Новости за 07.12.2023

Americans seem to have no interest in the Republican primary debates, even with two more of the mud-slinging spectacles freshly lined up by CNN for January.

Taylor Swift was named the 2023 Time “Person of the Year” on Wednesday and of course conservatives have been quick to claim that there is a vast liberal conspiracy to blame.

Republican politicians are making morbid warnings about the future of the party’s narrow majority in the House in the wake of a mass exodus of their elected officials.

Donald Trump is starting to plan his cabinet for a potential second term, and the people on his shortlist are nothing less than nightmare fuel for democracy.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley claimed that TikTok is making young Americans more anti-semitic during the primary debate Wednesday night, but she got her one crucial stat so very wrong.

A candidate for former Representative George Santos’s old seat was convicted on January 6 charges after mounting an astoundingly stupid defense, according to a Department of Justice release.

No Labels is desperately trying to get a third-party candidate on the 2024 ballot—so much so that it’s hired a consulting firm with an extensive, shady history of working with right-wing candidates and causes.

In December 1970, on a visit to Warsaw, Willie Brandt, chancellor of West Germany, came to the site of the Warsaw Ghetto. Brandt sank to his knees and bowed his head. At the time, the gesture was controversial in Germany. Brandt, who had himself fought the Nazis, seemed to be asking forgiveness on behalf of his fellow Germans. The vast majority of them had not taken part in the crimes of the Nazis. They had been too young or not yet born or merely bystanders.

Former New York Republican George Santos seems to be turning a new leaf, exiting a life of (alleged) crime and deception in favor of an honest day’s work on Cameo, the platform offering personalized messages by mid-tier celebrities.

Former President Donald Trump appeared on a town hall hosted by Sean Hannity, his phone buddy at Fox News, on Tuesday night. It would be hard to imagine a friendlier environment for Trump. So it was remarkable when the likely 2024 GOP presidential nominee took a softball question and went the other direction.

Nevada on Wednesday charged six Republicans, including the state Republican Party chair, for pretending to be state electors in 2020 to hand the election to Donald Trump.