MSNBC – Donald Trump’s longtime butler Anthony Senecal told NBC News Thursday that President Barack Obama should be “hung … from the portico of the White Mosque — it used to be the White House.” It was the latest inflammatory statement from the servant turned unpaid Mar-a-Lago historian, whose Facebook post arguing Obama should’ve been “shot as… Read More Trump’s Mar-A-Lago butler thinks the President “should be hung”
NY Post – The top Democrat at the city Board of Elections’ Brooklyn office was suspended without pay Thursday — the second head to roll amid a probe into the mysterious purge of more than 126,000 Democratic voters from the borough rolls. Brooklyn Deputy Chief Clerk Betty Ann Canizio-Aqiil, 68, was suspended from her $120,000-a-year job, BOE… Read More Both the top Democrat and Republican in charge of Brooklyn’s Board of Elections have been suspended for their primary fiasco
At this point, if I hadn’t been covering Trump for months, I wouldn’t be able to tell if he is a legitimate presidential candidate or just a professional troll. This post is just the Trump presidency in a nutshell: make a statement that will rile up the other side, connect it to his business or… Read More Donald Trump coming in hot wishing everyone a happy Cinco de Mayo!
May 4, 1970 is a day that will forever be remembered as the day that the United States government fired upon unruly, protesting students and killed 4 of them. They were protesting the United States’ decision to bomb Cambodia as part of the war in Vietnam. They were also protesting the existence of the Reserve… Read More Remembering Kent State: what the leftists of today get wrong
Associated Press – Ohio Gov. John Kasich is leaving the Republican presidential contest, giving Donald Trump a clear path to his party’s nomination. Kasich will announce the end of his underdog White House bid on Wednesday, according to three campaign officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the candidate’s… Read More John Kasich to suspend presidential campaign; Donald Trump officially GOP nominee
Welp, as I’ve said before, even before the Indiana primary it was looking almost certainly like we were looking towards a Clinton v. Trump showdown in November. Trump blew the doors off of Indiana by beating his RealClearPolitics polling average. Leading to the only logical conclusion for the Cruz campaign: Just in: @TedCruz is ending his… Read More BREAKING: Trump, Sanders win the Indiana Primary; Cruz suspends campaign
If you’ve followed my blog at all, you know that I’ve covered Trump’s ridiculous statements. But this one may just take the cake. This morning on Fox News, Trump said this: which comes from a National Enquirer story featuring this image (don’t mind the conspiracy theory in the tweet): Standing next 2 Lee Harvey Oswald… Read More Donald Trump officially owns all of the real estate in Ted Cruz’s brain
The Hill – Heidi Cruz is dismissing jokes that her husband, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, is the infamous Zodiac Killer. “Well, I’ve been married to him for 15 years, and I know pretty well who he is, so it doesn’t bother me at all. There’s a lot of garbage out there,” she said Monday, according to… Read More Heidi Cruz comes out and defends her husband – Ted Cruz “is not the zodiac killer”
Every year, the media has a huge dinner, capped by an address by the president to chum it up and laugh at themselves. Usually it’s good for a few laughs, so I’ve laid out the best parts of the bits. Here’s Obama’s full stand up set: Highlights: Obama ripping on Sanders and Hillary. Calls… Read More Recapping the White House Correspondent’s Dinner
BBC – Mr Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican candidacy in the 2016 presidential race, said he would pursue an “America First” policy. He called the foreign policy of President Barack Obama’s administration “a complete and total disaster”. On Tuesday, Mr Trump called himself the Republican “presumptive nominee” after his primary wins. Before the speech, he promised… Read More Donald Trump had his most important foreign policy speech yesterday
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