With the end of the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump earlier Saturday, Saturday Night Live’s latest cold open recapped the proceedings under the guise of Tucker Carlson Tonight, with Republicans celebrating the acquittal of the former president for his role in the Capitol insurrection. “Well, the impeachment has reached …
Read More »Why Trump Isn't Being Charged With Treason
Here we go again! After having two presidential impeachment trials in the United States’ first 231 years, the Senate is now about to start its second trial of Donald Trump in just over 12 months. While we all developed great expertise from taking the 2020 class Trump Impeachment 101, there …
Read More »Republicans Hit the Sunday News Shows to Blast Trump
Two Republicans, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), blasted the outgoing president on Sunday morning, one going so far as to call out his own party, along with the president for possibly driving people to “violence” over bogus claims of voter fraud. Kinzinger, one of the few …
Read More »Colbert, Kimmel, Fallon Delight in William Barr Dousing Trump's Election Fraud Claims
Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Jimmy Fallon all relished Attorney General William Barr rebuffing President Donald Trump’s baseless accusations of widespread voter fraud on their respective late-night shows Tuesday, December 1st. Tuesday, Barr — who has been one of Trump’s most loyal appointees — told The Associated Press that the …
Read More »Q Is Back, But Does QAnon Have a Future?
Those who follow QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory positing a deep state plot orchestrated by child-assaulting, Satan-worshipping leftists, are guided by the exhortation to “trust the plan,” an omnipresent mantra to keep faith in the anonymous poster Q and in President Donald J. Trump. In the days following Election Night, …
Read More »Mike Pompeo: 'There Will Be a Smooth Transition to a Second Trump Administration'
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has joined the chorus of Trump World slime who have lined up behind the president in disputing the legitimacy of the 2020 election results. During a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, the man who leads the agency responsible for promoting America’s democratic model to the …
Read More »Stephen Colbert Delivers Emotional Speech About Trump's Election Lies
Stephen Colbert postponed his usualLate Show monologue on Thursday night to deliver an emotional speech aimed at President Donald Trump, who tried to claim victory over the 2020 election that evening in a White House press conference. “True story: I’m wearing black tonight because I was getting dressed this afternoon …
Read More »John Oliver Recaps Trump's 'Pathetic' Handling of Covid-19 Pandemic Ahead of Election
With President Donald Trump closing out his 2020 campaign by dismissing the seriousness of Covid-19, John Oliver looked back at his handling of the pandemic on Last Week Tonight, Sunday, November 1st. Trump — and some of his supporters — have claimed he’s done the best he could with the …
Read More »Debates Can Shake Up an Election. But Does Record Early Voting Mean This One Is Too Late?
In a normal election year, Thursday night’s debate would offer perhaps Donald Trump‘s last-best hope of upending the dynamics of an election that — if the polls are correct — is trending against him. In national polling, Trump trails Joe Biden by nearly 8 points. Polling averages also show Biden …
Read More »Trump Wanted to Swap Puerto Rico for Greenland, Now Says He's 'The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Puerto Rico'
During Friday’s press conference the president, staying true to form, once again lied to the media and to the American people. While boasting about his decision to finally send an additional 13 billion in aid to Puerto Rico – three years after Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on the still-recovering US …
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