At the French Open this past June, Serena Williams inspired millions across the world when she returned to her first Grand Slam tournament since giving birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian barely nine months prior. Improbably, she made it to the fourth round, and while commentators were mostly fixated on her athletic success in motherhood, […]
So much for President Trump denuclearizing the Korean peninsula. On Friday, Trump announced that he was calling off a trip from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to North Korea. Pompeo was scheduled to arrive in Pyongyang next week to discuss North Korea’s nuclear program. I have asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo not to go to North […]
In November, Nebraska residents will get to decide whether or not more people should qualify for public health insurance. Should voters decide to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), roughly 90,000 low-income residents will gain health coverage. The months-long grassroots campaign to get Medicaid expansion on the November ballot succeeded after activists and […]
After a political dust-up over energy policy and the cutting of greenhouse gas emissions that dealt a critical blow to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, he was forced to step down on Friday and was replaced by Scott Morrison, the country’s treasurer. “If you have a go in this country you will get a go. […]
Ten Republican senators introduced new legislation on Thursday that aims to protect people with pre-existing conditions should an anti-Obamacare lawsuit succeeded in court. But a closer look reveals that the bill doesn’t completely safeguard people’s coverage as current health laws does. Instead, it’s likely an attempt to fend off criticism ahead of the midterm elections. The new […]
Immigration judges across the country are reportedly being told to speed-up the deportation process by cramming additional hearings into their schedules, according to a new report from BuzzFeed. The instruction comes as the Trump administration continues its efforts to round-up as many documented and undocumented immigrants as possible under the president’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, […]
Ten Democratic Senators have written to Charles Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, demanding the release of documents showing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s environmental record. Led by Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), a ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Aug. 24 letter asks for records detailing Kavanaugh’s […]
UPDATE, August 24, 3:45 p.m. EST: After an inquiry from ThinkProgress, Amtrak has requested the merchant remove the Turner Diaries from all stations where they operate by the close of business on Friday. The merchant has been contacted for comment. ___________________________________________________________ A news stand in Baltimore’s Penn Station is selling an infamous neo-Nazi book, which has […]
Three-time loser Jim Hagedorn, the man Minnesota Republicans nominated earlier this month for the open 1st District Congressional seat, is hoping that the fourth try is the charm. He’s also hoping that his lengthy record of sexist, homophobic, racist, religious-intolerant, classist, anti-Native American, ageist, hypocritical, and all-around extremist writings will not again come back to haunt […]
Three-time loser Jim Hagedorn, the man Minnesota Republicans nominated earlier this month for the open 1st District Congressional seat, is hoping that the fourth try is the charm. He’s also hoping that his lengthy record of sexist, homophobic, racist, religious-intolerant, classist, anti-Native American, ageist, hypocritical, and all-around extremist writings will not again come back to haunt […]
A rough summer in California marred by raging wildfires and blistering drought has offered a silver lining — the state’s solar energy production is so staggering that it may take a break next month in order to relieve its lines. That success story comes in the midst of a nationwide effort to bolster fossil fuels […]
A rough summer in California marred by raging wildfires and blistering drought has offered a silver lining — the state’s solar energy production is so staggering that it may take a break next month in order to relieve its lines. That success story comes in the midst of a nationwide effort to bolster fossil fuels […]
The United States is on track to accept a historically low number of refugees in the 2018 fiscal year. Only about 20,000 to 21,000 refugees will be admitted to the country by the end of September, according to an estimate from NBC News. That’s far less than the limit of 45,000 refugees that Trump set […]
Houthi rebels on Thursday claimed that a strike by the Saudi Arabian-led coalition killed 26 civilians — 22 children and four women — who were fleeing another attack on Ad Durayhimi, about 12 miles from the city of Hodeidah in Yemen. According to CNN, four people were killed in the earlier strike, which is why […]
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and promote renewable energy did not sit well with right-wing members of his ruling Liberal Party, contributing to his ouster as prime minister on Friday. Turnbull’s stance on climate change, refugees, and other hot-button issues led to a party revolt by his party’s […]
Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg was reportedly granted immunity in exchange for his testimony in the federal criminal probe into longtime Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, who pleaded guilty this week to tax and bank fraud, and two counts of campaign finance violations. The news further escalates the pressure on President Trump, who is already facing […]
Fresh from delighting white nationalists by tweeting about one of their favorite talking points, Donald Trump pivoted to tweeting about another completely bogus issue: the so-called “censorship” of conservatives on social media. “Social Media Giants are silencing millions of people,” Trump tweeted early on Friday morning. “People have to figure out what is real and […]
Indicted Rep. Duncan Hunter’s latest defense of his and his wife’s alleged campaign fraud abuses essentially boils down to “women be shopping.” The California Republican shifted the blame on his wife, Margaret, telling Fox News Thursday night that she was the one handling the family’s finances and that he gave his wife power of attorney […]
President Trump escalated his feud with Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a series of tweets Friday morning, saying the country was “waiting” for Sessions to “look into all of the corruption on the ‘other side.'” Seemingly applauding Sessions facetiously for his statement Thursday, in which the attorney general insisted the “Department of Justice will not […]
Bipartisan legislation designed to help secure the integrity of future elections stalled in Congress this week after the White House and some Republican senators came out forcefully against it this week. The GOP-sponsored Secure Elections Act would allow state election officials to receive classified threat information, require them to audit their federal election results, and promote the […]
Russia isn’t just trying to influence and disrupt U.S. elections. The online anti-vaccination movement has been fueled in part by the same Russian trolls responsible for stoking the fires of other divisive political issues, according to a new study released Thursday by George Washington University. Accounts associated with Russian troll farms were far more likely to […]
Randolph County, Georgia, has fired Mike Malone, the election consultant behind a plan to close nearly all the polling precincts in the heavily minority county, County Attorney Tommy Coleman announced Thursday. Malone was initially hired to fill the role of an elections supervisor until the county found someone to assume the position full time. Instead, he […]
