Van Jones, an ex-adviser to former President Barack Obama and current CNN political commentator, said on Friday that President-elect Donald Trump is “smarter” than all his critics. In a video posted to political commentator Chris Cillizza’s YouTube channel on Friday, he asked Jones, “How the hell did Donald Trump figure out the mainstream media is…
It’s no surprise that President Joe Biden is largely unpopular among Republicans, but new polling data suggests his favorability is lower than that of some of the world’s most controversial figures, including the recently deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. According to a recent Economist/YouGov poll, conducted from December 8 to 10 with 1,593 U.S. adults,…
CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Senator Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, on Sunday if he had any concerns about President Joe Biden‘s decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden. Last Sunday, Biden issued a pardon for his son that not only covered his federal felony gun and tax convictions but also any other “offenses against the…
Biden pardon of son: Hypocrisy or ? Re: “Biden pardons his son Hunter,” Dec. 2 news story So, President Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden because Hunter was singled out because the charges (to which Hunter pleaded guilty) were “politically motivated.” How about all the politically motivated charges against former President Donald Trump? It’s…
Fifty percent of U.S. adults do not approve of President Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter, according to a new YouGov poll. On Sunday, President Biden announced the pardon saying in part, “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the…
Democratic strategist Chai Komanduri said Elon Musk has “taken over” MAGA and the Republican Party. Musk, the CEO of several companies, including Tesla and SpaceX, is becoming increasingly powerful in Republican politics following his support for President-elect Donald Trump in this year’s presidential election. Musk is regularly seen with Trump and is now considered among…
President-elect Donald Trump says that he had a “wonderful” conversation with Mexico’s new President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo and that Mexico will immediately “stop people from going to our Southern Border.” In a post on his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday Trump said: “Just had a wonderful conversation with the new President of Mexico,…
US adults narrowly approve of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans and policies for the future, according to a report released on Friday by the Pew Research Center. The analysis found that Americans rate Trump more warmly now, at 43% than after the 2016 or 2020 elections, at 36% and 34%, respectively. For the study, 9,609…
Senate Republicans sent Donald Trump a “loud and clear” message by rejecting his nomination of former Representative Matt Gaetz as attorney general, according to legal analyst Glenn Kirschner. Gaetz announced on Thursday that he was withdrawing from consideration as Trump’s nominee because he believed that “a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle” over his confirmation by the…
After the election, a new theory spread quickly on TikTok that a heroic presidential candidate was quietly investigating corrupt deep-state actors who rigged the results, waiting in the wings until those corrupt actors could be rounded up and tried for their crimes. If that theory sounds familiar, it’s because it’s reminiscent of QAnon. But the…