In January 2009, George W. Bush left office with an abysmal 22 percent approval rating, the lowest ever recorded. With full Democratic control of the federal government, calls came for an investigation into the scandals of the Bush administration, including torture, mass surveillance, and war profiteering … Obama refused.
Read MoreThe U.N. ambassador joins other Trump officials “reaping personal benefits” from their jobs, the head of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington said.
Read More… and The Presidential Election Could Make It Worse
Read MoreRussia’s Deputy Attorney General Saak Karapetyan was exposed this year for running a foreign recruitment operation with Natalia Veselnitskaya.
CNN commentator Angela Rye rips Trump's Advisory Board member Paris Dennard after he called Ivanka Trump "graceful" for meeting with Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef. Yosef has been condemned for comparing black people to monkeys.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt just admitted that he committed a crime while he was testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee … Pruitt admitted that he had a staffer go house-hunting for him and that he never compensated the staffer for his time and effort, meaning Pruitt accepted an unauthorized gift and misused the power of his office.
Read MoreThe White House and the Trump Organization would not comment on it. Further investigation by Mother Jones has unearthed a new element to the story: Chen has ties to important members of the Chinese ruling elite and to an organization considered a front group for Chinese military intelligence.
Read MoreWhite House Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah, in Sarah Huckabee Sanders' absence, is completely unable to explain how China's $500 million loan for the purposes of building Indonesian Trump-branded hotels and amenities, doesn't violate the emoluments clause of the Constitution.
Read MoreEducation secretary Betsy DeVos shuts down investigations surrounding for-profit colleges that fraudulently misguide students about job placement and salary rates following graduation.
Read MoreA few hundred million and all Trump's tough talk against China just melts away… Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down.
Read MoreJared Kushner puts the fail in failson. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down.
Read MoreNDP leader Jagmeet Singh has condemned Israel's recent actions while Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer remain silent.
Read More“Instead of applauding Israel for its actions, Israel should be condemned,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said in an interview with Deconstructed host Mehdi Hasan. “Innocent people are being killed.”
Read MoreBetsy DeVos is busy getting rich from for-profit colleges. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, host of The Young Turks, break it down.
Read MoreIn this Majority Report clip, when progressives win primaries, centrist Dems need to fall in line to beat Republicans in the general.
Read MoreA 30-year-old Bronx high school teacher admitted to performing oral sex on her 14-year-old student.
Read MoreLawyers "disgusted" by release of search warrant showing marijuana found in Botham Jean's apartment.
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