Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions has drastically limited the ability of federal law enforcement officials to use court-enforced agreements to overhaul local police departments accused of abuses and civil rights violations. In a major last-minute act, Sessions signed a memorandum on Wednesday before President Trump fired him sharply curtailing the use of consent decrees, court-approved […]
The move to replace Sessions with Matt Whitaker, who has been openly critical of the special counsel, comes as the White House prepares written answers to questions from special counsel Robert Mueller. As acting attorney general, Whitaker also now takes over Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s role in overseeing the special counsel probe, which seems […]
President Trump abruptly announced on Twitter Wednesday that Jeff Sessions is no longer the U.S. attorney general. “We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Department of Justice, will become our new Acting Attorney General of the United States. He will serve our Country […]
Democrats continue to hold a double-digit lead over Republicans in a generic congressional ballot among likely voters, according to a new CNN Poll. The party’s 55 percent to 42 percent advantage in the new poll mirrors their lead in early October and is about the same as the 10-point edge they held just after Labor […]
Rev. William Barber, a recent “genius grant” winner from North Carolina, explained Saturday evening at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, sums up the pseudo-Christianity Trump and those he endorses for political office have come to embrace as the word of God. Referencing Bible verses in Luke, Barber said Jesus told us what his political agenda was. […]
As thousands of migrants walk to America to escape the violence at home, I’m disappointed that a president who’s the son of an immigrant cannot see himself in those people. But I’m not surprised. After all, Trump told us from the very beginning that he saw Mexican immigrants as criminals and rapists. But I AM surprised […]
President Trump said Thursday that he hopes the military troops being deployed to the United States’ southwestern border will not have to fire upon any migrants attempting to enter the country through Mexico, but warned that if any rocks are thrown from across the border “we will consider that a firearm. “They want to throw […]
Just weeks after visiting the White House, Kanye West appears to be a little tired of politics. The rapper and designer on Tuesday said on Twitter that he plans on “distancing” himself from politics, alleging he’s being “used to spread messages I don’t believe in.” “I am distancing myself from politics and completely focusing on […]
The UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS returns to Philly Nov. 8th for its 25th Anniversary run! Don’t miss it in Philly’s Fairmount Park and get your tickets now right here on PraisePhilly.com! Former First Lady (OUR First Lady!) Michelle Obama is coming to Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center for “BECOMING: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama” and YOU can be there! Tickets are on […]
A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit from adult film actress Stormy Daniels that claimed President Trump defamed her when he suggested she had lied about being threatened to keep quiet about their alleged relationship. U.S. District Judge S. James Otero in Los Angeles ruled that Trump’s speech was protected by the First Amendment […]
Now that President Trump’s current attorney, Rudy Giuliani, has told us on NBC’s Meet the Press that “truth isn’t truth,” we are left to determine for ourselves what “truth” actually means. That’s not easy when Trump is constantly bombarding us with documentable lies that seem designed to confuse and distract. But in the midst of so […]
