A week and a half after Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker kicked up a storm by suggesting that women just want to get married and have babies while rolling out antisemitic tropes during a Benedictine College commencement speech, his teammate Travis Kelce is playing defense … somewhat. On the …
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Two top Democratic senators have sent a letter to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts requesting to meet with him “as soon as possible” and urging him to “immediately take appropriate steps to ensure that Justice Alito will recuse himself in any cases related to the 2020 presidential election and …
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Louisiana GOP Governor Jeff Landryhas signeda billtoreclassify drugs used in abortionas Schedule IVcontrolled dangerous substances, placing the pills in the same category as Xanax and Valium. The first-of-its kind law makes it a crime to possess misoprostol and mifepristone without a prescription, and was signed by the governor a day …
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Former Florida governor and first-term Senator Rick Scott announced Wednesday that he is gunning to replace Mitch McConnell as Senate Republican leader after trying and failing to do so following the 2022 midterm election. “I believe that our voters want us to use this leadership election to make a choice …
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Americans don’t want abortion to be banned. In fact, they barely want it legislated at all: A 2024 poll found that 81 percent of voters don’t want abortion issues to be regulated by the government. Instead, they want the decision to be between a patient and their doctor. That overwhelming …
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Donald Trump has already refused to commit to accepting the results of the 2024 election, and that he’s prepared to “fight” an outcome he doesn’t feel is “honest.” For his Republican allies, those are their marching orders, and on Wednesday night Ted Cruz struggled to avoid making his own commitment …
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The New York Times reported on Wednesday that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito flew an “Appeal to Heaven” flag at his New Jersey beach house. The flag’s close association with both far-right Christian nationalists and the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 raises serious questions about Alito’s ability …
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The Supreme Court determined on Thursday that South Carolina Republicans did not engage in racial gerrymandering when redrawing the map of the state’s 1st Congressional district, overturning a lower court ruling by the District of South Carolina. In a 6-3 ruling the conservative majority of the court, comprised of Justices …
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Louisiana is poised to legally reclassify abortion care medication as a dangerous controlled substance punishable with jail time if obtained without a prescription. On Thursday, the Republican-controlled Louisiana state Senate voted 29 to 7 to advance Senate Bill No. 276 to the state’s Republican governor, Jeff Landry, who is expected …
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This story is being published in partnership with American Doom, a newsletter that focuses on right-wing extremism and other threats to democracy. Just after 3 a.m. last Friday, in a small Central Illinois city infamous in the area for being a former sundowner town, a Pekin police officer pulled over …
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