Steve Bannon Calls Jeffrey Lord to Encourage Him to Keep Fighting Yesterday, CNN ended its relationship with pro-Trump political commentator Jeffery Lord after Lord tweeted “Sieg Heil!” at a liberal activist on Twitter Thursday. According to Penn Live, Steve Bannon called Lord to let him know he should keep fighting. Penn Live reported that Lord took the call in his mother’s Camp Hill living room. “It’s Stephen K. Bannon,” Lord said. “I have to take this.” Lord wouldn’t comment on what Bannon said to him, but Lord said he needed some time to consider his options before strategizing. The...

Obama Will Be Back to Help Democrats in Fall We’ve missed you, Obama! President Barack Obama is reemerging from his time off to help rebuild the Democratic Party! In the coming weeks, aides will join the former president to plot out his fall schedule. Those close to him say that while he will play an “active role in helping his party rebuild.” But much of his work is expected to be behind the scenes. However, he is expected to do this with caution. One aide describes his reemergence as a “delicate dance” that will help Democrats but prevent him...

Jared Kushner Fined For Filing Financial Disclosures Too Late Trump’s favorite son and White House aide Jared Kushner has been fined by the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) for failing to report financial disclosures. Kushner was supposed to report the transactions that showed how he transferred management of his businesses so he could serve in the White House. An OGE survey found that this fine is rare among federal employees. Only 3.6 percent of 12,000 similar reports filed in 2016 incurred late fees. According to a close source to Kushner, he will pay the fine. The fine is paid...

New Poll Finds Good News For Democrats Going Into 2018 Elections If the elections were held today, Democrats would clean up.  A new poll released Thursday finds that Democrats are already in good shape heading into the 2018 elections. According to the CNN poll, Democrats lead Republicans by 11 points in the “generic ballot.” The poll found that if the elections were held today, Democrats would receive 51 percent of the vote while Republicans would get 40 percent. And among registered Democrats lead by a similar 51 percent to 42 percent for Republicans. According to Vox, the poll results...

Russia Investigators Want To Question Donald Trump’s Longtime Secretary Investigators are closing in.  Congressional investigators probing the Russia case now want to questions Donald Trump’s longtime personal secretary as part of their investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. According to ABC News, congressional investigators became interested in Trump’s secretary Rhona Graff after the release of Donald Trump Jr.’s emails revealing collusion with Russia. In the email, a Trump associate Rod Goldstone offered support from the Russian government in the campaign and suggested forwarding the message to Trump’s secretary. “I can also send this info to your...

FBI Raids Californian Republican Congressman’s Office According to court documents, Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter’s office was raided by the FBI in late February. Hunter and his campaign treasurer are part of an ongoing criminal investigation into misuse of campaign funds. Allegedly, Hunter used tens of thousands of dollars in campaign funds for personal expenses, including more than $1,300 in video game purchases and a plane ride for his pet rabbit, court documents show. In the FBI raid, officials “seized several computers, tablets and iPads, bills and disbursement records, as well as a computer hard drive, from Election CFO, an...

Navy Secretary Breaks With Trump on Transgender Ban Navy Secretary Richard Spencer is not siding with Trump on his outlandish transgender ban in the military. Spencer said that “any patriot” should be allowed to serve. “We will process and take direction of a policy that is developed by the [Defense] secretary [with] direction from the president and march out smartly,” Secretary Spencer told reporters Thursday night after visiting Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia. “On a fundamental basis, any patriot that wants to serve and meets all the requirements should be able to serve in our military.” By discriminating against...

Study Confirms Trump Is Causing Health Insurance Premiums To Spike Donald Trump desperately wants to make it harder for people to get health care. Donald Trump’s actions to undermine Obamacare are having real world consequences for millions of Americans who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges. According to a nonpartisan study, Trump’s actions have caused double-digit premium increases on individual health insurance policies. The Kaiser Family Foundation study notes that Trump’s actions which are “far outside the norm”  have led mix signals and caused uncertainty among insurance companies resulting in significant increases in premiums. To be...

We Just Got More Proof That Donald Trump Is Profiting From The Presidency #Kleptocracy Donald Trump is making a killing off the presidency, according to a new financial filing. Trump’s Washington D.C. hotel – you know the one where he is both the landlord and the tenant – has recorded nearly $2 million in profit so far this year. The hotel had anticipated losing about $2 million in the first year of operation, but thanks to all the people trying to curry favor with the president, the hotel is making massive amounts of money. According to The Washington Post,...

A Giant Percentage Of Republicans Don’t Care About Democracy: Poll This is what it feels like when democracies die.  Ever wonder how your fellow Americans feel about democracy? Well, a new poll has some very troubling information for you. More than half of Republicans would be willing to delay the 2020 election if Donald Trump proposed the idea. Yes, that is right. A majority of Republicans in this country are open to discarding the most basic and profound institution of our democracy – elections. The poll, which was fielded by The Washington Post, asked if people would be okay...