A lawyer for Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, reached out to the House Intelligence Committee to volunteer his testimony before the panel, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) said during a Friday press conference. Manafort has offered to be “voluntarily interviewed” by the committee, but whether it will happen in either open or closed session…
Alex Jones crashed the Young Turks live broadcast and teased them a little. Cenk Uygur got combative with Jones, told him off, and they started arguing. Jones handed Uygur a Bill Clinton “RAPE” shirt, which caused Uygur to grab his microphone and tell him 1) that he’s “sick” and 2) that Trump has been accused…
In a New York Times’s Donald Trump interview he said that he would likely reconsider several existing agreements between the U.S. and other countries if he wins the presidency—and might not even provide military aid to any NATO member countries if they were under attack. He is reported to have said that if Russia, for…
Tony Schwartz, the ghostwriter for Donald Trump’s 1987 book The Art of the Deal, said Wednesday that the Republican presidential nominee sent him a “cease and desist” letter following his interview with The New Yorker. The letter, from the Trump Organization, demands Schwartz return all royalties he received. “It’s nuts and completely indicative of who…
Third Eye Blind trolled a crowd of Republicans in attendance at their concert in Cleveland during the Republican National Convention. Frontman Stephen Jenkins discussed his gay cousins, and how the band rejects the party’s anti-LGBT platform—to loud boos from the crowd at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “To love this song is to…
Jon’s on every night this week – and Lewis Black, John Oliver and Elizabeth Warren will be dropping by as well.
Patricia Smith, the mother of an American killed at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya in 2012, said she blames Hillary Clinton for the death of her son. Speaking in primetime on day one of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Smith accused Clinton’s State Department of ignoring requests for more security in Libya and…
Stephen Colbert took over a microphone at the GOP Convention in Cleveland to mock presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump, before he was quickly escorted off stage by security. The 52-year-old late-night host, in town to do live coverage of the convention for his struggling CBS program, was dressed in costume as Caesar Flickerman from the…
Antonio Sabato Jr., the actor and underwear model who spoke Monday night at the Republican National Convention, said after his speech that he “absolutely” thinks President Obama is a Muslim. “I believe we need Donald Trump, who shares my beliefs and my faith, to get our country back on track,” he said in his address…
Here’s the excerpt from Obama in 2008: “And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values: that you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do what you say you’re going to do; that you treat people with dignity and respect, even…
Watch Live The Republican National Convention 2016 The “Make America Great Again” convention begins today July 18-21, in Cleveland. Veterans, political outsiders, faith leaders and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump’s family members will lead an unconventional lineup of speakers who have real-world experience and will make a serious case against the status quo and for…
New Polls made by NBC News and The Wall Street Journal shows presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is polling at zero percent among black voters in states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. The Poll show that African-Americans overwhelmingly favor Hillary Clinton—by an 88-point margin in Ohio and a 91-point margin in Pennsylvania.
The platform committee met on Monday and Tuesday. The Republican National Committee held its summer meeting Wednesday, July 13. The convention rules committee meets Thursday and Friday, July 14-15. That’s where anti-Trump delegates are expected to push for a “conscience clause” that would allow delegates to vote for whichever presidential candidate they want on the…
House Speaker Paul Ryan will give a 10-minute speech at the Republican National Convention next week, according to Politico. Ryan will speak on “the sharp contrast between Republican ideas and four more years of Obama-like progressive policies; and the need for conservatives to unite around Republican candidates in advance of a critical election,” an aide…
