Donald Trump Has Totally Kicked China’s Ass on the Trade Deficit
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After looking at the latest trade deficit figures, I think I’ve figured out why Donald Trump decided to call off his trade war on China. As you can see, after skyrocketing during the Obama administration, Trump has turned things around and the trade deficit is…
The Republican Primary in Georgia Is Taking Racism to a Whole New Level
“Criminal illegal aliens are spreading across the country,” warns Georgia Lieutenant Gov. Casey Cagle (R) in a recent ad.Casey Cagle/YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Republican gubernatorial primary in Georgia has devolved in recent weeks into a chest-thumping argument over which candidate hates undocumented immigrants the most. In their…
Meet the Ebola Doctor Who Trump Viciously Attacked on Twitter
Dr. Craig Spencer speaking at a conference on infectious diseases in 2016.Diana Quintela/Atlantico Press/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In November 2014, Dr. Craig Spencer walked out of New York’s Bellevue Hospital cured of Ebola. He was the last American diagnosed with the disease in the US. During the nearly three…
How Trial by Skype Became the Norm in Immigration Court
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Rob DobiTess Feldman stood in an empty San Francisco courtroom, facing a three-foot-wide television screen. “Good morning!” she shouted toward a camera connected to the TV. “Can you hear me?” A stunned-looking man in an orange prison jumpsuit appeared on screen. An inmate at the Mesa…
Quote of the Day: Just Tell Them
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone of something Donald Trump told Billy Bush a few years ago: People will just believe you. You just tell them and they believe you. Remember this. It explains a lot that would otherwise seem mysterious.
Donald Trump Is Trying to Ruin Someone Who’s Annoyed Him. It’s Barely Worth a Shrug.
Dennis Van Tine/Avalon via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In just the past couple of days, Donald Trump has produced such a storm of horseshit that I never even got around to noting this story from the Washington Post: President Trump has personally pushed U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan…