Kevin McCarthy kicked off his tenure as House Speaker by stocking the chamber’s committees with bigots, conspiracy theorists, and election deniers. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar, who both have a history of cavorting with white supremacists, were part of the new appointments — despite having been previously removed from …
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Donald Trump recently has been ramping up his attacks on Ron DeSantis ahead of a potential 2024 Republican primary showdown. We’re not going to lie, we figured it take the former president a least a few more months before he started accusing the Florida governor of pedophilia. Trump has been …
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The Grammys was its usual lavish spectacle featuring scores of styled-out celebrities on Sunday night. The buttoned-up, right-wing political commentariat was not pleased, particularly about Sam Smith and Kim Petras‘ performance of “Unholy” — which featured fire, red lighting, and Smith sporting a pair of horns. “Don’t fight the culture …
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For decades, a major restaurant lobby has devoted millions of dollars to stomping out bills that would improve the lives of the industry’s workers — including attempts to raise state and federal minimum wages to $15 per hour. As it turns out, the workers who stood to gain from those …
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Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy suggested Sunday that President Biden is “potentially compromised” by China and therefore had to make sure it was okay with the Chinese before the U.S. military shot down the country’s surveillance balloon off the coast of the Carolinas on Saturday. Campos-Duffy complained on Fox & …
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Sunday attempted to justify his 2024 reelection campaign for a third term despite introducing last month a constitutional amendment that would limit senators to two six-year terms, claiming there’s no issue because his proposal isn’t law. CBS News anchor Margaret Brennan pressed Cruz on the …
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Former President Donald J. Trump’s 2016 campaign will pay $450,000 as part of a years-long legal battle over nondisclosure agreements it required employees to sign, Bloomberg reported. The settlement with Jessica Denson—whom the campaign tried to silence after the former staffer sued for sex discrimination and harassment— effectively nixes the …
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Maureen Farrell has worked as a midwife in West Virginia for two years, and as a doula for six. But this fall, she noticed a dramatic change in her day-to-day: more clients than ever seeking miscarriage support — not because more of them were experiencing miscarriages, but because of the …
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On Saturday morning, President Joe Biden promised to “take care” of the Chinese spy balloon that spent the past week hovering high above North America, and by the afternoon, he delivered as the U.S. shot the surveillance device down. According to U.S. officials, the military shot down the balloon as …
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The Pentagon announced on Thursday that it is tracking what it believes to be a Chinese surveillance balloon soaring over the western United States. President Biden took the military’s advice to refrain from taking “kinetic action” on the balloon, as officials believe it doesn’t pose any physical or intelligence risks …
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