortable taking directions from President Donald Trump. John D. Feeley, who has served as the United States’ top diplomat in Panama...
View ArticleEveryone In Hawaii Just Got A Push Alert About An Incoming Ballistic Missile....
Everyone in Hawaii just got a pretty horrifying push alert. Omg pic.twitter.com/ZbDTL1rcaF — Michelle Broder Van Dyke (@michellebvd) January 13, 2018 But there is no missile. It was a mistake. HAWAII –...
View ArticleOne of the Largest Magazines in Europe Just Hit Trump With an Amazing Cover
This cover of Der Spiegel is so good. Quite a cover. pic.twitter.com/Jav5wyJ1AJ — Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) January 15, 2018 From Der Spiegel‘s deputy editor-in-chief Susanne Beyer: Our latest cover...
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