Author: Stephanie Moffat

There Was A Massive Candlelight Vigil In Charlottesville Last Night Charlottesville held a beautiful candlelight vigil last night. Crowds gathered in Charlottesville on Wednesday night for a peaceful candlelight vigil and march just four days after violent neo-Nazi mobs took over the city. Demonstrators could be heard singing “This Land Is Your Land” and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” among others. The vigil followed the memorial service for Heather Heyer, who was killed when a white supremacist drove his car into a crowd of people protesting white supremacy. During the memorial service, Heather’s mother Susan Bro said “We...

Former CIA Director Writes An Emotional Letter After Trump Press Conference   “If allowed to continue along this senseless path, Mr. Trump will do lasting harm to American society and to our standing in the world.” Former CIA director John Brennan wrote a heartfelt note to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer apologizing for the “pain inflicted” by Donald Trump’s insane press conference. Blitzer had noted on the air that all four of his grandparents had been murdered by Nazis during the Holocaust. And Brennan saw the segment on CNN and wrote a personal note on to Blitzer about, “unspeakable evil of...

BREAKING: Trump’s Business Advisory And Manufacturing Councils Just Disbanded Donald Trump’s economic councils just vaporized. Donald Trump’s Business Advisory Council has disbanded, CNBC is reporting. The panel of business leaders was advising Donald Trump on economic policy, but after Trump’s statements equating white supremacists with those who were protesting white supremacists, the advisory group has fallen apart. CNBC’s report notes that according to a member of the panel Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum broke apart Wednesday. The disbanding of the business council follows a surge of CEO resignations from Trump’s Manufacturing Advisory Council. Manufacturing council disbands as well The...

Lindsey Graham Calls Out Trump By Name In New Charlottesville Statement Lindsey Graham continues to be one of the strongest critics of Donald Trump in the Republican party. Senator Lindsey Graham issued a statement Wednesday warning Donald Trump that his rhetoric about the violence in Charlottesville is dividing the country. “Mr. President, I encourage you to try to bring us together as a nation after this horrific event in Charlottesville. Your words are dividing Americans, not healing them,” Graham said in a statement. Graham is hardly the first Republican to issue a strong statement after Trump’s insane press conference...

Washington Post Just Delivered A Blistering Editorial Against Trump Good read. The Washington Post Editorial Board on Monday evening released a strong critique of Donald Trump after the president again said that white supremacists and the people protests against them are equivalent. The headline of the editorial reads simply, “The nation can only weep.” “Tuesday was a great day for David Duke and racists everywhere. The president of the United States all but declared that he has their backs,” The Washington Post editorial opened up saying. The editorial continued, “When a white supremacist stands accused of running his car into...