Новости за 02.02.2020

A supporter of President Donald Trump approached a protester sitting along the highway with signs reading “Trump is a sexual predator.” Filming the encounter, she asked the elderly man why he thinks Trump is a predator. “Do you live in a cave, lady?” the man asked. “Do you know what a predator is?” the woman […]

The real reason that President Donald Trump hates Michael Bloomberg so much is that he’s a “real billionaire,” said CNN political analyst David Swerdlick. Particularly when it comes to the insult game, it’s one that Trump has long practiced and perfected. “Bloomberg gets under his skin because Bloomberg is actually really rich, a real billionaire, […]

Republican Senator Lamar Alexander is suggesting Donald Trump, who has been President now for three years, didn’t know that if he was concerned about possible corruption in Ukraine related to Joe Biden he should have contacted the Attorney General, as opposed to, say, his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. The retiring senator from Tennessee, who was thought […]

The impeachment process was supposed to be a moment that would call upon the better angels of all Senators to rise above the non-stop partisan debate to honor the constitutional values of the United States. But in that case, the rules outlined by the founding fathers failed Americans as Republicans consistently voted against the will […]

As you watch Super Bowl LIV, bear in mind that rooting for the Kansas City Chiefs and taking no issue with either their mascot or their fans’ traditions means rooting for racism. This article first appeared in Salon. Similarly, cheering for the San Francisco 49ers after learning about the history of the California Gold Rush, […]

NBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner on Sunday addressed the possibility that Chief Justice John Roberts could declare a mistrial before Republicans in the Senate acquit President Donald Trump on impeachment charges on Wednesday. Kirshner argued that House Impeachment Manager Adam Schiff could call for a mistrial even though such a move is not contemplated in […]

When I saw the breaking news that Kobe Bryant had died in a helicopter crash Sunday, I had the same reaction many people did: shock and dismay. He was an exceptional basketball player; he was only 41; he was beloved in Los Angeles, which was my home for more than 20 years. At 12:49pm Pacific […]

Welcome to another edition of What Fresh Hell?, Raw Story’s roundup of news items that might have become controversies under another regime, but got buried – or were at least under-appreciated – due to the daily firehose of political pratfalls, unhinged tweet storms and other sundry embarrassments coming out of the current White House. Back in […]

Appearing on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) served notice that the Republican-majority Senate Intelligence Committee will investigate the whistleblower whose report led to Donald Trump’s impeachment, as well as possible connections to former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. According to the Washington Examiner, Graham — one of the […]

“Well, it’s Groundhog Day, again!” As most of America will be viewing the Super Bowl between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs today, Bill Murray is set to reprise his role as Phil Co… Read More

Former Gov. Christie Todd Whitman this weekend assailed her fellow Republicans in the Senate for blocking a call for more witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.Whitman, a modera… Read More

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg’s campaign took a shot at President Donald Trump’s history of lying just hours before both candidates were set to air advertisements during Super Bowl LIV. While America watched the pre-game show, a video clip was released of Trump attacking Bloomberg over his height. “I just think of little,” Trump said […]

The emergence of the Fox News Channel in the late 1990s boosted electoral competition for some Democratic incumbents, according to new research published in the American Journal of Political Science. … Read More

People tend to become more trusting of news stories after being exposed to President Donald Trump’s tweets attacking so-called “fake news,” according to new research published in Mass Communication an… Read More

A new study published in Addictive Behaviors indicates that different motives for cannabis use are associated with different mental health outcomes. The research suggests that people with high levels … Read More

BETTENDORF, Iowa — Sen. Amy Klobuchar was back on familiar Midwestern ground on Saturday, making the case to Iowa Democrats that she has the best chance of defeating President Donald Trump in November… Read More

Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Democratic presidential candidate contender Andrew Yang hinted that he would be opening to pardoning Donald Trump should he be convicted of crimes while in office. Politico reports Yang was asked about the possibility of criminality by the president and said, if president, he would first ask for advice from his […]

Republican National Committee Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel said on Sunday that President Donald Trump had “strengthened” the GOP by after pro-Trump conservatives launched an attack on her uncle, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT). During an interview on CBS, host Margaret Brennan noted that Trump allies had run attack advertisements against the Utah senator because he voted […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Bernie Sanders has surged to the top of the polls in California, overtaking Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren with the March 3 primary rapidly approaching.No matter how well he does … Read More

Dr. George Pink is a professor who studies rural health, not a doctor who tries to provide it. For the sake of his own blood pressure, he’s grateful.“Not a day doesn’t go by that I don’t thank God I’m… Read More

WASHINGTON— New Jersey’s rookie members of Congressare trying to do something they haven’t done before: Win re-election with President Donald Trump on the ballot.The three Democratic first-termers all… Read More

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) caught NBC host Chuck Todd off guard over the weekend when he suggested that senators should read former National Security adviser John Bolton after they acquit “The House [impeachment] managers came to us and said, ‘We have overwhelming evidence, we have a mountain of evidence,'” Alexander told Todd on NBC’s Meet […]

Barring a lightning strike or some other miraculous event, the impeachment process is all done but for the final, predictable votes. It has been a cringe-worthy process that almost certainly has deepened deep divisions in the country, and that has showcased a Republican Senate majority willing to follow party loyalty right out the window, throwing out […]

When I learned that Senate Republicans had blocked witness testimony for the Impeachment Trial, I was reminded of the concluding line from T.S. Eliot’s 1925 poem, “The Hollow Men:” “This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper.” I wasn’t surprised that Republicans voted to let Trump off the hook; […]

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) was put on the spot on Sunday morning on CNN after calling Donald Trump’s Ukraine phone call seeking dirty on former Vice President Joe Biden “wrong” and then refusing to explain why she thought it was wrong. Appearing on State of the Union, the Iowa Republican who is faced with a […]