Author: Jeff Anderson

Ethics Lawyer Suggests Nordstrom Could Sue Trump For Twitter Attack As we reported earlier, Trump took to Twitter this morning to complain how Nordstrom is no longer selling his daughter’s clothing line. Well, it turns out that his Twitter attack on Nordstrom could land Trump in yet another lawsuit. Mother Jones noted that Norm Eisen, who is the chair of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) board and a former White House ethics lawyer, explained that Trump’s tweet is grounds for a lawsuit. Outrageous. @nordstrom, others injured should consider suing, incl. under CA Unfair Comp Law, forbidding “any...

Trump Had An Economic Question, So He Called His National Security Adviser At 3 AM In the course of presidential politics we’ve heard a lot about 3 AM phone calls, but usually, it’s the president who is being woken up by a 3 AM phone call, not the other way around. But Donald Trump is a very different kind of president. The Huffington Post is reporting that Donald Trump was wondering whether it would be better for the United States to have a strong dollar or a weak dollar. And what did he do with this pressing economic question? He...

Another Poll Shows Trumps Approval Rating Is Falling Donald Trump’s approval rating has continued to drop during his first two weeks in the White House according to a new poll. In a Morning Consult/Politico poll that was released on Wednesday, 47 percent of voters said they approve of Trump’s job performance which is down from 49 percent in the same poll last week. And strikingly, Trump’s disapproval rating has also increased from 41 percent to 46 percent over that time period. Additionally, the poll found that a majority of registered Democrats do not want their elected officials to work with the president....

Donald Trump Attacks Judges, Suggests 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Is Biased Donald Trump attacked another judge today, in fact, he attacked three. Trump on Wednesday suggested that he thinks the three-judge panel of the 9th Circut Court of Appeals is biased. Trump also called them political. During a meeting with the Major Cities Chiefs Police Association Trump said, “I don’t want to call a court biased, so I won’t call it biased. Courts seem to be so political and it would be so great for our justice system if they could read a statement and do what’s right.” Trump...

Dan Rather Responds To Trump Blaming Judge For Future Terror Attacks Dan Rather has emerged as one of the strongest voices against Donald Trump’s most extreme actions and statements. And today, Rather responded to Donald Trump’s statement that the American people should blame any future terror attacks on the federal judge who halted his Muslim-ban on constitutional grounds. In a post on Facebook, Rather eviscerated Trump for trying to pin a future attack on a federal judge. Rather started the post by saying, “No sir, Mr. President, with all due respect. The job of protecting this country from a terrorist attack...