John Oliver Explains What the Hell Has Happened to Rudy Giuliani
Last week, Rudy Giuliani shocked the country—and even Sean Hannity—with the revelation that President Donald Trump’s money paid for the $130,000 hush agreement involving adult film star Stormy Daniels. The subsequent clean up efforts by Trump’s newest lawyer appear to only have added to the confusion, and perhaps even the president’s mounting legal troubles. If the…
The Pentagon Considers This Russian Sniper Rifle a Big Threat to US Soldiers. The NRA Helped Promote It.
In late 2016, the US Army released a report noting that the Russian military, through experience gained during fighting in Ukraine, was undergoing a transformation and becoming a more potent battlefield threat to American forces. One troublesome development identified by the report’s authors was the increased proficiency of Russian snipers. “The capabilities of a sniper…
Alcohol Raises Cancer Risk. Does Quitting Lower It?
South_agency/Getty Images Alcohol is a carcinogen. As Mother Jones reported last month, alcohol-related cancers are estimated to kill about 20,000 Americans every year. That depressing news prompted some readers to announce that they would quit drinking. It led others to reach out to us with an important question: Does quitting actually help? In other words, if…
Trump Team Hired Firm to “Get Dirt” on Obama’s Iran Negotiators
Colin Kahl with President Obama aboard Air Force One in 2015. The rest of Obama’s foreign policy team is now insanely jealous of Kahl, wondering why they didn’t make Trump’s enemies list.Pete Souza/The White House/ZUMAPRESS On Saturday the Guardian Observer ran a story saying that Team Trump had hired an Israeli private intelligence agency to…
Mueller Probe To Go Dark for Elections?
From the Wall Street Journal: Mueller Probe Might Have to Go Dark for Midterm Election With six months to go until November’s midterm elections, Mr. Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign…will reach a point this summer when Justice Department habits dictate that he will have to either finish his inquiries or…
Rudy Giuliani Definitely Did Not Make Things Better for Trump in this ABC Interview
ABC News Rudy Giuliani has successfully completed another bewildering interview. The most interesting parts of his appearance with ABC’s This Week fall into two categories: Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, and, of course, Stormy Daniels. On the first point, Giuliani told host George Stephanopoulos that Trump didn’t have to comply with a…