Trump Just Dissolved His Own Voter Fraud Commission
Chris Kleponis/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump dissolved his controversial “election integrity” commission to the cheers of voting rights advocates who saw the commission as a threat to ballot access. It was created after Trump tweeted, with no evidence, that millions of illegal votes were cast in the 2016 election. …
Government Media Awards Show Scheduled for 5 O’Clock
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday at 5 pm, college football holds its national championship game. But if you’re not a sports fan, don’t worry. Donald Trump has you covered: I will be announcing THE MOST DISHONEST & CORRUPT MEDIA AWARDS OF THE YEAR on Monday at 5:00 o’clock.…
Steve Bannon Called the Trump Tower Meeting “Treasonous”
Miguel Juarez Lugo/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. According to a forthcoming book by Michael Wolff, President Donald Trump’s ousted chief strategist, Steve Bannon, believes the infamous June 2016 meeting between members of Trump’s inner circle and a Russian lawyer supposedly offering damaging information on Hillary Clinton was “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.”…
Fierce Backlash After Trump Taunts North Korea Over “Bigger” Nuclear Button
Bruce R. Bennett/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump drew swift condemnation Tuesday evening after he insulted North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un with a less than presidential tweet bragging about America’s stronger nuclear capabilities. North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on…
I Was a Successful Journalist When a Doctor First Handed Me Opioids
PeopleImages/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Editor’s note: After reading Mother Jones reporter Julia Lurie‘s work on the opioid crisis, a former journalist contacted us with his own story of addiction. The following is his narrative, in his own words. In order to protect his privacy, we have not included…
Still No Deal on DACA?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over the past few months, Republicans have been too busy reducing corporate taxes to bother negotiating a budget for the 2018 fiscal year (which is already three months old). Instead they keep passing stopgap bills to keep the government going for a few weeks longer.…