Author: Stephanie Moffat

Republicans Block Democrats Attempt To Expose Trump Conflicts On Tuesday, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee successfully blocked an attempt by Democrats to request information on Donald Trump’s conflicts of interests and ties to Russia. The committee voted along party lines to block the resolution from Congressman Jerrold Nadler. Congressman Nadler’s resolution would have directed the Attorney General to turn over to Congress any documents or communications that related to the counterintelligence investigation targeting Donald Trump and his associates. The resolution would have also required the Justice Department to provide the House with documents about investments by foreign governments in Trump’s...

Rather Than Condemn, Trump Says Anti-Semitic Incidents Being Used To Make Him Look Bad Donald Trump was asked about the recent rise in anti-Semitic incidents across the country and he told a group of state attorneys general that “sometimes it’s the reverse,” according to BuzzFeed News. “He just said, ‘Sometimes it’s the reverse, to make people — or to make others — look bad,’ and he used the word ‘reverse’ I would say two to three times in his comments,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said. The Anti-Defamation League responded to Donald Trump’s remarks saying in a statement, “We are...

WATCH: Rachel Maddow Connects The Dots Between Trump and Russia Last night on The Rachel Maddow Show she dedicated the bulk of her show to connect the dots between Donald Trump and Russia. Maddow pointed out that Trump’s new Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross is the largest shareholder in the Bank of CYPRUS which is funded heavily by Russia. Maddow also connected Donald Trump to a potential Russian Money laundering scheme that allowed a wealthy Russian oligarch to hide money from his wife in a divorce. Donald Trump benefited to the tune of $40 million for selling him a...

Trump and his environment-hating administration plan to propose a one-fourth cut to the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget. Trump officials will propose a $6.1 billion budget for the EPA next year, a $2 billion cut from current levels, according to a Politico report, citing sources. This would also lay off 20 percent of the agency’s staffers, according to reports. Staffing would fall from 15,000 workers to 12,000. The White House declined to confirm the figures. This comes as Trump plans to cut domestic spending by $54 billion dollars and increase military spending by that same amount. The Trump administration has...

WATCH: Jon Stewart Misses the Game, Returns to Rip Trump Jon Stewart climbed out of his tunnel from his farm to appear on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Missing having his own show, Stewart took over for a few minutes to freak out over Trump’s treatment of the press. “I mean the whole thing, is just, it’s just—it makes me so crazy! It makes me crazy. It’s upsetting!” Stewart exclaimed. But after taking on Trump, Stewart turned his sights to the media. Stewart, in a way only he can, tore into the news media’s desperate need to cover...