Tuesday, July 17, 2018

AP News: Obama gives Trump sharp rebuke in Mandela address on values

Obama gives Trump sharp rebuke in Mandela address on values

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday took aim at "strongman politics" in his highest-profile ...

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Bill Gates gives $44M to influence state education plans



Bill Gates gives $44M to influence state education plans

From News on Flipboard

SEATTLE (AP) — Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates saw an opportunity with a new federal education law that has widespread repercussions for…

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Friday, May 11, 2018

Trump is the joke that keeps giving

Swamp Thing



Swamp Thing

From The Atlantic, a Flipboard magazine by The Atlantic

Republicans elected a president who promised to take on D.C.—instead, Trump has presided over an extraordinary auction of access and influence. Donald Trump promised to "drain the swamp"…

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Thursday, May 10, 2018

George Will just exposed Mike Pence's Faustian bargain

What a lap dog

George Will just exposed Mike Pence's Faustian bargain

From Politics, a Flipboard magazine by CNN

(CNN) — George F. Will is not the guy you'd think would be responsible for delivering the most devastating takedown of Vice President Mike Pence…

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Rudy Giuliani's transformation from 'America's Mayor' to America's punchline is complete

Rudy is now the official dotard poster boy.

Rudy Giuliani's transformation from 'America's Mayor' to America's punchline is complete

From Donald Trump, a Flipboard topic

Giuliani's very public fall from grace has been years in the making, but it really picked up steam when he…

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Trump suggests pulling credentials from 'corrupt' media

Sounds like a dictator wanna be again



Trump suggests pulling credentials from 'corrupt' media

From Politics, a Flipboard magazine by POLITICO

President Donald Trump complained Wednesday that his administration receives overwhelmingly negative coverage from network news outlets and…

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Sunday, May 6, 2018

How Donald & Melania Trump's Body Language Has Changed Reveals More Than You Think



How Donald & Melania Trump's Body Language Has Changed Reveals More Than You Think

From Elite Daily, a Flipboard magazine by Elite Daily

The current president and first lady unfortunately don't get much privacy when it comes to their relationship. That…

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'Trump's going to be forced to resign': Stormy Daniels' lawyer predicts a fall

I hope so.

'Trump's going to be forced to resign': Stormy Daniels' lawyer predicts a fall

From Politics on Flipboard

Will a porn star help to bring down a president? Stormy Daniels' lawyer thinks so. "Ultimately, he is going to be forced…

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Saturday, April 21, 2018

Sean Hannity Isn't A Journalist And Fox News Isn't News



Sean Hannity Isn't A Journalist And Fox News Isn't News

From Donald Trump, a Flipboard topic

Earlier this week, Fox News declared its "full support" for Sean Hannity after it was revealed the conservative commentator was also a client of…

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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

'A political volcano just erupted': is the US on the brink of the next Watergate?



'A political volcano just erupted': is the US on the brink of the next Watergate?

From Guardian US, a Flipboard magazine by Guardian US

As Trump threatens to fire Mueller, a journalist who was reporting during Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre reads the…

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Welcome to the Sean Hannity Administration

This is scary 

Welcome to the Sean Hannity Administration

From Donald Trump, a Flipboard topic

It's old by now to point out that we're living through a Fox News presidency. The network spent much of the Obama administration breathing life into the…

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Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Trump is on a tear about immigration. What's really behind it

What a dotard

Trump is on a tear about immigration. What's really behind it

From Top Stories, a Flipboard magazine by CNN

(CNN) — President Donald Trump is on a tear about immigration again. Often mercurial and dark, Trump is using the power of the presidency…

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Friday, March 30, 2018

President Trump’s stormy week with lawyers and doctors, according to cartoons



President Trump's stormy week with lawyers and doctors, according to cartoons

From Donald Trump, a Flipboard topic

EVEN FOR a high news-metabolism White House, it was a very busy week that was. The personnel turnstile continued to whirl…

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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

WATCH: MSNBC's Joe and Mika hint that Melania may be close to leaving the White House over Stormy Daniels



WATCH: MSNBC's Joe and Mika hint that Melania may be close to leaving the White House over Stormy Daniels

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski hinted they're hearing from inside sources that…

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Right-Wing Pundit Ann Coulter: Trump Is A “Shallow, Lazy Ignoramus” — And Worse Yet, A Bust On Immigration

I hate Ann C but she is spot on in this assessment

Right-Wing Pundit Ann Coulter: Trump Is A "Shallow, Lazy Ignoramus" — And Worse Yet, A Bust On Immigration

From Donald Trump, a Flipboard topic

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter provoked her customary amount of protest by appearing at a…

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Sunday, March 25, 2018

A Domestic Budget to Make Barack Obama Proud


The GOP got rolled :)

A Domestic Budget to Make Barack Obama Proud

From The Atlantic, a Flipboard magazine by The Atlantic

The Republican Congress didn't just ignore Trump's proposals: The $1.3 trillion spending bill actually fulfilled—or even exceeded—many of the funding…

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Saturday, March 24, 2018

How Close Is Donald Trump to a Psychiatric Breakdown?



