Author: Stephanie Moffat

FBI Raids Californian Republican Congressman’s Office According to court documents, Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter’s office was raided by the FBI in late February. Hunter and his campaign treasurer are part of an ongoing criminal investigation into misuse of campaign funds. Allegedly, Hunter used tens of thousands of dollars in campaign funds for personal expenses, including more than $1,300 in video game purchases and a plane ride for his pet rabbit, court documents show. In the FBI raid, officials “seized several computers, tablets and iPads, bills and disbursement records, as well as a computer hard drive, from Election CFO, an...

Navy Secretary Breaks With Trump on Transgender Ban Navy Secretary Richard Spencer is not siding with Trump on his outlandish transgender ban in the military. Spencer said that “any patriot” should be allowed to serve. “We will process and take direction of a policy that is developed by the [Defense] secretary [with] direction from the president and march out smartly,” Secretary Spencer told reporters Thursday night after visiting Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia. “On a fundamental basis, any patriot that wants to serve and meets all the requirements should be able to serve in our military.” By discriminating against...

We Just Got More Proof That Donald Trump Is Profiting From The Presidency #Kleptocracy Donald Trump is making a killing off the presidency, according to a new financial filing. Trump’s Washington D.C. hotel – you know the one where he is both the landlord and the tenant – has recorded nearly $2 million in profit so far this year. The hotel had anticipated losing about $2 million in the first year of operation, but thanks to all the people trying to curry favor with the president, the hotel is making massive amounts of money. According to The Washington Post,...

CNN Has Fired Trump Sycophant Jeffery Lord Over Nazi Salute About damn time. CNN ended its relationship with pro-Trump political commentator Jeffery Lord after Lord tweeted “Sieg Heil!” at a liberal activist on Twitter Thursday. Lord, who regularly appeared on CNN to defend the most indefensible of Trump actions and statements, tweeted the Nazi victory salute at Angela Carusone, president of the liberal group Media Matters for America. “Nazi salutes are indefensible,” a CNN spokesperson said. “Jeffrey Lord is no longer with the network.” Lord has previously clashed with Media Matters, which has called for his firing from CNN....

Astounding Number Of Americans Believe Trump Acted Illegally or Unethically With Russia A new Gallup poll has some remarkable findings when it comes to Donald Trump and Russia. According to the poll, 25 percent of Americans believe Trump has done something illegal with Russia. But that’s not it. Another 37 percent of Americans believed that if Trump didn’t act illegally, he did something unethical when it comes to Russia. Together that means that means that 62 percent of Americans believe their president has done something illegal or unethical relating to the nation’s chief foreign advisory. According to Gallup, 35 percent...