Author: Stephanie Moffat

Hillary Clinton To Democrats: ‘Let Resistance Plus Persistence Equal Progress For Our Party And Our Country’ A message from @HillaryClinton: “Let resistance plus persistence equal progress for our Party and our country.” #DNCFuture pic.twitter.com/smbxQZQfpV — The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) February 24, 2017 Hillary Clinton on Friday released a video on the Democratic Party’s Twitter account praising the overwhelming energy from progressives and Democrats throughout the country. Clinton said, “After the primaries we came together as a party to write the most progressive platform in history.” “Ideas we championed are now inspiring leaders and activists across our country,” Clinton continued. “And everywhere...

People attending Trump’s speech during the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference could be seen waving small Russian flags with the word “Trump” on it. It appeared to be a prank – and CPAC workers quickly began to collect the flags after they were being waived. But that didn’t stop people from waving them. Here’s an image of the Russian flag: And here are images of the CPAC Trump Russian flags: Crowd at CPAC waving these little pro-Trump flags that look exactly like the Russian flag. Staffers quickly come around to confiscate them. pic.twitter.com/YhPpkwFCNc — Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) February 24, 2017...

Joe Scarborough Slams Trump White House For Telling FBI To ‘Clean Up’ Russia Story Morning Joe’s Joe Scarborough slammed the White House for reports that chief of staff asked the FBI publically walk back the new reports that Trump’s campaign team was in regular contact with Russian intelligence. According to CNN, Reince Priebus privately asked FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe to help walk back what they call are inaccurate media reports about the Russia contacts. And almost more shockingly, Trump’s chief of staff also asked FBI Director James Comey to authorize investigators to dispute the stories. Scarborough said, “Why would...

Report: Trump Tells Homeland Security To Help Back Up Muslim-Ban Order CNN has reported that Donald Trump has instructed the Department of Homeland Security to help make the case for his Muslim-ban. If that seems weird to you, it should.Usually, presidents get evidence from the intelligence community then they craft policy based on those facts. But in Trump’s America you just make up policy, then make your yes-men find something that will help make your case. According to CNN, “First, some intelligence officials disagree with the conclusion that immigration from these countries should be temporarily banned in the name...

Trump’s Win Driving More Women to Run For Office There are early indications that women are considering running for office in order to combat Trump’s misogynistic, sexist remarks that many heard while he was on the campaign trail. NPR shared the story of Karen Noble, who never thought about running for office until the day after Election Day. NPR considers her political philosophy to be “distinctly un-Trumpian.” Noble explains, “I want to be someone who can bring forward anybody’s and everybody’s good ideas. They don’t need to be my own.” Noble ended up contact the New Mexico branch of...