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'Seeing Allred' examines the life and work of Gloria Allred, the controversial women's rights attorney behind a slew of high-profile cases. Famed women's rights attorney Gloria Allred provides an update on her lawsuit against President Trump.
When Chelsea Manning announced she was running for the U.S. Senate, I knew I would be writing an article about it, even though I didn't really want to. Within minutes of her announcing her Senate run, the bad takes were flying.
There's no pathway to power outside party politics - but hoping for a big win in 2018 could be a death trap Last week in this space, I suggested that liberals and progressives who dreamed of a "blue wave" in the 2018 midterms, a Democratic House majority in 2019 and the impeachment of President Donald Trump shortly after that were deluding themselves, and that this quest for multiple species of unicorn was destined to end badly. Was I shamelessly trolling Salon's core demographic? Heavens, no.
Some big names in media and politics are demanding to know: Why won't anyone thoroughly investigate the mysterious murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich and its possible connection to DNC emails leaked to WikiLeaks during the 2016 presidential campaign? "He's been killed, and apparently nothing serious has been done to investigate his murder," said former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, calling the murder case a "very strange story" and linking it to DNC emails released to WikiLeaks. Other pundits chimed in, including talk-radio hosts Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham and Herman Cain, as well as activist and blogger Pamela Geller and Fox Business Network anchor Lou Dobbs.
Donald Trump was unhappy Saturday that the major media had neglected to report a point made by Herman Cain in an interview on Fox. Cain alleged that in Barack Obama's first month, the Federal budget deficit rose $200 bn., but in Trump's first month it fell to only $12 bn.
It's good practice to look back at your previous forecasts and see how you have done. This isn't always a fun exercise if you do it honestly, but it helps keep you humble and should make you do better in the future.
Mr. Foley: In "A painful but necessary lesson," MDJ, 11/3/2016), you say Mr. Trump is a moron, a huckleberry, an immoral charlatan who uses neo-fascist rhetoric and anyone that votes for him must not have met his or her civic obligation to be well informed.
Alan Dershowitz, who is a famed professor of law and advocate of human rights, defended Stephen Bannon today against accusations that the Executive Chairman of Breitbart News is an anti-Semite. In an interview today with Steve Kornacki of MSNBC, Dershowitz said that there is "no evidence to support that" Bannon is anti-Semitic.
In an ideal world, the tax code would be simple enough to put accountants and tax-preparation firms out of business. That was the response to the New York Times' weekend story that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump may have paid no federal income taxes for 18 years because of a $916 million net operating loss he claimed on his 1995 tax return, pages of which were obtained by the Times.
Every presidential campaign is full of unpredictable twists and turns. After a brief moment where it looked like the nation might slouch into a Bush-Clinton rematch, the 2016 election is taking its place in that line of strange journeys.
Every presidential campaign is full of unpredictable twists and turns. After a brief moment where it looked like the nation might slouch into a Bush-Clinton rematch, the 2016 election is taking its place in that line of strange journeys.