Unfit To Lead

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper believes Donald Trump is an illegitimate president. In fact, in his new book, Facts and Fears, Clapper writes that he has "no doubt" about it in an excerpt Rachel Maddow read on MSNBC Tuesday...

Folks, I really do need a break to take care of some issues and to rest from politics for awhile for my mental health. So this is my last roundup until I get ahead on some work. I’m doing some volunteer political work on the ground, and I need my rest,...

Yes, this week is different. It’s a subtle change but you can feel it. Some reporters and editors have had enough. Some Republicans have had it (see Trump Is Being Manipulated ...

Does “Horseface and Tiny” work for you as the title to a love story? Jack Shafer at New York Magazine analyzes the dynamic between Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump and frames their “relationship” in the context of classic Shakespearean lovers. Like many of the heroes and heroines of screwball comedy, Donald and Stormy met cute. […]

Donald Trump is extremely confused again, where confused means ignorant beyond reckoning. Let’s start your reading of his discussion, with interviewer Salena Zito, of the seventh president of the United States and his lessons about the Civil War, with...

Trump has been showing diminishing mental capacity in the last few weeks. He doesn't even seem to recognize Melania anymore, even when she is standing right beside him. Twitter user @UniteAlberta...

What a nice surprise this morning, to see #TrumpResign trending.  Of course, I had to click that hashtag to see when he resigned.  Talk about disappointment. https://twitter.com/97moonchilds/status/1076113904537923584 https://twitter.com/Pajaritolibera1/status/1076123377163780097 https://twitter.com/PatGall10/status/1076142804785602560 https://twitter.com/charley_ck14/status/1076097930510114818 https://twitter.com/julescator/status/1076126475974254592 https://twitter.com/RayMartinez/status/1076115569336672263 https://twitter.com/AEMarling/status/1076116743217532928 https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1074314582167048194

This won't come as a shock to anyone, even the Republicans who have been lying through their teeth about their new tax law, but it's not going to pay for itself. No real analyst or economist said so before the law passed, and they're not saying it now....

Jacob Bunge reports in the Wall Street Journal that Trump’s trade war is slowing overseas sales of US-produced meat, contributing to more than 2.5 billion pounds of red meat and poultry sitting in ...

"It is clear that not only is the role of the news media in our democracy under attack, but the safety of individual journalists is threatened."