Reza Aslan, a religion scholar and former CNN host who has written extensively about Islamic fundamentalism, is featured in a new Big Think video in which he asks the question of whether the followers of President… Read More
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Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign is burning through cash on legal fees
In order to get Donald Trump re-elected, his backers first need to keep him out of jail. Which is maybe why the Trump campaign has dedicated 22% of its total expenditures to paying lawyers, according… Read More
‘The book is the bombshell’: CNN’s Brian Stelter crushes Fox News for downplaying Comey’s book
CNN host Brian Stelter on Sunday took a hammer to Fox News hosts who were being dismissive of former FBI Director James Comey’s new book, “A Higher Loyalty.” After playing a supercut of clips showing… Read More
MSNBC conservative: Trump refusing Mueller interview may speed up indictments before 2018 midterms
peaking with MSNBC host Richard Lui, a longtime Republican strategist explained that a refusal by President Donald Trump to sit down with Robert Mueller’s investigators would free the special counsel up to announce indictments even… Read More
Michael Cohen and the End Stage of the Trump Presidency
n May 1, 2003, the day President George W. Bush landed on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in front of the massive “Mission Accomplished” sign, I was in Baghdad performing what had become a daily ritual…. Read More
Scoop: Trump tried to block Pence national security appointment
The White House kept it quiet until now, but on Friday the President nearly blocked the Vice President from getting his chosen #national security adviser. Why this matters: It’s a highly unusual event, as Trump… Read More
Paul Ryan, Party Man
The mistake about Paul Ryan, the one that both friends and foes made over the years between his Obama-era ascent and his just-announced departure from the House speakership, was to imagine him as a potential… Read More
Trump assails Comey in tweetstorm, suggests ex-FBI director deserves ‘jail’
President Trump sharply attacked James B. Comey in a fusillade of tweets Sunday morning, suggesting that the former #FBI director deserves to be imprisoned and serving up several of his favorite theories and unsubstantiated allegations… Read More