You've heard it out there. You know the story already. USA Today "broke" it in a huge scoop on Monday: "Exclusive: Secret Service depletes funds to pay agents because of Trump's frequent travel, large family." Published August 22, 2017
According to a golf writer who quotes only a single anonymous source, President Trump was "chatting with some members before a recent round of golf" when he explained his frequent appearances at the club by saying: "That White House is a real dump." A White House spokesman denied the account -- as did Mr. Trump. Published August 15, 2017
The minute you take your hand off that Bible at noon on Jan. 20, the weight of the world falls on your shoulders. And it stays there until someone else takes that same 35-word oath four or eight years later — the oath of the presidency. Published August 8, 2017
On tonight's episode of "As The Trump World Turns," special investigator Robert Mueller's Russia investigation is heating up, feuding Republicans fail to get anything done on health care, President Trump's approval rating plunges, the president is publicly bashing his own attorney general, and the White House is in absolute meltdown, with two longtime staffers fired in dramatic fashion (the tears flow!). Published August 1, 2017
Nearly every day, another mainstream media poll emerges that claims President Trump has the lowest approval rating since Caligula. But there's one person Americans like even less: Hillary Clinton. Published July 18, 2017
Congress will take 218 days off this year. In 30-day months, that's 7.2 months off. Published July 11, 2017
In today's weird media age, up is down and left is right. The sun may or may not rise in the east. Fact and fiction are fungible, and the fungus among us is growing. Published July 4, 2017
Nancy Pelosi, at 77, is as over the hill as one can get. Published June 27, 2017
There was a time when White House reporters did their work and didn't cry like little babies. The men were men and the women were not to be tangled with (Helen Thomas in her prime). Published June 20, 2017
None of the latest stories have anyone on the record making the accusations. Instead, the "news" sites that posted the stories -- Politico, the Daily Mail and the Guardian -- simply make the surprising claims and cite anonymous sources. The subjects of the anonymous slurs have no recourse whatsoever, no right to face their accusers, no way to fight back. The accusation streams out onto the internet, where it lives forever -- whether it's true or not. Published June 13, 2017
Sen. Bernie Sanders, a socialist from Vermontistan, spent 2016 preaching his favorite socialist ideologies. His fans ate it up like candy. He packed arenas and fairgrounds across the country bashing The One Percent, spouting off about the proletariat and vowing that, if elected president, he would take from the rich and give to the poor. A modern-day Robin Hood, albeit in a baggy, ill-fitting suit, that Bernie. Published June 6, 2017
President Trump on Saturday returned home from a nine-day trip that was extraordinary for its sheer breadth. Published May 30, 2017
The flow from the new president's first foreign trip was just so much fluff, so petty and vindictive. Published May 30, 2017
For the youngsters out there, once upon a time, CNN was pretty much down the middle. The fledgling network covered news -- real news, not fake news -- and worked hard to be on site wherever news was happening. When something happened, that was the place to go. Published May 23, 2017
Hey, Media Matters, I'm talking to you! Help me out, here, willya'? Actually, I'll talk to anyone, listen to anyone. You'll find my email address at the bottom of this column, so hit me up. I'm asking -- no, begging -- you to write me and answer this one simple question: How did the Russians help Donald Trump become President Trump?! Published May 16, 2017
When Johnny Carson was host of "The Tonight Show" from 1962 to 1992, he did thousands of political jokes. His target: Politicians -- every one of them -- presidents, lawmakers, Democrats, Republicans, it didn't matter. Published May 9, 2017
Everybody wants to be a star. At least, that's the old saying. And lately, it rings true -- horrifyingly true -- for journalists. Published May 2, 2017
Barack Obama has been partying like a rock star since he left the White House. Published April 25, 2017
With Bill O'Reilly, so many shoes have dropped that he's looking like Imelda Marcos. Just two weeks ago, The New York Times reported that Fox paid out $13 million to five women who accused the bombastic bloviator of sexual harassment. Mr. O'Reilly told The Times that he settled only to avoid hurting his family. Published April 18, 2017
There is something very "1984" in the words fluttering around over the strange case of a doctor being ripped from his seat aboard an airplane, pummeled into submission by three burly men and dragged -- quite literally -- bloody and screaming down the aisle and off the plane. Published April 11, 2017
