This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter. As a hurricane intensified by hot ocean water now threatens to destroy the Tampa Bay region, Florida Republicans bankrolled by the fossil fuel industry are pushing legislation …
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Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bibles were printed in China. The Bibles — gussied-up editions of the King James Bible that include some of the nation’s founding documents and the lyrics of Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” — have been heavily promoted by the Trump campaign, even as …
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A new poll conducted for the Arab American Institute carries a stark warning for Kamala Harris and Democrats: Israel’s bloody war in Gaza has eroded support among a once reliable constituency with a major presence in must-win Michigan. While Arab Americans voted nearly 60 percent for Joe Biden in 2020, …
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Vice President Kamala Harris chastised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for “playing political games,” following reports that DeSantis did not take the vice president’s calls regarding hurricane relief. “You know, moments of crisis, if nothing else, should really be the moment that anyone who calls themselves a leader says they’re gonna …
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Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and Donald Trump’s most pathetic supporter, hands down, joked on Monday about the prospect of someone assassinating Vice President Kamala Harris or President Joe Biden. Speaking with conservative pundit Tucker Carlson, Musk referenced a post he had previously made on X, the platform he …
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After two years of tracking anything and everything happening with abortion rights ina daily newsletter, I’ve outlined the most important, urgent, and useful information in my new book: Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win. In a moment when anti-abortion legislators and activists are launching …
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Donald Trump‘s political persona is based around putting the United States first. The pitch, as with just about everything the former president claims he stands for, comes with a few caveats. Journalist Bob Woodward writes in his new book War, for instance, that Trump secretly sent Russian President Vladimir Putin …
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is putting the full weight of the Florida government behind an effort to defeat a ballot measure that would protect abortion access in the state —including by enlisting government lawyers in a campaign to silence a young mother with terminal brain cancer who is warning of …
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Vice President Kamala Harris and radio host Howard Stern criticized Donald Trump on Tuesday after he dropped out of his scheduled 60 Minutes interview on CBS News. “I mean, it just says so much. He didn’t want to be fact-checked. This is maddening. This is insanity. What do you mean …
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When Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court was rocked by a pair of allegations of past sexual misconduct, the Trump administration announced that a speedy FBI investigation would get to the bottom of what the Senate deemed “credible allegations” against the judge. Christine Blasey Ford had alleged an assault …
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