Trump’s First Presidential Apology: Hiring a Black Woman
Michael Reynolds/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I know I keep telling everyone to ignore Donald Trump’s tweets except as messages to his base, this morning’s tweet about Omarosa Manigault Newman is really unique: Wacky Omarosa, who got fired 3 times on the Apprentice, now got fired for the last…
What Do Our Budding Young Socialists Actually Want?
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezMark Lennihan/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over the weekend the Washington Post ran a piece by Sheri Berman titled “Democratic socialists are conquering the left. But do they believe in democracy?” My first thought was: Sheri, how could you? Democratic socialists are conquering the left? Come on. Bernie…
Trump Admits He Only Kept Omarosa Around Because She “Said Great Things” About Him
Michael Reynolds/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump lashed out at Omarosa Manigault Newman on Monday morning, calling the former White House aide “wacky” and “vicious” after she released two audio clips she claims she surreptitiously recorded in the days surrounding her unceremonious firing last December. But in attacking Newman,…
Omarosa Releases New Tape Suggesting Trump Didn’t Know About Her Firing
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Omarosa Manigault Newman, the Apprentice candidate turned White House staffer, has released a new recording of what she says is a 2017 phone conversation with President Donald Trump that suggests he had been unaware of her firing until the news emerged in media reports. “Omarosa, what’s going on?” Trump can…
Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison Denies Allegations That He Abused His Ex-Girlfriend
Keith EllisonDavid Zalubowski/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the run-up to Minnesota’s primary election on Tuesday, Democratic US Rep. Keith Ellison, who is vying to become the state’s next attorney general, is denying recent allegations of domestic abuse from an ex-girlfriend and her son. Karen Monahan, a political organizer who dated…
Check Out These Emotional Photos and Videos of Anti-Racism Protesters Showing Up Against White Nationalists
Demonstrators against racism march Sunday along city streets as they mark the anniversary of last year’s Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. Steve Helber/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s been one year since tiki-torch-carrying neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members descended upon Charlottesville, Virginia, and an alleged white nationalist…