John MacKillopadded this to The SwampJohn McCain Trump’s bizarre attack on McCain lowlights raucous speech to evangelical groupVox - Aaron RuparPresident Trump gave a dizzying, rambling speech to an evangelical group on Wednesday, including a very weird aside about the late Sen. John McCain, who he seemed pleased to say has “gone on to greener
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampMexico The other photo that shows what's happening now at the borderCNN - By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN(CNN) — Another photo of a parent and child near the river that divides the United States and Mexico has sparked an outcry -- online and in halls of power. This isn't the tragic image of a father and who
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampDemocrats Trump Says He 'Hates' That 'Wonderful' Dad & Toddler Drowned Trying to Get to U.S., Then Blames DemocratsPeople - Adam Carlson"You are head of the Executive Branch," Sen. Chuck Schumer reportedly told Trump. "You control what’s happening at the border" President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was struck by a devastating photo
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampStephanie Grisham Stephanie Grisham Is a Perfect Fit as Trump’s Press Secretary — Because She’s a Proven LiarThe Intercept - Mehdi Hasan Meet the new White House press secretary. Same as the old White House press secretary. Stephanie Grisham, who replaced Sarah Huckabee Sanders this …
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampKellyanne Conway Remember when conservatives believed no one was above the law?The Washington Post - By Dana MilbankSomething about President Trump causes conservatives to eat their own. Henry Kerner was a model conservative. A member of the Federalist Society, he clerked for a Reagan-appointed judge. As a Republican
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampTrump Administration This is what Trump and Barr dreadCNN - By Elie Honig(CNN) — President Donald Trump and his political backers -- including his in-the-bag Attorney General William Barr -- thus far have managed to blunt the impact of special counsel Robert Mueller's astonishing
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampHuawei Huawei Technologies loses trade secrets case against U.S. chip designerReuters - By Gary McWilliams(Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Wednesday cleared California semiconductor designer CNEX Labs Inc of stealing trade secrets from Chinese electronics giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd while awarding CNEX no on
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampBeto O'Rourke Beto O'Rourke's war tax could radically change the political calculus for foreign interventionNBC News - Noah BerlatskyDemocrats are having a vigorous and exciting debate in the primary about domestic policy. We need the same kind of discussion about military intervention and war. This week, former Texas congressman and
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampTrade War Trade war tensions: Consumers aren't optimistic about the U.S. economyUSA TODAY Money - Michael SheetzA key measure of the American economy slipped this month after three consecutive months of increases as consumers saw the trade war with China as an increased risk. The Conference Board’s consumer confidence
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampLiberal View New 2020 poll shows Trump trailing all Democrats — some by double-digitsrawstory.com - Shira Tarlo, Salon President Donald Trump trails all of his Democratic rivals in hypothetical matchups of the 2020 presidential race, according to the result of a new …
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampPlay buttonUnited States 'They wanted the American dream': reporter reveals story behind tragic photoGuardian US - Julia Le Duc in MatamorosJulia Le Duc is a reporter for La Jornada in Matamoros, the Mexican city directly across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas. Her shocking photographs showing the bodies of Salvadoran migrant Óscar
John MacKillopadded this to CompNETechStartups San Francisco takes the final steps toward becoming the first U.S. city to ban vaping product salesTechCrunch - Catherine ShuSan Francisco’s Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance today that prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes within the city. If signed into law, the new legislation would amend the city’s health
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampIran Donald Trump threatens to OBLITERATE Iran if it ‘attacks anything American’ after its president called him ‘methesun.co.uk - Jenny Awford DONALD Trump threatened to “obliterate” Iran in a furious tirade after the country’s president called him “mentally retarded”. The US President …
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampJerry Nadler Nadler: Mueller won't let White House defy subpoenaCNN House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler talks to CNN's Chris Cuomo about his committee's decision to issue a subpoena for special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony.
