T his summer has seen a political season unlike anything in our nation’s history. An assassination attempt on a former president running for a second term. An aging president bowing out of the election weeks before his party’s convention. A vice president giving a zombie campaign a desperately needed adrenaline …
Read More »Trump Claims Women Will Be 'Happy, Free' Due to Abortion Bans
Donald Trump appeared at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina on Saturday, his first time in the state since CNN reported that Trump-backed gubernatorial nominee, Mark Robinson, made lewd and divisive comments — including calling himself a “black NAZI,” expressing support for reviving slavery, and admitting to enjoying porn featuring …
Read More »Trump Says That if He Loses Election, 'Jewish People Would Have a Lot to Do' With It
When speaking at an event centered on fighting antisemitism, Donald Trump used the opportunity to gripe about Jewish Americans who vote Democrat and blamed the lack of support on the party’s “curse on you.” “The Jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss,” Trump said at the …
Read More »Former Teamsters Chief Calls Not Endorsing Harris a 'Failure of Leadership'
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien is facing a union revolt after the organization’s national leadership declined to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid for the White House — with his predecessor calling the decision a “failure of leadership.” On Thursday, former Teamsters President Jim Hoffa blasted O’Brien over the union’s refusal …
Read More »Trump Grasps for Votes in New York: 'What Do You Have to Lose?'
Donald Trump vowed to “win New York” in the 2024 presidential election during a campaign stop in Uniondale on Wednesday. The former president has lost his state of birth twice, once in 2016 and again in 2020, and in every presidential election since 1984, New York has voted Democratic. In …
Read More »Teamsters Won't Endorse a Candidate, So Local Unions Back Harris
After the International Brotherhood of Teamsters broke with tradition and announced that it would not endorse a candidate for president this election, several joint councils in the battleground states of Nevada, Michigan, and Wisconsin have since publicly pledged their support for Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. “After reviewing six …
Read More »J.D. Vance Preaches 'Loving Thy Neighbor' Amid His Attacks on Haitian Immigrants
J.D. Vance, Donald Trump’s vice presidential candidate, headlined an evangelical conservative gala Monday evening in Atlanta. When speaking from the podium, Vance touted his Christian faith and insisted that he wanted the United States’ “public policy to be motivated by the wisdom of loving thy neighbor.” His calls for the …
Read More »Constitutional Sheriffs: Inside the Far-Right Movement That's Above the Law
In May of 2021, I attended a rally in Battle Mountain, Nevada, to celebrate the fact that Lander County had become the first “constitutional county,” cementing the county’s lifetime relationship with the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association. There, I began to understand the “constitutional sheriff” movement that would threaten …
Read More »Senate Republicans Block IVF Protection Bill, Despite Trump Claiming He's a 'Leader on IVF'
On Tuesday, Senate Republicans blocked passage of the Right to IVF Act — a bid by Democrats that would federally protect access to in vitro fertilization treatments and mandate public and most private insurance companies to cover IVF and fertility care. This is the second time the GOP Senate has …
Read More »Nicky Jam Endorses Donald Trump; Trump Confuses Him for a Woman: 'She's Hot!'
Nicky Jam has now joined a cohort of reggaetoneros pledging their support for Donald Trump — even if the former president doesn’t seem to know who he is. On Friday night, the Puerto Rican musician joined Trump onstage in Las Vegas to endorse him, but the former president misgendered him …
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