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order that made it easier for those with mental illness to have guns: In February 2017, President Donald Trump repealed a regulation from former President Barack Obama that made it more difficult for those with mental illness to have a gun.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

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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.