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A federal judge on Wednesday rejected President Trump’s latest effort to stop a lawsuit that alleges Trump is violating the Constitution by continuing to do business with foreign governments. The ruling, from U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte in Greenbelt, Md., will allow the plaintiffs in the case — the attorneys general of Maryland and…
During his speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, on Tuesday, President Donald Trump told the audience not to trust what they see and read. Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Images The comment was made while Trump was speaking about America’s economy. “This country is doing better than…
Screenshot: CNN We didn’t have to wait long to hear what was on at least one of the tapes that was secretly recorded by President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen, who has turned on his long-time boss in recent weeks. The tape, on which the pair discuss buying rights to a former Playboy model’s story about…
Screenshot: Fox News Conservative website The Daily Caller, best known for its nauseating hot woman slideshows and posts like “Rate Which Of Hillary Clinton’s Outfits Was The Most Heinous,” sent an editor to a rally in St. Louis over the weekend where Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was speaking in support of Democratic congressional candidate Cori Bush. What…
The Trump Administration continued its years-long war on words, meaning, and the fabric of reality today by announcing the development of invisible planes which will help us to fight the many imaginary, all-caps wars we are involved in against Iran, North Korea, journalism, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, late night television hosts, some movie stars, President Obama,…
State Rep. Jason Spencer (R-Woodbine) of Georgia was featured on Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Who Is America?” Sunday night shouting racial slurs, flashing his naked buttocks, and making fun of Chinese people. Baron Cohen, “disguised” as Israeli terrorism expert Col. Erran Morad, convinced Spencer to participate in an anti-terrorism training video meant for elected officials to…
Thanks to a childhood spent watching romantic comedies with forceful male leads, I thought love was persistent and never gave up—until my ex stalked me after our breakup. Illustration by Calum Heath Every year, women in the UK are murdered by stalkers and domestic abusers—despite previously reporting them to the police. Unfollow Me is a…
Three weeks after he was elected president, Donald Trump tweeted, “Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag—if they do, there must be consequences—perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!” Trump thinks about citizenship—and about taking it away—a lot. His entry into Republican politics was an attack on President Barack Obama’s status as…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel passed a “nation-state” law on Thursday declaring that only Jews have the right of self-determination in the country, stirring anger from members of the Arab minority who said it was racist and drawing an expression of concern from the EU. The bill, backed by the right-wing government, passed through parliament after…
On June 12, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) tweeted: “Europe is waking up… Will America… in time?” and linked to an anti-immigrant tweet by a well-known British neo-Nazi named Mark Collett. A month later, the tweet is still there. King told CNN that he had no plans to delete the tweet. Just because Collett might be…