After Pittsburgh Massacre, Trump Sticks to His Divisive Closing Pitch Ahead of Midterms
Chris Kleponis/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One day after visiting Pittsburgh, where thousands gathered to mourn the lives of the 11 people killed while worshipping at the Tree of Life synagogue on Saturday, President Donald Trump appeared primarily concerned with reports of his reception while downplaying the demonstrators who had…
Pittsburgh Mourns its Jewish Mass Shooting Victims—and Rejects Trump’s Visit
Anti-Trump demonstrators march during the president’s visit.Clint Hendler/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As President Trump came to Pittsburgh on Tuesday afternoon, thousands of residents marched in protest through Squirrel Hill, the historically Jewish neighborhood that is home to Tree of Life, the synagogue where 11 congregants were murdered…
The Media Is Repeating Trump’s Lies About Birthright Citizenship
Chris Kleponis/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, Axios released the first clip of its upcoming four-part HBO series, which featured President Donald Trump floating the possibility of ending birthright citizenship for babies of non-US citizens and undocumented immigrants, a constitutional right enshrined in the 14th Amendment. “Some legal…
Trump Wants Executive Order Terminating Birthright Citizenship
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump claimed that he is “in the process” of preparing an executive order that would seek to end birthright citizenship for children of non-US citizens or undocumented immigrants born in the country. “It was always told to me that you…
In the Wake of the Pittsburgh Massacre, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Gaslights America
Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It was not surprising. Giving the first White House news briefing in weeks, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued predictable words: “The American people reject hatred, bigotry, prejudice, and violence.” But President Donald Trump has not rejected any of that. The case is…
Trump Just Called a Bomb Recipient a “Crazed & Stumbling Lunatic”
Tom Steyer at a Need to Impeach Town Hall, May 30, 2018, in Minneapolis, MN. Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP) Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Just days after Tom Steyer, a prominent Democratic donor from California, received a bomb in the mail, President Donald Trump called him “a crazed &…