Chuck Schumer was comfortably re-elected as Senate Minority Leader yesterday by the Democratic caucus, but a stunning New York Times exposé of Facebook reveals that he attempted to impede investigations into the tech giant. The story, which runs about 5,000 words and carries ...read more
Among the nonstop madness that is the Trump administration, it's so easy to miss the little ways the Republican Party is hard at work helping our would-be dictator by undermining American democracy. The latest attack on the integrity of our system comes via Paul Ryan and the ...read more
According to president Trump, during his face to face meeting with Vladimir Putin, he discussed collaboration with the Kremlin on an "impenetrable Cyber Security unit," to prevent "election hacking": If ever there was proof that Trump genuinely lives in a completely alternate ...read more
In theory, Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee thanks to allegations made by former FBI Director James Comey while recalling his experience being fired, admittedly by Trump, in an effort to end the ...read more
Tough luck for anyone who was hoping to feel satisfied after watching Megyn Kelly’s much anticipated interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The roughly 10 minute discussion was featured on the debut episode of NBC’s new program, Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly. While she ...read more
In an interview with Megyn Kelly for NBC News, Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to pull some shit, as the kids say, by suggesting that Russia is being framed for the hacking of 2016 election by American hackers: "Hackers can be anywhere. They can be in Russia, in ...read more
On Friday afternoon, President-elect Donald Trump finally sat down with intelligence officials and was briefed about Russia's role in the hacking of our election. Shortly after the meeting, Trump issued a generic statement about how much respect he has for the intelligence ...read more
CNN reports that Donald Trump is still waging war on the United States intelligence community over its assessment that Russia interfered with the election. In (of course) a fact-free tweet Tuesday night, Trump accused the community of delaying a briefing on the subject because ...read more
Donald Trump's incoming White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer dodged questions about Russia's influence on the election this weekend by claiming that Hillary Clinton is the person who should really be punished. Last week President Obama enacted sanctions against the Russian ...read more
If you want a preview of what life is going to be like under Donald Trump, look no further than this completely insane interview with future number two at the State Department John Bolton -- a comically senile nut job dredged up from the Bush administration. Speaking on the ...read more
The escalating crisis over the potential hacking of the US election by the Russian government is being made all the worse by America's fractured media system and its extremely divided political culture. Despite the competing narratives from both sides of the aisle, right now, ...read more
Donald Trump can't lose. His entire self-made mythology rests precariously on the premise that he's a winner. He says it over and over again because for Trump it's not simply a statement of purpose but the centerpiece of his brand. A public loss for Trump would be humiliating, ...read more
