The GOP Is Sounding More Like Sean Hannity Every Day
Sean Hannity at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, DC, in February 2017. Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When it comes to Republican politics these days, life imitates Fox News. For months, Fox’s hardcore Donald Trump fans have been calling for a purge…
Here’s the Democratic Response to Trump’s First State of the Union
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Speaking from a vocational school in Fall River, Massachusetts, Rep. Joe KennedyIII delivered the Democrats’ rebuttal to President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address on Tuesday. “Bullies may land a punch, they may leave a mark, but they have never, not once in…
I Have Finally Seen a Good SOTU Response Speech
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I don’t have a lot to say about the substance of Joe Kennedy’s SOTU response, but I feel like I have to at least mention it. I’ve long been of the opinion that (a) it’s impossible to give a good SOTU response, and (b) it…
Fact Check: Trump Has Done Virtually Nothing to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
Win McNamee/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump promised during his State of the Union address Tuesday night to prevail in the battle against the opioid epidemic, pledging to be “much tougher on drug dealers and pushers” and help “get treatment for those in need.” Trump has long…
Trump’s First State of the Union
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State of the Union Liveblogging – 2018 Edition
Congresswomen prepare for the 2018 SOTU by wearing black. Just kidding. They’re really doing it to honor Recy Taylor, a black woman who was gang-raped in 1944 by six white men who admitted what they had done. They were never even charged with a crime.Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe…