Tucker Carlson confirmed on Tuesday that he will be interviewing Russian President Vladimir Putin during his ongoing trip to Moscow. Carlson, a longtime defender of Putin’s authoritarian regime, would be the first American journalist granted a one-on-one interview with the dictator since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. In the video …
Read More »Republican Push to Impeach DHS Secretary Goes Down in Flames
House Republicans opposing sweeping reforms to the nation’s immigration law tried — and failed — to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday over his handling of border security. Republicans, who hold a razor-slim majority over Democrats, could only afford to lose two votes on the resolution accusing Mayorkas …
Read More »Republicans Are Planning to Totally Privatize Medicare — And Fast
Last year, for the first time ever, a majority of Americans eligible for Medicare were on privatized Medicare Advantage plans. If Republicans win the presidential race this year, the push to fully privatize Medicare, the government health insurance program for seniors and people with disabilities, will only intensify. Conservative operatives …
Read More »House GOP Reaffirms Commitment to Doing Nothing About the Border
The Senate has finally released its long-discussed, much-debated, bipartisan border package. Despite their demands for many of the increased security measures the bill would provide, House Republicans are setting aside their self-proclaimed commitment to border reform in favor of blocking a potential PR victory for the Biden administration. Only hours …
Read More »MTG Is Furious Biden Wants to Stop Airlines From Charging Families Extra to Sit Together
If there’s one thing most Americans can agree on, it’s that airlines have gotten way too comfortable charging extra for things that were once considered basic amenities. Junk fees run rampant in the industry. Everything from luggage, to itinerary changes, to how fast you can check in can now potentially …
Read More »Trump Flat-Out Lies About Endorsing Republican Behind Border Bill
Donald Trump is furiously attempting to sink a bipartisan border and immigration package that the Senate unveiled on Sunday —so much so that he’s outright lying about having endorsed the bill’s author, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.). During an interview on Monday with right-wing radio host Dan Bongino, the former president …
Read More »Trump Claims He Was Kidding About Being a 'Dictator'
During an interview aired Sunday, Fox News host Maria Bartiromo gave former President Donald Trump a chance to explain away his remarks in a December town hall that he’d only be a dictator on “day one.” Trump brushed it off: “It was with Sean Hannity, and we were having fun, …
Read More »Mike Johnson Denies Trump is 'Calling the Shots' on Border Deal
As former President Donald Trump openly condemns the Senate’s border legislation, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told colleagues Saturday he won’t consider a border deal anytime soon. But does that mean Trump is calling the shots? “Of course not. He’s not calling the shots. I am calling the shots …
Read More »Kristi Noem Warns of Possible Civil War Amid Border Standoff
Republican governors have made a show of deploying National Guard troops to the southern border to block the Biden administration from removing razor wire that Texas has laid out to repel and harm migrants — in defiance of a Supreme Court ruling. On Sunday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) …
Read More »Blame These Companies for the GOP's Minority Rule
In North Carolina, “unaffiliated” voters outnumber registered Democrats who, in turn, outnumber registered Republicans— yet Republicans hold not just a slim majority, but a veto-proof one in both chambers of the state’s General Assembly. That veto-proof majority is what allowed Republicans to pass an abortion ban last year that 45 …
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