FLASHBACK: One year ago Trump signed the executive order that made it easier for those with mental illness to have guns

FLASHBACK: One year ago Trump signed the executive order that made it easier for those with mental illness to have guns: In February 2017, President Donald Trump repealed a regulation from former President Barack Obama that made it more difficult for those with mental illness to have a gun. In wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Trump has attacked the mentally ill, implying they are the vast majority of those responsible for mass shootings. “So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed,” Trump tweeted one day after …

Fox News report convinces Trump to call for new investigation of Hillary Clinton’s ‘criminality’

Fox News report convinces Trump to call for new investigation of Hillary Clinton’s ‘criminality’: In a Tuesday tweet, President Donald Trump seemed to gleefully cite Fox News’s Judge Andrew Napolitano for the assumption that the Justice Department is hiding evidence of illegal activity by former Secretary Hillary Clinton. “He’s got a very good point. Somebody in the Justice Department has a treasure trove of evidence of Mrs. Clinton’s criminality at her own hands, or through others, that ought to be investigated. I fully agree with the President on that,” …

How the mainstream media got played by Trump

How the mainstream media got played by Trump: The media spent a ton of time in 2017 puzzling over whether President Trump thinks climate change is real. That was a ton of time wasted. His stance has long been clear, thanks to more than a hundred tweets and loads of commentsdismissing or denying climate change. The fact that Trump has called global warming a “hoax” was mentioned in nearly a quarter of all segments about climate change on the nightly news and Sunday morning programs on ABC, CBS, …

Trump accuser Rachel Crooks calls his bluff after president's attack on 'woman I don't know and never met'

Trump accuser Rachel Crooks calls his bluff after president's attack on 'woman I don't know and never met': Rachel Crooks is running for a state house seat in Ohio after coming forward about with accusations that President Donald Trump once accosted her while waiting for an elevator in Trump Tower. “A woman I don’t know and, to the best of my knowledge, never met, is on the FRONT PAGE of the Fake News Washington Post saying I kissed her (for two minutes yet) in the lobby of Trump Tower 12 years ago. Never …

Trump rigged Miss Universe pageants to favor countries where he had business interests: report

Anyone surprised?  Anyone? Anyone?



Trump rigged Miss Universe pageants to favor countries where he had business interests: report: A new report from the New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin alleges that President Donald Trump used to regularly rig Miss Universe pageants to favor women who hailed from countries where he had business interests. Former contestants at the Miss Universe pageant told Toobin that Trump would regularly talk with them about business deals that he did in their countries — and that women whose countries were doing business with Trump would routinely get selected as finalists, …

Trump's first year in office was so bad that scholars already rank him as the worst president ever

EVER!



Trump's first year in office was so bad that scholars already rank him as the worst president ever: President Donald Trump’s first year in office — which was marked by a nonstop stream of scandals, as well as record-low approval ratings — was so bad that a survey of scholars has already ranked Trump as the worst president ever. Writing in the New York Times, political scientists Brandon Rottinghaus and Justin S. Vaughn reveal that their most recent survey of scholars shows that Trump’s first year was seen as a catastrophe by both …

Trump Had an Extramarital Affair with a Playboy Model and Tried to Pay Her Off: Report @alternet

Trump Had an Extramarital Affair with a Playboy Model and Tried to Pay Her Off: Report @alternet: Playmate opens up to the New Yorker about cheating with Trump—just after Melania gave birth. Donald Trump conducted an extramarital affair with a former Playboy playmate while married to his current wife, according to a new report — and the National Enquirer helped him cover it up.

At least 3 Russian groups and 13 Russian individuals indicted in Mueller's investigation: report

At least 3 Russian groups and 13 Russian individuals indicted in Mueller's investigation: report: Deputy attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the indictments of 13 foreign individuals and three entities the special counsel probe. A federal court handed up indictments against 13 Russian individuals and three Russian entities in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Trump campaign ties to Russia. The Russian nationals are “accused of violating U.S. criminal laws in order to interfere with U.S. elections and political processes.” President Donald Trump has disputed the widely shared view of …

Fuck Your Thoughts and Fuck Your Prayers

Yes, again, a mass murderer too young to buy a beer but not too young to buy an AR-15 has killed another group of innocent humans (17 of them), whose only offense was going to school.   Yesterday morning Lamar Alexander, another of those U. S. Senators whose decency has been exchanged for undying fealty to a gangster buffoon president and his fascist funders, tweeted his "thoughts and prayers" to the school shooting victims and their families.

Like every other politician who hides behind the Second Amendment to sustain the gun lobby's insistence on marketing war weapons to adolescents, crazy people, and Nazis, Lamar Alexander has blood on his hands, and they get bloodier each time these predictable and avoidable tragedies unfold.  The U. S. is the only country on Earth where this kind of legalized and ongoing mayhem occurs, and it's way past time for it to stop.

