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- by Inae OhMore than a decade after “some traffic problems in Fort Lee” spun into a political mess for then-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, President Donald Trump is resurrecting the 2013 scandal known as Bridgegate in an apparent effort to target Christie just hours after he told ABC News that the president is unconcerned with the separation […]
- by Julia MétrauxFreddie Elmore hasn’t worked for around 20 years. Now, he’s trying to figure out how, and if, he can return to the workforce—not because he thinks he can do so while managing his health, but because he is concerned that he will lose Medicaid. To retain Medicaid coverage, Elmore, who lives with disorders including central […]
- by Julianne McShaneTwo days after experts officially declared that a famine is unfolding in Gaza, President Donald Trump has yet to acknowledge the devastating new findings about the consequences of the US-backed war. On Friday, an analysis released by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)—a coalition of 21 organizations, including Save the Children, UNICEF, the World […]
- by Julianne McShanePresident Donald Trump’s DC takeover has proven to be broadly unpopular among residents and seemingly counterproductive. But the president has never been deterred by facts—and he is now setting his sights on additional cities where violent crime has already been falling. The Washington Post first reported on Saturday that the Pentagon has for weeks been […]
- by Dan FriedmanWatch out, Chicago drivers. A recent collision of a red-light-running, 14-ton, mine-resistant armored vehicle with an SUV on Capitol Hill isn’t the biggest news involving the federal takeover of Washington, DC, but it’s a tidy metaphor reflecting the counter-productive, heavily militarized, anti-crime display that President Donald Trump has embarked on, overriding Washington, DC’s, democracy in […]
- by Dan FriedmanGhislaine Maxwell has delighted MAGA loyalists by asserting that she never saw the man she is hoping will spring her from a 20-year prison sentence “in any inappropriate setting” throughout the years he spent hanging out with the late convicted sex trafficker and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. But Maxwell, convicted of sex trafficking minors and conspiracy, […]
- by RevealIn 2017, David Leavitt drove to the Northern Cheyenne reservation in Montana to adopt a baby girl. A few years later, during an interview with a documentary filmmaker, Leavitt, a wealthy Utah politician, told a startling story about how he went about getting physical custody of that child. Subscribe to Mother Jones podcasts on Apple […]
- by Tik RootThis story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The United States is home to dozens of active mines. Some extract copper, while others dig for iron. Whatever the resource, however, it usually makes up a small fraction of the rock pulled from the ground. The rest is typically ignored. […]
- by Abby VesoulisIt’s 7 p.m. on Thursday and Elli, a 19-year-old transplant from Chattanooga, Tennessee, just took an Adderall. The DC resident, who goes by they/them pronouns and asked Mother Jones not to publish their last name, needed the boost of energy. They’re drained from spending the last several nights roving the city on foot to surveil […]
- by Dan FriedmanThe Trump administration’s campaign of vengeance against perceived political enemies escalated Friday morning when the FBI raided the home and office of former national security adviser John Bolton, a vocal Trump critic. That search follows Attorney General Pam Bondi directing federal prosecutors to open a criminal investigation into whether former President Barack Obama and his […]
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- by Amelia Thomson-DeVeauxWelcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly-ish polling roundup. It’s officially impeachment season again. On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced that he’s directing three House committees to start investigating whether President Biden benefited from his son Hunter’s business dealings overseas. McCarthy accused the Biden family of “a culture of corruption,” saying that the Biden administration […]
- by Geoffrey SkelleyThe second Republican presidential primary debate is less than two weeks away, so time is running out for GOP contenders to meet the Republican National Committee’s qualification criteria. To make the Sept. 27 debate, each candidate must have at least 3 percent support in two qualifying national polls, or at least 3 percent in one […]
- by Nathaniel RakichOn Wednesday, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney announced he would not run for reelection in 2024. On the surface, the electoral impact of Romney’s decision is minimal — his seat should stay safely in Republican hands. But it’s still notable because it represents the departure of one of the few remaining Republican senators who had a […]
- by Nathaniel RakichWelcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. nrakich (Nathaniel Rakich, senior elections analyst): For a long time, the economy has been seen as a big liability for President Biden in his reelection bid. Inflation soared in 2021 and 2022, culminating at a rate of 9.1 percent last June. The same […]
