Students to Lawmakers: We're Children, You Are the Adults

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  6 years ago

Watch this video of one of the survivors of the shooting in Florida. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/breaking-news/student-to-lawmakers-were-children-you-are-the-adults/vi-BBJaS4T?ocid=spartandhp

Cruz blames Dems for politicizing shootings

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  179 Comments  •  6 years ago

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) accused Democrats on Thursday of seizing on mass shootings to push a political agenda, saying that calling for increased gun control after such tragedies is "not the right answer.""The reaction of Democrats to any tragedy is to try to politicize it," Cruz said on "Fox...

AP Fact Check: Trump's week of faulty claims

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  2 Comments  •  6 years ago

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump struck a variety of false notes in his big speech to Congress this past week and followed up with a curious coda — a plain-as-your-face exaggeration about the TV audience that tuned in for it.Here's a look at some of Trump's recent statements, from his State...

Trump Ordered Mueller Fired, but Backed Off When Lawyer Threatened to Quit

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  141 Comments  •  6 years ago  •  LOCKED

WASHINGTON — President Trump ordered the firing last June of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation, according to four people told of the matter, but ultimately backed down after the White House counsel threatened to resign rather than carry out the...

Exclusive: Former Trump aide Omarosa may have taped White House discussions, fears Mueller wants to talk to her

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  16 Comments  •  6 years ago

Former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault-Newman may have taped confidential West Wing conversations and fears being caught up in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, sources told the Daily News on Thursday. The former reality-TV star’s official last day in the Trump administration is...

Trump is wrong. A government shutdown won’t devastate the US military.

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  100 Comments  •  6 years ago

President Donald Trump keeps claiming that the possible government shutdown on Friday will hurt the military worst of all.On Thursday, he tweeted, “A government shutdown will be devastating to our military ... something the Dems care very little about!” He made similar comments to reporters...

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's torrent of warped truths

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  3 Comments  •  6 years ago

WASHINGTON — For all his errant swings at the facts, President Donald Trump sometimes gets it just right."There's been no first year like this," he told a Florida rally last month. Were truer words ever spoken?This Department of Corrections has certainly never seen a first year like this....

Wonderwoman star Gal Gadot

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  Entertainment  •  9 Comments  •  6 years ago

I thought it might be fun to learn a little bit about the new Wonderwoman and, see what she was actually about, what I found out was interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal_Gadot Gal Gadot-Varsano[3] (Hebrew: גל גדות‎, pronounced [ˈɡal ɡaˈdot];[4] born April 30, 1985)[5] is an Israeli...

Fact-checking President Trump's 'Fake News awards'

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  20 Comments  •  6 years ago

The “Fake News Awards” announced on the Republican National Committee website and touted by President Trump pose a conundrum: Does it really count if the news organization admits error?Regular readers of The Fact Checker know that we do not award Pinocchios if a politician admits error....

Trump attacks protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries in Oval Office meeting

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  81 Comments  •  6 years ago

President Trump grew frustrated with lawmakers Thursday in the Oval Office when they floated restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of a bipartisan immigration deal, according to two people briefed on the meeting.“Why are we having all these...