On the heels of a dramatic week that featured widespread concern about Trump’s fitness for the office of the presidency, Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) confirmed the GOP establishment is prepared for another year of standing by Trump. At a press conference on Saturday, GOP […]
At least two major companies that publicly announced large bonuses for their employees after the passage of a massive GOP-led tax overhaul — which represented a windfall for wealthy Americans and big corporations — quietly laid off hundreds of workers at the same time. Comcast laid off more than 500 sales employees right before Christmas, […]
Paul Haggis, winner of Hollywood’s most prestigious trophy and sometime darling of liberal commentators for his efforts to expose the Church of Scientology’s nefarious methods of controlling its members, allegedly raped three women who worked for him multiple times between 1996 and 2015, the Associated Press reports. The new and detailed accounts follow two weeks […]
President Donald Trump took to Twitter early Saturday morning to mount what the New York Times characterized as an “extraordinary defense” of his mental health, describing himself as “being, like, really smart” and “a very stable genius.” Trump accused his critics of using the “old Ronald Reagan playbook” against him — presumably referring to lingering […]
Wearing a pussy hat and a handmaid’s robe to a protest? How 2017. At the 75th Golden Globe Awards this Sunday, attendees who wish to stand in solidarity with Time’s Up — the formal Hollywood initiative to combat sexual harassment within the entertainment industry and beyond, announced on New Year’s Day — are encouraged to […]
President Trump’s administration is reportedly considering cracking down on visas for highly skilled workers, this time with potential repercussions for hundreds of thousands of recipients with pending green card applications. According to sources who spoke with McClatchy reporters, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering new regulations ending extensions for H-1Bs — visas for […]
Tina Johnson, one of the eight women who accused former Republican candidate for Senate in Alabama, Roy Moore, of sexual misconduct, lost her Etowah County home in a fire on Tuesday. The fire is currently being investigated as arson, according to local authorities. “That fire is still under investigation by the Etowah County Arson Task […]
The Environmental Protection Agency posted a press release on its website Friday detailing the lack of safe water in some of Puerto Rico’s bodies of water following the ongoing devastation from Hurricane Maria, which hit the island last September. The EPA reports the hazardous water is likely due to raw sewage leaks and warned residents […]
The Trump administration’s extreme new proposal to open virtually all federal waters to drilling landed with a thud among lawmakers from both parties. In fact, Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) is the only Atlantic Coast governor who has said he favors offshore oil and gas drilling. A strong ally of President Donald Trump, LePage’s support […]
