Even though Gov. Greg Abbott openly admitted he knows very little about in-vitro fertilization (IVF), he signaled he is eager for his state of Texas to put its “pro-life” stamp on the issue after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that IVF embryos are “extrauterine children” and should be treated as …
Read More »Trump Demolishes Nikki Haley in Her Home State Primary
Former President Donald Trump has won the South Carolina Republican primary, demolishing his sole opponent, former Governor Nikki Haley, in her home state.The Associated Press was among the first to call the race shortly after polls closed at 7 p.m., basing it on AP VoteCast — a survey of South …
Read More »'SNL': Weekend Update Trashes Trump's Wild Rhetoric, Alabama's IVF Ruling
Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update went after former President Donald Trump‘s wild campaign rhetoric, as well as the Alabama Supreme Court ruling this week that frozen embryos created through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) are human beings. Co-anchor Colin Jost began by quipping that, after Trump won the South Carolina primary earlier …
Read More »'SNL' Mocks Trump's Gold Shoes In 'White Men Can Trump' Movie Trailer
Saturday Night Live took aim at former President Donald Trump‘s decision to hawk gold sneakers for about $400 a pair with a reimagining of the 1992 flick White Men Can’t Jump called White Men Can Trump. Shane Gillis‘ character, rather than seeing his on-court skills legitimately improve by wearing the …
Read More »RNC Member Trying to Stop Party from Paying Trump's Legal Bills
Not all members of the Republican National Committee are thrilled with the idea of the party paying for Donald Trump‘s legal defense. Henry Barbour, a RNC member from Mississippi, has sponsored two draft resolutions obtained and first reported by The Dispatch, both of which have only a longshot chance of …
Read More »Trump Claims He's 'Being Indicted for the Black Population'
Donald Trump, who was sued by the Justice Department in 1973 for discriminating against Black tenants, told a group of Black conservative voters that “a lot of people” have said his four indictments are the reason that “Black people like me.” In the same breath, Trump painted himself as a …
Read More »Self-Proclaimed 'Dissident' Trump Rails on Newsom, Calls Migrants' Languages a 'Horrible Thing'
Former President Donald Trump spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on Saturday. The event precedes the South Carolina primary results expected later on Saturday, where he is predicted to defeat his competitor, Nikki Haley, the former U.N. Ambassador and former South Carolina governor, in …
Read More »American Idiots Kill the American Century
ODESA, Ukraine — The American Century is ending, with external adversaries outmaneuvering the United States in critical strategic contests worldwide, while internal extremists destroy American leadership. Whether one believes —as American officials say they do —that the purpose of U.S. power is to enforce a “rules-based” liberal international order and …
Read More »Fewer Americans Are Struggling to Pay Bills, New Census Survey Finds
With eight months to go before Election Day, a deeply troubling number of Americans say they are struggling to pay their bills. But vast hardship appears to be decreasing substantially, at a good time for President Joe Biden. As of this month, 36 percent of Americans reported having difficulty paying …
Read More »GOP Puppetmaster Expands His Dark-Money Operation
Conservative activist and judicial puppetmaster Leonard Leo is building out his dark-money network. A counsel at one of Leo’s primary nonprofits recently registered two new dark-money organizations with subsidiaries whose names just so happen to be very similar to groups through which Leo has run some of his most effective …
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