Following Nikki Haley‘s vow to fight on with her campaign after hersecond consecutive defeat to Donald Trump in the GOP primary race, the former president threatened anyone donating to his Republican rival. A day after Trump’s win in New Hampshire, he took to social media to paint Haley as “very …
Read More »How Big Pharma Is Fueling a Radical MAGA Agenda
Big Pharma has invested big money in the organizations planning what a MAGA policy agenda will look like in a new Trump administration. Not surprisingly, that policy playbook contains a major gift for the drug industry: a swift end to the Biden administration’s landmark program to allow Medicare to negotiate …
Read More »High-Profile Republicans Push Texas to Defy Supreme Court Border Ruling
House Speaker Mike Johnson has thrown his support behind Greg Abbott as the Texas governor continues to defy the Biden administration following a Supreme Court ruling granting the federal government authority to remove swaths of razor wire installed at the southern border by the state. On Monday, the conservative-controlled court …
Read More »Trump Squeezes in New Hampshire Primary Win Before Court Date
Nikki Haley said last week that New Hampshire voters would have an opportunity to “correct” the results of the Iowa caucuses when they headed to the polls Tuesday. Whether they did depends on Haley’s definition of a course correction. Trump secured a solid — although not a total landslide — …
Read More »Supreme Court Green Lights Untested Nitrogen Gas Execution in Alabama
The Supreme Court has ruled that Alabama can move forward with plans to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas — a method of execution by asphyxiation that has never been used in the United States. The court denied a stay of execution on Wednesday for Kenneth Smith, who …
Read More »Trump Won New Hampshire. He's Still Whining
Donald Trump secured his second victory in the Republican 2024 presidential primaries on Tuesday with a comfortable win in New Hampshire. Despite the win, the former president and his allies are still whining, claiming the race was marred by fraud perpetrated by … undeclared voters? Trump’s sole remaining opponent, former …
Read More »Trump: The Political Threats Will Stop … When You Agree With My Lies
At the start of this election year, Donald Trump spoke of “bedlam” breaking out if criminal prosecutions prevent him from retaking the White House. But the chaos the former president is threatening isn’t an abstraction. It’s already here, barely a month into 2024. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland recently warned …
Read More »The Cost of America's Political Failings Is Paid for With Ukrainian Blood
DNIPRO, Ukraine — The building rocks as air defenses engage incoming missiles, and one regrets being caught out on the 17th floor of a 20-floor high-rise, despite the view and modern construction. In Dnipro, an industrial city along the banks of the Dnieper River in central Ukraine where I had …
Read More »Trump and Co. Are Furiously Accusing Nikki Haley of Election Denial
Nikki Haley is — at least for now — refusing to drop out of the 2024 Republican primary. Following her second-place finish in New Hampshire, she delivered an upbeat concession speech, promising to continue her campaign at least through South Carolina’s primary later this month. The address infuriated Donald Trump …
Read More »Trump's White House Pharmacy Handed Out Drugs Like Candy: Report
White House pharmacists reportedly distributed uppers and downers like candy to Trump administration officials during his time in office, according to a new report from the Department of Defense Inspector General. The 80-page document, which was released on Jan. 8, found that “all phases of the White House Medical Unit’s …
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