YIKES: The Secretary of State Just Flat-Out said Trump Doesn’t Speak for America

This is pretty shocking.

In an interview on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace pointed out that a United Nations committee criticized Trump’s apparent defense of some people at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia earlier this month.

Though Tillerson denied that Trump’s rhetoric made it difficult to defend American diplomacy abroad, he refused to deny that he was attempting to distance himself and the state department from Trump’s comments.

“I don’t believe anyone doubts the American people’s values, or the commitment of the American government, or the government’s agencies to advancing those values and defending those values,” Tillerson said.

“And the president’s values?” Wallace asked.

“The president speaks for himself, Chris,” Tillerson replied.

Civil Rights Organizers Begin 10-Day Charlottesville-DC March To Demand Trump Leave Office

This gives us some real hope. From The Hill:

Activists are set to start a 10-day march from Charlottesville, Virginia to Washington, D.C. on Monday to confront white supremacy and demand President Trump’s removal from office.

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White House Employee Tasked with Spoon-Feeding Trump Positive News Stories Just Quit

This is delicious.

#NotTheOnion:

Politico reported Thursday that Andy Hemming resigned from his position as the White House communications team’s director of rapid response on Monday.

The 31-year-old former Republican National Committee staffer, who was profiled by Politico’s Annie Karni this month, was responsible for finding positive mainstream media news stories about the Trump administration and recirculating those reports to key reporters and talking heads. Hemming’s goal was to ultimately create more mainstream coverage about positive moments for the Trump administration on the very networks the president routinely bashes and refers to as “fake news,” according to Karni’s piece.

Every presidential administration has staffers dedicated to monitoring the press and pushing out stories related to favorable moments. But Trump’s relationship with the press and responses to news coverage is unprecedented. For instance, Vice News reported this month that the president receives a folder filled with positive news about himself twice a day ― a report previous presidents apparently did not receive.

EPIC: Mar-A-Lago Has Lost 9 Big Charity Events In The Last Week

This. Is. Amazing:

Another Palm Beach charity announced Saturday that it was canceling plans to hold a gala at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club — the ninth to cancel a big-ticket charity event at the club this week.

The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach, a charity focused on the ritzy island’s architectural landmarks, had planned to hold a dinner dance at Mar-a-Lago next March. The foundation was a new customer for Trump’s club, and a potentially lucrative one: It spent $244,000 on rent and food on a previous gala at another site, according to tax filings.

But on Saturday, the foundation said it would find another venue.

Was there any reason given? Well…

HAPPENING NOW: Tens Of Thousands Marching Against White Supremacists in Boston

So, some white supremacist pieces of rubbish thought they could cloak another white supremacist event by calling it a “free speech rally.” But there’s a funny thing about free speech: the people telling you you’re a complete and total monster who must be politically destroyed? They have free speech too. 🙂 From just a few […]

Even The Pentagon Is “WTF?” On Trump Threatening Venezuela

When it comes to Latin America, the Pentagon has what we might call a bit of a history. So when even the Pentagon is telling Trump to back off, things are getting real: The Department of Defense is pushing back on President Trump’s assertion that he is refusing to rule out a U.S. military intervention […]

US Citizen wrongly detained by our immigration police for THREE years. And Trump doesn’t care.

This is absolutely disgusting: Davino Watson told the immigration officers that he was a U.S. citizen. He told jail officials that he was a U.S. citizen. He told a judge. He repeated it again and again. There is no right to a court-appointed attorney in immigration court. Watson, who was 23 and didn’t have a […]

WTF: It’s 2017, and the White House is already threatening other 2020 GOP presidential candidates

So – this is concerning: The White House on Saturday sent a warning to any Republicans potentially looking to challenge President Trump in 2020. “The president is as strong as he’s ever been in Iowa, and every potentially ambitious Republican knows that,” White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters told The New York Times for a story […]

Fox News So Badly Misreports Trumpcare It Becomes Unbelievably Humiliating On Air

Trumpcare failed hard again this last week – and all over the country, grassroots citizen activists are celebrating their win. One place they’re not celebrating? Fox News, where they’re busy misunderstanding how health insurance works that it’s becoming a continual embarrassment. This is what the the latest edition of Fox & Friends looked like: This […]

Kellyanne Conway: Trump Lies are OK because “He Doesn’t Think He’s Lying”

We can’t quite believe she said this. But she did:

On Sunday morning’s broadcast of CNN’s Reliable Sources, White House advisor Kellyanne Conway continued to wage war on the media—and CNN specifically—by arguing the network shouldn’t be so critical toward the president because Donald Trump simply doesn’t know any better.