The family of Ruby Garcia, a 25-year-old woman who was murdered in Michigan last month, has accused Donald Trump of lying about having contact with them, and of using Garcia’s death to villainize undocumented migrants.. Police have indicated that they believe the suspect, Brandon Ortiz-Vite, and Garcia had been involved …
Read More »José Andrés Says Israel Targeted World Central Kitchen Workers 'Systematically'
World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés said in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday that the seven World Central Kitchen workers who were killed by an Israeli strike while delivering aid Gaza earlier this week were targeted “systematically, car by car.” “This was not just a bad luck situation where …
Read More »FBI Gate Crash Suspect Loved Trump and Pushed QAnon on Social Media: Report
The South Carolina man arrested after barreling his car through the FBI‘s front gate in Atlanta on Monday has a long history of far-right posts on social media — and he even wrote “I love you” to Donald Trump, according to new research. Advance Democracy, a nonpartisan nonprofit group that …
Read More »Republicans Want to Rename D.C.'s Most Annoying Airport After Trump
Congress has been locked in a death spiral for months, but instead of trying to do anything productive, seven House Republicans are focused on a ploy to rename Washington’s most inconvenient airport after Donald Trump. The bill was introduced Friday by Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.), and six cosponsors, and seeks …
Read More »Jon Stewart Says Apple Wouldn't Let Him Interview FTC Chair
“Daily Show” host Jon Stewart revealed on Monday that Apple blocked him from interviewing Lina Kahn, chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission, for his podcast “The Problem With Jon Stewart” — an accompaniment to his 2021-2023 AppleTV show of the same name. “I wanted to have you on a podcast …
Read More »RFK Jr. Keeps Insisting Biden Is a Bigger Threat to Democracy Than Trump
Independent presidential candidate Rober F. Kennedy Jr. has little chance of winning the 2024 election, but that isn’t stopping him from weighing in on the de facto Republican and Democratic nominees: former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. On Monday, Kennedy told CNN that — in his view — …
Read More »Trump Lawyers Push Judge to Recuse Over Daughter's Consulting Work
Donald Trump’s lawyers are once again demanding the recusal of the judge in his historic New York criminal trial, after the judge moved to block the former president from continuing to attack his daughter. As Rolling Stone reported Monday, one source who has recently spoken to Trump about the upcoming …
Read More »Trump Posts $175 Million Bond in NY Civil Fraud Case, Averts Asset Seizure
Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond in the New York civil fraud case against him on Monday, preventing state authorities from collecting a $454 million penalty and seizing his assets, including properties such as Trump Tower, while he appeals the verdict. If his appeal fails, the former president, who …
Read More »Netanyahu Says 'Unintentional' Israeli Airstrike Killed Aid Workers in Gaza
Seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli airstrike after they delivered a crucial shipment of food to displacedcivilians in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Israeli Defense Forces forces were responsible for the deaths in a video posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday. …
Read More »Trump Allies Plan to Reinterpret Civil Rights Laws to Protect White People: Report
Allies of Donald Trump and powerful conservative organizations are preparing to launch an offensive against “anti-white racism” should the former president retake the White House in November. According to a report from Axios, those in Trump’s orbit are gearing up for a widespread re-interpretation of civil rights laws to combat …
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