Clinton ally David Brock offers $5M for Trump's tax returns
10:33 PM, Mar 14, 2017
Clinton ally David Brock offered a $5 million reward to anyone who hands over President Trump's "complete" and "legally obtained" tax returns. "More questions than answers tonight," Brock tweeted as Rachel Maddow discussed the president's 2005 tax return on her MSNBC show Tuesday. More questions than answers tonight. I'm offering a $5m reward to anyone with Trump's complete, legally obtained tax returns.— David Brock (@davidbrockdc) March 15, 2017 An unverified copy of Trump's personal Read more
Mike Pence: Assange's tweets about plan to undermine Trump 'absurd and frankly offensive'
1:57 PM, Mar 14, 2017
Vice President Mike Pence dismissed tweets by WikiLeaks founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange on Tuesday asserting that Hillary Clinton and intelligence officials "close to" Pence are working to undermine Donald Trump's presidency in an effort to replace him. Speaking in a radio interview with Laura Ingraham on Tuesday, Pence said Assange's tweets are "absurd" and "frankly offensive." "I would find all of that dialogue to be absurd and frankly offensive," Pence said. "It is the greatest h Read more
Assange claims Hillary Clinton 'pushing' for a Pence takeover
10:22 AM, Mar 14, 2017
WikiLeaks founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange said on Tuesday, without offering any proof, that Hillary Clinton and intelligence officials "close to" Vice President Mike Pence are working to undermine Donald Trump's presidency in an effort to replace him with his vice president. In the first of a pair of tweets from an account WikiLeaks said was activated by its founder , Assange claimed that Trump's 2016 presidential election opponent Hillary Clinton stated privately this month that sh Read more
The power of women
1:01 AM, Mar 13, 2017
A woman did not finally win the White House in November, but other women fill posts in which they are important influences in American politics. Whether in their preferences at the ballot box or in running for elected office themselves, women exert blunt and heavy political force. Related Story: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2617069 Yet that force tapped the brakes in the past election cycle. Not only did women fail to shatter the glass ceiling for the highest office in the land Read more
Putin aide: Clinton advisers met with Russian ambassador 'lots' of times
12:37 PM, Mar 12, 2017
People associated with Hillary Clinton's campaign also met with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman. "Well, if you look at some people connected with Hillary Clinton during her campaign, you would probably see that [the Russian ambassador] had lots of meetings of that kind," Dmitry Peskov told CNN's Fareed Zakaria in an interview that aired Sunday. Peskov said that none of the meetings between campaigns and Kislyak were about the electio Read more
Pelosi: I would have retired if Clinton had defeated Trump
12:07 PM, Mar 10, 2017
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi revealed Friday that she was ready to retire from Congress if former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had won the November election over President Trump. Pelosi told reporters following a discussion at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor that if Clinton had won the White House, she "was ready to go home" after 14 years as House Democratic leader and four years as speaker of the House. "If Hillary had won, I was ready to go home," Pelosi to Read more
Liberals discover the limits of Clinton's likability
6:00 AM, Mar 10, 2017
The Trump era has produced a surplus of provocative and irresistible questions about American life for the chattering class to clamor over. The latest came in the form of an NYU experiment that used actors to recreate presidential debates between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton exactly as they happened, with one adjustment - their genders were swapped. The intention, as explained by one NYU professor, was to confirm the "liberal assumption" that "no one would have accepted Trump's behavior f Read more
HBO making a new 'Game Change' mini-series about the 2016 election
5:04 PM, Mar 09, 2017
The producers and director behind the Emmy-winning HBO adaption of "Game Change" are going to create a new mini-series based on the contentious presidential contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. A press release from HBO Films says the show will "chronicle the extraordinary events of the 2016 presidential election in a miniseries based on the upcoming book by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann." HBO will make the next Halperin/Heilemann book about the election into a miniseries. Let Read more
Clinton's ads more negative, more personal than Trump's, study finds
4:48 PM, Mar 09, 2017
Hillary Clinton swamped President Trump with substance-free attack ads during the 2016 election, while Trump ran far fewer, but more substantial ads, according to a new study of political advertising in the election. The findings run counter to the narrative put forward by many Democrats that Trump was responsible for lowering the national discourse during the race. Clinton vastly outspent Trump in the election, pouring $258 million into airing more than 400,000 ads during the race. Trump spen Read more
FEC commissioner who defended Drudge plans to quit
10:15 PM, Mar 08, 2017
The regulator who worked to keep online political speech free of federal control is planning to step down this year, saying that he believes the Internet "is a little bit freer and a little bit safer" than when he assumed his position. "I know that I am looking to depart the agency sometime this year," Federal Election Commissioner Lee Goodman said in an interview with The Hill . "I would expect a new cast of at least four commissioners, probably this year." Goodman, a Republican who joined t Read more
Hillary Clinton takes to Snapchat on International Women's Day: 'Stand up. Resist. Run for office'
7:54 PM, Mar 08, 2017
