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December 13th, 2019 - 12:43 pm § in Politics

GOP governor pardons killer whose family donated to his campaign

A convicted killer’s family raised over $25,000 for defeated GOP Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin’s re-election campaign. Yesterday, Bevin pardoned him. Democrats are asking the state attorney general to investigate. Read story here. Photo: Lame duck GOP Gov. Matt Bevin has issued more than 400 pardons [...]

July 5th, 2018 - 2:33 pm § in Donald Trump, Environment

Trump sacks scandal-plagued EPA chief

Hurrah! Scott Pruitt has resigned. It seemingly took forever, but the anti-environment EPA administrator with the incredibly strong sense of personal entitlement who took favors from lobbyists, treated the agency’s budget as a personal bank account, and used federal employees as family servant[...]

July 5th, 2018 - 2:12 pm § in Donald Trump, Environment

Trump sacks scandal-plagued EPA chief

Scott Pruitt has resigned. It seemingly took forever, but the anti-environment EPA administrator with the incredibly strong sense of personal entitlement who took favors from lobbyists, treated taxpayer funds as his personal bank account, and used federal employees as family servants, finally wore o[...]

November 18th, 2017 - 2:49 pm § in Donald Trump

We don’t know that guy. That’s not us in the photos.

The Trump family resorts to the ostrich defense as their involvement with a Panama resort hotel described as “a laundromat for dirty money” explodes into the headlines. Watch video here and read story here. Photos: Ivanka and Donald Trump posing with fugitive financier Alexandre Ventura[...]

October 30th, 2017 - 6:15 am § in Donald Trump, Politics

INDICTED

Paul Manafort and his longtime business partner, Rick Gates. Trump must be getting nervous.[...]

October 27th, 2017 - 7:48 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics

First Mueller indictments expected

A grand jury has approved the first indictments in Mueller’s Russia investigation. Arrests are expected Monday. Read story at CNN website (here). Photo: Ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort has already been told he’s going down. Who else is in the hot seat? Stay tuned for the crime st[...]

March 20th, 2017 - 8:19 am § in America, Donald Trump, Environment

BREAKING NEWS: FBI INVESTIGATING TRUMP, TRUMP TWEETS

COMEY CONFIRMS: FBI INVESTIGATING TRUMP Meanwhile Trump is Tweeting and the GOP wants to Bring Benghazi Back NYTIMES:  Representative Trey Gowdy, Republican of South Carolina and Mrs. Clinton’s Grand Benghazi Inquisitor, has turned into the Inspector Javert of intelligence leaks. And who is he bl[...]

February 21st, 2017 - 9:21 am § in America, Foreign Affairs

TRUMP ALLY APPOINTS WIFE AS VICE PRESIDENT

 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday appointed his wife, Mehriban Arif Gyzy Aliyeva, as first vice president. The implication for the Trump regime and Mr. Trump’s lies about his ties to the Putin kleptocracy are all too real.  Like Melania Trump, Mehriban is a trophy wife, the bea[...]

January 15th, 2017 - 11:08 am § in Politics

GOP chief threatens ethics watchdog

Reince Preibus, chair of the Republican National Committee and soon to become White House Chief of Staff, doesn’t like Walter Schaub, director of the Office of Government Ethics, calling for President-Elect Trump to divest his far-flung business interests before assuming office. Priebus compla[...]

January 13th, 2016 - 5:55 pm § in Politics

“Heart doctors outraged Florida dumps hospital standards after big gifts to GOP”

I may get in copyright trouble for quoting this CNN headline verbatim, but this is one of those things that must be allowed to speak for itself. Read the story here and here. Excerpt: “The state of Florida is putting thousands of children with heart defects at risk, a group of cardiac doctors[...]