- by Galen DrukeAmong the most politically tuned-in, last week saw the kind of hand-wringing and accusations of bias surrounding the polls that you’d usually expect from the final two months of a campaign, not the final year and two months of a campaign. The focus was largely on general election polls: Whether a Wall Street Journal poll […]
- by Galen DrukeAmong the most politically tuned-in, last week saw the kind of hand-wringing and accusations of bias surrounding the polls that you’d usually expect from the final two months of a campaign, not the final year and two months of a campaign. The focus was largely on general election polls: Whether a Wall Street Journal poll showing former President Donald […]
- by Nathaniel RakichIn his presidential campaign, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has pitched himself as a transformational leader who has reshaped the politics of his home state. His 2022 reelection by 19 percentage points “was not just a big victory,” he has argued. “It was really a fundamental realignment of Florida from being a swing state to being […]
- by Monica PottsPresidents are getting older and older. Former President Donald Trump was the oldest person to assume office when he was sworn in on Jan. 20, 2017, and President Biden broke that record four years later. If either is elected again next year, at ages 78 and 81, respectively, they will be older than the previous […]
- by Galen DrukeNow 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 Republican presidential primary. In this installment […]
- by Galen DrukeNow 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 Republican presidential primary. In this installment […]
- by John AmatoDuring Trump's dog-and-pony show-slash-signing ceremony, the doddering fool claimed he saved the 2026 Olympics in Los Angeles by sending in the National Guard to the city during a few ICE protests. Trump's sending troops to the city was a dark day indeed. There was no need for troops in Los Angeles, except to stroke Trump's […]
- by John AmatoDuring this morning's fascist photo-op, Donald Trump spat on the Supreme Court and signed an executive order claiming to criminalize flag burning with a one-year penalty in jail. In 1989, the Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag as political protest is constitutionally protected speech. The bronzed-up, doddering old fool lied and claimed there […]
- by John AmatoIt's is impossible to even begin to discuss a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine if Russian dictator Putin doesn't even consider the President Zelenskyy the actual leader of his country. Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov expressed this view clearly on Meet The Press. Fox News played excerpts from Lavrov's interview with Kirsten Welker. LAVROV: […]
- by John AmatoMAGA cultist Rep. Jim Jordan did his best to try to clear Trump from the Epstein files calamity by using Maxwell's ridiculous testimony as proof of Trump's innocence. Never mind that she's an admitted perjurer. Surely this time she's telling the truth! As Tengrain said, "I want to know who decided Gym Jordan should be […]
- by Conover KennardWashington, DC, is occupied, and with some National Guard members now armed starting Sunday night. Interestingly, Trump has portrayed DC as in decay and used the term "filth" several times, and yet, the National Guard wasn't armed until now. ABC News estimates that "likely fewer than 50" troops will be armed. A Joint Task Force […]
- by Susie MadrakA former inmate at Ghislaine Maxwell’s cushy prison camp says she was recently booted to a high-security prison—hours after an article came out in which she spoke out against Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirator. Via the Daily Beast: According to a report from the Daily Mail, 44-year-old Julie Howell gave an interview to a British newspaper in […]
- by Chris capper LiebenthalThe Trump Regime has reopened Ft. Bliss for use as an internment camp for immigrants as they did to the Japanese-Americans during World War II. Japanese-American groups have soundly condemned this: “The use of national security rhetoric to justify mass incarceration today echoes the same logic that led to their forced removal and incarceration,” said […]
- by BatocchioThe Debate Link: The Supreme Court gave us this hell due to its abominable Rucho decision. Just an Earth-Bound Misfit, I: JD Vance is dumber than a box of hammers. West Virginia Watch: Abortion pill campaign targets rural West Virginia, Kentucky gas stations. Letters from an American: Thoughts from political historian Heather Cox Richardson. Jen […]
- by Susie MadrakA posthumous and “unsparing” memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, will be published this fall, publishing house Alfred A. Knopf said Sunday. Via the Associated Press: “Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice” is scheduled for release Oct. 21, the publisher confirmed to The Associated […]
- by Cliff SchecterWhat are the most enduring images of Obama and Trump that just sum them both up perfectly? Along with David Shuster and Malcolm Nance, here's what I came up with, during what I'd call a roast, so you may not wanna watch if you're bothered by swear words, because we go there in this one. […]
- by Jason EasleyWhile speaking at the White House, Trump continued to push his fantasy that he is eliminating crime, criticizing Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and telling him to spend more time in the gym.
