Ethics Watchdog: Trump Is In Breach Of His D.C. Hotel Lease

Ethics Watchdog: Trump Is In Breach Of His D.C. Hotel Lease

Posted by | Jan 20, 2017 | |

Ethics Watchdog: Trump is in breach of his D.C. hotel lease Just moments after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, the ethics watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint with the General Services Administration. The ethics complaint argues that President Donald Trump is in violation of his lease of the Trump International Hotel. Donald Trump’s lease agreement with the General Services Administration to run a hotel within the government-owned Old Post Office building in Washington D.C. very specifically states that the lease cannot be held by an elected official. On January 11, Donald Trump...

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Donald Trump Quoted Bane in His Inauguration Speech

Donald Trump Quoted Bane in His Inauguration Speech

Posted by | Jan 20, 2017 | |

Donald Trump quoted Bane in his inauguration speech Watching the Donald Trump’s inauguration speech today, you’d be forgiven for thinking it had the feel of a Batman movie. Because, in fact, some of Donald Trump’s speech came straight from a Batman movie. And the internet is going crazy over the fact that Trump plagiarized part of Bane’s speech from the Dark Knight Rises. Here is a video showing Donald Trump quote Batman villain Bane:   Guys… Donald Trump quoted Bane in his #Inauguration speech! pic.twitter.com/tVZQ4ppgPK — Batman-News.com (@BatmanNewsCom) January 20, 2017...

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Donald Trump’s Crowd Much Smaller Than Obama’s

Donald Trump’s Crowd Much Smaller Than Obama’s

Posted by | Jan 20, 2017 | |

Donald Trump has a well-known track record of claiming to have the biggest stuff. The biggest buildings, the biggest business, and on the campaign trial he even claimed to have a big something else… However, we now have confirmation that when it comes to inauguration crowds, Donald Trump’s is much smaller than Barack Obama’s. Here is a video from Vox comparing Trump’s crowd size to Obama’s:   Aerial images reveal a stark difference in crowd size at Trump’s #inauguration versus Obama’s in 2009. pic.twitter.com/asyPecPlvv — Vox (@voxdotcom) January 20, 2017 Here is a side-by-side image of Donald Trump’s inauguration crowd compared...

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NY TIMES: Intercepted Russian Communications Part of Inquiry Into Trump Associates

NY TIMES: Intercepted Russian Communications Part of Inquiry Into Trump Associates

Posted by | Jan 20, 2017 | |

Intercepted Russian communications part of inquiry into Trump associates BREAKING – The New York Times is reporting that the multi-agency investigation led by the FBI into Russian funding of Donald Trump’s campaign centers around intercepted Russian communications and three of Donald Trump’s senior campaign advisers. According to the New York Times, the “broad investigation into possible links between Russian officials and associates of President-elect Donald J. Trump, including his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, current and former senior American officials said. The continuing counterintelligence investigation means that Mr. Trump will take the oath of office on Friday with his associates under...

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WATCH: Rachel Maddow Powerfully Reminds Us of The Importance of Protecting Barack Obama’s Legacy

WATCH: Rachel Maddow Powerfully Reminds Us of The Importance of Protecting Barack Obama’s Legacy

Posted by | Jan 19, 2017 | |

WATCH: Rachel Maddow powerfully reminds us of the importance of protecting Barack Obama’s legacy On her show Thursday night, Rachel Maddow powerfully reminded us of the true magnitude of Barack Obama’s legacy and the important job of protecting it. She started the segment by telling the story of Sonia Sotomayor, the country’s first Latina Supreme Court Justice. Maddow then pointed out that Barack Obama appointed the most diverse cabinet in the history of America. Next, in remarkably efficient fashion, Rachel Maddow detailed Barack Obama’s immense legacy of achievements. Everything from saving the economy to saving the auto industry. From the longest...

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Obama’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is Suing Sallie Mae for Cheating Borrowers

Obama’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is Suing Sallie Mae for Cheating Borrowers

Posted by | Jan 19, 2017 | |

Obama’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing Sallie Mae for cheating borrowers With about 24 hours left in Barack Obama’s presidency, we have learned that the agency he and democrats created to help police Wall Street and protect consumers from fraud, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing student loan giant Navient Corp., formerly known as Sallie Mae. According to a report in BuzzFeed News, “The country’s largest student loan company is being sued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which alleges in a sweeping lawsuit that the company misled students, bungled payment processing, and “cheated” borrowers out of lower...

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READ: Barack Obama’s Thank You Letter to America

READ: Barack Obama’s Thank You Letter to America

Posted by | Jan 19, 2017 | |

On his last full day as president, Barack Obama penned a thank you letter to America. In his letter, Obama thanked Americans for being his source of hope throughout the past eight years as commander-in-chief. Barack Obama also expressed his gratitude to the American people for making him better president but also a “better man.” And in regard to the hard work of maintaining and protecting our democracy, President Obama also echoed his previous pledged to “be right there with you every step of the way.”   READ: Barack Obama’s Thank You Letter to America My fellow Americans, It’s...

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WATCH: Samantha Bee Destroys Kellyanne Conway

WATCH: Samantha Bee Destroys Kellyanne Conway

Posted by | Jan 19, 2017 | |

WATCH: Samantha Bee destroys Kellyanne Conway On Wednesday night, Samantha Bee’s “Full Frontal” returned to destroy Donald Trump’s propaganda minister, Kellyanne Conway. On the show, Samantha Bee said, “Full Frontal” is all about celebrating “the achievements of fierce, brave, strong women. And tonight we want to celebrate one very special female woman.” Kellyann Conway. And Bee thinks Conway is not getting enough credit for her epic achievement of getting “a sexual predator who thinks women should be punished for having abortions” elected president. Watch the video here:...

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Trump Makes $25M Payment To Settle Trump U Fraud Lawsuits

Trump Makes $25M Payment To Settle Trump U Fraud Lawsuits

Posted by | Jan 19, 2017 | |

Trump makes $25 million payment to settle Trump U fraud lawsuits On the eve of his inauguration, Donald Trump on Wednesday made a $25 million payment to settle three fraud lawsuits that were filed against his Trump University scam. According to the fraud suit settlement details, $21 million will go to roughly 7,000 former Trump University enrollees in a California class action lawsuit and the remaining $4 million will cover the lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general Eric Schneiderman. During the campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly proclaimed he would never settle the fraud lawsuit, saying, “I just don’t believe in settling,...

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NY TIMES: Rick Perry Thought His Job Would Be To Promote Oil And Gas Industry

NY TIMES: Rick Perry Thought His Job Would Be To Promote Oil And Gas Industry

Posted by | Jan 19, 2017 | |

NY TIMES: Rick Perry thought his job would be to promote oil and gas industry According to a New York Times report, when Rick Perry accepted the job offer from Donald Trump to be secretary of energy, he thought the job would have “a global ambassador for the American oil and gas industry…” This is, of course, the federal agency that Rick Perry famously forgot he wanted to shut down during a Republican presidential debate in 2012. The New York Times piece goes on to say: In the days after, Mr. Perry, the former Texas governor, discovered that he would...

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