It almost makes you want to knock yourself unconscious just so you don’t have to deal with it anymore: On Wednesday, as Republicans were clamoring to make public a secret document they think will undercut the investigation into Russian meddling, President Trump made clear his desire: Release the memo. Trump’s directive was at odds with […]
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White House to Issue Ransom Note on Dreamers
Democrats should continue the fight for Dreamers while paying attention to the bigger picture of Trump’s xenophobic agenda.
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Why the White House Can’t Clarify What it Wants in Exchange for DACA
Members of the Trump administration are battling over different priorities.
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Trump Is Being Managed So He Doesn’t Get Played
Here’s why White House aides are trying to keep Trump away from Schumer for the next three weeks.
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The Story of an Erratic President and His Nativist Chief of Staff
Trump rejected the bipartisan DACA deal on the advice of John Kelly.
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The Cost of One’s Soul
Sometimes people have to be explicitly told they’re not wanted around–and even then, they still don’t seem to get it. Yes, there was plenty of morbid humor to be derived this week from the travails of now-former White House staffer and one-time reality-TV star Omarosa Manigault, ousted from what appeared to be a make-work position […]
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John Kelly’s Jim Crow Version of the Civil War
This is precisely why we need to have a discussion about the Confederate monuments that were erected to spread those lies.
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John Kelly Just Showed Us Who He Is as a Human Being
Rather than counsel the president, he attacked a congresswoman.
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Trump Uncorks, Says Bob’s A Dork
I guess Donald Trump had to find something else to complain about because Alec Baldwin wasn’t in the SNL cold open last night: Sen. Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, on Sunday called the White House “an adult day care center” after President Trump attacked him in a morning Twitter tirade. […]
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Why Trump Is Exhausting Our Outrage Meters
Chief of Staff John Kelly was brought in to contain the outbursts. It didn’t work.
