Donald Trump Got Really, Really Mad at Mitt Romney This Morning
John Angelillo/Avalon via ZUMA Press President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) Saturday morning, calling him a “pompous ‘ass’,” and saying that the senator is bad for Republicans. After tweeting that “the so-called Whistleblower’s account of my perfect phone call is ‘way off’,” Trump aimed his twitter fusillade at Romney, a frequent critic…
Mike Pompeo Just Accused House Democrats of Harassing State Department Employees
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listens to a reporter’s question, during a joint news conference with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, following their meeting in Athens, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. Pompeo is in Greece on the last leg of a four-nation European tour that has been overshadowed by the impeachment inquiry in Washington.Thanassis Stavrakis/AP…
Two Key Figures in the Ukraine Scandal Just Hired Trump’s Former Attorney
John Dowd leaving a federal courthouse.Yana Paskova/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, John Dowd, has agreed to represent two businessmen who helped Rudy Giuliani seek dirt on Joe Biden from current and former Ukrainian officials. Dowd represented Trump in matters relating to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe until March 2018. Dowd’s new…
The Scariest Part of the Trump-Ukraine Scandal? He Really Believes His Own Conspiracy Theories.
Evan Vucci/AP It’s been a long-standing question: Does Donald Trump believe his own crap? Does he truly think he has the best brain, that he is worth more than $10 billion, that there were more than a million people at his inauguration? And, in particular, does he accept the crazy conspiracy swill he so often…
On Ukraine, It’s Hard to Tell Fox News and 4Chan Apart
Atilgan Ozdil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images, edited by Mother Jones Last week, as President Donald Trump was battered by headlines detailing a whistleblower allegation that he sought Ukrainian interference in the 2020 election, right-wing media outlets rallied to support him by pumping out stories downplaying the revelations. “Democrats Wrote to Ukraine in May 2018, Demanding It Investigate…
Australia to Trump: Sure, We’ll Help You Pursue Your Political Vendetta
President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison take the stage as they mark the opening of an Australian-owned Pratt Industries plant, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Wapakoneta, Ohio.John Minchillo/AP Australia rarely makes the US news unless there’s a killer shark attack or a killer leadership coup. But like so many others in the…