WATCH LIVE: Protest Erupts In Phoenix Over Mother’s Deportation This story is developing, we will continue to update. Protesters surround the van holding a Phoenix-area mother who is facing deportation that her family claims is due to Donald Trump’s executive order. Protestors surround the van preventing it from driving away. One man even attached himself to the wheel well of the van. Here are photos of the protest: CiviI right activist stop ICE vehicles from transporting Garcia to Deportation #12news no PD on scene? pic.twitter.com/6umHxkxXBi — Carlos Chavez (@azphotoeditor1) February 9, 2017   #BREAKING– Crowd of about 40-50 protestors blocking...

Court Blocks North Carolina Republican Law Limiting Democratic Governor’s Power On Wednesday, a North Carolina court temporarily blocked a new state law that stripped power from the incoming Democratic Governor Roy Cooper, according to the Washington Post. According to the Washington Post, “In December, the Republican-controlled legislature pushed through broad reforms to dial back the governor’s power and reorganize the state’s elections oversight body in a way that limited Democrats’ power.” Democrats have called it a “power grab” and Cooper quickly announced that they would “see him in court.” However, on Wednesday, a court ruled that Governor Cooper “is likely to sustain...

President Obama’s Ethics Chief Say Donald Trump’s Nordstrom Tweet Is An ‘Abuse’ Of Presidency Norm Eisen who served as President Barack Obama‘s ethics czar said on Thursday that Donald Trump’s attack on Nordstrom for dropping his daughter’s clothing line is “an abuse of the office of the presidency.” Eisen said in an interview on MSNBC, “It is an example of why Donald Trump and his family needed to step away, needed to make a more definitive break,” He went on to say, “And I think it’s an abuse of the office of the presidency. He’s putting the bully in the bully pulpit.”...

100 Evangelical Leaders Will Place Full Page Ad Asking Trump To Change Mind On Refugees CNN is reporting that a group of 100 evangelical leaders are going to place a full-page ad in the Washington Post calling on Donald Trump to support refugees. The ad is in response to his Executive Order banning refugees from entering the United States. The ad is scheduled to run in The Washington Post and will be signed by 100 evangelical leaders including at least one from all 50 states. The advertisement will say, “As Christian pastors and leaders, we are deeply concerned by the...

McCain Fires Back At White House; Invokes His Own POW History Senator John McCain fired back at Sean Spicer and the White House on Wednesday and invoked his own history as a prisoner of war. McCain was responding to criticism from the White House of his assessment of the botched Yemeni raid as a “failure.” McCain told NBC news: “Many years ago, when I was imprisoned in North Vietnam, there was an attempt to rescue the POWs. Unfortunately, the prison had been evacuated, but the brave men who took— risked their lives in an effort to rescue us prisoners of war were...

Hillary Clinton Stands With Warren, ‘We Must All Persist’ Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton jumped into to defend Elizabeth Warren on Twitter Wednesday after Senate Republicans blocked Senator Warren from speaking on the Senate floor. Clinton quoted Mitch McConnell’s own words which have since gone viral to defend Warren saying: “She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted,'” Clinton quoted McConnell in her tweet. “So must we all.”   “She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.” So must we all.https://t.co/JXROGHPNkH — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 8, 2017 Clinton’s tweet also included a link...

Ethics Lawyer Suggests Nordstrom Could Sue Trump For Twitter Attack As we reported earlier, Trump took to Twitter this morning to complain how Nordstrom is no longer selling his daughter’s clothing line. Well, it turns out that his Twitter attack on Nordstrom could land Trump in yet another lawsuit. Mother Jones noted that Norm Eisen, who is the chair of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) board and a former White House ethics lawyer, explained that Trump’s tweet is grounds for a lawsuit. Outrageous. @nordstrom, others injured should consider suing, incl. under CA Unfair Comp Law, forbidding “any...

Trump Botches Another Call With World Leader, Demands America’s NATO Money Back From French President There has been a lot reported about Donald Trump’s epically bad phone conversations with U.S. allies during his first few weeks in office. And today, Politico is reporting that Trump had another rocky conversation with a world leader. This time it was with French President Francois Hollande. Politico says, that during the conversation Trump veered “off into rants about the U.S. getting shaken down by other countries, according to a senior official with knowledge of the call, creating an awkward interaction with a critical U.S....

Trump Had An Economic Question, So He Called His National Security Adviser At 3 AM In the course of presidential politics we’ve heard a lot about 3 AM phone calls, but usually, it’s the president who is being woken up by a 3 AM phone call, not the other way around. But Donald Trump is a very different kind of president. The Huffington Post is reporting that Donald Trump was wondering whether it would be better for the United States to have a strong dollar or a weak dollar. And what did he do with this pressing economic question? He...

Another Poll Shows Trumps Approval Rating Is Falling Donald Trump’s approval rating has continued to drop during his first two weeks in the White House according to a new poll. In a Morning Consult/Politico poll that was released on Wednesday, 47 percent of voters said they approve of Trump’s job performance which is down from 49 percent in the same poll last week. And strikingly, Trump’s disapproval rating has also increased from 41 percent to 46 percent over that time period. Additionally, the poll found that a majority of registered Democrats do not want their elected officials to work with the president....