WATCH: Colbert Responds To Trump Speech “Now, technically, this was not a ‘State of the Union,’ because I think in this timeline, the Confederacy won,” Colbert opened his show with. “Of course, it’s a really big night, and some in Congress dressed for the occasion,” Colbert added. “The female members of the House Democratic Caucus wore white in honor of Women’s Suffrage. While the Republicans wore white in honor of who elected them,” Colbert continued. Colbert also slammed Trump about his stance on immigration, “Just like the Statue of Liberty says, give us your tired, your poor, but not...

10 Lies From Donald Trump’s Speech To Congress Donald Trump gave his much-anticipated speech to Congress Tuesday night and, in classic Trump fashion, the speech was filled with lies, falsehoods, mistruths and pretty much any other word in the English language for bulls***. We did our best to compile a list of what we think are the biggest Trump’s lies from his Tuesday night speech. As always, with Trump, it is impossible to catch all the lies, so if we missed one, please drop us a line and let us know. 1. Trump Claims to Have Drained the Swamp...

WATCH: Bernie Sanders Responders To Trump Speech Senator Bernie Sanders delivered his own response to Donald Trump’s speech Tuesday night. Sanders took to his facebook page to tell his supporters to continue fighting. “Those of you who attended rallies or town hall meetings: keep showing up, keep calling Congress, and continue to fight,” he said. Sanders noted that Trump forgot to mention Social Security and climate change. Saying that sometimes what is more important is what is not mentioned. “At a time when more than half of all older American have no retirement savings, I did not hear President...

Republicans Block Democrats Attempt To Expose Trump Conflicts On Tuesday, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee successfully blocked an attempt by Democrats to request information on Donald Trump’s conflicts of interests and ties to Russia. The committee voted along party lines to block the resolution from Congressman Jerrold Nadler. Congressman Nadler’s resolution would have directed the Attorney General to turn over to Congress any documents or communications that related to the counterintelligence investigation targeting Donald Trump and his associates. The resolution would have also required the Justice Department to provide the House with documents about investments by foreign governments in Trump’s...

BOMBSHELL REPORT: FBI Offered To Pay British Spy To Continue Trump-Russia Investigation In what may be one of the biggest reports yet in the Trump-Russia scandal, the Washington Post is reporting that the FBI offered to pay former MI-6 agent Christopher Steele to continue his investigation into Donald Trump’s Russia ties. The Washington Post reported that the FBI and Steele had “reached an agreement with the FBI a few weeks before the election for the bureau to pay him to continue his work, according to several people familiar with the arrangement.” According to the report, the senior FBI officials...

WATCH Trump’s Address To Congress And Help Hold Him To Account Watch Donald Trump’s address to Congress here and tweet @progresspostdly for ever lie you hear. We will be live tweeting the speech. Please help us keep Trump accountable… if that is possible. Tweets by...

Rather Than Condemn, Trump Says Anti-Semitic Incidents Being Used To Make Him Look Bad Donald Trump was asked about the recent rise in anti-Semitic incidents across the country and he told a group of state attorneys general that “sometimes it’s the reverse,” according to BuzzFeed News. “He just said, ‘Sometimes it’s the reverse, to make people — or to make others — look bad,’ and he used the word ‘reverse’ I would say two to three times in his comments,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said. The Anti-Defamation League responded to Donald Trump’s remarks saying in a statement, “We are...

Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill To Allow Prescription Purchases From Canada, Lower Prices Senator Bernie Sanders and a group of Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bill that would allow for the purchase of prescription drugs from Canada. Sanders bill is an attempt to help lower the high cost of prescription drugs that Americans pay, it would also be a shot across the bow for Trump and the Republicans who have stumbled for weeks to articulate how they plan to address Obamacare. The bill would allow for the import of prescription drugs from Canadian pharmacies so long as they meet safety...

WATCH: Rachel Maddow Connects The Dots Between Trump and Russia Last night on The Rachel Maddow Show she dedicated the bulk of her show to connect the dots between Donald Trump and Russia. Maddow pointed out that Trump’s new Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross is the largest shareholder in the Bank of CYPRUS which is funded heavily by Russia. Maddow also connected Donald Trump to a potential Russian Money laundering scheme that allowed a wealthy Russian oligarch to hide money from his wife in a divorce. Donald Trump benefited to the tune of $40 million for selling him a...

Trump and his environment-hating administration plan to propose a one-fourth cut to the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget. Trump officials will propose a $6.1 billion budget for the EPA next year, a $2 billion cut from current levels, according to a Politico report, citing sources. This would also lay off 20 percent of the agency’s staffers, according to reports. Staffing would fall from 15,000 workers to 12,000. The White House declined to confirm the figures. This comes as Trump plans to cut domestic spending by $54 billion dollars and increase military spending by that same amount. The Trump administration has...