Trump blatantly lies about Republicans’ position on pre-existing conditions

October 24, 2018 Donald Trump, health, health care, News, politics

With the midterm elections two weeks away, President Trump is leading Republican candidates in outright lying to constituents. And one of the most popular lies, which Trump tweeted out Wednesday morning, actually tries to convince voters that Republicans hold one of Democrats’ positions on health care — and that Democrats don’t hold it.

Republicans will totally protect people with Pre-Existing Conditions, Democrats will not! Vote Republican.

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Trump’s tax cuts aren’t paying for themselves

October 24, 2018 congress, Donald Trump, News, politics

When Donald Trump signed his landmark tax cut last year, he didn’t mention the deficit or the debt, despite warnings from nearly every forecaster that t...

Trump’s tax cuts aren’t paying for themselves

October 24, 2018 congress, Donald Trump, News, politics

When Donald Trump signed his landmark tax cut last year, he didn’t mention the deficit or the debt, despite warnings from nearly every forecaster that t...

Trump Midterm Report Card: Incomplete and Failing

October 24, 2018 Donald Trump, features, News, politics, trump-promises

As midterm elections draw near and President Donald Trump nears the halfway point of his term, he is devoting much of his time to campaign rallies for fellow Republicans — which often serve as rallies for the president himself. At these events, banners and professionally made identical signs are ubiquitous, claiming “Promises made, promises kept.” But in an administration run by a man who has made more than 5,000 demonstrably false claims, really only the first half of that slogan is...

Trump Midterm Report Card: Incomplete and Failing

October 24, 2018 Donald Trump, features, News, politics, trump-promises

As midterm elections draw near and President Donald Trump nears the halfway point of his term, he is devoting much of his time to campaign rallies for fellow Republicans — which often serve as rallies for the president himself. At these events, banners and professionally made identical signs are ubiquitous, claiming “Promises made, promises kept.” But in an administration run by a man who has made more than 5,000 demonstrably false claims, really only the first half of that slogan is...

Trump praises lawmaker for physically assaulting a reporter

October 19, 2018 Donald Trump, News

During a campaign-style rally in Missoula, Montana Thursday night, President Trump openly celebrated a congressman for physically assaulting a reporter who asked him a question about health care in May of 2017.

Recounting how then-candidate Greg Gianforte (R-MN) bodyslammed Ben Jacobs of the Guardian, Trump ominously pointed at the journalists in attendance and even reenacted what he thought the attack looked like.

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Trump claims ‘All Republicans support people with pre-existing conditions’ in blatant lie

October 18, 2018 Donald Trump, health, News, obamacare, politics

President Donald Trump, whose administration asked a court to end Obamacare’s protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions just last month, claimed “All Republicans support people with pre-existing conditions” in a tweet on Thursday.

All Republicans support people with pre-existing conditions, and if they don’t, they will after I speak to them. I am in total support. Also, Democrats will destroy your Medicare, and I will keep it ...

Trump voters worry about discrimination against men and Christians more than any other group

October 18, 2018 Donald Trump, lgbtq, News, religion

A new survey from YouGov and The Economist suggests that people who voted for President Donald Trump are living in a very different United States than those who voted for Hillary Clinton.

In a series of questions about the discrimination they perceive different groups to be experiencing, the respondents were far more concerned with the plight of men and Christians than with just about any other group.

The poll surveyed 1,500 U.S. adults this past Sunday through Tuesday, 28 pe...

McConnell says the debt is ‘very disturbing.’ Here’s what that means for the social safety net.

October 16, 2018 Donald Trump, mitch-mcconnell, News, politics

The same lawmakers who exploded the federal deficit by gifting millionaires and billionaires a favorable corporate tax bill are now telling the public that the way to fix the deficit is to shred the social safety net.

On Tuesday, after the Treasury Department released figures showing the federal deficit for Fiscal Year 2018 rose 17 percent to reach $779 billion, Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was interviewed by Bloomberg. He was asked about the growing debt and deficit....

Trump lies about Medicare for All, says universal health care doesn’t work anywhere in the world.

October 14, 2018 Donald Trump, Medicare, News, politics

President Donald Trump has been spreading a lot of misleading statements or flat-out lies about “Medicare for All” — a progressive health policy gaining traction among Democrats.

Most recently, Trump said that providing health insurance to everybody doesn’t work anywhere in the world. He avoided calling the policy Medicare for All — likely because 60 percent of the American public favors the idea. Instead, he referred to it as “socialist” he...