Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), who claims to be “pro-life” despite his repeated votes to take health insurance away from millions of people, is hoping to cash in on his state’s new unconstitutional abortion ban. Byrne, who is seeking his party’s nomination to challenge Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) next year, is currently giving away “free” pro-life […]
Fox & Friends weekend co-host Pete Hegseth has privately lobbied President Donald Trump to pardon several military members accused of war crimes, The Daily Beast reported Monday. Hegseth’s alleged lobbying, which has reportedly been taking place since January, demonstrates the nature of his cushy relationship with the president, both in public and in private. According […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A crowd of about 200 people, including abortion rights activists and 2020 presidential candidates, gathered at the Supreme Court on Tuesday to protest state legislatures across the country passing new abortion restrictions at a rapid pace. In 2019, eight states have passed laws restricting abortion access. In the last two weeks alone, […]
The politically powerful Koch network is looking to change its image. In the face of rising support for progressive policies, the well-funded network wants to rebrand from greedy capitalists to benevolent philanthropists. Until the Kochs and their fellow donors stop supporting policies that increase income inequality and all forms of pollution however, any effort to […]
Since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has proclaimed an “America first” philosophy. On Tuesday, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson confirmed that this means even citizens and legal residents could be kicked out onto the street just for being related to an undocumented immigrant — including their children. Carson was testifying Tuesday before […]
President Donald Trump spent the last week talking up possible military action against Iran, discussing the number of troops that would be involved, and threatening that war would mean the “official end of Iran.” On Monday, he suddenly reversed course, claiming that there was “no indication” of threats from the country that would require such […]
In rallies across the country Tuesday, thousands of people took to the streets to protest the slate of extreme abortion bans that were recently passed or signed into law in states like Georgia, Alabama, and Missouri. “Today is really a call to action for people across the country,” said Staci Fox, CEO and president of Planned […]
A Tuesday Senate hearing reviewing the impact of climate change on agriculture featured a strong defense of industry, at a time when the role of the sector in contributing to global warming is under growing scrutiny. The morning panel, hosted by the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, indicated that lawmakers on both sides of […]
Every year, Walmart stages a massive, multi-day meeting in Arkansas for the company’s shareholders, not far from the corporate headquarters of the world’s largest retail store. The company’s top executives deliver speeches, its board of directors hears various proposals regarding corporate behavior and governance, and special guests make surprise appearances to keep the masses entertained. […]
Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) over the weekend broke with his fellow Republican colleagues after reading special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. His conclusions: Attorney General William Barr had badly misconstrued the report’s contents in his representations of the material and President Donald Trump had committed acts that, to his […]
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) on Tuesday dismissed a GOP colleague’s recent call to impeach President Donald Trump, saying that the real villains have already been punished and claiming — incorrectly — that House Democrats were against such a move anyway. In an interview with MSNBC, Kinzinger disputed Michigan Rep. Justin Amash (R), who tweeted over […]
For the past decade, Republika Srpska — a region of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) — has been governed by the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, or SNSD, a Serb nationalist party that advocates upending the hard-fought stability the Balkans have enjoyed for the past two decades. The party’s head, Milorad Dodik, has not only grown […]
In the second-to-last episode of Veep, Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Selina Meyer makes a deal with the Chinese president. Though freeing Tibet is, literally, the only admirable victory of her entire political career, Selina is willing to give Tibet back to China, on the sly, in exchange for some light election interference so she can win the […]
Michigan’s secretary of state on Monday accused Republican lawmakers of undermining the state’s redistricting process by using “budgeting gimmicks” and political sleight of hand to circumvent “the will of the voters.” Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D-MI) slammed proposals by GOP-controlled legislators that would underfund a new independent redistricting commission approved by voters last November. […]
A federal judge ruled against President Donald Trump’s massive resistance to congressional oversight on Monday, holding that the president’s accounting firm must turn over many of Trump’s financial records to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Just as significantly, Judge Amit Mehta denied Trump’s request for a stay while Mehta’s decision is on appeal. […]
