Author: Robert Leonard
Formal impeachment inquiries into President Trump announced
Posted by Robert Leonard / September 25, 2019Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has announced formal impeachment inquiries into President Donald Trump. “I’m announcing that the House of Representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. I’m directing our six committees to proceed with their investigations under that umbrella of impeachment inquiry,” Pelosi said in the announcement. The move comes after …
Read MoreBeto did a Reddit AMA; it was a massacre
Posted by Robert Leonard / September 20, 2019Beto O’Rourke, the hip candidate who drops f-bombs and profanity-laden campaign tee shirts to prove it, did an AMA on Reddit this week. It did not go well, to say the least. First of all, only 54% of users upvoted the AMA post, which is pretty low. A Popeye’s employee beat that, as did a …
Read MoreHong Kong protestors defy police again
Posted by Robert Leonard / September 16, 2019Once more, police attempted to ban Hong Kong protestors from demonstrating this past Sunday. And, once more, protestors defied police and marched anyway, which led to violence. One strange twist of the protests occurred when the marchers began to sing “God Save the Queen” to appeal to the British for help. A recently-released protest song, …
Read MoreTrump had deal with Scottish airport, raising further questions about corruption
Posted by Robert Leonard / September 11, 2019Evidence is mounting that Donald Trump is using his presidential power to benefit his businesses. In Spring of 2019, an Air National Guard crew took a routine trip from the United States to Kuwait, bringing supplies. But on this particular trip, something unusual happened: the crew stopped at a Trump resort outside Glasgow, Scotland––both ways. The …
Read MoreU.S. had to pull a spy out of Russia after Trump jeopardized spy’s cover
Posted by Robert Leonard / September 10, 2019United States intelligence pulled a spy out of the Russian government in 2017, after Trump leaked classified information to the Russians in an Oval Office meeting. Take a minute to read that again. Trump shared sensitive information with Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, and Sergey Kislyak, Russian ambassador to the US at the time. The …
Read MoreWhat Dave Chappelle’s comedy special tells us about 2020 elections
Posted by Robert Leonard / September 9, 2019Dave Chappelle’s comedy special, “Sticks and Stones” is getting absolutely blasted by critics. Audiences, by contrast, absolutely love it. Seriously, the gap between critics and audiences is massive on this special. According to Rotten Tomatoes, only 23% of critics like the special while a whopping 99% of audiences like it. This is more significant than …
Read MoreFormer Trump aide says president “in severe mental decline”
Posted by Robert Leonard / September 8, 2019Anthony Scaramucci, who held the position of White House communications director for a whopping eleven days before being fired, believes that “Trump is in severe mental decline” and “won’t make it” to the next election. He says that Trump’s mental state is much worse than it was when Scaramucci last saw him. “He’s in full-blown …
Read MoreFurther instances of potential corruption plague Trump
Posted by Robert Leonard / September 8, 2019In Spring of 2019, an Air National Guard crew took a routine trip from the United States to Kuwait, bringing supplies. But on this particular trip, something unusual happened: the crew stopped at a Trump resort outside Glasgow, Scotland––both ways. The House Oversight Committee is currently investigating why the Air National Guard C-17 stopped in …
Read More26,000 New York children must get vaccinated or be expelled from school
Posted by Robert Leonard / September 5, 2019Around 26,000 New York children have not been vaccinated because their parents obtained religious exemptions from vaccination requirements. But, due to a recent measles outbreak in New York, state lawmakers abolished the religious exemption. As a result, all of those children face a choice: get vaccinated or be expelled. A judge in Brooklyn ruled against a …
Read More7 dead in West Texas shooting
Posted by Robert Leonard / September 1, 2019Mere weeks after a series of shootings rocked both Texas and Ohio, another shooting in Texas has left at least seven dead. At least 21 other people were injured, three of whom were law enforcement and one of whom was a toddler less than two years old. The shooter has not yet been named. State …
Read MoreThe sex trafficking case against Epstein has been dismissed
Posted by Robert Leonard / August 29, 2019A federal judge has dismissed the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein following his death. Chauntae Davies, one of Epstein’s accusers, says that she is suspicious of Epstein’s death––she does not believe it was suicide, because she thought Epstein was certain he’d beat the charges. She’s not the only one. One of Jeffrey Epstein’s defense lawyers …
Read MoreTrump flubs at G7 summit by demanding Russia be readmitted
Posted by Robert Leonard / August 26, 2019The G7 Summit meetings require intelligence, poise, thoughtfulness, and a deep knowledge of international relations. In other words, it’s exactly the place U.S. President Donald Trump shouldn’t be. During a dinner at the G7 summit, Trump caused a stir by demanding that Russia be allowed back in––even though it illegally annexed Crimea back in 2014. …
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