At an event in Houston at Rice University’s Baker Institute, President Obama  hammered Donald Trump, accusing him of “capitalizing on resentments that politicians have been fanning for years”. Obama also warned Americans that the current White House is creating global ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 28, 2018

I've been reading excerpts from Michelle Obama's memoir, 'Becoming' and have been struck by just how painful the election of Donald Trump was to her. The feelings she describes bring back my own distressing memories of November 2016, particularly my visit to the White House just ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 13, 2018

Donald Trump, despite his obsessive and destructive use of Twitter, doesn't seem to know anything about the internet. He doesn't know about the behemoth resource called "Google" or its subsidiary "YouTube." Using either platform, it's relatively easy to unearth clips, news ...read more

• By Bob Cesca
  Nov 9, 2018

After the news broke that Donald Trump wouldn't be visiting Great Britain for fear of sparking giant protests, the Commander in Chief wasted no time tweeting out the most childish excuse imaginable:  I'm from South West London where the embassy Trump was supposed to be opening ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Jan 11, 2018

Bill Maher shared this video of President Obama laying into the Republicans and Donald Trump to his facebook page today. The video was from the campaign trail in late 2016, and shows Obama in his element -- eloquent, impassioned, and angry about the terrifying political ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

Trump is moving to end DACA, Obama's law that shielded young immigrants from deportation, and Jeff Sessions made the announcement today with a grin on his face that suggests a kid sneaking a cookie out of the jar, except in this case, the cookie is legalized racism. We know the ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Nov 9, 2018