UPDATE: Almost immediately after publishing this piece the number of companies jumped from 48 to 51. An earlier version of this article said 48 companies have pulled out of O’Reilly’s show. Pressure Mounts At Fox News As 51 Advertisers Pull Out Of Bill O’Reilly’s Show 51 compannies have pulled advertising from “The O’Reilly Factor” after several women accuse Bill O’Reilly of sexual harrasment.  After a report by the New York Times that Fox News and Bill O’Reilly had paid out millions in settlements to five women who charged O’Reilly with sexual harassment, the pressure is mounting at Fox News...

Devin Nunes ‘Stepping Away’ From Russia Investigation BREAKING On Thursday Morning, Devin Nunes, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, announced he will be “stepping away” from the Russia investigation. The Ethics Committee announced it is looking at whether Nunes “made unauthorized disclosures of classified information.” BREAKING: House Ethics Cmte investigating allegations Devin Nunes may have made unauthorized disclosures of classified info. pic.twitter.com/GVxj1aaRRZ — Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) April 6, 2017 House Speaker Paul Ryan released a statement on the removal of Nunes. Importantly, Ryan’s statement suggests that Nunes is being referred to the Ethics Committee. Ryan said he fully supports the...

EDITORIAL from Progressive Post Daily: Donald Trump And Bill O’Reilly Are Both Sexual Predators The reason Donald Trump defended Bill O’Reilly is clear – they are birds of a feather.  The President of the United States is a sexual predator. And his friend Bill O’Reilly is also a sexual predator. That’s why, during an interview with the New York Times today, Donald Trump defended Bill O’Reilly rather than condemn him. Donald Trump, you know THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, has a long history of sexually inappropriate behavior with women. He is a predator. And I don’t mean like ‘oh he’s...

Polls Confirm People Hate Republican Internet Privacy Rollback Chalk this one up to ‘thanks for confirming what we already know.’ Two recent polls found that people don’t want their internet providers to be able to sell their data. In fact, pretty much everyone hates the idea. Which begs the question, why did Republicans decide to rollback an Obama-era rule that prevented Internet service providers from selling your data? There’s a long answer to that but since this article is about the polling, we will just go with the short answer. Republicans are hypocrites and liars and they only believe in...

Olbermann: Do Authorities Now Have What They Need on Trump? Keith Olbermann makes the case that the reason authorities didn’t take Flynn up on his immunity request is that they already have what they need on Donald Trump. In his latest segment of “The Resistance,” Keith Olbermann lays out his argument that authorities may already have the evidence they need against Donald Trump and that is the reason that they didn’t jump to take Flynn’s offer of immunity. Olbermann notes that prosecutors would likely not need Flynn to testify against people like Paul Manafort or Carter Page – only...

Steve Bannon Removed From National Security Council Bannon removed from NSC as H.R. McMaster consolidates authority.  According to a report by Bloomberg, Steve Bannon has been removed from the National Security Council. Bannon’s removal seems to be a condition of H.R. McMaster accepting the job of national security adviser. The role of Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert is also being downgraded. Bloomberg also reports, “Under the move, the national intelligence director, Dan Coats, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford, are again “regular attendees” of the NSC’s principals committee.” Bannon, who is...

Democrat Jon Ossoff Has Major Lead In Georgia Congressional Race: Poll Ossoff has a commanding lead over all Republicans in the race to fill Tom Price’s Congressional seat.  In a Survey USA poll conducted by Atlanta television stations 11Alive, Jon Ossoff leads with 43 percent among likely voters. The next three candidates combined – all Republicans – only garner 36 percent. Karen Handel receives 15 percent support, Bob Gray gets 14 percent and Dan Moody comes in at 7 percent to round out the top four. All other candidates make up 15% and there is currently 7 percent undecided. The...

Neil Gorsuch Plagiarized Other Authors In His Book And An Academic Paper: Report A new report finds that Neil Gorsuch lifted language and structure from several other authors in his book and an academic paper without proper citation.  Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch is facing a plagiarism scandal just as Senate Republicans move to take the unprecedented step of changing the Senate rules to confirm Gorsuch despite the Democrat filibuster. Gorsuch “copied the structure and language used by several authors and failed to cite source material in his book and an academic article,” Politico is reporting. The report notes that...

Tim Kaine: Trump’s Not Willing To Call Syrian Attack War Crime Because He’s Cozying Up To Russia Senator Tim Kaine connects the dots between Donald Trump’s fondness for Russia and the administration’s unwillingness to call the chemical weapons attacks a war crime.  Tim Kaine to @Morning_Joe: Admin’s cozying up to Russia means they’re not willing to call Syria attack a war crime. https://t.co/2M53g9AzT2 pic.twitter.com/QfnZwiVRzQ — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 5, 2017 During an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Senator Tim Kaine made the case that Donald Trump’s cozy relationship with Russia is already leading to bad foreign policy outcomes...

WATCH: Louis C.K. Calls Trump A ‘Lying Sack Of SH-T’ Tune in tonight to hear #LouisCK explain what kind of liar our President is. #GROSS #CROOK #DIRTY #ROTTEN #LYINGSACKOF… #LSSC pic.twitter.com/mMXbz5ShXA — The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) April 5, 2017 Comedian Louis C.K. ripped Donald Trump a new on Tuesday night calling him a “lying sack of sh-t.” Louis C.K. said Donald Trump is the type of liar that “likes” to lie. In an interview with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night’s episode of “Late Show,” Louis C.K. riffed on the different types of liars. Then he got to Donald Trump...