Schumer: Trump Budget ‘Devastating To The Middle Class’ Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday blasted Donald Trump’s proposed budget by saying that it helps special interests but hurts the people Trump says he wants to protect. “The President’s proposed budget cuts are devastating to the middle class,” Schumer said in a statement. “Once again the Trump administration is showing its true colors: talk like a populist but govern like a special interests zealot. This budget shifts the burden off of the wealthy and special interests and puts it squarely on the backs of the middle class and those struggling to get...

Trump Admin Has Two Unpublished Reports That Undercut Muslim-Ban: Report According to a report by the Washington Post the Trump administration has at least two unpublished studies that contain data that undermine Donald Trump’s argument for the Muslim-Ban. The studies suggest that Donald Trump’s Muslim ban would likely not help reduce terrorism in the U.S. or keep the country safe. “One internal report, titled ‘Most Foreign-Born US-Based Violent Extremists Radicalized After Entering Homeland,’ analyzed roughly 90 cases of suspected or confirmed foreign-born terrorists, finding that most of them likely embraced extremist ideology after they arrived in the United States, not...

Bipartisan Senate Intel Committee Confirms Trump Wiretap Claim Is False The Bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee, in a statement on Thursday rejected Donald Trump’s accusation that President Obama had Trump Tower wiretapped. The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee Republican Richard Burr and Vice Chairman Mark Warner said that there is no evidence that the Obama administration “wiretapped” Trump Tower, according to a joint statement issued Thursday. “Based on the information available to us, we see no indications that Trump Tower was the subject of surveillance by any element of the United States government either before or after Election Day 2016,”...

Flynn Received Payments From Multiple Russian Firms During The Campaign According to new documents obtained by a House Oversight panel, Michale Flynn received payments from multiple Russian firms during the the 2016 campaign. Flynn worked for two Russian firms and Russian state-funded media outlet RT. Flynn was receiving payments from these Russian firms while he continued to maintain top-secret security clearance. As part of these payments Flynn received $11,250 from a Russian cybersecurity company, the Wall Street Journal notes. Michael Flynn was fired from his position as National Security Adviser when it came to light that he had inappropriate...

Congressman: Trump Leaked Classified Info On Television It appears that Donald Trump leaked classified information on television, during a Fox News interview. The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said in a statement released Thursday that Trump likely disclosed classified information during his television interview Wednesday night. “In his effort to once again blame Obama, the President appeared to have discussed something that, if true and accurate, would otherwise be considered classified information,” Congressman Adam Schiff said in statement. Here is the segment in question: “I just want people to know, the CIA was hacked, and a lot of things taken —...

‘No Such Wiretap Existed,’ Ryan Throws Cold Water On Trump’s Baseless Wiretap Accusation Speaker Paul Ryan joined other members of Congress who have said that there is no evidence to back up Donald Trump’s accusation that President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. “The intelligence committees — in their continuing, ongoing, and widening investigation into all things Russia — got to the bottom, at least so far with respect to our intelligence community, that no such wiretap existed,” said Ryan. Yesterday, Congressmen Nunes and Schiff held a press conference and announced that “no evidence” exists to back up Trump’s claims. “As I...

13 Million Sign Up For Obamacare Despite Republican’s Best Efforts So much for that whole “Obamacare is collapsing” theory. Despite the best efforts of Republicans to sabotage it, Obamacare seems to be thriving. For the 2017 plan year, 13 million people signed up for health coverage, which is essentially in line with the Obama administrations expectations. According to the AP, 12.2 million signed up nationally and another 765,000 signed up for “the Basic Health Plan, which is used by two states, New York and Minnesota,” which brings the total to roughly 13 million people. The 13 million sign ups...

McDonald’s Twitter Account Calls Trump ‘Disgusting Excuse Of A President’ McDonald’s in a tweet on its corporate account called Donald Trump “a disgusting excuse of a President” on Thursday morning. The tweet, which was even briefly pinned to the top of the account before being deleted, bashed Donald Trump asked for President Obama to come back. They even made fun of Trump’s tiny hands. “@realDonaldTrump You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have @BarackObama back, also you have tiny hands,” the tweet read. The tweet has since been deleted. Here is how...

Second Just Blocks Trump’s New Muslim-Ban Two judges, two days in a row, have blocked Donald Trump’s new Muslim-ban. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland said Donald Trump’s Muslim-ban, despite its revisions, is still meant to discriminate against Muslims. The just pointed to Trumps own public comments in the ruling. According to the Washington Post the judge “declared that even the revised travel ban was intended to discriminate against Muslims. He said those wanting evidence of anti-Muslim intent need look no further than what the president himself has said about it.” “The history of public statements continues to...

Senator Warren: ‘Muslim Ban Is Now 0 For 2 VS The Constitution’ Senator Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday praised the federal court judges ruling to immediately blocked Donald Trump’s new version of the Muslim-ban. Warren said about the ruling”Muslim ban is now 0 for 2 vs the Constitution.” “Turns out, an illegal Muslim ban by another name is still an illegal Muslim ban. So the courts just blocked [Donald Trump‘s] second one,” Warren tweeted. “Trump’s illegal Muslim ban is still a recruiting tool for ISIS. Still a betrayal of our values. Still doesn’t keep us safe. [Trump] your Muslim ban is now 0...