At least 210 women faced criminal charges related to pregnancy, abortion, pregnancy loss, or birth in the year after the Supreme Court ended the federal right to abortion, according to a new report from the advocacy group Pregnancy Justice. In most of the cases — 121 of the 210 —the …
Read More »Nonprofit Files Criminal Charges Against Trump, Vance Over Springfield Lies
A Haitian nonprofit has filed criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and his vice presidential pick, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), over false claims they spread against immigrants in Springfield, Ohio. On Tuesday, the Haitian Bridge Alliance — a nonprofit based in San Diego, California — took advantage of an …
Read More »Supreme Court's Conservatives Let Missouri Execute Man Despite Prosecutor's Doubts
Despite objections from the St. Louis County prosecutor’s office, jurors involved in his trial, and the victim’s family, Marcellus Williams was executed Tuesday evening in Missouri at Potosi Correctional Center. Hours before the execution was set to take place, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the stay of execution, with the …
Read More »Mark Robinson's Top Campaign Staffers Flee Amid Porn Forum Scandal
North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson is no stranger to backlash. Still, in the wake of a damming CNN report exposing a virulent history of racism and misogyny on pornographic forums, his campaign for the state’s governorship is in dire straits. On Sunday afternoon, Robinson’s campaign announced in a statement …
Read More »Trump Ramps Up Election Fraud Lies as Early Voting Opens
In the four years since his 2020 election loss, Donald Trump has continued to bolster false claims that widespread election fraud was the cause of his demise. Now, as early and mail-in voting opens up in several states that will help decide the 2024 election, the former president is ramping …
Read More »Gretchen Whitmer Calls Trump's Bizarre Rant About Women and Abortion 'Deranged'
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called out Donald Trump for his bizarre rant promising to make women great again, labeling his comments “deranged” and “ludicrous.” At a North Carolina rally on Saturday, the former president read aloud an all-caps post he shared on Truth Social late Friday night where he promised to …
Read More »J.D. Vance, Other Republicans, Refuse to Disavow Self-Proclaimed 'Black Nazi' Mark Robinson
Prominent Republicans — Sens. J.D. Vance, Lindsey Graham and Tom Cotton — all refused to disavow North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson following reporting by CNN that uncovered comments he made online calling himself a “black NAZI” and supporting reinstating slavery before entering politics. When asked about Robinson’s inflammatory posts, …
Read More »Lindsey Graham Calls for Nebraska to Change Election Law to Benefit Trump
Sen. Lindsey Graham is on a campaign to alter Nebraska‘s election laws to deliver an advantage to former president Donald Trump. “The entire federal delegation of Nebraska, House members and two senators, want this changed,” Graham said Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press. “To my friends in Nebraska, that one …
Read More »Israel's Military Forces Closure of Al Jazeera's West Bank Offices
Israeli soldiers raided the West Bank offices of the Al Jazeera network early Sunday morning, forcing the bureau to shut down. Al Jazeera broadcast video of the military entering the bureau and ordering staff to evacuate and cease operations. “There is a court ruling for closing down Al Jazeera for …
Read More »Kamala Harris Accepts CNN's Debate Invite, But Trump Says 'It's Just Too Late'
Kamala Harris has accepted CNN’s invitation for a second presidential debate against Donald Trump next month. Trump, however, said in rally remarks Saturday that “it’s too late” for another debate against the vice president. On Saturday, CNN reported that Harris agreed to the October 23 debate just weeks before Election …
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