A change has to happen, and a change will happen this time, I feel.  Law enforcement, parents, students, clergy, hunters, target shooters, and even a couple of politicians are going to make this change.  It will not be stopped by all the money that the NRA can hand out, and it will happen despite the cowardly scumbags hiding out in their Washington offices tweeting out their thoughts and prayers.

Trump had sex with Playboy model while married to Melania -- and then offered her money: report

Trump had sex with Playboy model while married to Melania -- and then offered her money: report: Donald Trump conducted an extramarital affair with a former Playboy playmate while married to his current wife, according to a new report — and the National Enquirer helped him cover it up. Karen McDougal, a former “Playmate of the Year,” documented the relationship in an eight-page note that one of her friends shared with the New Yorker‘s Ronan Farrow. Trump and McDougal met in June 2006 at a party at the Playboy Mansion for his …

After Florida massacre, Trump urges students to ‘always report’ classmates for ‘erratic behavior’

Attention World! I have someone to report, but he is not in school--he's in the Oval Office!!



After Florida massacre, Trump urges students to ‘always report’ classmates for ‘erratic behavior’: President Donald Trump on Thursday responded to the latest school shooting by encouraging high schoolers to report classmates to authorities if they are seen exhibiting “erratic behavior.” “So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior,” the president wrote. “Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!”   So many signs that the Florida …

Trump pitched real estate project to Georgian prime minister during White House meeting: report

Trump pitched real estate project to Georgian prime minister during White House meeting: report: President Donald Trump reportedly used a White House meeting with the prime minister of Georgia last year to talk about a long-stalled real estate project in the former Soviet satellite state. Two former Trump business partners tell Forbes that Trump brought up plans to build a Trump Tower in Georgia during his meeting with Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili last May. As president, Trump has vowed to not be involved in making deals that benefit his …

Commentary: Philadelphia’s children deserve human teachers, not algorithms and data-mining

Commentary: Philadelphia’s children deserve human teachers, not algorithms and data-mining: On Thursday, the Philadelphia School Reform Commission will vote on two resolutions. One (B-12) allocates $10 million for virtual classes and adaptive learning systems, while the other (A-7) awards...

Trump proposes cutting entitlements by $1.7 trillion -- enough to pay for $1.5 trillion in tax cuts: report

Trump proposes cutting entitlements by $1.7 trillion -- enough to pay for $1.5 trillion in tax cuts: report: President Donald Trump’s White House has reportedly proposed cutting $1.7 trillion from entitlement programs in the federal budget. The move comes after Republicans passed a tax cut law that is expected to strip $1.5 billion from federal coffers. Bloomberg editor Alex Wayne reported on Monday that his publication had received confirmation that “Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget proposes $1.7 trillion in entitlement cuts over a decade.” Wayne noted that $237 billion in Medicare cuts are included …

Parents of San Tan Junior High School in Chandler Are Furious After Decision by Racist School Admin

Trumpology Exposed: Parents of San Tan Junior High School in Chandler,...: Arizona parents furious after white students escape punishment for ‘f*ck all n*ggers’ video : A group of parents in Chandler, Arizona are fu...

Parents of San Tan Junior High School in Chandler, Arizona furious after white students escape punishment for ‘f*ck all n*ggers’ video

Arizona parents furious after white students escape punishment for ‘f*ck all n*ggers’ video: A group of parents in Chandler, Arizona are furious after their local junior high school decided to not punish a group of eighth graders who posted a racist video on social media where they yelled “f*ck all n*ggers” over Martin Luther King Day weekend this year. Local news station 12 News reports that San Tan Junior High School has declined to discipline the students involved in the racist video and has instead encouraged parents and …

What is Trump hiding? Inaugural committee still can’t account for $107 million in donations

What is Trump hiding? Inaugural committee still can’t account for $107 million in donations: Millions of dollars in unregulated cash, forked over to any politician seeking to hold a massive party to commemorate their own inauguration. What could possibly go wrong? While most officials have raised several millions of dollars, the Trump committee brought in a record-breaking $107 million in individual and corporate donations. However, only half of the money was spent, and even those dollars seemed over and above what others have spent. While the inaugural committee claimed …

CIA agents paid $100K to Russian operative offering Trump sex tape and stolen NSA cyber weapons: report

CIA agents paid $100K to Russian operative offering Trump sex tape and stolen NSA cyber weapons: report: U.S. intelligence officials were bilked out of $100,000 last year by a Russian operative offering stolen National Security Agency cyber weapons and compromising information on President Donald Trump, according to the New York Times. The Russian reportedly offered to deliver an unverified “15-second clip of a video showing a man in a room talking to two women,” purported to be Trump with two prostitutes in Moscow in 2013. It is unclear if that video is related …

'Bullies, posers and bad boys': Trump's 'best people' smacked down in scathing editorial

