Former Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf delayed and changed an intelligence report warning of Russian interference in the 2020 election due to concerns it would “hurt” former President Trump, according to an investigation by the department’s inspector general office. The watchdog’s office said it interviewed …
Read More »13 States Will See Extreme Anti-Abortion Laws Snap Into Effect If the Court Overturns Roe v. Wade
Conservative Supreme Court justices have a plan to overturn Roe v. Wade, and Republican lawmakers are ready for it. In thirteen states, there are so-called “trigger laws” that would immediately ban all, or almost all, abortions if the 1973 ruling is overturned. And a total of 23 states have anti-abortion …
Read More »Republicans Are Calling the Roe Leak an 'Insurrection'
Republicans — the party that decided it was pretty much fine that a violent mob stormed the Capitol to try to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss — are clutching all of their pearls over the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that overturns Roe v. Wade. Indeed, in …
Read More »Susan Collins Is Shocked That Trump Appointees May Have Lied to Her
Sen. Susan Collins is shocked, stunned, and astounded that two conservative, Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices may have deceived her regarding their position on abortion rights. According to a reported draft majority opinion leaked to Politico, both Justice Neil Gorsuch and Justice Brett Kavanaugh have voted to overturn established precedent protecting …
Read More »The Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade Plan Would Condemn Women to Second-Class Citizenship
Today, abortion is still legal everywhere in the country. However, it appears that won’t be true for long. Last night, Politico published an explosive leak of the draft opinion of Dobbs v. Jackson Woman’s Health, the abortion case before the Supreme Court this term. This virtually unprecedented publication of a …
Read More »Trump Wanted Black Lives Matter Protesters to Be Shot, Says Former Defense Secretary
Mark Esper is the latest Trump administration official to attempt to cleanse his sins and fatten his pockets with a memoir about his time with the former president. The former defense secretary’s new book A Sacred Oath is due out May 10. The book promises revelations about the Trump White …
Read More »Judge Slaps Down Republican Push to Shield Trump Fundraising Data From Jan. 6 Committee
The Republican National Committee has been trying to prevent the Jan. 6 committee from getting hold of RNC email and fundraising data, as well as similar data from former President Trump’s reelection campaign. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly ruled on Sunday that communications company Salesforce will have to turn …
Read More »Republicans Mount an Anti-Trump Revolution in Michigan, But It May Be Too Late
For former President Donald Trump, last Saturday was the culmination of a yearslong effort to secure a strong foothold in the Michigan Republican Party. Meshawn Maddock, his sherpa in the state handpicked co-chair of the party, presided over a nominating convention that saw two of his endorsees — Kristina Karamo …
Read More »Kinzinger Zings Marjorie Taylor Greene for Playing the Victim: 'It's Insane'
The Jan. 6 committee “in the next week or two” will take next steps on its decision on issuing subpoenas to compel Republican lawmakers to testify about Donald Trump and his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, committee member Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Sunday on Face the Nation. “If that …
Read More »Racist Minneapolis Cops Spied on Black Leaders While Ignoring White Hate Groups
The Minneapolis Police Department turned a blind eye to white nationalists and white supremacy movements online, even as its officers created fake social media accounts to surveil and troll law-abiding Black community members “without a public safety objective.” That’s just one of dozens of shocking revelations from a two-year investigation …
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