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William Barr being sworn in as U.S. Attorney General. (Photo: White House/ Tia Dufour)

AG Barr Seeks Secret Police Powers From Congress Rivaling Nazi Germany

Keith GirardMarch 22, 2020

While the coronavirus rips across the country, largely due to Donald Trump’s ineptitude, Attorney General William Barr is quietly asking Congress for police powers that shred the Constitution.... Read More...

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Donald Trump nailed for lies and misstatements throughout the coronavirus outbreak. (Photo:

Trump’s Coronavirus Lies, Deceptions, Denials–In His Own Words

Keith GirardMarch 15, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic grew exponentially around the globe, President Trump spun an alternate reality of lies, deceptions and denials that put tens of thousands of citizens at risk.... Read More...

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Donald Trump's delusional response to the coronavirus is causing a crisis of confidence at Fox News. (Photo: MPG Collage)

Trump Coronavirus Gaffs Flummox Fox News, Right-Wing Media

Keith GirardMarch 11, 2020

Donald Trump’s mishandling of the coronavirus crisis is causing a crisis of its own at Fox News and other right-wing media outlets that have long parroted the president or explained away his many gaffs.... Read More...

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President Donald Trump reviewing U.S. Customs and Border Protection's wall prototypes on the border in Otay Mesa, California. The President was joined by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, CBP Acting Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, Acting U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost and San Diego Sector Chief Patrol Agent Rodney Scott.

Trump Fleecing Military for Border Wall Faces New Legal Challenge

Keith GirardMarch 4, 2020

Donald Trump’s plan to divert $3.8 billion in taxpayer dollars this year for the construction of an unauthorized border wall is facing a new legal challenge.... Read More...

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Donald Trump has been accused of laundering Russian money to buy and refurbish his golf course in Turnberry, Scotland. (Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg)

Trump Allegedly Laundered Russian Money to Buy Scottish Golf Courses

Keith GirardFebruary 28, 2020

Donald Trump has come under fire in Scotland for allegedly laundering Russian money to build or buy golf courses at Menie estate in Aberdeenshire in 2012 and Turnberry.... Read More...

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Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island fueled economic growth around the turn of the 19th century. (Photo: U.S. Library of Congress)

Top White House Aide Joins Economists Shredding Trump Immigration Policy

Keith GirardFebruary 25, 2020

Donald Trump’s campaign to choke off almost all immigration to the United States is starting to threaten the economy, which dependents on new citizens to fuel economic growth.... Read More...

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Harvey Weinstein meets Donald Trump criteria for pardon. (Photo: IM Collage)

Harvey Weinstein Could Be No. 12 on Trump Pardon List; He Fits the Pattern

Keith GirardFebruary 24, 2020

Harvey Weinstein, who is 67 and appeared in frail health at the trial, could be a prime candidate for a pardon from President Donald Trump.... Read More...

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Donald Trump's administration is in chaos this week after a number of setbacks. (Photo: Getty)

Trump Chaos: Barr Revolt, Court Slam, Ex-Officials Make Life Hell

Keith GirardFebruary 15, 2020

Donald Trump’s impeachment is nothing compared to the chaos sweeping his administration.... Read More...

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Donald Trump went to extremes with lies, misstatements in State of the Union Speech

Trump Provokes Pelosi Over Politics of Lying in State of Union Speech

Keith GirardFebruary 6, 2020

Donald Trump’s spun a virtual fantasy world of lies and misstatements in his State of the Union speech that was so detached from reality it raised new questions about how much longer the politics of lying can be tolerated without permanent damage to our democracy.... Read More...

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Cutting loose Donald Trump may be the only way to save the GOP in the 2020 elections. (Photo: Getty)

GOP Needs to Cut Trump Loose to Salvage 2020, Party’s Future

Keith GirardJanuary 27, 2020

Donald Trump has been materially damaged by his Impeachment following John Bolton’s revelations about the president’s role in the Ukraine scandal, and it only looks to get worse for the GOP. ... Read More...

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Donald Trump's company allegedly was involved in an Iranian money laundering through construction of a Trump tower in Azerbaijan. (Photo Collage:

Trump Hotel Deal May Have Helped Iran Fund Middle East Terrorism

Keith GirardJanuary 14, 2020

Donald Trump had no compulsions about getting involved in one of the world’s dirtiest business deals, even though evidence suggests it washed money for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.... Read More...

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Iran launched almost two dozen Fateh-110 missiles at U.S. based in Iraq. (Photo: Hossein Velayati)

Trump Middle East Bungling Leads to Brink of War Nobody Wants

Keith GirardJanuary 8, 2020

Donald Trump impetuous decision to kill Iran’s top commander without a clear reason or clear strategy has led to a humiliating counter strike against U.S. bases, pushing the region one step closer to a war that nobody wants.... Read More...

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Donald Trump personally ordered the death of a top Iranian general in Iraq. (Photo: Getty)

Trump Fumbles to Justify ‘Wag the Dog’ Strike on Iranian General

Keith GirardJanuary 3, 2020

Donald Trump appears to have impetuously ordered a lethal attack on Iran’s military leader in Iraq. He’s twice changed the reason justifying the killing, but has yet to quell worldwide outrage.... Read More...

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President Trump continues his roll back of environmental regulations that protect the nation's air land and water. (Photo: Getty)

Trump Toilet Rants Mask Cynical Assault on Environment

Keith GirardDecember 21, 2019

Donald Trump's rambling discourse on toilets drew social media snickers and a few jabs from late-night comics, but his bizarre ranting masks a cynical assault on the environment.... Read More...

