Over the past two weeks, President Trump and his Administration have tarnished the values at the very heart of America. And Republicans in Congress have stood by silently and shamefully. Tearing families apart Over 2,300 children have been physically torn from their parents under the Trump administration’s family separation policy. Parents are being deported without...
Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort is headed to jail after being accused of witness tampering in the Russia investigation. After days of speculation, reports show Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, may be willing to cooperate. No wonder Trump wants to talk about an FBI agent’s irrelevant personal texts in a Department of Justice Inspector...
One asylum-seeking father dead by suicide after being torn from his wife and child. A mother handcuffed for resisting when her breastfeeding baby was ripped from her breast. Assembly line prosecutions. The Trump Administration’s cruel and un-American policy of family separation must stop. Meanwhile, Republicans in Congress have gone along with Trump’s hateful immigration policies...
Welcome to primaries in the age of Trump. We saw a running theme last night—the eagerness of the GOP to embrace Trumpian politics, and the consequences for those who don’t. In Virginia, a white supremacist Trump supporter won the Republican Senate primary. Corey Stewart, a proud bearer of the Confederate flag and defender of Civil...
Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un met overnight at the long-awaited summit in Singapore. A few takeaways from CAP’s vice president of National Security, Kelly Magsamen: We all want success. But Trump's self-proclaimed lack of preparation isn't the path to success. In order to accomplish anything, this will take a long diplomatic process. Trump told ABC...
At the G-7 Summit this weekend, Trump once again spat in the face of U.S. allies while praising Russia and Putin. While our allies in the G-7 have stood by our side in countless conflicts and the movement for democracy, worldwide, there are very good reasons that Russia was suspended from the G-8 and has...
Trump’s disdain for American families’ access to health care is matched only by his disdain for the rule of law. Last night, the Jeff Sessions Department of Justice announced, outrageously, that it will not defend the ACA against a frivolous suit brought by GOP-led states because it “has become unconstitutional.” The lawsuit is so absurd,...
Backdoor influence peddling from Michael Cohen and others; Gutting regulations to protect consumers from scams run by political donors in the Payday Lending industry, the retirement industry, and just about any other industry you can think of; side deals with foreign countries. A new report from the Center for American Progress does a deep dive...
A confidential memo from Trump’s lawyers to the Mueller team surfaced over the weekend, arguing in shocking and sweeping terms that Trump is above the law. Rudy Giuliani went so far as to argue that Trump could not be subpoenaed or indicted even if he shot James Comey in the Oval Office. Trump himself joined...
It’s been 254 days since Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico. A new study reports a death count of 4,645 in the hurricane’s aftermath—more fatalities than 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina combined. And yet, the government count stands at 64, highlighting the total lack of urgency with which the Trump Administration has approached relief efforts. The island...