How Close Is Donald Trump to a Psychiatric Breakdown?

From Politics, a Flipboard topic

Last fall, prominent psychiatrists broke with the American Psychological Association and diagnosed the president. Can we say they were wrong? And…

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Friday, March 23, 2018

'They're gonna gut these guys': Watch Rick Wilson brutally describe what Mueller's team will do to Trump's remaining lawyers



'They're gonna gut these guys': Watch Rick Wilson brutally describe what Mueller's team will do to Trump's remaining lawyers

GOP consultant Rick Wilson took a great amount of joy on Thursday night…

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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

An "Ashamed" Fox News Commentator Just Quit The "Propaganda Machine"



An "Ashamed" Fox News Commentator Just Quit The "Propaganda Machine"

From BuzzFeed, a Flipboard magazine by BuzzFeed

"Over my decade with Fox, I long was proud of the association," Col. Ralph Peters wrote in an email to colleagues. "Now I am…

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Sunday, March 18, 2018

Robert Reich: The Menace of Mad King Donald



Robert Reich: The Menace of Mad King Donald

From Donald Trump, a Flipboard topic

Before, he was constrained by a few "adults" – Rex Tillerson, Gary Cohn, H.R. McMaster, and John Kelly – whom he appointed because he thought they had some…

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Saturday, March 17, 2018

What Is Cambridge Analytica? This Trump-Affiliated Data Firm Is In Hot Water



What Is Cambridge Analytica? This Trump-Affiliated Data Firm Is In Hot Water

From Donald Trump, a Flipboard topic

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has reportedly requested documents from the data-analytics company Cambridge Analytica as…

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Friday, March 16, 2018

Justice Department Fires Embattled FBI Deputy Director Just Short of Retirement

The people should start a #gofundme page for his pension

Justice Department Fires Embattled FBI Deputy Director Just Short of Retirement

From Politics on Flipboard

Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired outgoing FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe on Friday even though he was on the…

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The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics



The nation's cartoonists on the week in politics

From Politics, a Flipboard magazine by POLITICO

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes,…

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Thursday, March 15, 2018

Why Trump’s admission that he made stuff up to Justin Trudeau is particularly bad



Why Trump's admission that he made stuff up to Justin Trudeau is particularly bad

From Politics, a Flipboard magazine by The Fix

In a fundraising speech Wednesday, President Trump admitted once and for all that he just makes stuff up. The man who…

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

'Chaos and anarchy': PA Republican rep. lambastes 'deplorable' Trump for firing Tillerson hours before election



'Chaos and anarchy': PA Republican rep. lambastes 'deplorable' Trump for firing Tillerson hours before election

From Donald Trump, a Flipboard topic

'Chaos and anarchy': PA Republican rep. lambastes 'deplorable' Trump for firing…

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Betsy DeVos Trainwreck: The Worst Government Possible, on Purpose



Betsy DeVos Trainwreck: The Worst Government Possible, on Purpose

From Education, a Flipboard topic

The disastrous DeVos interview shows how much America is now on its own I worry less about Kim Jong-Un than I do Betsy DeVos. The…

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Sunday, March 11, 2018

Donald Trump and the Stress Test of Liberal Democracy



Donald Trump and the Stress Test of Liberal Democracy

From Business, a Flipboard magazine by The New Yorker

Resistance must take the form of the affirmation of the values and institutions that the President has scorned and threatened. Minute by minute,…

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Chuck Todd on Trump's 'Son of a Bitch' Diss: 'Challenge to All Parents When He Uses Vulgarities' (Video)



Chuck Todd on Trump's 'Son of a Bitch' Diss: 'Challenge to All Parents When He Uses Vulgarities' (Video)

From TheWrap, a Flipboard magazine by TheWrap

"I bring my kids up to respect the office of the presidency," host of "Meet the Press" says…

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Saturday, March 10, 2018

'Hollowed out' White House: Trump is on a dangerous path toward no advisers



'Hollowed out' White House: Trump is on a dangerous path toward no advisers

From The Guardian: U.S. News, a Flipboard magazine by The Guardian: U.S. News

There's never been such a rapid turnover of administration personnel in modern times, and the stampede appears to be…

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The Man Who Knew Too Little



The Man Who Knew Too Little

From Politics, a Flipboard magazine by The New York Times

GLOUSTER, Ohio — At first, the experiment didn't have a name. Right after the election, Erik Hagerman decided he'd take a break from reading about the hoopla of politics.…

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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Americans Think Trump is the Worst President



Americans Think Trump is the Worst President

From Politics, a Flipboard magazine by Taegan Goddard

A new Quinnipiac poll finds that 41% of Americans think Donald Trump is the worst of the 13 presidents who have served since the end of World War II,…

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Saturday, March 3, 2018

Ex-CIA chief: Trump ‘unstable, inept, inexperienced, and also unethical’



Ex-CIA chief: Trump 'unstable, inept, inexperienced, and also unethical'

From Donald Trump, a Flipboard topic

Former CIA chief John Brennan on Friday predicted "rough waters ahead," particularly on international issues, because President…

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Friday, March 2, 2018

The nation's cartoonists on the week in politics



The nation's cartoonists on the week in politics

From Politics, a Flipboard magazine by POLITICO

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes,…

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The great unraveling: Trump's allies are really worried about him



The great unraveling: Trump's allies are really worried about him

From Donald Trump, a Flipboard magazine by Dana Bash

(CNN) — Not since Richard Nixon started talking to the portraits on the walls of the West Wing has a president seemed so alone against…

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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Trump said he would charge a gunman. Here’s what he’s actually done in the face of danger.



