Max Boot, the noted Washington Post columnist, and “Jeane Kilpatrick senior fellow for National Security Studies” at the Council for Foreign Relations, thinks Donald Trump is betraying American values by meeting with Kim Jong-Un. Such a meeting, Boot says, would mean “giving the worst human-rights abuser on the planet what …
Read More »Will Parkland Change the Gun Debate?
Every morning since the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Manuel Oliver wakes up and puts on a pair of his son’s black basketball shoes. The afternoon of the shootings, Joaquin, a 17-year-old senior, wasn’t answering Manuel’s calls, but Joaquin’s friends were. On Snapchat, they could see where his …
Read More »Watch NRA Chief Slam Gun Control Efforts After Parkland Shooting
On Thursday, the National Rifle Association’s executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, addressed the Parkland massacre by rehashing his organizations’ talking points on gun control. LaPierre’s comments at the Conservative Political Action Conference came just over a week after a gunman used an AR-15 to kill 17 teachers and students at …
Read More »How the Women's March Is Turning Protesters Into Politicians
Nearly 100 years after her grandmother was arrested during a women’s suffrage rally in New York, Vicki Lambert is protesting in something her elder relative might have worn. “This is an authentic 1898 walking skirt outfit that you would wear to go to a charity event, if you were a …
Read More »Trump Russia Dossier: Fusion GPS Transcript, Glenn Simpson Testimony Explained
On Tuesday, California Senator Dianne Feinstein made the unilateral decision to release transcripts of Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Her Republican colleagues had previously refused to release the transcripts, despite calls from Simpson and his colleague, Peter Fritsch, for full transparency. To back up: …
Read More »Trump Sexual Misconduct Accusers Speak Out: 'Where Do We Draw the Line?'
Megyn Kelly sat down with three women Monday who previously accused President Trump of sexual misconduct during the 2016 election cycle: Jessica Leeds, Samantha Holvey and Rachel Cooks. The Megyn Kelly Todayhost kicked off the segment by pointing to the current “Me Too” moment, noting that in recent months, dozens …
Read More »Congress Members Call Out Trump for 'Lamentable' Puerto Rico Tweets
As Republicans struggle to show the American people they can effectively govern, they keep hitting a snag: President Trump, the supposed the standard-bearer for the GOP. So even as the House passed a bipartisan disaster relief package for Puerto Rico – a down payment, really – the press corps and …
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