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Congress could lose its power of oversight leading to an authoritarian government. (Photo: US Capitol)

Trump Attacks on Congress Turning US into Weimar Republic

Keith GirardDecember 17, 2019

Donald Trump, GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell and other Republican lawmakers are taking a page out of Hitler’s assault on the German Weimar Republic.... Read More...

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Joe Biden is being smeared by Republicans trying to defend Donald Trump. (Photo: U.S. Congress)

Impeachment Gives Trump What He Wants: Smearing Joe Biden

Keith GirardDecember 12, 2019

Joe Biden is being smeared by Republicans trying to defend Donald Trump in impeachment hearings. (Photo: U.S. Congress) Donald Trump may have failed to coer... Read More...

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Donald Trump suffered two legal setbacks his border wall. (Photo Collage: Getty/US. Customs & Border Patrol)

Trump $2B Military Fund Raid to Build Wall Ruled Illegal

Keith GirardDecember 12, 2019

Donald Trump has been slapped down in court again. In separate rulings, two U.S. District Court judges ruled that diverting money from the military to build his wall under the guise of a “national emergency” is illegal.... Read More...

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Donald Trump's legal options are fading in fight against subpoenas. (Photo: Pool)

Trump Stonewalling Crumbles Following Legal Setbacks

Keith GirardDecember 3, 2019

Donald Trump is down to his last legal redoubt–the U.S. Supreme Court–in his efforts to stonewall Congress and government investigators over efforts to gain access to his financial records and White House witnesses.... Read More...

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Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher has become a political football. (Photo Courtesy of Andrea Gallagher)

Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher Had History of ‘Unhinged’ Acts in War

Keith GirardNovember 25, 2019

Eddie Gallagher, the Navy Seal whose war crimes conviction was reversed by President Trump, has a long history of “unhinged” conduct in Iraq and Afghanistan.... Read More...

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Donald Trump's health has raised red flags after his sudden hospital visit. (Photo: ScreenCap)

Donald Trump Raises New Red Flags Over Health After Hospital Visit

Keith GirardNovember 25, 2019

Donald Trump’s health has been a mystery the president has worked hard to cover up, starting with the 2016 election up until his sudden Nov. 16 hospital visit.... Read More...

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Trump Officials Should Face Contempt, Jail for Ignoring Impeachment Subpoenas

Keith GirardNovember 14, 2019

Top Trump officials who have refused subpoenas to testify in impeachment hearings should face a long-standing process as old as the nation itself. ... Read More...

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Donald Trump Lying So Fast at Louisiana Rally Fact Checkers Barely Kept Up

Keith GirardNovember 7, 2019

Donald Trump lying long ago lost touch with reality. Nowhere was that more evident than at his Louisiana rally last night. ... Read More...

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Bill Barr Barnstorms Europe Looking for Dirt, Alarming Allies

Keith GirardNovember 3, 2019

Bill Barr has stepped outside the U.S. Attorney General’s traditional role to run political interference for Donald Trump, barreling through Europe, alarming U.S. allies, in a Quixotic quest.... Read More...

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Russian spy Maria Butina continues to create legal problems for the National Rifle Association. (Photo: Maria Butina/Facebook)

Maria Butina Fallout: NRA, Branded ‘Russian Asset,’ Now Faces State, Fed Probes

Keith GirardNovember 2, 2019

Maria Butina, the fetching Russian “gun rights” advocate and accused spy, has left the country, but her close ties to the National Rifle Association continue to reverberate.... Read More...

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Jared Kushner pictured with wife Ivanka Trump, is the owner of dozens of substandard apartments in Maryland. (Photo: White House)

Jared Kushner Sued Over Rats, Vermin in City Trump Called ‘Rodent Infested’

Keith GirardOctober 29, 2019

Jared Kushner is being sued in Maryland for failing to maintain substandard, rat-infested housing in Baltimore. It’s the same city father-in-law Donald Trump called “rat infested."... Read More...

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Russian agent Maria Butina knew the way to the heart--and soul-- of the NRA and old-fart Republicans--guns and sex. (Photo: Instagram)

Maria Butina, Russia’s Guns n’ Sex Red Sparrow, Flying the Coup for Moscow

Keith GirardOctober 25, 2019

Russian spy Maria Butina, who used her sexuality and obsession with guns to get close to influential conservative politicians and groups, walked out of a U.S jail today (Oct. 25).... Read More...

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Rudy Giuliani Gets Bronx Cheer at Yankee Stadium on His Birthday (See!)

Rudy Giuliani Bagmen Arrested For Funneling Russian $$$ to Trump Campaign

Keith GirardOctober 10, 2019

Rudy Giuliani has been tied to two men indicted on federal campaign finance charges for allegedly funneling foreign money to support Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign.... Read More...

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Ivanka, Jared Kushner No Shows as Trump Faces Serious Charges

Keith GirardOctober 4, 2019

Ivanka and Jared Kushner have virtually gone underground in recent weeks, a possible sign of the seriousness of President Donald Trump’s alleged crimes and effort to cover them up.... Read More...

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Wall Street titan Goldman Sachs refutes Trump tariff claims. U.S. is paying. (Photo: Vlad Lazarenko)

Wall Street Rips Trump Tariff Folly; Here’s Who’s Really Paying

Keith GirardSeptember 23, 2019

Wall Street is the latest to join a host of academics and economists who unanimously agree U.S. businesses and consumers are footing the entire bill for Donald Trump’s tariff war.... Read More...

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