Nebraska lawmakers are calling for the resignation of State Senator Steve Halloran (R) after he repeatedly inserted the name of two fellow senators into an extremely graphic rape scene he read to the chamber. On Monday, while debating a bill that would revoke prosecution exemptions granted to “educational institutions providing …
Read More »Trump Throws Tantrum After Failing to Post Bond in NY Fraud Case
If there’s one thing Donald Trump hates more than losing an election, it’s people thinking he isn’t as rich as he claims he is. On Monday, lawyers for the former president indicated he had been unable to secure the $464 million bond needed to appeal a massive New York civil …
Read More »Jared Kushner on Gaza: 'Waterfront Property Could Be Very Valuable'
Donald Trump tasked his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner with bringing peace to the Middle East. It didn’t quite work out, as Israel has spent the past few months leveling the Gaza Strip in a relentless offensive that has left over 30,000 Palestinians dead, countless displaced, and a famine …
Read More »Biden, Netanyahu to Discuss Alternatives to 'Major' Ground Operation in Rafah
As President Joe Biden continues to be embroiled in the Israel-Hamas war amid a re-election campaign, the White House issued a statement detailing Biden’s Monday call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. According to the readout, the president and prime minister discussed hostage negotiations in Qatar and the humanitarian crisis in …
Read More »Trump Wants to Bring Felon He Pardoned Onto His Campaign: Report
Paul Manafort worked on Donald Trump‘s 2016 campaign, was a central figure in Robert Mueller’s investigation into the campaign’s ties to Russia, and ultimately served prison time for a slew of financial crimes. Trump pardoned Manafort before he left office, and now wants to bring him onto his campaign to …
Read More »Trump Rejected by Dozens of Bond Underwriters
Donald Trump has been unable to secure the nearly $500 million he needs to delay the collection of a massive $355 million civil fraud judgment leveled against him and the Trump Organization in February. In a New York court filing submitted Monday, Trump’s attorneys wrote: “Despite scouring the market, we …
Read More »Half of Gaza at 'Imminent' Risk of Famine
A leading humanitarian monitoring system warned Monday that half of Gaza’s population is at “imminent” risk of famine. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is a food security index partnered with prominent government and aid groups like the United Nations, the European Union, and USAID. On Monday, the IPC …
Read More »Supreme Court Puppetmaster Explains How Billionaires Can Push America Right
Conservative activist and Supreme Court puppetmaster Leonard Leo recently outlined his pitch for billionaires on how they can help move the United States government and society to the right. “It’s really important that we flood the zone with cases that challenge misuse of the Constitution by the administrative state and …
Read More »Trump Escalates His Dehumanization of Migrants: Some Are 'Not People … These Are Animals'
Former president Donald Trump, who opened his 2016 campaign declaring undocumented immigrants “rapists,” took the dehumanization even further this weekend, saying some immigrants are “not people … these are animals.” “I don’t know if you call them people. In some cases they’re not people, in my opinion,” Trump said at …
Read More »'I Hope You Die': Christine Blasey Ford Details Death Threats She Received After Kavanaugh Hearings
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Christine Blasey Ford— the psychology professor who testified at Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh‘s confirmation hearing alleging he assaulted her when they were both teenagers— is speaking out …
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