Hillary Clinton posted a video on Snapchat on Wednesday, telling people to "stand up" and "resist" on International Women's Day. Sporting a new bob haircut and a red outfit, Clinton said in a brief message on the app: "Stand up. Resist. Run for office." "Stand up, resist, run for office" - Hillary Clinton on Snapchat #InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/7xqTLv2ude — Joshua Hoyos (@JoshuaHoyos) March 9, 2017 In recent weeks, in the aftermath of losing the 2016 presidential election Read more
Hillary Clinton retweets, then deletes 'Full Frontal with Samantha Bee' photo mocking Trump
2:56 PM, Mar 08, 2017
Hillary Clinton retweeted, then deleted, a photo shared by the Twitter account for "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee," a news satire show on TBS, making fun of the lack of women in a picture of President Trump posing in the Oval Office with health insurance CEOs. Several journalists screen-captured Clinton's retweet Wednesday afternoon, before it was quickly deleted. The original tweet from "Full Frontal," which is likely a nod to International Women's Day, has the caption: "The Trump WH is so fe Read more
2016 election study: One candidate had no policy message...the other was Donald Trump
11:48 AM, Mar 08, 2017
A new study from Wesleyan University's Media Project notes that the 2016 presidential race featured "one candidate who almost ignored discussions of policy." Can you guess which candidate that was? I will admit, after months of Trump's "Lyin' Ted," "Little Marco" and "Crooked Hillary," I wasn't expecting Hillary Clinton to be the answer to that one. But by the measure of this paper, it wasn't even close. Here's the chart they use to illustrate that "Clinton's message was devoid of discussions o Read more
50% millennial Clinton voters back Trump impeachment
10:48 AM, Mar 08, 2017
Half of younger voters who backed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2016 election support impeaching Donald Trump, and a large block are joining in the #Resistance movement, according to a new Tufts University poll. What's more, millennials who backed Clinton remain more engaged in politics, driven by their anger at Trump's election, said the survey from the university's Tisch College Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. Key findings: — 26 percent of Clinton Read more
Why you should bookmark this Hillary Clinton speech
5:43 PM, Mar 07, 2017
In a speech to Girls, Inc. delivered Tuesday afternoon, Hillary Clinton painted a bleak picture of life for America's young women. Calling women's equality the "unfinished business of the 20th century," Clinton claimed that "too many girls are afraid of someone or something." Then, pivoting towards a more optimistic message for the future, Clinton remarked, "Let us hope there is a wave of young women running for office in America." "Let's be sure we support them in every way we can," she co Read more
Hillary's 'American Carnage'
2:13 PM, Mar 07, 2017
After reflecting on the "soul searching" she's completed in recent months, Hillary Clinton told a room full of women gathered to watch her receive the "Champion for Girls" award from Girls, Inc. Tuesday afternoon that "the unfinished business of the 20th century is the full equality of women." Addressing women's rights, Clinton declared, "Our work is far from over." The former presidential candidate depicted contemporary America as a dark world for young women, saying, "too often starting at Read more
Clinton: Women's equality is the 'unfinished business' of 21st century
1:49 PM, Mar 07, 2017
Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that Americans who wish to strengthen the United States and eliminate division should hope to see "a wave of young women" running for office in the near future. The defeated Democratic presidential nominee has mostly stayed out of the public eye since the 2016 election. But Clinton made an appearance in New York City on Tuesday to accept an award and deliver the keynote address at the Girls Inc. "Celebrating Women of Achievement Luncheon." "If we are serious about Read more
Roger Stone claims 'back channel' to Assange
4:55 PM, Mar 05, 2017
President Trump's former political adviser Roger Stone boasted in now deleted tweets that he has a "perfectly legal back channel" to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Wikileaks published thousands of emails related to Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign. Stone originally tweeted about President Trump's unproven assertion that President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower during the campaign. Stone initially tweeted that Obama was responsible for illegal surveillance and must be "charged, convict Read more
In talks with Trump, conservatives make Ryan the scapegoat
03/14/17 12:01 AM
Conservatives ratchet up pressure to ditch Senate rules
03/14/17 12:01 AM
Trump asks public to help fix, cut government, sees billions in savings
03/13/17 04:33 PM
Schools want out of Michelle Obama's lunch rules, kids say 'Yuck'
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Hillary Clinton found on a plane, reading about Mike Pence's emails
5:44 PM, Mar 03, 2017
Hillary Clinton, whose presidential ambitions in 2016 were hurt by an unauthorized email server scandal, was caught on camera apparently looking at a newspaper article about Vice President Mike Pence's personal email account that was hacked. The photo, which shows the former secretary of state reading a USA Today newspaper with the lead story headline "Pence used personal email in office," was reportedly snapped during a flight from Logan Airport in Boston to LaGuardia Airport in New York. C Read more
Pence on private email use: 'There's no comparison whatsoever' with Clinton server
3:45 PM, Mar 03, 2017
Vice President Mike Pence dismissed any comparison of his private email use as governor of Indiana with the private email use of Hillary Clinton when she served as secretary of state, telling reporters on Friday that he had complied with state laws when using an AOL account to conduct some government business. "There's no comparison whatsoever between Hillary Clinton's practice — having a private server, misusing classified information, destroying emails when they were requested by the Congress Read more
