Bernie Sanders Shows the Difference Between Tea Party and Progressive Protests Many pundits have started to draw similarities between the Tea Party protests in 2009 and the progressive protests that have erupted this year – but Senator Bernie Sanders is proving that they aren’t the same. “It’s not a tea party because the Tea Party was essentially funded by the billionaire Koch brothers,” Sanders said on Sunday during NBC’s Meet the Press. “This is a spontaneous and grass-roots uprising of the American people.” Sanders predicted demonstrations will continue to grow, particularly over the threatened repeal of the Affordable Care Act....

‘Morning Joe’ Crew Skewers Trump Aide Steve Miller’s Sunday Show Performance .@JoeNBC on Stephen Miller’s weekend performance: That was horrendous and an embarrassment https://t.co/rE5Fxo8AF3 — Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) February 13, 2017 “Oh my god. It was so much worse than I ever thought,” Joe Scarborough said on “Morning Joe” this morning. “Wow.” MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough is giving a brutal review of White House policy adviser Stephen Miller’s performance on the Sunday morning talk show circuit. Which will probably cause some contention with Donald Trump after he gave a raving review of Miller on Twitter: Congratulations Stephen Miller- on representing...

WATCH: John Oliver Asks ‘How Did We Get A Pathological Liar In The White House?’ John Oliver is back, and not a moment too soon. In the first episode of Last Week Tonight which aired on Sunday John Oliver spent almost the entire episode on Donald Trump. Oliver noted that Trump clearly struggles with the truth, which includes basic reality. Oliver notes that Trump even claimed that it didn’t rain during his inauguration speech, when video clearly shows that it did. “That’s where we are currently at,” said Oliver. “We have a President capable of standing in the rain...

WATCH: Keith Olbermann Explains How Trump Policies Are Even Hurting Your Pets In one of Keith Olbermann’s most recent editions of “The Resistance,” he details how Donald Trump’s policies are even hurting your pets. “If you have ever loved an animal, you know,” Olbermann said. “You could have been one of the people I called up after I was born again, to whom I said, ‘Why didn’t you tell me that dogs are one of the meanings of life?’” Donald Trump’s administration removed government data from the USDA website that the Humane Society and others used to track animal...

NY Times Report Suggests A White House In Chaos There has been no shortage of leaks from the Trump White House and today’s New York Times piece is no exception to that. The Times piece paints the picture of a White House in chaos with Trump’s staffers worried about their boss’s attitude for the job and a president with little patience for basic details. And Trump is reportedly so paranoid about an “insider threat” from within the federal government that staff members have started using encrypted messaging services because they are worried about Trump’s paranoia could lead to cell phone...

Lying Again, Trump Says Fake News Isn’t Covering His ‘Big Crowds’ On Sunday, Donald Trump again lied about the media’s coverage of him, saying that they refuse to cover the “big crowds of enthusiastic supporters” he saw at his Maralago estate. Trump tweeted, “Just leaving Florida. Big crowds of enthusiastic supporters lining the road that the FAKE NEWS media refuses to mention. Very dishonest!”   Just leaving Florida. Big crowds of enthusiastic supporters lining the road that the FAKE NEWS media refuses to mention. Very dishonest! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 12, 2017 As usual, Trump did not offer...

WATCH: Elijah Cummings Asks The Question We Are All Wondering Russia Scandal Congressman Elijah Cummings just asked the question we’ve all been wondering about – Did Donald Trump instruct Michael Flynn to talk to Russia? And what did Donald Trump know and when did he know it? We found out last week that Michael Flynn had, in fact, discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador – both before the election as well as before Trump was inaugurated. Flynn’s actions constitute a potential violation of the logan act.   RELATED STORIES: REPORT: FLYNN DISCUSSED SANCTIONS WITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR BEFORE ELECTION, DESPITE...

Former NH AG Label Trump’s Voter Fraud Allegations False Donald Trump just can’t get over this fake voter fraud issue. Now, he has brought the issue in front of a group of senators in a closed door meeting, arguing that both he and former New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte should have won the vote in New Hampshire, according to Politico. Trump said Ayotte’s reelection bid was foiled by “thousands” of people who were “brought on buses” from Massachusetts and illegally cast ballots in New Hampshire. However, former Attorney General of New Hampshire Tom Rath is disputing Trump’s claim on Twitter. “Let me as be unequivocal...

Alec Baldwin Draws Highest Ratings for SNL This Weekend Bad news, Donald Trump. Alec Baldwin blew your SNL ratings out of the water. According to CNN, “The NBC comedy series, which Baldwin was hosting for a record 17th time, brought in a 7.2 overnight rating, according to NBC. That is the show’s highest overnight rating since 2011.” When Trump hosted the show as a presidential candidate in November 2015, the episode brought in a 6.6 overnight rating… Ouch. In addition to the great ratings that Baldwin brought this weekend, the show is actually in the midst of a viewership...

WATCH: Andrew Sullivan Says Donald Trump Incapable Of Accepting Reality Andrew Sullivan ripped into Donald Trump in an interview on CNN Sunday morning. Sullivan said, “any constitutional democracy relies upon something we call the objective truth.” Sullivan continued by saying that all politicians will lie, “but they always do it in a way that pays some sort of deference to reality.” “This president insists that black is white,” he said of Trump. “That things we can see with our own eyes, like the size of his inauguration crowd, are not exactly what we are seeing.” Sullivan also said this is...