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John McCain Calls Australian Ambassador To Clean Up Trump’s Mess Senator John McCain announced on Thursday that he spoke with the Australian ambassador in what looks to be an attempt to repair the potential damage that was done during Trump’s disastrous phone call over the weekend with Austrailian Prime Minister. McCain said he expressed support for the nations’ relationship after a heated call from President Trump. “I called Australia’s Ambassador to the United States this morning to express my unwavering support for the U.S.-Australia alliance,” McCain, who’s frequently criticized Trump, said in a statement. McCain said he asked the ambassador to...

WATCH: Samantha Bee Destroys Trump On Muslim-Ban “Nice misdirection, Criss Angel, but you can’t just shake your keys and distract us from this giant mess you made,” Bee said at the beginning of Full Frontal on Wednesday night. “We’re not cable news, we’re Americans. And we would like a word.” Later she eviscerated the idea that Trump’s Muslim-ban was merely confusing by saying, “Confusing? Give Trump’s ban some credit. It was the HealthCare.gov of Islamophobia, the Ford Pinto of intolerance, a big fat cocktail of New Coke and Zima poured onto a Microsoft Zune playing an endless loop of...

Trump Approved Covert Counterterrorism Operation Without Sufficient Intelligence, Ground Support, Adequate Backup Preparations Reuters is reporting a potential bombshell about Donald Trump’s first counterterrorism operation. According to the report, “U.S. military officials told Reuters that Trump approved his first covert counterterrorism operation without sufficient intelligence, ground support or adequate backup preparations.” The Reuters report continues: As a result, three officials said, the attacking SEAL team found itself dropping onto a reinforced al Qaeda base defended by landmines, snipers, and a larger than expected contingent of heavily armed Islamist extremists. The Pentagon directed queries about the officials’ characterization of the...

REPORT: Donald Trump Attacked, Hung Up On Australian Prime Minister Donald Trump spent last Saturday on phone calls with world leaders. And we are now learning that some of those conversations didn’t go so well. The Washington Post reports that during Trump’s phone call with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Trump blasted an agreement between the two countries over refugee resettlement and also bragged about the size of his Electoral College victory. Trump also reportedly bragged about all the phone calls he had done that day with other world leaders. According to senior U.S. officials briefed on the call,...

Huge Protest Erupts On UC Berkeley Campus Against White Supremacist Milo Yiannopoulos A huge protest has erupted on the campus of UC Berkeley in reaction to what was scheduled to be a speech by white supremacist Milo Yiannopoulos. Here are photos of the protest: Anti-fascist protesters against Milo hunkering down behind shields as UC Berkeley police shoot non lethal bullets. pic.twitter.com/jGOcBa9KUC — Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) February 2, 2017 @berkeleyside: Protestors in black tear down barricade and light pyrotechnics towards @UCPD_Cal — chants of “Shut it down!” pic.twitter.com/Q43LjsyqQF — Carlo David (@carlodavid1115) February 2, 2017 @berkeleyside: “No Milo, No Trump,...