When the pandemic was in its earliest days of raging through a frightened world, as big governments forced shutdowns and threw fake money at the resultant financial devastation, longtime conservative economic writer Stephen Moore began a daily memo, weekends excluded, offering better ideas. His goal, as he says now, was “to systematically attack what turned […]
Stephen Colbert discussed Donald Trump's shifting stance on abortion on "The Late Show".
Abortion, like slavery, cannot simply be 'left to the states,' as if it’s an ordinary political issue. The republic itself is at stake.
Dollar & Yields Soar As Fed-Fears Trump WW3-Worries Mixed data overnight out of China (GDP beat, Retail sales & Industrial production miss) was matched by an equally divergent day of macro in the US with ugly housing data but strong industrial production, but once again the markets were ping-ponged by Fed fears (rate-cuts-off - Fed Vice-Chair Jefferson and Powell both sang from the same 'higher for longer' hymnsheet with the latter finally admitting that "recent [inflation] data...
Rep. Jim Jordan is showing Americans how Donald Trump would pressure private businesses, especially in news and social media, to do his bidding if he wins a second term. As chair of the House Oversight Committee, the Ohio Republican is attempting to coerce news outlets, social media platforms, and advertisers into submitting to conservative demands — offering a blueprint for an even more aggressive push for control by an empowered Trump. In his most recent attack, Jordan has gone on the offense...
Donald Trump's former White House advisor Stephen Miller was exposed by an investigative journalist on MSNBC on Saturday. Miller, who directed Trump's border policy during the ex-president's term in office, has since then be waging his own private war against diversity and programs promoting inclusion. But he wasn't always like that, according to investigative journalist Jean Guerrero. Guerrero, the author of "Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda,"...
Despite the fact that Donald Trump is currently being tried in a criminal case involving the January 6 riot and the attempt to overturn the 2020 election result, lawsuits filed by lawmakers and police officers against Trump over his actions on the day move forward, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.Trump's effort to have the lawsuits paused until his election interference charges, brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith, are resolved was rejected by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, Politico...
Stephen Colbert has defended Jimmy Kimmel after Trump insulted him on Truth Social.
Late-night talk show hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert tackled Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial, which kicked off on Monday. Kimmel joked that the “trial is expected to last six weeks or until the courtroom sketch artist runs out of orange—whichever comes first.” “The official name of the trial is 'The People of the State of New York vs. Donald Trump.' The People of the State of New York. That's us!” Colbert enthused, before quieting the applauding audience. “I know you're excited,...
“Underneath all the bravado is an elderly man who is genuinely facing the possibility of the same fate of so many of his associates: time behind bars,” says Chris Hayes on Trump’s attempts to delay his hush money trial.
A New York appeals judge denied a bid by Donald Trump to delay his criminal hush money trial by seeking a pause while he challenges gag order against him.