In an excerpt from his new book OPUS: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church, author Gareth Gore examines the ties binding Supreme Court kingmaker Leonard Leo and Opus Dei, a radical organization on the fringes of the Catholic Church that is accused …
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Eric Adams wanted to see the world, to see it in style. But he wasn’t a rich man, just a former cop and rising politician in a largely ceremonial job, Brooklyn Borough President. Luckily for him, there were a number of benefactors who federal prosecutors say were ready to help …
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Vice presidential hopeful Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) has already had to do damage control for public statements bashing his running mate, Donald Trump, throughout the 2016 election cycle, but new reporting indicated that Vance’s dislike for the former president continued throughout Trump’s time in the White House. According to text …
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Donald Trump has long criticized the Affordable Care Act; he ran and won the presidency in 2016 on a promise to “terminate” Democrats’ signature health care law. But after he won, he and the GOP-controlled Congress repeatedly failed to repeal the legislation, as promised. More recently, Trump has declared on …
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Much ado has been made about the competing economic visions presented by Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. As November’s election approaches, Harris’ campaign is attempting to bring younger voters into the fold by repackaging Donald Trump’s tariff-centric economic plan as a threat to a beloved pastime: …
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Fresh off an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s extremist election tour, Republican vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance is set to sit for a Pennsylvania town hall hosted by far-right Christian nationalist Lance Wallnau. Wallnau will be hosting Vance as part of the “Courage Tour,” a collaboration with the right-wing activist group Turning …
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Donald Trump vowed on Thursday to punish Google for — in his mind — favoring Vice President Kamala Harris in results generated by its search engine. “It has been determined that Google has illegally used a system of only revealing and displaying bad stories about Donald J. Trump, some made …
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Republicans have taken umbrage with the notion that they’re weird — specifically when it comes to accusations that they’re weird about people (usually women) who don’t have children. The sentiment in Republican politics that childless Americans are — as JD Vance put it — disorienting and disturbing has become so …
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Former president and 2024 Republican nominee Donald Trump had a question. Ever since CNN reported that North Carolina’s lieutenant governor Mark Robinson posted on a pornography website that he’s a “black NAZI” who supported re-legalizing slavery and dubbed civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. “Martin Lucifer Koon,” Trump and …
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on federal criminal charges, becoming the first mayor of the city to be charged with criminal offenses while in office. Members of the FBI raided Gracie Mansion — the official residence of the mayor — early Thursday morning. Adams made clear …
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