Author: Stephanie Moffat

On First Day As DNC Chair Tom Perez Wastes No Time Slamming Trump Tom Perez, the new chair of the Democratic National Committee wasted no time Sunday going after Donald Trump. Just one day after Perez won the election for DNC Chair against Congressman Keith Ellison, he went after Trump on the Sunday shows. On Meet the Press, Perez said of Trump “He hasn’t proposed anything but chaos and carnage from day one.” “We’ve seen no evidence of anything constructive from this president.” Perez continued saying that just hours after he was sworn in as president Donald Trump “made it...

Iranian Filmmaker Sends Trump Letter of Protest at Oscars Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, but he wasn’t be there to accept it. Farhadi was first banned from traveling to America after Trump imposed a Muslim ban. However, when the ban was blocked by the courts, Farhadi decided he would not attend out of protest. Instead, Farhadi sent a letter of protest, which was read in place of his acceptance speech. He sent two prominent Iranian-Americans in his place to the ceremony: Anousheh Ansari, the first female private space traveler, and Firouz Naderi, a...

Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Declare America Is Already Great Jeffrey Goldberg from The Atlantic interviewed Warren Buffett and Bill Gates on the “state of humankind, and about the future of American democracy.” Goldberg describes how both men are optimistic about the future, but “appear[ed] to doubt” Trump’s rhetoric and policy. When Goldberg asked whether they believed America needed to be made great again, Buffett nearly jumped out of his chair: “We are great! We are great!” On the state of the democracy, Buffett explains, “[America] survived civil war, world wars, the atomic bomb, and the Great Depression. We...

Democrats Hold Majority in Delaware State Senate In a special election for Delaware State Senate District 10, Democrat Stephanie Hansen beat Republican John Marino 58 percent to 40 percent – a decisive victory for Democrats. Republicans had voiced a slight hope they might win and thus secure a one-vote margin in the 21-seat Senate that was tied 10-10 going into the special election. Special elections typically have low turnouts – which favor Republicans. High profile Democrats came out in support of Hansen. Former Vice President Joe Biden and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley appeared at a rally and knocked on...

Chris Christie to Republicans: ‘Welcome to the Real World of Responsibility’ Chris Christie stopped by CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper today and scolded his fellow Republicans for canceling or avoiding holding town hall meetings with their constituents. “Welcome to the real world of responsibility,” said Christie. “I said to some folks the other night, that for the first time, I hear members of the House not complaining when people don’t know who they are.” Christie said he has hosted more than 160 town halls during his seven years as governor of New Jersey and explained the...