'Bullies, posers and bad boys': Trump's 'best people' smacked down in scathing editorial: Writing for CNN, Michael D’Antonio — author of the book “Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success” — claims there should be no surprise at revelations that two White House staffers have been dismissed over credible allegations of sexual abuse in their pasts, saying those type of people appeal to President Donald Trump. “It’s time to ask a simple question: How many appalling characters must be wrung out of the West Wing before …

Leading mental health experts are terrified by Trump's disconnection from reality

Leading mental health experts are terrified by Trump's disconnection from reality: In Brave New Films’ newest film, Mental Health Experts on Donald Trump, leading mental health experts speak out and call for an independent, expert-led examination of Trump’s mental fitness. Our president has incited his followers to violence, consistently misconstrues reality, brags about his sexual assaults, and is unable to respond calmly to any criticism. He has the nuclear codes, has threatened to use them, and taunts hostile nations about the size of his button. Trump’s recent cognitive …

Leading mental health experts are terrified by Trump's disconnection from reality

Leading mental health experts are terrified by Trump's disconnection from reality: In Brave New Films’ newest film, Mental Health Experts on Donald Trump, leading mental health experts speak out and call for an independent, expert-led examination of Trump’s mental fitness. Our president has incited his followers to violence, consistently misconstrues reality, brags about his sexual assaults, and is unable to respond calmly to any criticism. He has the nuclear codes, has threatened to use them, and taunts hostile nations about the size of his button. Trump’s recent cognitive …

Trump claimed he got a celebrity discount on Melania’s engagement ring -- but that’s a lie

Trump claimed he got a celebrity discount on Melania’s engagement ring -- but that’s a lie: President Donald Trump apparently lied about how much he paid for his wife’s engagement ring. The real estate developer and former reality TV star told the New York Times in 2005 that Graff Diamonds gave him a $1 million discount on the engagement ring he gave to Melania Knauss, but the company’s chairman later denied the claim, reported Forbes. Trump claimed the jeweler gave him a discount due to his fame, but multiple Graff officials …

Trump's Desperate New Low @alternet

Trump's Desperate New Low @alternet: Trump and his flunkies claim they’re surrounded by a vast treasonous conspiracy: Democrats, DOJ, FBI and media. Apparently the stock market felt left out of the Trump roller-coaster ride so it decided to go a little bit crazy on Monday: The Dow Jones average dropped by 1,500 points before climbing back just a bit to settle at a loss of 1,100 for the day. Whee! We have had many such days that were more significant in terms of percentage, but it was the largest single-day point drop in history.

Ret. major general pens jaw-dropping damnation of Trump parade: 'We do not have a commander in chief right now'

Ret. major general pens jaw-dropping damnation of Trump parade: 'We do not have a commander in chief right now': Retired Major General Paul Eaton on Wednesday responded to the news that President Donald Trump has asked the Pentagon to begin preparing for a military parade to celebrate the country’s service members and fighting hardware. The group Vote Vets released Eaton’s statement on Wednesday. Retired Major General Paul Eaton says @realDonaldTrump's parade idea underscores his authoritarian tendencies, and that our military is not there to be 'used and abused' to prop up his image. VoteVets …

Ivanka 'paid leave' plan steals money from Social Security then forces parents to postpone retirement

Ivanka 'paid leave' plan steals money from Social Security then forces parents to postpone retirement: A childcare plan being discussed by Ivanka Trump and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) would require parents to use their Social Security for maternity leave and then put off retirement in the future. A Politico report published on Sunday explained that Rubio and the president’s daughter had recently been in discussions about how to provide paid family leave to Americans. The report noted that one of the most popular Republican solutions for funding paid leave is …

Trump ‘gave secret information’ to Russians at the White House — and it’s worse than we thought: Israeli reporter

Trump ‘gave secret information’ to Russians at the White House — and it’s worse than we thought: Israeli reporter: An Israeli investigative reporter says President Donald Trump revealed highly classified intelligence to Russian officials in the Oval Office — and it’s much worse than what’s been previously reported. The president met with Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and then-U.S. ambassador Sergei Kislyak at the White House the day after he fired FBI director James Comey, and he reportedly revealed classified information about an Israeli spy operation. The president boasted to the Kremlin officials that …

Trump ‘gave secret information’ to Russians at the White House — and it’s worse than we thought: Israeli reporter

Trump ‘gave secret information’ to Russians at the White House — and it’s worse than we thought: Israeli reporter: An Israeli investigative reporter says President Donald Trump revealed highly classified intelligence to Russian officials in the Oval Office — and it’s much worse than what’s been previously reported. The president met with Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and then-U.S. ambassador Sergei Kislyak at the White House the day after he fired FBI director James Comey, and he reportedly revealed classified information about an Israeli spy operation. The president boasted to the Kremlin officials that …