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:...

Donald Trump Attacks Judges, Suggests 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Is Biased Donald Trump attacked another judge today, in fact, he attacked three. Trump on Wednesday suggested that he thinks the three-judge panel of the 9th Circut Court of Appeals is biased. Trump also called them political. During a meeting with the Major Cities Chiefs Police Association Trump said, “I don’t want to call a court biased, so I won’t call it biased. Courts seem to be so political and it would be so great for our justice system if they could read a statement and do what’s right.” Trump...

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...

Dan Rather Responds To Trump Blaming Judge For Future Terror Attacks Dan Rather has emerged as one of the strongest voices against Donald Trump’s most extreme actions and statements. And today, Rather responded to Donald Trump’s statement that the American people should blame any future terror attacks on the federal judge who halted his Muslim-ban on constitutional grounds. In a post on Facebook, Rather eviscerated Trump for trying to pin a future attack on a federal judge. Rather started the post by saying, “No sir, Mr. President, with all due respect. The job of protecting this country from a terrorist attack...

WATCH: CBS News Host Says Trump Is ‘Divorced From Reality’ The news media is starting to push back against Donald Trump pretty emphatically since he claimed that the media is intentionally not reporting terrorist attacks. Of course, that is a total lie. Trump administration released a list of terror attacks that they claim were under-reported – but the problem with their list is that the attacks were in fact covered quite heavily by the press. Here is the video of the CBS News segment:   CBS News Host Scott Pelly said: “Today President Trump told a U.S. military audience...

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...

John McCain Says Botched Yemen Raid Was A “Failure” Senator John McCain, who is the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, on Tuesday called the recent U.S. raid in Yemen a “failure.” McCain was speaking with reporters after a classified briefing on the operation took place on Tuesday morning. McCain’s characterization of the raid as a “failure” is in sharp contrast with the way the Trump administration is characterizing it. “The raid that was conducted in Yemen was an intelligence gathering raid,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday. “It was highly successful. It achieved the purpose 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...