END OF THE ROAD: Occupy Democrats/Washington Press exits news articles businessIt is with great sadness that we are announcing that the publishing of written news, news analysis, and opinion articles on the Washington Press and Occupy Democrats websites will cease beginning tomorrow May 1st. The reason for the decision is a… Apr 30 24April 30, 2024Article at Occupy Democrats
CLOSING STATEMENT: Occupy Democrats/Washington Press to stop publishing news articlesIt is with great sadness that we are announcing that the publishing of written news, news analysis, and opinion articles on the Washington Press and Occupy Democrats websites will cease beginning tomorrow May 1st. The reason for the decision is a… Apr 30 24April 30, 2024Article at Washington Press
FOX NEWS BLUES: Marjorie Taylor Greene LAMBASTED in Fox editorialCongresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) joined the U.S. House of Representatives in 2021 — just days before the attack on Congress and weeks before Donald Trump left the White House — and from the start, there have been complaints from her… Apr 17 24April 17, 2024Article at Occupy Democrats
BACK TO RIKERS: Former Trump exec Allen Weisselberg gets five month PERJURY sentenceHis lies on the witness stand didn’t even save his former boss from being found liable for fraud. Allen Weisselberg already went to prison once for actions connected to his employment with the Trump Organization. Now, he’s been sentenced to return,… Apr 10 24April 10, 2024Article at Occupy Democrats
BIAS: Wisconsin Republican doesn’t want nursing home residents votingDespite the fact that the right to vote isn’t explicitly set out in the Constitution (only who must be allowed to vote if a vote is taken), a Wisconsin Republican running for the Senate against Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) this year believes that “very… Apr 10 24April 10, 2024Article at Occupy Democrats
AUGUST 2017: The time that Trump stared at the eclipse without protective glassesFrom August 2017: The President of the United States, as if on cue, just ignored all the scientific warnings about retinal damage from staring directly into the sun during today’s full eclipse. While much of the nation was making jokes about how he… Apr 08 24April 08, 2024Article at Occupy Democrats
GAG ORDER: Judge forced to RESTRAIN attacks on his family by TrumpFormer president and perpetual defendant Donald Trump can’t seem to stop launching attacks. Trump has been hit with gag orders in his previous cases thanks to his penchant for attacking witnesses, court staff, and anyone else connected to his… Mar 26 24March 26, 2024Article at Occupy Democrats
CONFESSION: Trump gives away his DASTARDLY plans in Fox News interviewFormer president Donald Trump just made his true feelings known. Trump sat for a new interview with Fox News in which he shared his feelings on multiple issues, including: on using Nazi rhetoric (he’s okay with it but claims he didn’t know), on his… Mar 17 24March 17, 2024Article at Occupy Democrats
MAJOR LOSS: Koch PAC abandons funding for Nikki Haley after SC lossIt was a major blow to Donald Trump when, in November, Americans for Prosperity, backed by Charles Koch’s conservative network, threw its support behind Nikki Haley. Now, they’re backing away from the second-place Republican, but (so far) she’s not… Feb 26 24February 26, 2024Article at Occupy Democrats
PAC MAN: Trump financial IMPLOSION hits his fundraisingThe fundraising for Donald Trump’s PACs just isn’t keeping up with the legal costs Trump is rapidly incurring. If Trump’s Save America PAC filings can be believed, the organization took in less than $9k from donors in January, but spent more than 400… Feb 21 24February 21, 2024Article at Occupy Democrats
BEWARE: Why Trump is now a danger to national securityEven if Donald Trump is not re-elected to the presidency, there is now cause for grave concern for the security of the United States. Trump has more reason than before to put the United States at risk for his own gain, his former fixer Michael Cohen… Feb 18 24February 18, 2024Article at Occupy Democrats
DEI DIVISION: Elon Musk and Mark Cuban face off in social media showdownPerhaps it was a slow weekend awaiting the Super Bowl next week, but Mark Cuban picked a fight with Elon Musk over one of Musk’s more innocuous but self-righteous posts on “X”: the subject matter was DEI as applied to immigration. It is Musk’s… Feb 06 24February 06, 2024Article at Occupy Democrats
OUT FOXED: Maria Bartiromo’s most insane Trump interview EVERDonald Trump is like an improvisational actor working without a script in a movie without a director. He makes things up, and his gullible fans believe them. Trump is aiming for the presidency, but he doesn’t have a firm hold on reality, as evidenced… Feb 04 24February 04, 2024Article at Occupy Democrats
EXTREME VANITY: Trump wants to know if you think he looks like ElvisWhen Donald Trump asked his supporters to show up at the Capitol to stop what he was calling a “steal,” they complied, and when he asked for a weekend ego boost, they were on hand for that, too. This time, all Trump wanted from his supporters was an… Feb 04 24February 04, 2024Article at Occupy Democrats
WITNESSES: Matt Gaetz back in the crosshairs of House Ethics CommitteeAllegations have been hanging over the head of Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for years already. Representative Gaetz has been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, and the matter just got more serious. The congressional probe had been… Jan 24 24January 24, 2024Article at Occupy Democrats
CAPITOL CASE: Roger Stone murder threat probe heats upA week ago, we reported on a tape recording that Mediaite secured in which Trump ally Roger Stone spoke with an NYPD officer, Sal Greco, about the need to murder either Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) or Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY). Both Swalwell and Nadler… Jan 16 24January 16, 2024Article at Occupy Democrats
APOPLECTIC: Trump goes on the WARPATH after fraud trial appearanceWhen you’re a celebrity, you can stand outside a courtroom and present defenses that aren’t permitted in a court of law — and Donald Trump took full advantage of that today. After being stopped mid-rant in Judge Arthur Engoron’s courtroom, Donald… Jan 11 24January 11, 2024Article at Occupy Democrats
GOP SMACKDOWN: Hunter Biden targeted with contempt citation by House GOPHunter Biden had said that he’d happily sit for a public hearing with House Republicans. However, he wouldn’t engage with a closed-door interrogation that he predicted would be followed by selective and misleading leaks, as well as lies and… Jan 05 24January 05, 2024Article at Occupy Democrats
INTRUSIVE: Paxton hunting down children seeking out-of-Texas gender-affirming careJust beneath the surface of this country, some highly nefarious — indeed, evil — actions are taking place, whether it is a police officer raiding a classroom in search of a book about trans people or, as in today’s report, the fact that Texas A.G.… Dec 23 23December 23, 2023Article at Occupy Democrats
FAILURE: Elon Musk misses out on Federal Starlink subsidyThe federal government wants the ability to bring broadband internet service to every home in America — no matter how rural — as part of Joe Biden’s Infrastructure bill and it has put serious money behind the project. For some, the broadband service… Dec 15 23December 15, 2023Article at Occupy Democrats