Donald Trump
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Exclusive: Allied Progress Uncovers Stephen Moore's History of Racist Rhetoric
The Federal Reserve System, founded by Congress in 1913, is the central bank of our beloved United States. In order to promote the effective operation of our economy, as well as public interest, it performs a number of general functions that involve conducting monetary policy, enforcing the stability of the financial system, promoting the safety…
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Trump Administration Will Start DNA Testing Migrant Families Seeking Asylum at Southern Border
The Department of Homeland Security is launching a DNA testing pilot on the southern border next week to identify and prosecute people posing as families. The program is intended to limit human smuggling, according to reports from CNN and BuzzFeed. As CNN first reported, the pilot program will take place in two border locations and…
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Hot Take: Comey Blasts Barr as Too Weak to Withstand the Corrosive Force That Is Donald Trump
Donald Trump is a corrupt force that corrupts everything and everyone around him. So opines former FBI Director James Comey in an op-ed Wednesday in the New York Times. And Trump’s corrosive nature is so potent, Comey writes, it can eat away at the most “accomplished people,” referencing current Attorney General William “Bill” Barr and…
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Watch Sen. Kamala Harris Dunk on Attorney General William Barr
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) is running for president, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have time to hand Attorney General Barr his ass right quick. In fact, she did it all in less than a minute. Here’s how it all went down: Barr—who may or may not subsist on a diet of T-Rex T-Bones and…
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GOP Women Senators Raise Alarm About Trump’s Possible Fed Pick Stephen Moore
Looks like charges of a sexist past may be the downfall of yet another of Donald Trump’s presumed picks for appointment to the Federal Reserve Board. GOP Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa went on record Tuesday saying that it was “very unlikely” that she would support Stephen Moore’s placement on the board, according to the…
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Here's How Much Money Trickled Down to Wages From Trump's Ingenious Big Business Tax Cuts
The Trump administration touted its bullshit tax plan as a win for the little guy with the idea being this: by giving big businesses massive tax breaks, they’d have more money, and with more money, they’d do the right thing and take care of their workers. It was all garbage-talk from the beginning, but Trump…
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Trump Sues 2 Banks to Keep Democrats Out of His Finances
How do we know with certainty that the president of the United States is not a high paid sex worker who exclusively caters to Russian President Vladimir Putin? We don’t, and that’s why House Intelligence and Financial Services committees have sought to get their hands on the president’s finances by issuing subpoenas to Deutsche Bank…