Category: Hillary Clinton

This App Wants To Help Women Track How Often They’re ‘Manterrupted’

Woman Interrupted was launched on Monday, and tracks “the frequency of male and female voices and voice calibrations to identify interruptions” – thus tracking the very real issue of women being interrupted, and therefore silenced, by men. The app, which is totally free and available for both iOS and Android, was inspired in part by the first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in September of last year – by the end of which Trump had interrupted Clinton a grand total of 51 times.

Guests of Honor Trump surprises ecstatic White House tour group

With a portrait of then-first lady Hillary Clinton looming over his right shoulder, President Trump surprised a group of visitors Tuesday on the first public tour of the White House since the inauguration. Trump was greeted with boisterous applause and cheers from the group of about 50 tourists, mostly children, who were gathered in the basement of the White House residence.

Wesley Pruden

Some of our grown-ups are missing, just when we need them most, and our Democratic friends need more powerful meds. The ink on the streets of Washington is knee-deep and toxic.

Bill Whalen

Years ago, the political strategist Dick Morris liked to suggest that America’s chief executive suffered from a split personality – a “Saturday night Bill Clinton” who lacked good moral judgment; a more pious “Sunday morning President Clinton” who was a devoted public servant. “Sunday Trump” is an orgy of panel shows dedicated to the controversy du jour – this weekend, Trump alleging that his predecessor ordered wiretaps for Trump Tower.

Charles Lane:

The American people support more federal spending on infrastructure such as roads, buildings and waterways – 75 percent are in favor, according to a year-old Gallup poll. And so President Donald Trump’s call for a 10-year, $1 trillion “national rebuilding” plan was one of the few parts of his address to Congress on Tuesday that might have been the same if Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders had won in November.

Uncertainty Over UK Ambassador’s Post; Interim Envoy Was Caught Up…

Lewis Lukens, currently interim charge d’affaires at the U.S. Embassy in London, worked closely with then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the State Department from 2008-2011. London With a proposed state visit to the United Kingdom by President Donald Trump reportedly pushed back until the fall, there is also a hint of uncertainty about when Britain will see its next American ambassador.

White House aides defend Trumpa s wiretapping claim

White House officials on Monday defended President Donald Trump’s explosive claim that Barack Obama tapped Trump’s telephones during last year’s election, although they won’t say exactly where that information came from and left open the possibility that it isn’t true. The comments came even as FBI Director James Comey privately asked the Justice Department to dispute the claim because he believed the allegations were false.

Should prosecutor investigate Trump, Russians? Vote now

A new poll indicates most Americans want a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia. The CNN/ORC poll shows 65 percent thought a special prosecutor should be appointed to investigate contacts between the Trump presidential campaign and Russian officials.

Democrats Resurrect McCarthyism on Trump, Russia

From newspaper opinion pieces to social media posts, the ghost of Sen. Joseph McCarthy roams the Washington, D.C. corridors and McCarthyism permeates the Democratic playbook, punctuated with the leadership’s incessant murmurings of “the Russians hacked the election.” As fallout of his investigation in the 1950s into Russian connections in the U.S., McCarthy was accused of conducting a “witch hunt” and was also indelibly linked to the Hollywood blacklist era.

Pence fought against releasing records as governor

Vice President Mike Pence repeatedly stonewalled media requests to view public records when he was Indiana’s governor, including emails about state business distributed from a private AOL account that was hacked last year. Revelations Pence used the account to discuss homeland security and other official matters, first reported Thursday by the Indianapolis Star, are just the latest in a series of transparency battles involving the Republican’s tenure as governor.

Trump in Israel’s Eyes

If you watch Channel Two’s Arad Nir or Channel Ten’s Gil Tamari, or listened to Kol Yisrrael’s Matan Gutman, or any of the anchormen and anchor-women on Israel TV or Israel Radio, you will discover they not only despise Donald Trump but they think Trump is either mentally ill or anti-Semitic, or both. They were sure that Trump could never win.

When it comes to Trump’s speech, liberal pundits and gullible press do us a disservice

Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But… At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the… Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that… Words matter.

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Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But… At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the… Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that… Women’s History Month is a time to celebrate ‘her’stories, and shine a spotlight on ‘she’roes.

The Search For Trump’s Smoking Gun

Much of the pre-election alliance between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is hidden in plain view . We know that Putin resented Obama’s Russia policy and feared a harder-line Hillary Clinton presidency even more.

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For the second consecutive day, President Donald Trump launched his weekend morning with some Twitter blasts aimed at Democrats – and the White House followed that up with a call for an investigation of the Obama White House. Several minutes later, Trump chimed in again, this time with a dig at President Barack Obama referring to a statement Obama made as he was running for a second term in 2012: “Who was it that secretly said to Russian President, “Tell Vladimir that after the election IA ll have more flexibility?” @foxandfriends” For better or worse, Trump has made Twitter his forum this weekend for At first blush, the news about U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions looked bad.

