George Clooney has been cited as an influence over President Joe Biden‘s decision to step down from the 2024 presidential campaign following the actor’s much-read op-ed in The New York Times. In the piece, the actor wrote that while he loves President Biden as a person and politician, “the one …
Read More »Republicans Are Livid About … the Fed Lowering Interest Rates
After months of complaining about the crippling burden of high interest rates and expensive borrowing, Republicans for some strange reason don’t seem too happy that the Federal Reserve has moved to do something about it. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced it is cutting interest rates by half a percentage …
Read More »Prosecutors, Jurors, and the Victim's Family Want His Execution Tossed. Will it Matter?
In Marcellus Williams’ clemency package, his mother describes him as the only mistake she’s ever made. His father left him, too, unwanted. Now, on the brink of execution for a murder he says he did not commit, 55-year-old Williams has a legion in his corner. No one wants him to …
Read More »Trump's Pick for NC Gov. Called Himself a 'Black Nazi,' MLK 'Worse Than a Maggot'
North Carolina Lieutenant Gov. Mark Robinson, the Republican Party’s controversial candidate for governor, is under new scrutiny for several admissions he appears to have made on a message board for the porn site called “Nude Africa” before his political career began. CNN reported on Thursday Robinson referred to himself as …
Read More »The All-Consuming Chaos of Trump
Donald Trump’s politics of chaos and division are sucking America into a dark vortex, just seven weeks before an Election Day that could propel him back to the profound, and perilous, powers of the presidency. Trump is at his most dangerous when he’s in a bind. Months after president Joe …
Read More »Vance Pushed Lies About Haitians Despite His Office Knowing They Were B.S.
During a campaign event in Wisconsin on Tuesday, J.D. Vance told supporters that it’s not his job to check if a story is true before broadcasting it to his millions of supporters. “The media has a responsibility to fact-check,” Vance said of false claims he’s spread accusing “illegal” Haitian migrants …
Read More »Trump Calls for Government Shutdown Unless Congress Makes It Harder for Americans to Vote
The House voted on Wednesday on a continuing resolution to keep the government funded and avoid a shutdown at the end of the month, just weeks before the November election. The vote failed, with Republicans striking down their own bill to keep the government open. The bill going down 202-220 …
Read More »Over 100 Former GOP Officials Sign Letter Endorsing Harris
Since Vice President Kamala Harris took over the Democratic ticket, she’s received support from plenty of prominent conservatives — who are largely endorsing Harris out of their opposition to Donald Trump. They have said that the former president is amoral, crude, and “simply untenable” — so much so that they …
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 …
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