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Trump’s Latest Flight of Fantasy, Opening Economy by Easter, Gets Reality Check

Keith GirardMarch 25, 2020

Donald Trump’s desire to rollback social distancing and other virus protections and reopen the economy by Easter is another flight of fancy....

BREAKING NEWSPOLITICS

Trump Ready to Put Nation at Risk to Save His Presidency (Video)

Keith GirardMarch 23, 2020

Donald Trump appears ready to put the nation at risk to the coronavirus pandemic to restart the economy, and hopefully spark a stock market rebound that will save his battered presidency....

HEALTHPOLITICS

William Barr being sworn in as U.S. Attorney General. (Photo: White House/ Tia Dufour)

AG Barr Seeks Secret Police Powers From Congress Rivaling Nazi Germany

Keith GirardMarch 22, 2020

While the coronavirus rips across the country, largely due to Donald Trump’s ineptitude, Attorney General William Barr is quietly asking Congress for police powers that shred the Constitution....

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Trump Puts Profit Over Public By Refusing to Use Defense Act to Fight Coronavirus

Keith GirardMarch 20, 2020

Donald Trump is refusing to use a critical federal law that would ramp up production of desperately needed medical supplies, putting profits over the public....

CULTUREPOLITICS

Trump Steps Up Media War in Effort to Rewrite History of His Coronavirus Failings

Keith GirardMarch 19, 2020

Donald Trump today attacked major media outlets from the conservative Wall Street Journal to the hard-hitting Washington Post in an unfolding campaign to rewrite history and cover-up his early missteps....

BREAKING NEWSPOLITICS

Trump Spins Alternate Reality of Lies, Denials as Coronavirus Crisis Grows

Keith GirardMarch 16, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic grew exponentially around the globe, President Trump spun an alternate reality of lies, deceptions and denials that put tens of thousands of citizens at risk....

BREAKING NEWSCULTUREPOLITICS

Donald Trump oversteps authority by declaring churches 'essential services.' (Photo: ScreenCap)

Trump’s Coronavirus Lies, Deceptions, Denials–In His Own Words

Keith GirardMarch 15, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic grew exponentially around the globe, President Trump spun an alternate reality of lies, deceptions and denials that put tens of thousands of citizens at risk....

ADMINISTRATIONWHITE HOUSE

Trump Coronavirus Travel Ban Called ‘Ineffective’ by Johns Hopkins Expert (Video)

Keith GirardMarch 12, 2020

President Trump European travel ban, announced last night (Mar. 11), is unlikely to be effective in preventing the spread of coronavirus, since the illness is already circulating within the U.S. population....

BREAKING NEWSHEALTH

Coronavirus Forces Fox News to Confront Reality of Trump’s Bungling

Keith GirardMarch 12, 2020

Donald Trump’s mishandling of the coronavirus crisis is causing a crisis of its own at Fox News and other right-wing media outlets that have long parroted the president or looked the other way at his many gaffs....

CULTUREHEALTHPOLITICS

Donald Trump's delusional response to the coronavirus is causing a crisis of confidence at Fox News. (Photo: MPG Collage)

Trump Coronavirus Gaffs Flummox Fox News, Right-Wing Media

Keith GirardMarch 11, 2020

Donald Trump’s mishandling of the coronavirus crisis is causing a crisis of its own at Fox News and other right-wing media outlets that have long parroted the president or explained away his many gaffs....

ADMINISTRATIONMEDIAWHITE HOUSE

Trump Incompetence Savaged on Late Night as Coronavirus Spreads (See!)

Keith GirardMarch 10, 2020

Donald Trump has been lampooned for a lot of things on late night television, but never before has his rote incompetence become the subject of comedy routines like it was last night....

COMEDYCULTURETELEVISION

NY Attorney General Turns Up Heat on Trump With New Border Wall Suit

Keith GirardMarch 4, 2020

New York Attorney General Letitia James and state attorneys general from 18 other states have filed a new lawsuit asking a federal court to block the use of federal funds to build Trump’s wall on the southern U.S. border....

CRIMECULTUREPOLITICS

President Donald Trump reviewing U.S. Customs and Border Protection's wall prototypes on the border in Otay Mesa, California. The President was joined by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, CBP Acting Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, Acting U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost and San Diego Sector Chief Patrol Agent Rodney Scott.

Trump Fleecing Military for Border Wall Faces New Legal Challenge

Keith GirardMarch 4, 2020

Donald Trump’s plan to divert $3.8 billion in taxpayer dollars this year for the construction of an unauthorized border wall is facing a new legal challenge....

ADMINISTRATIONBUDGETCONGRESS

Donald Trump has been accused of laundering Russian money to buy and refurbish his golf course in Turnberry, Scotland. (Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg)

Trump Allegedly Laundered Russian Money to Buy Scottish Golf Courses

Keith GirardFebruary 28, 2020

Donald Trump has come under fire in Scotland for allegedly laundering Russian money to build or buy golf courses at Menie estate in Aberdeenshire in 2012 and Turnberry....

ADMINISTRATIONBUSINESSFOREIGN POLICYNATIONAL SECURITY

Donald Trump vs. New York Times: Libel Suit Marks Start of Assault on Media

Keith GirardFebruary 26, 2020

Donald Trump has fired the first shot in his long-promised war on the media with a libel lawsuit against The New York Times over its coverage of Russian interference in the 2016 election....

CULTUREMEDIAPOLITICS