Jailed Russian national Maria Butina has reached a deal with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to a charge of conspiracy to violate a prohibition on undeclared foreign agents, ABC and the Daily Beast report. In a version of the plea document to be filed with the court, Butina reportedly will …
Read More »What's Going On With This Julian Assange Indictment?
Now that the midterms are over, the White House has reportedly shifted its focus to panicking over the Mueller investigation. We know Trump has, at least. The special counselwent quiet in the months leading up to last Tuesday’s elections, and there have been indications that indictments could be coming soon. …
Read More »Sen. Chuck Grassley Stands Behind Steve King as Other Republicans Flee
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the second oldest sitting senator in Congress, can be a harsh critic. He’s never been shy, for example, about voicing his disapproval of History Channel programming. Grassley had nothing but praise, though, for his colleague Rep. Steve King (R-IA) on Monday. The chairman of the senate …
Read More »Michael Cohen Warns Americans: Vote for Democrats, or Face More Trump 'Craziness'
President Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer and so-called “fixer” Michael Cohen had some advice for the American electorate on Friday, telling CNN, “Listen, here’s my recommendation. Grab your family, grab your friends, grab your neighbors, and get to the polls, because if not, you are going to have another two or another …
Read More »Beto O'Rourke and Ted Cruz Squared Off With 3 Weeks Left Until Midterms
The stakes were high in San Antonio Tuesday night as Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) met on the debate stage for the second time. The debate comes as polls show Cruz holdinga healthy lead over his challenger —one that’s increased since the pair’s first debate in …
Read More »Key Revelations From Mark Judge's Addiction Memoir, 'Wasted'
Blackouts. Beach week. Bacchanalia. A pivotal job as a bag boy at a grocery store. When Mark Judge wrote Wasted: Tales of a GenX Drunk in 1997, he could hardly have imagined it would be scrutinized, two decades later, in consideration of his football- and drinking buddy Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme …
Read More »Christine Blasey Ford Has Displayed More Credibility Than Sen. Chuck Grassley
In searing testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Christine Blasey Ford has recounted, in detail, the sexual assault she says she experienced at the hands of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when both were teenagers in suburban D.C. “Brett’s assault on me drastically altered my life,” Ford said under oath. …
Read More »Anita Hill's Advice to the Senate Judiciary Committee
It was inevitable, from the moment Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh became public, that Kavanaugh would be compared to Justice Clarence Thomas. Writing in the New York Times on Tuesday, Anita Hill heself said “it’s impossible to miss the parallels.” In a confidential …
Read More »Trump Is (Still) Melting Down Over Bob Woodward's Explosive Book
After a busy weekend spent golfing and bragging about his cordial relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, President Trump began his work week by tweeting 14 times before 10 in the morning. The focal point of the president’s wrath was the same as it was last week: veteran journalist …
Read More »Trump Suggests Kneeling NFL Players Just Chill Out and Enjoy Themselves
Thursday night marked the first full slate of NFL preseason games, as well as the litmus test for what could be one of the most contentious seasons in the league’s history. The offseason was dominated by talk of how the league and its teams might discipline players who choose to …
Read More »