Right-wing extremists, white nationalists, and neo-Nazis are celebrating an alarming gesture made by the world’s richest man. At a post-inauguration rally Monday, Elon Musk thanked Donald Trump’s supporters with a gesture that resembled a Roman salute, first putting his palm to his chest and then extending a stiff right arm …
Read More »Biden Issues Preemptive Pardons Before Welcoming Trump for Tea
In one of his last acts as president, Joe Biden has issued preemptive pardons to several people Donald Trump and his allies perceive to be their enemies and have threatened to criminally investigate. The pardons were issued just hours before Biden is set to welcome Trump to the White House …
Read More »AOC on Skipping Inauguration: 'I Don't Celebrate Rapists'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) will absolutely not be attending Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration on Monday, and she has no problem explaining her reasons. “All these journalists are like ‘Congresswoman, are you going to the inauguration? Congresswoman, are you going to the inauguration? Are you going to the inauguration?’ Let …
Read More »A Guide to Who Is (and Isn't) Attending Trump's Inauguration
Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States on Monday. The event has become an easy way for the rich and powerful to curry favor with the incoming administration. Trump’s inaugural committee has raised around $200 million since he won the election, according to The …
Read More »Convicted Felon Sworn In as President
Outgoing President Joe Biden greeted incoming President Donald Trump at the north portico of the White House on Monday with an enthusiastic “Welcome home!” The first families enjoyed tea together, and a few hours later Trump, a convicted felon who attempted to overturn the results of a free and fair …
Read More »Cecile Richards, Who Made Planned Parenthood a Political Powerhouse, Dead at 67
Cecile Richards, the organizer and activist who transformed Planned Parenthood into a political powerhouse, died on Monday at age 67. A year ago, Richards announced that she had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive and incurable form of brain cancer. Richards “passed away at home, surrounded by her family and …
Read More »Dems Privately Discussed Biden Being Unfit to Run, Paving Way for Trump: Report
Some Democrats were questioning President Joe Biden’s fitness to run for a second term privately as early as January 2024, believing that his age and performance were going to be detrimental, paving the way for Donald Trump’s return to office, as The Guardian reports. While the report details the legacy …
Read More »Biden Issues Posthumous Pardon to Civil Rights Leader Marcus Garvey
President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned civil rights leader and Pan-African activist Marcus Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Garvey served four years in prison until President Calvin Coolidge commuted his sentence in 1927, after which Garvey was deported to Jamaica. Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement …
Read More »Biden: 'Today the Guns in Gaza Have Gone Silent'
“The deal that I first put forward last May for the Middle East has finally come to fruition… After so much pain, destruction, and loss of life, today the guns in Gaza have gone silent,” President Joe Biden said Sunday, announcing the commencement of the ceasefire in Gaza and celebrating …
Read More »Trump Claims Executive Order Will Save TikTok, But Wants 50 Percent U.S. Ownership
President-elect Donald Trump, who once supported banning TikTok and signed an executive order targeting its parent company, is now vowing he will issue an executive order attempting to save the social platform. But there’s a major catch: he wants the app to operate under 50 percent U.S. ownership. Apparently reacting …
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