Flashback: First FISA Request on Trump Tower Came After Clinton and AG Lynch Met Privately on Tarmac

On June 27th of 2016 , Bill Clinton met secretly with Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. A week later FBI Director James Comey laid out in a press conference the many scandalous activities taken by Hillary Clinton while she was President Obama’s Secretary of State and then he said the famous words: We now know that the meeting between Bill Clinton and Attorney General Lynch occurred at about the same time that the Obama administration filed a request with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to monitor communications involving Donald Trump and several advisers.

Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: McCarthyism, Schwarzenegger, Golf an eternal WTF

Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But… At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the… Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that… For months, through the election and after, Donald Trump has been able to find something new to distract the press and public.

Sessions Saw No Red Flags During Michael Flynn’s Own Scandal

Sen. Claire McCaskill called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign for failing to disclose during his Senate confirmation hearing that as a senator he met twice with the Russian ambassador in 2016. U.S Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrives to attend a speech by President Donald Trump at a joint session of Congress in Washington , February 28. But his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort , has reportedly been investigated for contact with Russian Federation, along with other top Trump associates, and top Trump adviser Michael Flynn already had to resign his position as national security advisor for holding conversations with Kislyak between the election and inauguration.

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Not too long ago I wrote about the need for Congress to just get off the stick and confirm Ryan Zinke as the next Secretary of the Interior. In a rare bit of good news, that actually happened this week.

Democrats say long-term success starts with 2018 governors’ races

For almost a decade now, governors’ offices have been a weak link for national Democrats, with Republicans racking up stunning and continuous wins in deep-blue bastions like Maryland, Massachusetts and New Jersey. Now, Democrats building a long-term strategy for retaking power in Congress and the states are counting on winning big in statehouse races over the next two years.

Trump claims Obama had his phones wiretapped; no proof cited

President Donald Trump on Saturday accused former President Barack Obama of having Trump Tower telephone lines “wire tapped” during last year’s election, but Trump didn’t offer any evidence or say what prompted the allegation. Trump, whose administration has been under siege over campaign contacts with Russian officials, said in a series of early morning tweets that he “just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory.

The Republicans aren’t just killing health care, they’re killing any hope of retirement for millions

Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But… At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the… Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that… When Republicans in the U.S. Congress vowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act , they expected their constituents would be cheering them on.

Democrats say long-term success starts with 2018 governorsa races

For almost a decade now, governors’ offices have been a weak link for national Democrats, with Republicans racking up stunning and continuous wins in deep-blue bastions like Maryland, Massachusetts and New Jersey. Now, Democrats building a long-term strategy for retaking power in Congress and the states are counting on winning big in statehouse races over the next two years.

Hillary Clinton photographed appearing to read news of Mike Pencea s email scandal

For critics of President Donald Trump’s administration and supporters of former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, the image was all too ironic: Clinton on a plane, looking down with apparent interest at a copy of USA Today, with the news of Vice President Mike Pence’s use of a personal email splashed across the top banner. You guys, my friend is on the same plane as Hillary Clinton.

Russian contacts haunt Trump team

Two days after the presidential election, a Russian official speaking to a reporter in Moscow offered a surprising acknowledgment: The Kremlin had been in contact with Donald Trump ‘s campaign. The claim, coming amid allegations that Russia had interfered with the election, was met with an immediate no-wiggle-room, blanket denial from Trump’s spokeswoman.

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Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But… At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the… Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that… “I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word ‘faggot’ – so… Kind of at an impasse.

Dead Tree Media Columnist Mary Sanchez Stands Up For Equal Right Amendment

More talking points straight from the Democratic National Committee playbook and a not so surprising endorsement of this progressive middle-class-white-lady battle cry. To be fair, upper-middle-class white ladies are some of the most generous souls out there and if this will help them move on from the silly pink hats and pouting over Hillary Clinton’s defeat .

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5 critical questions Trump needs to answer about the Russian ambassador’s covert trip to Trump Tower

Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But… At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the… Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that… On the heels of the news that Attorney General Jeff Sessions twice met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak leading up to the election-and so did a number of other key advisers -the New York Times followed up with this huge development: that Mr. Kushner had met with Mr. Kislyak at Trump Tower in December.

The Latest: AOL emails among records Gov. Pence kept private

Vice President Mike Pence pauses while speaking before administering the oath of office to Energy Secretary Rick Perry, left, Thursday, March 2, 2017, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Vice President Mike Pence pauses while speaking before administering the oath of office to Energy Secretary Rick Perry, left, Thursday, March 2, 2017, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington.

Separating children from their mothers at the border to stop immigration? Okay with Trump

Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But… At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the… Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that… Its no wonder undocumented parents are leaving the US to try to enter Canada.

Dear Republicans: About a special prosecutor . . .

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Some Republican lawmakers say a special prosecutor may be warranted, depending on what facts emerge regarding ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. They say evidence indicating that Trump advisers broke the law may necessitate special counsel – but so far nothing has reached that threshold.