Joseph Lieberman, the longtime U.S. senator from Connecticut who became the first Jewish candidate of a major party when Al Gore selected him as his running mate in the 2000 election, has died at the age of 82. Marc E. Kasowitz of law firm Kasowitz Benson Torres, where Lieberman took …
Read More »RFK Jr. Taps California Lawyer Nicole Shanahan as Running Mate
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has tapped Nicole Shanahan, a Silicon Valley lawyer, as his running mate for president. RFK Jr. made the announcement during an event in Oakland on Tuesday. “I’m so proud to introduce to you the next vice president of the United States, my fellow lawyer, a brilliant …
Read More »Supreme Court Conservatives Seem Pretty Intrigued by Law That Could Ban Abortion
Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas are just asking questions about the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old obscenity law that anti-abortion activists believe could be revived as a national abortion ban. The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a case that …
Read More »Trump Goes After Judge's Daughter in Hush Money Trial Rant
Like a toddler who did not get their way, Trump threw a fit online the day after a New York judge finalized the start date for his criminal hush-money trial. Judge Juan Merchan on Monday rejected Trump’s efforts to further delay the trial and scheduled jury selection to begin on …
Read More »Trump Is Pushing $60 Bibles in Pre-Easter Cash Grab
Donald Trump is celebrating the Easter season by hawking $60 Bibles. Trump posted a video Tuesday to Truth Social promoting the “God Bless The USA Bible,” named in partnership with pro-MAGA songwriter Lee Greenwood. The leatherbound volumes run for $60 each, not including tax or shipping. “Religion and Christianity are …
Read More »Rachel Maddow Urges NBC News to 'Reverse' Ronna McDaniel Hire
MSNBC primetime host Rachel Maddow criticized her own network over its hiring of former Republican National Committee ChairRonna McDaniel and called on NBC News to reverse its decision. Maddow, MSNBC’s highest-rated anchor, began her show with a nearly 30-minute monologue blasting the network’s decision as “inexplicable.” “I want to associate …
Read More »Right-Wingers Are Already Pushing Conspiracy Theories About Baltimore Bridge Collapse
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a 948-foot-long container ship collided with it early Tuesday. Stunning video of the incident has circulated online, and search-and-rescue procedures are currently underway. “This is an unthinkable tragedy,” Baltimore’s Democratic mayor, Brandon Scott, said at a press conference. “We have to …
Read More »Ronna McDaniel's NBC News Tenure Is Over After Just Five Days
After just a few short days, and a whole lot of internal uproar, NBC News has backtracked on its decision to hire former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor. NBCUniversal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde made the announcement in a memo and said he had made the decision …
Read More »Team Biden Roasts 'Feeble, Confused, Tired' Trump After Unhinged Presser
Joe Biden is taking it to Donald Trump. The president’s campaign responded to Trump’s wild press conference in New York on Monday by slamming the former president as “weak and desperate — both as a man and a candidate for President.” “He spent the weekend golfing, the morning comparing himself …
Read More »AOC Defends Calling Israel's Actions in Gaza an 'Unfolding Genocide'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) defended her use of the term “genocide” to describe the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians could soon face famine, according to a recent U.N.-backed report. On Sunday, CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Ocasio-Cortez about her comments made on the House floor Friday, …
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