THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 2/9/17 Poll shows worldview gap between Trump voters, Americans broadly Rachel Maddow shares an exclusive look at new Public Policy Polling results that show considerable difference between how Donald Trump is viewed by his supporters versus Americans in general, and an alarming amount of leeway his supporters are willing to give … more Duration: 7:53 CLICK […]
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Updated 7:45 PM ET, Thu February 9, 2017 (CNN) President Donald Trump’s travel ban will remain blocked, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel means that citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries will continue to be able to travel to the US, despite Trump’s […]
By Susan Heavey | WASHINGTON A Congressional committee said on Thursday it was seeking a review into whether senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway had violated ethics rules by using her position to promote product lines of President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka, a day after he attacked a retailer for dropping them. CLICK IMAGE for direct link to […]
DAVID CORN FEB. 9, 2017 6:00 AM The biggest election-related scandal since Watergate occurred last year, and it has largely disappeared from the political-media landscape of Washington. CLICK IMAGE for direct link to story. According to the consensus assessment of US intelligence agencies, Russian intelligence, under the orders of Vladimir Putin, mounted an extensive operation to […]
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS FEB. 8, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday lashed out at the judicial branch for considering challenges to his executive order banning travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries, asserting that politically motivated judges had held a “disgraceful” federal appeals court hearing Tuesday on the matter. CLICK IMAGE for link to video. CLICK […]
Democrats have condemned President Donald Trump’s tweet attacking a clothing retailer after it dropped a fashion line owned by his daughter. Mr Trump tweeted that “Ivanka has been treated so unfairly” by clothing retailer Nordstrom. A Democratic senator called the post “inappropriate” and an ex-White House ethics tsar dubbed it “outrageous”. Earlier this month Nordstrom […]
By Paul Kane and Ed O’Keefe February 7 at 11:39 PM Senate Republicans passed a party-line rebuke Tuesday night of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for a speech opposing attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions, striking down her words for impugning the Alabama senator’s character. CLICK IMAGE for the video. CLICK HERE for direct link to the story in The Washington […]
By Eli Watkins, CNN Updated 6:38 PM ET, Tue February 7, 2017 CLICK IMAGE for direct link to video Washington (CNN) Top White House adviser Kellyanne Conway appeared on CNN’s “The Lead” Tuesday in a 25-minute interview with Jake Tapper where they discussed President Donald Trump’s falsehoods and the administration’s treatment of the press. “I don’t think […]
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 2/6/17 Russia propaganda turns up in US foreign policy query Rachel Maddoow reports on Russia propaganda about Poland invading Belarus, which would be an obscure story except that senior White House officials have reportedly made inquiries about it, leading to questions about where the White House is getting its information. Duration: 16:06 CLICK IMAGE […]
Deborah Barfield Berry USA TODAY Feb. 7, 2017 WASHINGTON — While President Trump is promising to launch an investigation into his belief that millions of illegal ballots were cast in 2016, the Republican-led House Administration Committee voted Tuesday to shut down the federal agency set up to help states improve their election systems. Rep. Gregg Harper, R-Miss., chairman of the House […]
