Alina Habba — Donald Trump‘s former personal lawyer who, a court recently ruled, has been illegally serving as U.S. attorney in New Jersey — accused federal judges of “a collusion” against her. U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann said last week that Habba “is not lawfully holding the office of United …
Read More »Cory Booker Is Turning His Record-Setting Senate Speech Into a Book
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Cory Booker is turning his record-setting Senate speech into a book. The New Jersey senator, who spoke for just over 25 hours on March 31 into April 1, …
Read More »Judges Consider Managing Their Own Security Force Due to Rising Threats
Federal judges, worried that the president could withdraw the U.S. marshals protecting them in retaliation for ruling against his administration, are considering managing their own security force as threats to the judiciary are rising. The Wall Street Journal reports that judges discussed the idea of creating their own security detail …
Read More »Cory Booker: 'People Want to Know You Give a Shit'
C ory Booker had been railing against Donald Trump’s agenda from the floor of the Senate for three hours when his feet started to go numb. On the lectern he had his cellphone out (against Senate rules), with his family group chat pulled up. Every now and then it pinged …
Read More »Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries Are Sitting in to Stand up for Medicaid
Sen. Cory Booker and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are holding a livestreamed sit-in on the Capitol steps in protest of a forthcoming Republican budget they say will gut Medicaid — a federal and state program that helps to cover medical costs for people with limited income as well as …
Read More »Democrats Are (Slowly) Learning How to Fight Trump
Cameron Allen is close to the Democratic Party’s ideal voter. A millennial lawyer from Kentucky, Allen was part of the wave of energized younger Democrats who sent Andy Beshear to the governor’s office in 2018 and mobilized behind Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign. Allen detests Donald Trump and opposes the Republican …
Read More »Cory Booker Bashed Trump on Senate Floor for 25 Straight Hours
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said as he began speaking on the Senate floor Monday night that he intended to disrupt “the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able,” citing his belief that “our nation is in crisis.” He wasn’t kidding. Booker spoke …
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