281 words Judge who accused Barr of "distorting" Mueller report demands answers after reading unredacted copy
180 words Ocasio-Cortez: "I find it revealing when people mock where I came from, & say they’re going to “send me back to waitressing,” as if that is bad or shameful. It’s as though they think being a member of Congress makes you intrinsically “better” than a waitress. But our job is to serve, not rule."
308 words Rebecca J. Kavanagh (Public Defender): "Roger Stone was just released on a $250,000 personal assurance bond.He does not have to put up one penny. Just to promise to pay that amount if he does not return to court.My clients are held in jail on $500 bail they cannot afford for stealing a bar of soap."
157 words Robert Reich: "Senate Republicans have refused to vote to reopen the U.S. government, but have no problem voting to lift sanctions on a Russian oligarch. That should tell you a lot about their priorities."
169 words This shutdown is not bad governance: it's an act of sabotage that's happening in front of our eyes.
281 words Paul Ryan now enjoys the peace of mind that when he turns 50—in less than two years—he will enjoy a defined-benefits pension of about $79k annually for the rest of his life, funded by the same taxpayers whose Social Security he's been trying to cut or privatize his entire career.
183 words In the TAX PLAN they put in: An abortion law reclassifying life at conception. A clause to drill oil in Alaska’s arctic wildlife preserve. Pulled the mandate for the ACA. 13 million lose insurance. We won’t forget: 2018 is gonna be a massacre.
256 words EPA bans grant recipients from serving on science boards
246 words Beautiful anti-Trump parody of "The Sound of Silence"
201 words Let's take down this racist's statue in D.C.!!!
253 words Let's take down this racist's statue in D.C.!!!
224 words Alt-right rally in Boston cancelled after counter-protesters outnumber them 300 to 1
296 words Just reminding everyone that Trump signed an EO to remove national parks, but is fighting tooth and nail to keep statues of Robert E. Lee.
178 words White supremacist Chris Cantwell: "We've done everything in our power to keep this peaceful." Day after saying: "We will fucking KILL these people."
281 words My mom's religious and Pro Trump. I constantly tell her she's supporting Satan's plan by supporting Trump. She legit responds with angry demonic shrieks.
307 words CNN was fully within its rights to reveal the name of the 30-40+ year old alt-righter/neo-Nazi who was involved in a national news story--that's one of the things the news does, name people in national news stories--but refrained from doing so even though he has posted heinously racist things
377 words VET YOURSELF before you WRECK YOURSELF - Dem. Coalition Against Trump "releasing" public court docs and FEC filings, calling them #TRUMPLEAKS, and asking for donations to support their work...but it's just the source material for a September 2016 HuffPo article. (more in comments)
546 words Robert Mueller, Former F.B.I. Director, Named Special Counsel for Russia Investigation
204 words BREAKING: Days Before He Was Fired, Comey Asked for Money for Russia Investigation
190 words Eric Trump to golf writer in 2014: "we don’t rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia"