Trump Is Not the First President to Bash the Media—But He Might Be the Worst
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018.Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Despite a scheduling delay and potential ethics violations, President Donald Trump has still been promising to announce his much-anticipated “Fake News Awards”…
Eric Trump Stands to Profit Bigly From Sweetheart Real Estate Deal With His Dad
Santiago Hafford/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally co-published by ProPublica and The Real Deal. President Donald Trump’s son Eric is preparing to capitalize on a windfall he received from his father during the presidential campaign: He’s combining three luxury Manhattan high-rise apartments, one of which he…
How Do I Reassure My Children About the Future When the Future Is Terrifying?
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story first appeared at TomDispatch.com. As a mother and an activist, here’s what I’ve concluded as 2018 begins: It’s getting harder and harder to think about the future—at least in that soaring Whitney Houston fashion. You know the song: “I believe…
Michael Flynn’s Lawyer Tweeted Something Curious
Former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and Attorney Robert Kelner leave the federal court following Flynn’s plea hearing in Washington D.C., the United States, on Dec. 1, 2017.Ting Shen/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s lawyer, Robert Kelner, on Thursday tweeted…
Surprise! Trump Is That Dude Who Asks “But Where Are You Really From?”
Ron Sachs/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While the White House attempts to mitigate the intense backlash over President Donald Trump’s racist remarks referring to Haiti, El Salvador, and African nations as “shithole” countries, NBC has a new report detailing a disturbing—yet wholly unsurprising—exchange that occurred between Trump and a Korean American…
How Republicans Normalized Donald Trump’s Racism
Donald Trump greets Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, after announcing his endorsement of Romney during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Las Vegas. Julie Jacobson/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Once again, the political-media world is in a tizzy over a Donald Trump remark. In…