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Fact Check, Fact-Checking Twitter, Twitter Meltdown, Twitter Tantrums, Twitterstorms, Wapo Fact Check, Washington Post Fact Checks White House
Fact-Checking Lies, Mueller Investigation, Robert Mueller, Russia Investigation, Twitter Tantrum
The Washington Post isn’t holding back any punches when it comes to calling out Trump for his lies. The New York Times reported that “For months, President Trump’s legal advisers implored him to avoid so much as mentioning the name of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, in his tweet, and to do nothing to provoke […]
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Andrew McCabe, Getting the Last Laugh, Instant Karma, Sweet Revenge
Karma, Smackdowns
It looks like Andrew McCabe has turned the tables on Trump and is going to get the last laugh after all – not once, not twice, but three times. We learned last week from CNN (or your news outlet of choice) that Attorney General Jeff Sessions “fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe late Friday, less […]
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Fact checking White House claims, Obstruction of Justice, stock markets respond to White House, Twitter Tantrum, White House Lies
Smackdowns, Social Media, Social Media Battles, Twitter Tantrum, Uncategorized
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell, Twitter erupted, and Republicans turned against Trump in the wake of his weekend Twitter tantrum. The New York Times reported that “For months, President Trump’s legal advisers implored him to avoid so much as mentioning the name of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, in his tweet, and […]
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30 Years of Mocking Trump, Doonesbury, Doonesbury Mocks The White House, Doonesbury Political Cartoons, Doonesbury Trump Cartoons, Garry Trudeau, Political Cartoons, Trump Cartoons
Activism, Humor
Described by Trump as “overrated,” “a sleazeball,” “a jerk” and “a total loser,” Garry Trudeau has been mocking Trump for over 30 years – and counting. Garry Trudeau, the creator of Doonesbury and the first cartoonist to win the Pulitzer Prize, has been mocking Trump since the 1980s. Democracy Now host Amy Goodman interviewed Trudeau in […]
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Basic Human Rights, Black Ops, Black Sites, Extraordinary Interrogation, Geneva Convention Violations, Homeland Security versus basid human rights, Human Rights, Interrogation Techniques, Secret Prisons, Torture
Homeland Security, Human Interest, Human Rights
Trump vowed during his campaign to bring back outlawed interrogation techniques like waterboarding and “much worse,” and his new pick to head the CIA has a troubling history of overseeing these inhumane practices. America’s debate over the use of torture took front stage in the wake of Trump’s nomination of Gina Haspel to head the CIA. […]