Section: TPM (USA)
Christian Today Editor Says He’s Troubled By Fellow Evangelicals Who Won’t Call Out Trump
Mark Galli, editor-in-chief of the evangelical magazine Christian Today, said on Sunday that he’s worried how other evangelical Christians refuse to speak out against President Donald Trump’s decidedly un-Christian behavior. Galli, who called for Trump’s removal in a controversial op-ed last week, told CBS News’ “Face the...
Trump Administration Threatened Veto Over Ukraine Aid Provision In Spending Bill
The Trump administration threatened to veto the massive spending bill passed this week, possibly leading to a government shutdown, if House Democrats didn’t drop a provision that would have required the quick release of $250 million in defense aid to Ukraine. According to the Washington Post, the language was dropped and the White House...
Trump Likes To Fabricate Helpful Quotes From His Allies — And Is Rarely Corrected
President Donald Trump has a habit of altering or making up altogether quotes from his allies that bolster his various causes. The subjects of those fabrications rarely correct him. According to the New York Times, Trump did this Wednesday with an appearance Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) had on Fox News. While Collins supported the President and...
New Docs Show That White House Froze Ukraine Aid Two Hours After Zelensky Call
According to newly released documents, the White House moved to freeze military aid to Ukraine less than two hours after President Donald Trump’s July 25th call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The documents were obtained with a FOIA request by the Center for Public Integrity and published Friday night. “Based on guidance I have...
Trump Canceled Pompeo November Trip To Ukraine Just As Impeachment Was Heating Up
President Trump personally intervened to cancel Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s scheduled stop in Kyiv in November at the last minute, just as new evidence about Rudy Giuliani and Trump’s role in the pressure scheme was boiling out into the open, the Daily Beast reported Friday. According to two U.S. officials and other people...
Bloomberg Won’t Talk About Giuliani, Citing No-Comment Policy For Other NYC Mayors
Newly minted presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg won’t talk about President Donald Trump’s globe-trotting, headline-grabbing personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani for a very specific reason — he’s also the former mayor of New York. Giuliani is at the center of Trump’s pressure campaign against Ukraine, and, as a result, at...
The 2019 Golden Dukes Awards Nominees Are Here
It’s that time again: The 2019 Golden Duke Awards are upon is. Named for the breathtakingly corrupt former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-CA), these awards honor the people behind the biggest political disasters of the year. Whether they’ve reached new heights of corruption, stupidity, or just plan weirdness, they deserve our...
Top Evangelical Magazine Calls For Trump’s Removal From Office
A top evangelical Christian magazine on Thursday called for President Trump’s removal from office over a lack of morality and the action he took as part of the Ukraine pressure scheme, which is at the center of the impeachment inquiry. Christianity Today editor Mark Galli admitted that he believed Democrats “have had it out for him from day...
Mick Mulvaney Expected To Leave White House After Senate Impeachment Trial
Once the Senate finishes its impending impeachment trial, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney is expected to leave his post, Politico reported. According to several aides and associates of President Trump who spoke to Politico, Trump’s been pressured from inside and outside the White House to find a replacement before his...
DOJ Tries To Use House’s Impeachment Vote Against It In McGahn Case
A day after the House voted to impeach President Trump, the Justice Department used that vote against the House as the administration asks an appeals court to reverse a judge’s decision backing a House subpoena of former White House Counsel Don McGahn. The Trump administration referenced the impeachment proceedings in court briefs filed...
