In May 2021, people who lived through the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol came to Republican lawmakers with a straightforward ask: Support the formation of an independent commission to investigate what happened that day and why. The group included several people who’d been personally — and tragically — affected …
Read More »Florida Republicans Pass Bill Punishing Disney for LGBTQ Support
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis‘ crusade against what he has called the “woke” Disney Corporation continued on Thursday when the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill eliminating Disney World from being able to self-govern. Disney since 1967 has operated within its own special district, collecting its own taxes and providing …
Read More »Capitol Evacuated Over Parachute Stunt Misunderstanding in Very Normal Country
The U.S. Capitol Police on Wednesday evening ordered the evacuation of the Capitol, citing an “an aircraft that poses a probable threat to the Capitol Complex.” Minutes after issuing the alert, the Capitol Police tweeted that the building was “evacuated out of an abundance of caution” and that there “is …
Read More »America's Biggest Companies Are Systematically Short-Changing Workers
Work sucks, and the pay is too low. This is almost a universal constant in America, but for many workers at some of the biggest food service and retail companies in the U.S., it’s a matter of corporate policy to pay people well below a living wage, according to a …
Read More »Biden Refuses to Say Whether Americans Should Continue to Wear Masks on Planes
On Tuesday, Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, a Trump-appointed federal judge deemed “not qualified” by the American Bar Association, struck down the national mask mandates for airplanes and public transportation. On Wednesday, President Biden reacted with the executive equivalent of a gigantic shrug. The decision to wear a mask on public transit, …
Read More »Tucker Carlson Has a New Solution for Societal Collapse: Men Tanning Their Balls
Tucker Carlson has a new special on Fox Nation, the streaming platform where Fox News tries to hide some of its more extreme content. It’s … uhh … yeah … well, maybe just take a look at the trailer: https://thisforall.net/NikkiMcR/status/1515130557675581442 There are jacked, shirtless men wrestling. There are jacked, shirtless …
Read More »Trump Sees New York Subway Shooting as Opportunity to Whine About Financial Investigation
Sixteen people were injured, 10 from gunshot wounds, last Tuesday morning after a man named Frank James allegedly opened fire in the New York City subway. The news of the attack and images of its bloody aftermath horrified New Yorkers. Donald Trump, no longer a New Yorker, took it as …
Read More »Joe Manchin Hobnobbed With Billionaire Trump Donors at Palm Beach Fundraiser
Billionaire Trump donor Nelson Peltz held a fundraiser for Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) in Florida last month, CNBC reported on Monday. The $5,000-per-plate event attracted at least 50 executives, many of them notable Republican donors, as well as Manchin himself, who said he plans on running for reelection in 2024, …
Read More »'We Need Ammo. We Need Fraud Examples': New Texts Reveal Congressional Republicans Were Desperate to Overturn Election
The House Jan. 6 committee possesses nearly 100 text messages from two Republican lawmakers urging then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to overturn the 2020 presidential election, CNN reported on Friday. Utah Sen. Mike Lee and Texas Congressman Chip Roy supported former President Trump’s decision to not concede the …
Read More »J.D. Vance Repeatedly Cited Racism as Reason Trump Drew So Much Support in 2016
It’s no secret that J.D. Vance, the Ohio Senate candidate Trump reportedly plans to endorse, wasn’t always a huge fan of the former president. His past objections to Trump went beyond what many remembered, however, according to new clips unearthed by CNN on Friday. Vance, who has been groveling for …
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