UPDATE:Bill Clinton said he “was mad” at himself for how he handled a Today show question about the #MeToo movement and his affair with Monica Lewinsky during an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Tuesday. Colbert asked Clinton if he wanted a “do-over” on his answer and pressed …
Read More »The Supreme Court of Donald Trump
A majority of justices on the Supreme Court in late June – my best guess is Monday, June 25 – will endorse the Trump administration’s latest travel ban not because it is just, moral, necessary or even sensible, but because the Constitution and Congress have given presidents, even a president …
Read More »An Evening at Anthony Scaramucci's Steakhouse
The Hunt & Fish Club in Midtown Manhattan looks nothing like it sounds. There are no deer heads on the wall, no trout trophies, no pheasants taxidermied to appear as if in mid-flight. Most of the surfaces are mirrored, and the ones that aren’t are made of marble. It looks …
Read More »Where Can We Be Black?
African Americans are often made to feel as though we are uninvited guests in our own country. We are excluded from environments great and small, at times by force and often because of irrational fears and unconscious biases. This being the United States, those individual bigotries have support from an …
Read More »Senator Ted Cruz Accuses Democrat Opponent of Changing Name for Votes
Texas Senator Ted Cruz(whose real name is Rafael) released a new radio ad criticizing his Democratic opponent, Robert “Beto” O’Rourke, for not using his real name to appeal to voters, The Washington Post reports. Set to the tune of Alabama’s “If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a …
Read More »Michael Wolff Talks 'Very Angry' Trump, 'Surreal' Book Release
Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff discussed the “surreal” release of his explosive new book, his White House access and Donald Trump‘s “very angry” reaction in a new interview. “It’s a weird combination of totally normal — I just sit at the desk behind the computer like always — and …
Read More »Second Woman Accuses Al Franken of Groping
UPDATE: A fifth woman has accused Senator Al Franken of groping, according to CNN.Stephanie Kemplin claims that Franken groped her breast while she was stationed in the Middle East during the Iraq War. “I remember thinking –is he going to move his hand? Was it an accident? Was he going …
Read More »GOP Tax Plan: The Biggest Winners and Losers
The Republican tax plan now up for debate in the House is a budget-buster, creating $1.7 trillion in new deficits over ten years. It’s another mark of ideological bankruptcy from a party that, just a few years ago, shut down the government – and threatened to throw America into default …
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