Stuck in the 90s: Mike Pence's AOL email shows he's digitally inept, not evil
12:29 PM, Mar 03, 2017
Nobody has talked about AOL this much since "You've Got Mail," that 1998 romantic-comedy where Tom Hanks used email to steal the heart of Meg Ryan and win over all of America. But thanks to Vice President Mike Pence, the email domain is suddenly back in the news because of his digital ineptitude. In what's been billed as a bombshell, The Indianapolis Star reported that Pence used the AOL email service for state business while governor. But it doesn't make him a high-tech villain. If anything, Read more
The Pence email controversy is awkward as hell, but stop comparing it to the Clinton scandal
12:08 PM, Mar 03, 2017
Vice President Mike Pence was unwise to use a personal email account when he served as governor of Indiana, but it's a laughable to compare this new controversy to Hillary Clinton's private email server scandal. Pence used a private AOL email account to conduct official state business, and occasionally discuss homeland security issues, the Indianapolis Star reported Thursday evening. The vice president's account was also "compromised by a scammer" last summer. Interestingly enough, however, Read more
Carter Page scrambles in first Trump, Russia TV interview
9:50 PM, Mar 02, 2017
A former member of President Trump's campaign team, Carter Page, on Thursday "wouldn't deny" that he spoke with a Russian official in Cleveland during last year's Republican National Convention. In an interview with MSNBC host Chris Hayes, Page, who lived in Russia for a few years, skated around the anchor's questions on his contact with Russia during the election, tossing in allegations against the Obama administration on multiple occasions. Page was first exposed as one of four Trump campaig Read more
No, Don Lemon, Loretta Lynch didn't recuse herself from the Clinton email scandal
1:09 PM, Mar 02, 2017
Oh, Don Lemon. July 2016 wasn't that long ago. Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch did not recuse herself last year from the federal investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server. Lynch also did not meet with Hillary Clinton on a tarmac as federal agents reviewed the former secretary of state's emails. Watching CNN Wednesday evening, however, you'd think exactly the opposite. "Loretta Lynch recused herself from any decision regarding Hillary Clinton because of that meeting of Hill Read more
Report: Obama officials spent final days purposely pushing Russia allegations
8:16 PM, Mar 01, 2017
Officials in the Obama administration reportedly spent Barack Obama's final few days in office spreading their message internally that President Trump's associates had maintained inappropriate ties to Russian officials during the campaign, an allegation that neither the Obama administration nor the Trump administration has publicly substantiated. Obama administration officials also sought to preserve evidence of what they characterized as Russia's attempts to influence the election by hacking i Read more
Third Way's good advice for Democrats in denial
3:43 PM, Feb 28, 2017
There is some pretty sensible advice for Democrats — and for Republicans — in a long essay by the Third Way organization. Three months after the November 2016 election, Third Way comes to an obvious conclusion: Demographic change does not mean that Democrats will automatically win every election. This is similar to my own analyses going back to November and accessible here , here , here , here , here and here . The Third Way authors, Lanae Erickson Hatalsky and Jim Kessler, whose polit Read more
Teachers unions keep losing
1:11 PM, Feb 28, 2017
When the Democratic National Committee elected Tom Perez as its new chair on Saturday, it was yet another in a long string of losses for teachers unions. Although the two largest teachers unions in the country did not make an institutional endorsement, the presidents of both unions made a personal endorsement of Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn. Mike Antonucci of the Education Intelligence Agency chronicled the history of teachers union losses, dating back to October 2007 when the American Federati Read more
Clinton's campaign chief urges Secret Service-style cyber protection for candidates
10:12 AM, Feb 28, 2017
Amid ongoing probes into Russian cyber and other activities aimed at the 2016 elections, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign manager Robby Mook is offering a novel idea for protecting the electoral process from hacks: a new federal program to provide cybersecurity protection to candidates for all kinds of offices. Mook sat down with InsideCybersecurity.com at a recent conference in San Francisco to pitch his idea for providing Secret Service-style cybersecurity protection to candidates at v Read more
Fashionably nuts
7:00 AM, Feb 28, 2017
City of the Small Shoulders, canapé maker for the world, Vogue magazine, which under the ardent Hillary booster (and would-be ambassador to the Court of St. James) Anna Wintour has been subdued and despondent since last November, has struck back in a way in its March issue, with a series of interviews with female designers who are expressing displeasure with Clinton's opponent. "My spring-summer show was a reaction to the right wing," said Stella McCartney. "[Sarah] Burton is feeling fragile," t Read more
In case you missed it: The Washington Post added a major clarification to this ex-CIA op-ed
5:18 PM, Feb 27, 2017
Though it was exactly one week ago that the Washington Post published an op-ed from a former CIA operative who claimed he quit because of President Trump, an eyebrow-raising clarification the paper later added to its story seems to have gone unnoticed by some readers. So here's your "in case you missed it" update. The Post published an opinion article on Feb. 20 titled, "I didn't think I'd ever leave the CIA. But because of Trump, I quit." It's exactly what it sounds like. The author, Edwar Read more
