Without mentioning him, Meryl Streep eviscerated Donald Trump’s bigotry and his despicable campaign for the presidency. “Violence incites violence,” she noted.
LaunchHouse Republicans gut their own oversight
“In one of their first moves of the new Congress, House Republicans have voted to gut their own independent ethics watchdog — a huge blow to cheerleaders of congressional oversight and one that dismantles major reforms adopted after the Jack Abramoff scandal,” Politico reports.
LaunchPaul Krugman: How republics end
[T]he sickness of American politics didn’t begin with Donald Trump, any more than the sickness of the Roman Republic began with Caesar. The erosion of
LaunchMassive, blatant, un-American power grab under way in North Carolina by Republicans
Republican legislators are rushing through legislation to strip away incoming Democratic governor Roy Cooper’s appointment power in midnight votes that the public is not being allowed to observe.
LaunchRepublicans are now vowing Total War. And the consequences could be immense.
You may not like what Democrats stand for, but they aren’t engaging in widespread official vote suppression, chanting that should their candidate win her opponent
LaunchWarren Buffett just released his own tax data to hammer Trump
Billionaire and Hillary Clinton supporter Warren Buffet today released data from his own federal income tax returns to put pressure on Trump to release his. “I have been audited by the IRS multiple times and am currently being audited. I have no problem in releasing my tax information while under audit. Neither would Mr. Trump — at least he would have no legal problem,” Buffet said, in a dig at Trump. Trump’s campaign declined to respond to Buffet’s statement for obvious reasons.
LaunchOctober unsurprise: Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005
“Donald Trump bragged in vulgar terms about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women during a 2005 conversation caught on a hot microphone, saying that ‘when you’re a star, they let you do it,’ according to a video obtained by The Washington Post.” David A. Fahrenthold reports.
LaunchTrump’s organization did business with Iranian bank later linked to terrorism
“Donald Trump’s real estate organization rented New York office space from 1998 to 2003 to an Iranian bank that U.S. authorities have linked to terrorist groups and Iran’s nuclear program,” the Center for Public Integrity reports.
LaunchIt figures: Trump tax records obtained by NYT reveal he could have avoided paying taxes for nearly two decades
“Donald J. Trump declared a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax returns, a tax deduction so substantial it could have allowed him to legally avoid paying any federal income taxes for up to 18 years, records obtained by The New York Times show.”
LaunchUnwinding a lie: Donald Trump and ‘birtherism’
The New York Times’ Michael Barbaro: “The essential question — why promote a lie? — may be unanswerable. Was it sport? Was it his lifelong quest to court media attention? Was it racism? Was it the cynical start of his eventual campaign for president?”
LaunchHillary Clinton’s twenty questions that Donald Trump needs to answer — now
Earlier today, Hillary Clinton’s campaign tweetstormed a host of questions that Donald Trump should be compelled to answer after Newsweek published a piece by Kurt
LaunchTrump’s history of corruption is mind-boggling. So why is Clinton supposedly the corrupt one?
“[T]he truth is that you’d have to work incredibly hard to find a politician who has the kind of history of corruption, double-dealing, and fraud that Donald Trump has,” writes Paul Waldman. “The number of stories which could potentially deserve hundreds and hundreds of articles is absolutely staggering.”
LaunchMaine’s Republican Governor Paul LePage asked to resign after threatening Democratic legislator in voicemail
Extremist right wing governor Paul LePage of Maine is facing calls for his resignation after he left a threatening voicemail for a Democratic legislator that he told the legislator to make public.
LaunchFBI reportedly investigating Tim Eyman’s idol Pam Roach
“Controversial Republican state Sen. Pam Roach has drawn scrutiny from the FBI, and some new allegations have surfaced from a former aide,” The Seattle Times’ Jim Brunner reports.
LaunchUSA TODAY investigation unearths hundreds of people who say Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills
Unsurprise! Steve Reilly, USA Today: “Donald Trump casts himself as a protector of workers and jobs, but a USA TODAY NETWORK investigation found hundreds of people – carpenters, dishwashers, painters, even his own lawyers – who say he didn’t pay them for their work.”
LaunchElizabeth Warren slams Ted Cruz’s ‘whining’ about 2016 race
Senator Cruz — you chose to run for President. Working people don’t get a choice. Maybe you should spend less time complaining about your ‘significant
LaunchAlabama Republicans endure yet another scandal
The scandal is the latest embarrassment for Alabama, the U.S. manufacturing base for Mercedes-Benz and Airbus Group SE. House Speaker Mike Hubbard faces trial next
LaunchSenator Elizabeth Warren delivers incredible speech denouncing Republican obstructionism
Yesterday (March 9th, 2016) Senator Elizabeth Warren delivered a floor speech urging Senate Republicans to give timely consideration and an up-down-vote to President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee.
LaunchDocuments, former players point to Steve Sarkisian’s alcohol use at Washington
Documents, former players point to Steve Sarkisian’s alcohol use at Washington “Steve Sarkisian’s strange behavior in the days surrounding high-pressure, high-profile college football games isn’t
LaunchShut down the Select Committee on Benghazi
Shut down the Select Committee on Benghazi The New York Times editorializes: “Lawmakers have long abused their investigative authority for political purposes. But the effort
LaunchKing County Sheriff John Urquhart fires another dishonest deputy
The housecleaning of the King County Sheriff’s Department continues: King County Sheriff John Urquhart has fired a sergeant who, according to an internal investigation, falsely
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