An estimated 7 million people turned out to more than 2,700 “No Kings” anti-authoritarian protests across the country on Saturday, according to organizers. If estimates are correct, it would be one of the largest one-day protests in American history. Although the rallies were peaceful and even joyful, that didn’t stop …
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The following is adapted from Master Plan: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America, the new book from David Sirota’s investigative newsroom, The Lever. Click here for a discount and a free e-book version. On the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Roberts Supreme Court, one point of …
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J.D. Vance struggled to defend the Trump administration’s decisions when journalists asked him basic questions during a round of TV appearances, with one host getting so frustrated with Vance’s word salad, he cut the interview short in the middle of one of the vice president’s sentences. Vance appeared today on …
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According to the plan that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday, Idaho’s Mountain Home Airbase will soon house a site for Qatar‘s Emiri Air Force pilots to train on F-15 jets, which angered some MAGA supporters who don’t trust the Qatari government and who (wrongly) believed Qatar was building its …
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Donald Trump called Charlie Kirk “one of the brightest lights of our times” and the “greatest evangelist for American liberty” during his speech at the conservative activist’s public memorial at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. The event had the energy of a tent revival, several speakers observed. Kirk, the …
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If you believe J.D. Vance, Donald Trump wants “full transparency” when it comes to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case. Of course, if that were true, we’d know what the Epstein files say about the president and others who were close with the billionaire who trafficked underage girls. Instead, the …
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Vice President J.D. Vance, who previously spread conspiracy theories about the Black Lives Matter movement, said Saturday that its leaders and supporters should celebrate President Donald Trump because he’s “done more to save Black lives than any leader in our country.” Trump has called Black Lives Matter a “symbol of …
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Elon Musk, who has not been taking so much ketamine that he can’t pee right, had a meltdown about his former bromance partner Donald Trump on his website, X, this week. Vice President J.D. Vance, caught up in the petty feud, has naturally taken Trump’s side, including when it comes …
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John Oliver took aim at RFK Jr. on the most recent episode of Last Week Tonight. The late-night host discussed the Secretary of Health and Human Services’s cuts to his department, his anti-vaccine stance, and his “dehumanizing” recent comments about autistic people. “RFK needs to go,” Oliver said on the …
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Martin Scorsese, Patti Smith, King Charles, and J.D. Vance are among those reacting to the death of Pope Francis, who died on Monday at age 88. Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced his death in a statement noting that the pope “taught us to live the values of the …
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