By Robert F. DeFinis Just when you thought that the election season had reached the pinnacle of nonsense, you have the DNC this week sending in the clowns. What was supposed to be a slam dunk for the donkeys, and most likely a significant convention bump based on the Republicans theatrical rendition of Dante’s Inferno last…
By Blake Neff Donald Trump wants revenge on Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich. And he’s apparently willing to spend $20 million to get it. Both Cruz and Kasich have failed to endorse Trump for president, despite signing a pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee last year. Cruz even went a step further,…
By Michael Bastasch The final draft of the Democratic Party’s 2016 platform not only backs taxing greenhouse gas emissions, it also backs “using every tool available” to cut emissions even if it means circumventing Congress. “Democrats believe that climate change is too important to wait for climate deniers and defeatists in Congress to start listening…
By Phillip Stucky Republican Sen. Mark Kirk dumped Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump last month, and says that decision is paying off. Kirk began his anti-Trump campaign last month, when he launched an ad stating Trump “is not fit to be commander and chief.” The ad featured Kirk’s stance as the first Republican to support a vote…
By Richard Pollock Both current and retired FBI agents are likely to be “way beyond disappointed” and will be “angry” by FBI Director James Comey’s recommendation today that no criminal charges be filed against presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server, according to a former FBI assistant director in…
Happy Independence Day! WikiLeaks has followed through with their promised document dump on Hillary Clinton, publishing over 30,000 of her emails from her infamous private server. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange recently told the press that the information contained within these emails would be enough to indict Clinton if the government was so inclined. WikiLeaks writes:…
By Richard Pollock Department of Justice officials filed a motion in federal court late Wednesday seeking a 27-month delay in producing correspondence between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s four top aides and the Clinton Foundation and Teneo Holdings, a closely allied public relations firm that Bill Clinton helped start. If the court permits the…
By Elena Weissmann Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump released a statement last week claiming he has forgiven some $50 million in personal loans he made to his presidential campaign. The announcement was intended to calm nervous GOP donors. By converting the loan to a contribution, Trump would forgo the possibility of using donated campaign money…
Allegations concerning Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach have given rise to the real estate mogul’s latest embarrassing press. Four former employees have stated that Trump would eavesdrop on his guests’ phone calls during the mid 2000’s. According to the sources, Trump had a telephone console that acted like a switchboard in his room. The…
By Phillip Stucky Sen. Bernie Sanders told MSNBC Friday he will vote for presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in November. “Yes,” Sanders responded, when asked on “Morning Joe” if he would vote for Clinton. Sanders said his ultimate job was to ensure Republican front-runner Donald Trump doesn’t win the presidency, adding that he would do anything in his power…