Trump said he would charge a gunman. Here's what he's actually done in the face of danger.

President Trump's assertion that he would have run toward the Parkland, Fla., gunman had he been near the…

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Ivanka Should Quit



Ivanka Should Quit

From Politics, a Flipboard magazine by POLITICO

If she can't handle legitimate questions about her father, she shouldn't serve in his White House. Assistant to the president Ivanka Trump dodged the press like a professional on…

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Sunday, February 25, 2018

Dan Rather Compares Press Covering Trump to 'Facing a Fertilizer Spreader in a Windstorm'



Dan Rather Compares Press Covering Trump to 'Facing a Fertilizer Spreader in a Windstorm'

From Donald Trump, a Flipboard topic

"Now more than ever is when the press needs to be a kind of truth squad," says the veteran journalist Dan…

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Friday, February 23, 2018

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics



The nation's cartoonists on the week in politics

From Politics, a Flipboard magazine by POLITICO

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes,…

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'I've never been so unimpressed by a person in my life': Parkland shooting survivor delivers a biting critique of her phone call with Trump



'I've never been so unimpressed by a person in my life': Parkland shooting survivor delivers a biting critique of her phone call with Trump

From Donald Trump, a Flipboard topic

A student who survived the February 14th mass shooting at a…

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Monday, February 19, 2018

Trump's first year in office was so bad that scholars already rank him as the worst president ever



Trump's first year in office was so bad that scholars already rank him as the worst president ever

From Donald Trump, a Flipboard topic

President Donald Trump's first year in office — which was marked by a nonstop stream of scandals, as…

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Sunday, February 18, 2018

America Is Under Attack and the President Doesn't Care

What a traitorous dotard

America Is Under Attack and the President Doesn't Care

From The Atlantic, a Flipboard magazine by The Atlantic

Trump's gravest responsibility is to defend the United States from foreign attack—and he's done nothing to fulfill it. As the rest of America…

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Thursday, February 15, 2018

Priebus on White House chaos: 'Take everything you’ve heard and multiply it by 50'



Priebus on White House chaos: 'Take everything you've heard and multiply it by 50'

From Politics, a Flipboard magazine by POLITICO

Reports of chaos and disorganization inside the White House through the first months of President Donald Trump's…

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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

A picture is worth......

Michael Cohen's story on his Stormy Daniels' payout doesn't pass the smell test



Michael Cohen's story on his Stormy Daniels' payout doesn't pass the smell test

From Politics, a Flipboard magazine by CNN

Washington (CNN) — Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's personal lawyer, says he made a $130,000 payment from his own pocket to…

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Sunday, February 11, 2018

Trump Proves That in His Mind, Only White Men Get the Benefit of the Doubt. Always.



Trump Proves That in His Mind, Only White Men Get the Benefit of the Doubt. Always.

From The Root, a Flipboard magazine by The Root

In President Trump's latest edition of white men are soooo persecuted, more than a few folks clapped back against…

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Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Donald Trump’s Hair Illusion Came Undone and We All Missed It



Donald Trump's Hair Illusion Came Undone and We All Missed It

From Daily Intelligencer, a Flipboard magazine by New York Magazine

Last Friday, at the end of one of those frenetic weeks of news that now happen every week, President Trump boarded Air Force One. The wind…

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Friday, February 2, 2018

‘So many parallels’: Ex-Watergate prosecutor says Nunes memo just like Nixon’s 'whitewash memo'



'So many parallels': Ex-Watergate prosecutor says Nunes memo just like Nixon's 'whitewash memo'

From Donald Trump, a Flipboard topic

A former Watergate prosecutor noted the parallels between House Intelligence Chair Devin Nunes' (R-CA)…

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Ex-RNC chair Michael Steele zings Nunes memo: 'The Onion' is mad you're 'stealing their material'



Ex-RNC chair Michael Steele zings Nunes memo: 'The Onion' is mad you're 'stealing their material'

From Donald Trump, a Flipboard topic

Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on Friday knocked House Intelligence…

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Trump Decided to Release the Memo Because People on TV Told Him To: Reports

What a dotard.

Trump Decided to Release the Memo Because People on TV Told Him To: Reports

From Politics, a Flipboard topic

As he was exiting the House Chamber after the State of the Union, President Trump was approached by a Republican congressman…

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Ex-Tea Party congressman torches Devin Nunes as 'obedient' partisan hack in blistering op-ed



Ex-Tea Party congressman torches Devin Nunes as 'obedient' partisan hack in blistering op-ed

From Donald Trump, a Flipboard topic

Ex-Tea Party congressman torches Devin Nunes as 'obedient' partisan hack in blistering op-ed 02 Feb 2018 at…

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