Donald Trump Sends a Letter to Turkey
Apparently the White House has confirmed that this is real: EXCLUSIVE: I have obtained a copy of @realDonaldTrump’s letter to #Erdogan. @POTUS warns him to not “be a tough guy! Don’t be a fool!” Says he could destroy Turkey’s economy if #Syria is not resolved in a humane way. Details tonight at 8pm #TrishRegan #FoxBusiness…
The Evidence of a Trump Quid Pro Quo Is Becoming Overwhelming
Douglas Christian/ZUMA NBC News reports today about a White House meeting with Ukrainian officials that took place earlier this year. The Ukrainians wanted to agree on a meeting date between President Trump and newly elected Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, but John Bolton was noncommital. Then Gordon Sondland piped up: Sondland directly contradicted Bolton by telling…
Trump: Kurds Are No Angels
President Trump gives himself an A+ for his handling of Syria: “That has nothing to do with us,” Mr. Trump said, all but washing his hands of the Kurdish fighters who have fought alongside American troops against the Islamic State for years but have now been left to fend for themselves. “The Kurds know how…
Yesterday Was a Big Day for Puerto Rico. You Probably Missed It.
Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo/AP Hours before a dozen Democrats vying to be the next president of the United States took the debate stage in Ohio, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a key case involving Puerto Rico. At stake was the unelected fiscal control board set up by Congress in 2016 to oversee the island’s…
The Trumpiest Governor in the Country Is Tied for Reelection in Kentucky
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin with President Donald Trump at the White House in 2018Ron Sachs/CNP/Zuma Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has spent the past four years acting like a mini Donald Trump, a politician prone to social media outbursts belittling his ideological opponents in the most bombastic fashion. And just a few weeks out from Election…
The Largest–Ever Survey of Campus Sexual Assault Shows How Outrageously Common It Is
The Washington Post/Getty A new survey of campus sexual violence in the United States has found that more than 1 in 4 undergraduate women from 33 large universities have experienced sexual assault while they were students. Fewer than 30 percent of those women, who were assaulted by force or while they were unable to consent,…