Why is there a disconnect at times between good news about the economy, and how voters actually feel about the economy? And how is that likely to play out in the 2024 election?, Read More from NPRContinue Reading
Rep. Tracey Mann is the latest member of Congress to appear on Christian nationalist worship leader Sean Feucht’s podcast. Speaking of Feucht, TPUSA’s Alex Clark attacked him for criticizing the lyrics on Taylor Swift’s new album, accusing Feucht of being involved in “sketchy stuff” and blasphemy. This was pretty remarkableContinue Reading
Mark Meckler says that Republicans must be prepared to use lawfare against the Democrats: “We should go after our political opponents hard with the DOJ.” Just a reminder that Lauren Witzke is racist. Christian nationalist Tony Perkins tells Christians that they should not be sending their own children to publicContinue Reading
Months ago, a State Department panel urged the Biden administration to disqualify multiple Israeli military and police units from receiving U.S. aid over serious human rights abuses, including rape and torture. According to ProPublica, Secretary of State Blinken received the recommendation in December but has still not taken any action.Continue Reading
In March, an independent investigator cleared Uvalde police officers for their roles in the deadly 2022 attack., Read MoreContinue Reading
How quickly justices rule on his “absolute immunity” claim is as important as how they rule, with the window for a pre-election trial closing fast., Read MoreContinue Reading
Hundreds of climate activists gathered at the global headquarters of Citigroup in New York on Wednesday to demand the banking giant stop financing fossil fuel companies. The protests come on the heels of a first-of-its-kind Earth Day hearing where environmental activists from around the world gathered in New York thisContinue Reading
The Supreme Court will hear oral argument later today in Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States, a case brought by extreme politicians seeking to disregard a federal statute — the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) — and put doctors in jail for providing pregnant patients necessaryContinue Reading
Four withdrawn presidential candidates since 2000 received a larger percentage of the state’s presidential primary vote than Haley did on Tuesday As documented a month ago on this site, it is not out of the ordinary for withdrawn presidential candidates to continue to receive the support of a substantial percentageContinue Reading
Right Wing Watch reported last month that Tim Barton, a national religious-right figure who follows in his father’s footsteps as a dispenser of false Christian nationalist history, had endorsed Dave Nissley, who was waging a challenge to a conservative leader of the state’s House Republicans in the state’s 100th legislative district. Nissley’s fellContinue Reading
Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman and Nate Schweber @ The New York Times: The Circus The Traitor Wanted Outside His Trial Hasn’t Arrived With support from demonstrators in Lower Manhattan spotty so far, Americas Worst Traitor issued a call to “rally behind MAGA,” and suggested the poor turnout was a resultContinue Reading
We speak with Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Cuba’s deputy minister of foreign affairs, about high-level U.S.-Cuban migration talks held last week in Washington. He says U.S. policies that expedite permanent residency for Cubans in the United States play a major role in the movement of people between the two countries,Continue Reading
Now that we are on the other side of Labor Day and summer is subsiding, this is — as tradition goes — when focus on political campaigns really begins to heat up. The off-year elections this November will get some attention, but the main attraction is still the 2024 RepublicanContinue Reading