FBI Comey, mildly nauseous, Loser Clinton, sick as a dog
FBI Director James Comey testified before Congress that he was "mildly nauseous' at the thought his actions might influence the 2016 election. The definition of that term is important.
Category Archives: History in the News
A look at President Trump’s first 100 days
In his first 100 days, President Donald Trump has signed more bills into law than the previous five presidents and has signed more executive orders than any president since Harry Truman. Trump does have one big win: The Senate confirmed Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
a oeShattereda authors: Bill Clinton pushed for different tone in Hillarya s campaign
Former President Bill Clinton's warnings to speak to swing voters fell upon deaf ears during Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, according to the authors of Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign , a new book about purported dysfunction inside the campaign team. Political journalists Amie Parnes and Jonathan Allen spoke with ABC News' Political Director Rick Klein and Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl on the newest episode of the Powerhouse Politics podcast about the findings they detailed in their book and the backlash they're getting from the staffers at the center of it all.
Pilot dies in crash of World War I replica biplane
The pilot was killed when his World War I replica biplane crashed near Paso Robles, Calif., Municipal Airport, police said. He was identified as Javier Fernando Arango of Los Angeles, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office announced Sunday.
Vanity Fair Rips Chelsea Clinton in Hilarious Column: ‘You’re a Public Hazard’
Don't you just love it when the Libs eat their own? It saves us the trouble! In this case, a lefty Vanity Fair author really creamed Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, in a new column lashing out over the mainstream media's demanding to keep the former first daughter front and center in Americas mind, following her mommies second loss at a Presidential run. The column hits at a time when multiple media outlets are non-stop pushing out Clinton stories, profiles and photo shoots.
French election could be ‘a historical inflection point’: former Obama adviser
WATCH: As voters in France head to the polls today, this West Block primer takes a look at the right-wing National Front Party and its leader, Marine Le Pen. France could be waking up on Monday morning with one foot out Europe's door, says a former adviser to presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, and if that happens the repercussions will be felt across the Atlantic.
Centennial of war lures visitors
Crossing a glass walkway that spans a field of 9,000 poppies, visitors to the official U.S. memorial to World War I are transported to a time when tanks and air warfare were new and the hopeful flowers sprang up on the barren, trench-dotted battlefields where hundreds of thousands of soldiers died. The museum, which is housed under a tower that rises 217 feet into the Kansas City skyline and is topped by a giant flame, will be the site of a remembrance Thursday to mark the 100-year anniversary of the United States entering the war.
Donald Trump: Ruling Class President
One of the many irritating things about the dominant United States corporate media is the way it repeatedly discovers anew things that are not remotely novel. Take its recent discovery that Donald Trump isn't really the swamp-draining populist working class champion he pretended to be on the campaign trail.
Hypocrisy in the Anti-O’Reilly Army
Fox News took Bill O'Reilly off the air after a heavy campaign to fire him led by CNN's media unit and The New York Times. If all the charges of sexual harassment are true, his case is indefensible.
Trump: Kim Jong Un ‘Outplayed’ Obama, Clinton
North Korea President Kim Jong Un "outplayed" both Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama" over the years, President Donald Trump said in an interview airing Tuesday, but he refused to "telegraph" his own plans for dealing with Kim's aggression, simply saying "we will find out" what will happen if North Korea attempts to launch another missile test. "I don't want to telegraph what I'm doing or thinking; I'm not like other administrations where they say we are going to do this in four weeks," the president told "Fox and Friends" co-anchor Ainsley Earhardt in an interview recorded Monday before the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.
Why Were Foreign Intelligence Agencies Spying on Trump?
Last month, Fox News regular Judge Andrew Napolitano claimed that President Obama and his cronies used British intelligence to spy on then candidate Donald Trump. That certainly caused a stir among the higher-ups at Fox News.
Interest in where and when Trump may attend church services
In this Jan. 20, 2017 file photo, then-President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania walk to their vehicle after attending church service at St. John's Episcopal Church across from the White House in Washington. At Washington churches, presidents have long been seated in the pews.
World War I: The Progressive War
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Trump has created a new status for toughness that was needed
At the risk of being accused of stating the obvious, the what-ifs of history become increasingly significant when considered in the context of globalization and power politics. One doesn't have to go back to the end of World War I when the mistakes were made in the Treaty of Versailles that led to the rise and ultimate devastation just 20 years later of Nazi Germany to realize that if the allied parties had been more generous in their victory settlement, Hitler and the Third Reich and World War II might have been avoided.
Bill Clinton tweets about visiting Bushes in Houston
The Wall Street Journal reports that Oreo, Cadbury and Trident maker Mondelez may replace CEO Irene Rosenfeld as it deals with changing consumer appetites and pressure from activist investors. The Wall Street Journal reports that Oreo, Cadbury and Trident maker Mondelez may replace CEO Irene Rosenfeld as it deals with changing consumer appetites and pressure from activist investors.
100 Years Of Military History Converge
On quite a few occasions since last fall, this blog has been devoted to the anniversaries of significant military events as part of the Chamber of Southern Saratoga County 's commitment to chronicle them to help people learn more about the historical significance of our home community. This past week was the 100th Anniversary of the USA entering World War I , as our "doughboys" mobilized to go "Over There" and eliminate the Kaiser's forces from the trenches of Central Europe.
Will: Confidence of Republicans important, whether true or not
'Mend it, don't end it" was Bill Clinton's rhetorical straddle regarding affirmative action. Republican efforts to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act look increasingly like "mend it, don't end it."
The GOP Only Wants To Investigate, Not Be Investigated
One of the most ridiculous arguments made by Republicans during the House Intelligence Committee hearing on Monday is that the real danger to our country is the actual investigation into whether or not the Trump campaign colluded with Russia. In other words, investigating those possible ties is more dangerous than finding out whether or not a sitting president worked with an adversary to influence our elections.
George Will: What will Obamacare replacement look like?
'Mend it, don't end it" was Bill Clinton's rhetorical straddle regarding affirmative action. Republican efforts to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act look increasingly like "mend it, don't end it."
History to Explore Defining Moments in U.S. History in New Anthology Series the Commanders
HISTORY is developing a new annual scripted television event, THE COMMANDERS, dramatizing pivotal moments in U.S. history that defined the men who served as the most powerful person in the nation, the President of the United States, it was announced by Jana Bennett, President & General Manager of HISTORY. From auspices such as Emmy Award winner R.J. Cutler , Academy Award nominated Stephen J. Rivele , Matthew Sand , Cyrus Nowrasteh , Michael Hirst and Leslie Greif , "The Commanders" would include limited series ranging from four to ten hours in length that initially would delve into the gripping stories of Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson.