J.D. Vance, Donald Trump’s vice presidential candidate, headlined an evangelical conservative gala Monday evening in Atlanta. When speaking from the podium, Vance touted his Christian faith and insisted that he wanted the United States’ “public policy to be motivated by the wisdom of loving thy neighbor.” His calls for the …
Read More »What the Hell Is Going on in New York Mayor Eric Adams' Administration?
Something gnarly is festering in the highest ranks of New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration — and things might be coming to a head. On Saturday night, Adams’ top legal counsel Lisa Zornberg abruptly quit. “It has been a great honor to serve the City,” she wrote in a …
Read More »Trump Targeted by Second Assassination Attempt in Two Months
For the second time in two months, Donald Trump was the target of “what appears to be an attempted assassination” on Sunday, according to the FBI. In July, a would-be assassin shot at Trump with an AR-15 during a campaign rally in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, apparently grazing his ear, before …
Read More »Married to a 'Dreamer'; Dreading Trump's Nightmare
Delia Ramirez is a freshman member of Congress who represents a swath of central and west Chicago. Ramirez is also the wife of an undocumented immigrant. Her husband came to this country as a teenager, and is living under the protections of DACA — or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals …
Read More »Musk Claims 'Joke' About Assassinating Harris Was Funnier in Person
After Secret Service Agents foiled a second assassination plot against former President Donald Trump on Sunday, right-wing billionaire Elon Musk waded into the fray in the grossest way possible. In response to a pro-Trump account asking why “do they want to kill Donald Trump?” Musk wrote to his nearly 200 …
Read More »Springfield Cancels Festival Celebrating Diversity Amid Safety Concerns
The town of Springfield, Ohio, has been forced to cancel a planned cultural festival over safety concerns as Republicans continue to level racist attacks against the town’s Haitian community. On Monday, the city announced that Springfield’s annual CultureFest, scheduled to take place Sept. 27 and 28, has been called off …
Read More »In Ukraine, Trump's Would-Be 'Assassin' Talked Much and Did Little
There is no evidence that the man accused of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Sunday fought in Ukraine, although he did travel there and tried to connect with a variety of officials and aid workers, sources tell Rolling Stone. During his time in Ukraine, the suspect routinely …
Read More »The Miami Heat Joins Celebs, More Speaking Out Against Trump's Racist Haitian Comments
The Miami Heat has announced its solidarity with Haitians amid the Trump campaign’s racist misinformation campaign. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance have repeatedly asserted the false claim that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio are eating cats and other pets, which they based on a …
Read More »Guns Are Leading Cause of Death for Children and Teens, New Report Says
A report by the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions analyzed gun death data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which revealed that more than 48,000 people across the U.S. died from gun violence in 2022. Among those deaths, more than 2,500 children (ages one through nine) …
Read More »Crypto Comes For Sherrod Brown: $32 Million in Ads Boosting His Opponent
The end of 2023 was not a great time for the crypto industry. In November, Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, learned that no amount of Michael Lewis gymnastics could save him from being convicted on seven charges of fraud and conspiracy. He was eventually sentenced to …
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