Author: Stephanie Moffat

Trump Botches Another Call With World Leader, Demands America’s NATO Money Back From French President There has been a lot reported about Donald Trump’s epically bad phone conversations with U.S. allies during his first few weeks in office. And today, Politico is reporting that Trump had another rocky conversation with a world leader. This time it was with French President Francois Hollande. Politico says, that during the conversation Trump veered “off into rants about the U.S. getting shaken down by other countries, according to a senior official with knowledge of the call, creating an awkward interaction with a critical U.S....

Republicans Tried to Silence Elizabeth Warren, Instead Over 7 Million Watch Her On Facebook Today’s edition of epic backfires: Last night Mitch McConnell and the Republican-led Senate used an arcane rule to silence Elizabeth Warren and blocked her from reading Coretta Scott King’s letter in front of the Senate, where relatively few were watching. As a result, the internet erupted in anger and instead Elizabeth Warren read the letter on Facebook where over 7  million tuned in to listen to her. Oops? The 10-page letter was sent in 1986 by Coretta Scott King to Strom Thurmond who was then the...

Donald Trump’s Latest Temper Tantrum: Nordstrom Dropping Ivanka’s Clothing Line Once again, Donald Trump showed us how seriously he’s not taking his job by deciding to lash out at Nordstrom for dropping his daughter, Ivanka’s, fashion line. “My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by Nordstrom,” Trump tweeted. “She is a great person — always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!” My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom. She is a great person — always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 8, 2017 Side note:...

How The Trump Administration Is Hurting Puppies (Seriously) In a surprise move, the USDA took down documents that animal advocates rely on to track animal abusers. On Friday, the section of United States Department of Agriculture’s website that had been used to provide data detailing animal abuse was taken down without warning. For 10 years, the USDA has posted information on violators of the Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act. And animal advocates, journalists and everyday citizens have used the data to identify research labs, zoos, and yes, dog breeders that have been violating the law and harming...

Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr., wrote a scathing testimony against Senator Jeff Sessions when he was being considered for federal judgeship in 1986. And on Tuesday night, Senator Elizabeth Warren was banned from reading the letter on the floor when debating the nomination of Jeff Session to Attorney General. Since she didn’t get to read it on the Senate floor, so we thought we’d post the full text so everyone can read the words Mitch McConnell and the gang of white men Republican Senators banned. Read the Full Text of Coretta Scott King’s Letter...