Republicans are up in arms about students demonstrating against the war in Gaza on university campuses across the nation. The epicenter for the now weekslong protest movement is Columbia University, where on Tuesday students occupied Hamilton Hall before the NYPD forcibly removed and arrested them. J.D. Vance, the Donald Trump-loving …
Read More »Trump Refuses to Commit to Accepting 2024 Election Results
Donald Trump once again refused to commit to accepting the results of the 2024 election, and hinted that he was prepared to “fight” if the outcome isn’t “honest.” “If everything’s honest, I’d gladly accept the results,” Trump told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in a Wednesday interview when asked if he …
Read More »Biden Condemns 'Chaos' on University Campuses
President Joe Biden delivered unscheduled remarks from the White House on Thursday, addressing the wave of pro-Palestine demonstrations taking place on university campuses across the nation. Biden emphasized that the United States is a “freedom-loving nation” and that “dissent is essential to democracy” … just not this kind of dissent. …
Read More »Arizona Has Officially Killed Its 1864 Abortion Ban
Arizona has officially repealed an 1864 abortion ban that the state Supreme Court revived last month. Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs signed the repeal on Thursday, a day after the state Senate approved it. “While I’m proud to sign this bill and provide a moment of relief for Arizonans, we still …
Read More »Trump Lies That He Can't Testify Because of His Gag Order
Donald Trump claimed that he is unable to take the stand as a witness in his New York hush-money trial because he is under a gag order. This is not true. Nevertheless, the former president claimed on Thursday that he’s “not allowed to testify.” “I’m under a gag order,” he …
Read More »Inside the Columbia University Student Encampment — and the Crackdown
NEW YORK — Linnea Norton spent Sunday at Columbia University jamming on the guitar with other students — a drummer and a cohort of harmonizing singers. They played Appalachian folk music and protest songs by Bob Dylan and John Lennon. The encampment smelled like sunscreen, and students kicked a soccer …
Read More »Trump Admits He Asked Secret Service to Take Him to Capitol on Jan. 6
If Donald Trump had gotten his way, he would have spent Jan. 6, 2021, looking upon his supporters as they stormed into the Capitol building. During his first political rally since his hush-money trial began, when he wasn’t recapping the chaos of abortion rights post-Roe v. Wade to the crowd …
Read More »Kristi Noem Defends Executing 14-Month-Old Dog: 'It Was Not a Puppy'
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem continues to fumble promoting her new memoir in which she details killing her 14-month-old dog, Cricket, by shooting it in a gravel pit. Noem appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show Wednesday to explain why she executed the dog after excerpts of the incident sparked …
Read More »NYPD Descends on Columbia Campus, Arrests Protesters
On Tuesday, leadership at Columbia University called in the New York City Police Department to break up student protests demanding the university divest from Israel amid its ongoing siege in Gaza, which has led to the deaths of more than 34,000 Palestinians.Protestors were seen being arrested by law enforcement, zip-tied, …
Read More »Louisiana Lawmakers Move to Criminalize Possession of Abortion Pills
Louisiana lawmakers are trying to quietly criminalize possession of the most commonly used abortion pills. In a move that took the state’s abortion advocates and OB-GYNs by surprise, last-minute amendments that would place mifepristone and misoprostol on the state’s list of controlled substances were added to a bill focused on …
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