The NRA appears to be at a loss for content. The organization has turned to covering an array of cultural issues that have nothing to do with guns. On Friday, it set a bizarre new low when Dana Loesch used the “Final Cut” segment of her hour-long show Relentless to …
Read More »Brett Kavanaugh Cannot Hide From His Abortion Views
On Wednesday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) asked Brett Kavanaugh whether or not his views on Roe v. Wade had changed since his time working in the George W. Bush White House. The D.C. Circuit judge and President Trump’s latest Supreme Court nominee responded by saying he didn’t know what she …
Read More »With Brett Kavanaugh, Trump Has Found a Way to Repay the NRA
Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court, is a conservative activist on gun issues, and, in particular, on AR-15s. His nomination to the nation’s highest court represents payback to the NRA, a group that spent more than $30 million to help install Trump in …
Read More »3 Crucial Things to Know About the End of Net Neutrality
In December, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to repeal net neutrality. That repeal took effect on Monday, and while FCC chairman and novelty coffee mug enthusiast Ajit Pai celebrates the control his agency will now be able to exact over the the Internet economy, consumers have reason to be …
Read More »Breaking Down Robert Mueller's Newest Indictment
Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s case against Paul Manafort, the longtime Republican strategist and disgraced former chairman of President Trump’s 2016 campaign, just got a lot stronger. Mueller on Friday filed a new, superseding indictment that alleges Manafort and one of Manafort’s partnersin his multi-year lobbying campaign in Ukraine obstructed justice …
Read More »Why Can't the President Watch Porn in the White House?
President Trump values his down time in the White House. Since he moved into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue last January, reports have abounded about his television intake, from primetime cable news to his morning block of “executive time” when he mostly watches Fox & Friends and fires off the bulk of …
Read More »The State Department Is Struggling to Clean Up Trump's Mess
Though few were surprised when President Trump on Tuesday announced he was withdrawing the United States from the Iran deal, many have struggled to unpack the logic behind his decision. Bipartisan experts and allies overseas urged Trump to continue to honor the deal, in which Iran agreed to stop producing …
Read More »Meet George Papadopoulos' Fiercest Defender
If Devin Nunes didn’t have enough problems already, he’s now made an enemy of George Papadopoulos’ fiancée too. A week ago, the White House released a memo written by the California congressman and breathlessly hyped by his House colleagues as “absolutely shocking,” “worse than Watergate,” so bad “people will go …
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