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Trump, the Vacation President, Costs Taxpayers $17 Million So Far for Trips

Keith GirardSeptember 21, 2018

Donald Trump, who has spent nearly half his presidency on vacation or visiting a Trump property, has cost taxpayers more than $17 million so far for Secret Service protection, a figure that doesn’t include all of his trips during his two-years in office and is likely to go higher, easily outpacing the same costs for President Obama.... Read More...

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Snoop Dogg, Kanye West and the Struggle Over Trump, Racism and America

Keith GirardSeptember 20, 2018

Snoop Dogg knows a racist when he sees one and Donald Trump fits the bill, along with all those others who support him, including fellow rapper Kanye West and o... Read More...

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Trump’s Peen in Play on Late Night, After Stormy Daniels Sends Mario Cart Trending

Keith GirardSeptember 19, 2018

Donald Trump made an issue out of it during the 2016 election; now it’s back, his penis that is, thank’s to his one-time lover Stormy Daniels. The adult film st... Read More...

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Brett Kavanaugh Takes Low Road to the Nation’s Highest Court

Keith GirardSeptember 10, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh’s pledge in congressional hearings to be an impartial arbiter of the U.S. Constitution on the Supreme Court is counter to his history of deception as a political operative for President George W. Bush, his record as a judge and even in his personal life.... Read More...

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Les Moonves, Trump-Style Sexual Predator, Ousted at CBS; Ergo the President?

Keith GirardSeptember 10, 2018

Les Moonves, the all-powerful chairman and chief executive of CBS, was ousted from the company he oversaw for two decades, felled by the same kind of sex assaul... Read More...

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Trump and Fox News Keep Media Spinning in Vicious Cycle of Manipulation

Keith GirardAugust 31, 2018

Donald Trump has made his love for Fox News perfectly clear, but he’s more than a simple fan. The president and the right wing news network are engaging in a pattern of misinformation that has kept the mainstream media spinning in a vicious cycle not seen since the days of Joe McCarthy.... Read More...

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Trump Plan to Allow 3D Printed Guns Hits Roadblock in Federal Court

Keith GirardAugust 27, 2018

The Trump administration’s approval of untraceable, undetectable guns created with 3-D printers was stopped in its tracks today (Aug. 27) by a federal judge, wh... Read More...

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John McCain, Always a Fighter, From Vietnam to Trump Presidency, Dies at 81

Keith GirardAugust 25, 2018

John McCain, the Arizona Senator and son of a Navy Admiral, who never lost his will to fight–from Vietnam to one of the few Republicans willing to stand up to D... Read More...

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Trump’s Final Deal: Negotiating His Only Viable Exit Strategy–Resignation

Keith GirardAugust 25, 2018

Donald Trump’s options are increasingly being foreclosed by the Russia investigation, which almost certainly will lead to criminal charges against sons Donald Jr and Eric Trump, daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner Jr., leaving his resignation the best possible exit strategy to end one of the most divisive periods in modern U.S. history.... Read More...

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Trump Doubles Down on Fox News Racist Dog Whistle About… South Africa? WTF?

Keith GirardAugust 23, 2018

Donald Trump responded like a dog in heat to an overtly racist dog whistle by Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson, who took a sudden interest last night in “land and farm seizures” from whites in South Africa. The implied message was clear: This could happen here.... Read More...

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Trump Net Neutrality Repeal Faces New 23-State Legal Challenge

Keith GirardAugust 21, 2018

The Trump administration’s decision to roll back net neutrality is facing a new legal attack by 23 state attorneys general, who charge the decision was “arbitrary” and “capricious.”... Read More...

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Trump Tax Cuts Expected to Have Only Short-Term Effect on Economy, CBO Says

Keith GirardAugust 16, 2018

The Trump tax cuts will have only a short-term economic stimulus, but deficits will soar. (Photo: Getty, Chart: CBO) Donald Trump's tax cuts, effectively a ... Read More...

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Alex Jones, Nowhere To Run, Nowhere to Hide, Begs Donald Trump for Help

Keith GirardAugust 8, 2018

Alex Jones, the bombastic, conspiracy and hate-mongering commentator, turned to Donald Trump today (Aug 6) with a near hysterical plea for help after Apple and... Read More...

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Donald Trump Bizarre Grocery Store ID Remark Smacks of Russian Influence

Keith GirardAugust 4, 2018

Donald Trump’s habit of going off script during his campaign rallies often leads to bizarre statements, but few have been as puzzling as his pronouncement at a Tampa, Fla., rally this week that Americans need an identification card to purchase groceries.... Read More...

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Trump Administration Alarms States Over 3D Gun Approval; 8 States To Sue

Keith GirardJuly 31, 2018

The Trump administration’s approval of untraceable, undetectable guns created with 3-D printers has come under fire from New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood and a coalition of other Attorneys General who have filed a lawsuit to block distribution of the gun’s plans.... Read More...

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Trump Under Fire Over Environmental Damage Caused by Scottish Golf Course

Keith GirardJuly 30, 2018

Donald Trump's golf course in Aberdeenshire covers environmentally sensitive terrain next to the sea. (Photo: Instagram) Donald Trump sandwiched his Aberdee... Read More...

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Jim Carrey Garish Portraits Continue to Define the Trump Political Milieu (See!)

Keith GirardJuly 28, 2018

Donald Trump knows how to pull out of a deal if not a porn star. Jim Carrey portrays the president as the Joker from Batman in a new series of garish portraits... Read More...

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KKK Internet Meme Faked Linking Hate Group to 1924 Democratic Convention

Keith GirardJuly 28, 2018

Two widely circulated Internet memes purporting to show images of Klu Klux Klan rallies at the 1924 Democratic Convention are fake. The memes have been spread ... Read More...

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

Keith GirardJuly 28, 2018

Rudy Giuliani is back to being the most hated man in New York City. The former mayor, who’s now one of Donald Trump’s lawyers, was loudly booed at Yankee Stadi... Read More...

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Samantha Bee Hit in Right Wing Retaliation for Ivanka Name-Calling (video)

Keith GirardJuly 28, 2018

Samantha Bee, the acerbic late-night talk show host has been caught up in the television culture war. Right-wingers, led by the White House, attacked her for “... Read More...

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Bernie Sanders Makes Best Case Yet Why Trump Is Worst President Ever (See!)

Keith GirardJuly 28, 2018

Sen. Bernie Sanders makes it clear why Donald Trump is the “worst president in the history of the United States.” Or to put it another way, he’s the best presi... Read More...

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Trump, Family Accused of ‘Persistent Illegal Conduct’ Running Trump Foundation

Keith GirardJuly 28, 2018

Donald J. Trump, daughter Ivanka and sons Donald Jr. and Eric Trump have been named in a lawsuit filed by New York State for using the Trump Foundation as a pe... Read More...

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Michael Cohen Coming Clean: Why It Spells Trouble for Trump

Keith GirardJuly 27, 2018

Michael Cohen was Donald Trump’s personal lawyer for almost a decade and appears ready to unravel the president’s complex web of business dealings, porn star payoffs, Russian mob ties and possible collusion with the Kremlin during the 2016 campaign.... Read More...

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Trump Corruption Case Clears Major Hurdle, Raising Stakes for Constitutional Crisis

Keith GirardJuly 26, 2018

Donald Trump’s obsession with the Russia investigation is overshadowing a potentially more serious constitutional crisis that just cleared a major hurdle in federal District Court. ... Read More...

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