In a deranged rant on his show last night, Sean Hannity went to war with the FBI over the revelation that it investigated president Trump for being a potential Russian asset.  The conspiracy theory fueled monologue consisted of familiar themes bandied about in far right (and far ...read more

Yesterday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office released both a sentencing memo and a heavily redacted addendum regarding former National Security Adviser Gen. Michael Flynn. He recommended a "sentence that does not impose a term of incarceration," because Flynn cooperated ...read more

No other Republican has done more damage to the United States than Mitch McConnell. In 2010, before he became Senate Majority Leader, he famously said his party's "top political priority should be to deny President Obama a second term." Once he became Majority Leader, he rammed ...read more

The New Yorker's stunning expose of the server communications between the Trump Organization and Russia's Alfa Bank during the 2016 election is a must-read piece that exposes the tantalizing threads of the Trump-Russia investigation.  Reporter Dexter Filkins reaches no hard ...read more

Today was not a good day for Donald Trump. His former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was found guilty of eight criminal counts, including five counts of tax fraud, and Michael Cohen, the president’s former lawyer, also pleaded guilty to breaking campaign finance laws. Cohen ...read more

Glenn Greenwald's ability to stay focused on one particular narrative over months, years, and potentially decades is nothing short of amazing. Regardless of mountains of evidence disproving whatever pet theory he has decided to adopt, Greenwald is unwavering in his belief that if ...read more

It's hard to remember that before he became a full-time resident of the Upside-Down, Rudy Giuliani was regarded as "the hottest political property in the country". For his work as Mayor of New York City following the events of September 11th, Giuliani earned the respect of the ...read more

Since the election of Donald Trump, liberals have begun to take once-conservative voices like William Kristol and David Frum seriously, as they have become some of the strongest opponents to the President’s agenda. Simultaneously, they have also heeded the words of the highest ...read more

In an extraordinary moment on Fox News yesterday, host Dagen McDowell openly blurted out what Trump supporters secretly worry about when assessing a potential Robert Mueller interview with president Trump. What if he lies on record? "How in the world could [Trump] ever cooperate ...read more

For many months, the Trump administration maintained that it "did not collude with Russia" during the 2016 election campaign. Now that so much evidence to the contrary is publicly available, Trump and his team have are now accepting the fact that they colluded, but are now ...read more

Media Matters For America put together a remarkable video of the two completely alternate universes going on at Fox News these days. One is presented by Sean Hannity -- a professional cheerleader for president Trump whose job it is to cover up whatever the president happens to be ...read more

Donald Trump is a white supremacist, admitted sexual predator and a malignant narcissist. He longs to be an authoritarian with the power to do great harm to as many people as possible. He’s a man that’s never been loved, has no idea how to love anything but himself and has taught ...read more

Note: This is the second of a two-part series of articles concerning the Magnitsky Act. To read the first article, go here. The Magnitsky Act, which cut off Russian oligarchs' access to their American holdings as punishment for the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, represents a ...read more

If a sitting president sends a public message to his Attorney General telling him he should personally intervene to stop federal criminal investigation into his potential criminal behavior, he is attempting to obstruct justice. That this needs spelling out is a testament to the ...read more

This is part one of a two part piece on the story behind the Magnitsky Act Everyone knows that on June 9th, 2016, Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort met with lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin and lawyer Natalya Veselnitskaya at Trump Tower in Manhattan. Although Junior ...read more

Last week, the US House Intelligence Committee released approximately 3,517 Facebook ads purchased by the Russians between 2015-17, meant to influence the 2016 election, all of which are available to download. USA Today conducted a study of the ads and concluded that more than ...read more

Last night's primaries in Ohio, Indiana, North Carolina, and West Virginia garnered more attention for who lost rather than who won. In Ohio, Dennis Kucinich, the former Congressman and perennial Presidential candidate lost the nomination for governor this fall. Although his old ...read more