Author: Stephanie Moffat

In Major Win For Voting Rights, SCOTUS Rules Virginia Unconstitutionally Used Race To Gerrymander Districts The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of the plaintiffs who argued that Virginia Republicans had drawn state House of Delegates districts that were unconstitutional. The court overturned a previous lower level district court ruling that found Virginia did not impermissibly use race. The Supreme Court remanded the case back to the district court for reconsideration that will use a different legal standard which makes it much more likely that many of the gerrymandered districts could be invalidated. Virginia Republicans admitted to using a population...

White House Insists Nothing ‘Nefarious’ in Kellyanne Conway’s Ivanka Trump Plug After Kellyanne Conway promoted Ivanka Trump’s cloting line from the White House, it was clear she broke ethics rules, but her punishment was not determined. After “investigating” into the matter, the White House has concluded that Conway was acting “without nefarious motive.” “Upon completion of our inquiry, we concluded that Ms. Conway acted inadvertently and is highly unlikely to do so again,” says a letter released by the White House, signed by Stefan C. Passantino, a White House deputy counsel for compliance and ethics. “It is noted that...

The Ratings Are In And It’s Not Looking Good for Trump’s Speech to Congress Donald Trump is obsessed with checking the TV ratings for his speeches and appearances, but when he looks at the ratings from last night’s speech to Congress, he won’t be happy. Compared to President Barack Obama’s first address in 2009, Trump’s early ratings are down by 17 percent. Variety reported, “Across seven networks — ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC — Trump’s speech notched a 27.8 household rating in those early ratings. Across these same networks, President Obama’s first address of a...

Bill Maher Blasts Donald Trump’s Speech to Congress HBO’s Bill Maher called in to MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews after Donald Trump’s speech to Congress last night – and he didn’t hold anything back. “It’s teleprompter Trump,” Maher explains. “Every president, to a degree, talks out of two sides of their mouths but this guy is on a level beyond what anybody has seen.” “I think the bad thing is it will fool a lot of people,” Maher continued. “[Trump might seem] like a fairly reasonable guy, too right-wing for me, but a normal person.” And he’s right. According...

WATCH: Colbert Responds To Trump Speech “Now, technically, this was not a ‘State of the Union,’ because I think in this timeline, the Confederacy won,” Colbert opened his show with. “Of course, it’s a really big night, and some in Congress dressed for the occasion,” Colbert added. “The female members of the House Democratic Caucus wore white in honor of Women’s Suffrage. While the Republicans wore white in honor of who elected them,” Colbert continued. Colbert also slammed Trump about his stance on immigration, “Just like the Statue of Liberty says, give us your tired, your poor, but not...