The Uncommitted movement has announced though it opposes another Donald Trump presidency and doesn’t recommend voting for a third party in November, it will not be formally backing Kamala Harris’ bid for the presidency. The move is a sharp rebuke to the vice president’s refusal to endorse more aggressive policies …
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 »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 »Billie Eilish Lends 'When the Party's Over' to Harris-Walz Campaign Ad
A day after endorsing Kamala Harris, Billie Eilish has allowed the Harris-Walz campaign to use her song “When the Party’s Over” in a nationwide ad supporting reproduction rights. The “Monster” ad, which began airing Wednesday in battleground states, features a Kentucky woman named Hadley Duvall, who, at the age of …
Read More »The Only Way to Fight the Climate Crisis Is at the Ballot Box
Every time I hear “voting is your civic duty,” I cringe. As a climate activist and Get-Out-The-Vote organizer, I can’t help but feel our election system is disconnected from the reality of actual Americans. The platitudes traditional politics offer feel so oblivious to the constant political buffoonery people are expected …
Read More »Billie Eilish, Finneas Endorse Harris-Walz: 'Vote Like Your Life Depends on It'
Billie Eilish and Finneas have endorsed Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for the 2024 presidential election. The Oscar-Award-winning musicians and siblings posted a reel to Instagram on Tuesday — National Voter Registration Day —urging their followers to register to vote and stating their reasons for backing the Harris-Walz ticket. “We …
Read More »Elon Musk's PAC Is Posting Extremely Cringe Memes — and Kamala Harris in Flames
Elon Musk is widely known as a wannabe memelord who struggles with the medium no matter how many jokes he steals. All the money in the world, it seems, is no substitute for a decent sense of humor. But until this election season, Musk’s attempts at comedy have been largely …
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 »Musk Claims 'Joke' About Assassinating Harris Was Funnier in Person
After Secret Service Agents foiled a second assassination plot against former President Donald Trump on Sunday, right-wing billionaire Elon Musk waded into the fray in the grossest way possible. In response to a pro-Trump account asking why “do they want to kill Donald Trump?” Musk wrote to his nearly 200 …
Read More »Climate on the Ballot
W hen millions of Americans cast their ballots on Nov. 5, they will be nudging the world in one of two directions: a difficult climate future or one that could be catastrophic. Their vote could alter the strength of hurricanes, the intensity of droughts, the rate of sea-level rise, how …
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