Journalist and advice columnist E. Jean Carroll revealed Friday that President Donald Trump allegedly sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s. The details, verified by New York Magazine, appear in her newest book along with five other attacks she experienced by men over the course of her life. According to Carroll, the two met at Bergdorf […]
When Maria and her partner Luz (whose names have been changed to protect their identity) arrived at the U.S. border with Luz’s child last month, they did not anticipate what would happen next. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent reportedly looked them both in the eye and told them that because their partnership […]
Private, for-profit prisons, and immigration detention facilities would be banned through administrative action if Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is elected president, she pledged Friday. Warren distributed her latest big-idea plan in the same manner she’s released her other policy promises. This time, the blog post on her campaign’s Medium account builds to three concrete bullet […]
Anti-government militias have vowed to protect an Oregon GOP lawmaker who threatened to shoot state police trying to bring him back to the capitol to pass legislation this week. On Thursday, Republican state senators walked out of session at the Oregon state capitol over disagreements on a cap and trade climate bill. Later that day, […]
The Supreme Court just undid the work of a prosecutor whose astounding incompetence was matched only by his racism. This prosecutor somehow managed to try Curtis Flowers, an African American man from Mississippi, six times for the same murders — and he botched every single trial. The upshot of the Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision in Flowers […]
In a series of tweets on Friday morning, President Donald Trump casually mentioned that he had ordered air strikes on Iran, but that he called them off 10 minutes prior to execution. “We were cocked & loaded to retaliate last night on 3 different sights when I asked, how many will die,” he wrote. “150 […]
Oregon’s path to climate action took an abrupt turn this week, in an unfolding saga that now involves runaway Republican lawmakers, the state police, and threats of armed retaliation. The state is on the verge of adopting major climate legislation. The Senate is all but guaranteed to pass the Clean Energy Jobs bill, which would […]
When former White House communications director Hope Hicks spoke to the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday, she didn’t answer many questions. In fact, USA Today counted 155 questions that she refused to answer. But she did address a few questions about President Donald Trump, including whether he would accept dirt on his election opponents from foreign […]
The myth that a very high level of renewables can’t be integrated into the electric grid is being demolished by the clean tech and battery storage revolution. “By 2040, renewables make up 90% of the electricity mix in Europe, with wind and solar accounting for 80%,” predict the experts at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) in […]
Remarks by Joe Biden saying he had no problem working in Congress with a reviled segregationist roiled the Democratic Party on Thursday, with some voicing support for the former Vice President, but others sharply denouncing his statement. Fellow White House contender Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) upbraided Biden, demanding an apology for remarks made at a […]