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampMichael Burgess Watch This Republican Congressman Do Everything to Avoid Discussing the Conditions for Migrant KidsEsquire - By Jack HolmesMichael Burgess talked up other facilities while ignoring questions about the Border Patrol ones—then dismissed reports about those as Fake News from Trump Haters. It would be a whole lot easier for folks
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampPolitics Trump lawyers blocked ex-official almost 100 times from discussing census citizenship questionNBC News - Dartunorro ClarkThe House Oversight Committee released documents about the testimony days before the Supreme Court is set to rule on the issue. Commerce Department lawyers blocked a former official from answering almost
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampU.S. Politics This photo of a dead father and daughter shows the true nature of Trump’s immigration policyVox - Zack BeauchampThis is the photo that encapsulates the cruelty of the Trump era: a father and daughter lying dead on the banks of the Rio Grande river, her tiny arm draped around his neck, drowned after an attempt to
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampIran Trump threatens 'obliteration,' Iran calls White House 'mentally retarded'Reuters - By Steve Holland and Parisa HafeziWASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to obliterate parts of Iran if it attacked "anything American," in a new war of words with Iran which condemned fresh U.S.
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampIran Khamenei Scorns Talks With U.S. After Being Sanctioned by TrumpBloomberg - Abbas Al Lawati, Ladane Nasseri, Henry Meyer Iran’s supreme leader scorned the idea of negotiations to ease his country’s tense standoff with the U.S. in his first comments since being …
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampIran Iran: “Mental Disability” Runs Rampant in Trump’s White HouseVanity Fair - ByAfter calling off a plan for a missile strike against Iran at the last minute, on Monday Donald Trump imposed fresh sanctions on the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with eight military
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampNews (U.S.) Trump's Border Protection Chief Resigned After Migrant Kids Found in SqualorVICE - Gaby del ValleCorrection 6/25 1:53 p.m.: A previous headline on this story incorrectly identified John Sanders' title. The headline has been updated. When John Sanders resigned as the head of Customs and Border Protection,
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampBeto O'Rourke O’Rourke on haunting photo: ‘Trump is responsible for these deaths’POLITICO - By DAVID SIDERSBeto O’Rourke on Tuesday blamed President Donald Trump directly for the deaths of a father and daughter who were found earlier this week along a bank of the Rio Grande. “Trump is responsible for these
John MacKillopadded this to The Swamp Former Fox News reporter: Trump is a 'conman'MSNBC - The Beat with Ari
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampLiberal View Trump flips out and threatens ‘obliteration’ after Iran calls him retardedrawstory.com - Brad Reed Condo owner sends recording of monkey noises to prospective renter — and repeatedly calls her the N-word Giulia Ozyesilpinar, the owner and operator …
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampIran Trump demands subservience and gets incompetenceThe Washington Post - By Dana MilbankThe Trump administration, if you haven’t noticed, is undergoing one of its frequent paroxysms of incompetence. On the border, the administration holds hundreds of migrant children in deplorable conditions:
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampU.S. Politics Agriculture Secretary on climate change: "It rained yesterday, it's a nice pretty day today"Axios - Ursula Perano, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told CNN that he believes human-caused climate change is just changes in weather, stating: "You know, I think it's …
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampLiberal View ‘He should be hospitalized’: Internet stunned after Trump goes off on completely incoherent Mt Rushmore rantrawstory.com - Eric W. Dolan President Donald Trump was asked on Tuesday whether his face should appear on Mount Rushmore along with other major American presidents. “If I answer …
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampU.S. Department of Justice The Trump Justice Department has turned 'religious liberty' into a license to discriminateUSA TODAY - Michael J. SternTrump's DOJ is destroying civil rights for gay, Mexican, Muslim and transgender people in the name of religious freedom for conservative Christians. Last year, the Department of Justice announced the of
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampTrump International Hotels Trump loses bid to halt Democratic lawsuit over foreign paymentsReuters - By Jan WolfeWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday refused to put on hold a lawsuit by about 200 Democratic lawmakers accusing President Donald Trump of violating an anti-corruption provision of the U.S.
John MacKillopadded this to The SwampLiberal View Republican humiliates himself at Senate hearing as his attempt to nail Instagram for liberal bias falls apartrawstory.com - David Edwards Pennsylvania GOP chair resigns hours after naughty text messages are exposed Val DiGiorgio resigned as chair of the Pennsylvania Republican Party on …
