Author: Stephanie Moffat

Mitch McConnell Silences Elizabeth Warren After Speech Against Jeff Sessions On Tuesday, during a Senate debate, Mitch McConnell led a party-line vote to silence Senator Elizabeth Warren from continuing her speech. McConnell said that Senator Warren had broken Senate rules – specifically pointing to Warren quoting a letter from the late Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King Jr. as evidence that she had broken the rules. Senators voted 49-43, rejecting Warren’s push to overturn a ruling by Senate Republicans that she had violated the rules during a Senate floor speech. (Editor’s note: But really, it...

Report: Trump Regrets Hiring Sean Spicer and Blames Reince Priebus CNN is reporting that Donald Trump regrets hiring Sean Spicer to be his press secretary. The network reports that the president is disappointed in Spicer’s performance to date. The report goes on to say that Trump is  unhappy with Spicer that he blames his Chief of Staff Reince Priebus for pushing for Spicer for the job. “Priebus vouched for Spicer and against Trump’s instincts,” a source told CNN. The president “regrets it every day and blames Priebus,” the source added. The administration is reportedly ramping up their search for...

WATCH: CNN’s Jake Tapper Confronts Kellyanne Conway On Trump’s ‘Offensive’ Lies Video #1   Video #2 On Tuesday, CNN’s Jake Tapper confronted Kellyanne Conway about Donald Trump’s false accusation that the “very dishonest press” is refusing to report on terror attacks. During the interview Tapper told Conway “it’s offensive” to the journalists currently risking their lives to cover these tragedies. After he brought up Trump’s moral equivalency between Russia and the United States, Jake Tapper turned to Trump’s controversial attack on the media, which Trump made Monday in during his first speech to the American troops. Tapper said to Conway,...

Senate Confirms Betsy DeVos to Run A Department She Has No Experience In Vice President Mike Pence came in to break the 50-50 tie in the Senate today in order to confirm Betsy DeVos to run the Department of Education. The reason there has been so much push back from Democrats, and some Republicans, is that DeVos has no experience in public education. She has never worked in public education. She has never attended a public school. None of her children have every attended public school. What she does have experience in is being a wealthy donor from Michigan...

WATCH LIVE: CNN Healthcare Debate With Bernie Sanders And Ted Cruz CNN is hosting a healthcare debate Tuesday night between Senators Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz. And we will be sharing the live stream here on Progressive Post Daily. *** We’ve updated this post to include videos of the debate that took place Tuesday night. Part 1 of 5 Part 2 of 5 Part 3 of 5 Part 4 of 5 Part 5 of 5 What: CNN debate with Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz When: Tuesday, February 7 at 9pm EST/6pm PST How to Watch: Progressive Post Daily will...