- by Jason EasleySen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) explained how Trump made sure that the fix was in when his DOJ interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell.
- by Jason EasleyTrump freaked out on his social media platform after Gov. Wes Moore invited him to walk the streets of Maryland with him. Moore responded by calling out Trump for living in 1980s scare tactics.
- by Jason EasleyCNN's Dana Bash asked if Democrats are hypocrites because they redraw maps too in states like New York, but Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) leveled her comparison with facts.
- by Jason EasleyDonald Trump sounded weak, old, and tired. He also tried to play dumb on the raid of his former NSA, John Bolton.
- by Jason EasleyTrump's idea of patrolling Washington, D.C. involved ranting to a captive audience about many things that had nothing to do with crime, or in some cases, Washington, D.C.
- by Jason EasleyVice President JD Vance went to Georgia to sell the tax cuts for the rich, but the bill was so bad that he had to lie about everything and hope that the American people wouldn't find out.
- by Jason EasleyIt isn't just Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said, "When extreme MAGA Republicans go low, we will hit back. Hard.”
- by Jason EasleyVice President JD Vance went on Fox News to assure Republicans that Putin is a great guy who definitely isn't trying to destroy democracy and weaken the United States.
- by Jason EasleyFormer Rep. and current gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter explained to the nation that California is redrawing its map to stop authoritarian Trump.
- by Left WisdomSo why did I pick this title. Because I am not a polite person. I don’t believe in mincing words and sparing the feelings of the enemy of the ideology that I have obtained from reading about the foundation and continance of this country. To set the stage, let me give my own personal snapshot […]
- by Left WisdomWhy MAGA itself is evil — no excusesLet’s make one thing perfectly clear. I do not knowingly associate with MAGA persons, nor do I ever plan on it. The guy above looks like a cool dude, and would likely fit into the culture of New Orleans by looks only. I have seen grown men walking down the street […]
- by Left Wisdom***Here I am sharing my review of this good book by Sarah Knzior explaining how the evil of the trump lead destruction of every good thing that the American nation, and people had managed to achieve over the last 100 years in our efforts to achieve full-citizen human rights. But then a lot list of […]
- by Left WisdomThis is a political philosophy that would only work for the anybody but the elite unless we were living in a perfect world. A world that is, where everybody has the same opportunities and starts out at the same level in society. The world is obviously not perfect by any portion of the definition so […]
- by Left WisdomNot only is trump an evil plight on government and the American People, the Supreme Court has become one too. And yes, I know that Roberts is whining that we should “criterize him or the court”, but that bull crap. He and the rest of court with the exception of Kagan, Somomayer, and Jackson have […]
- by Left WisdomPicture from GettyimagesBefore somebody accuses me of being biased, after watching the absolute destruction of every liberty, and every item of freedom we, in this nation have even had per the construction, detroyed by the so called trump adminstration (more like a kafkocracy in my view), suffice it to say, I am definitely NOT “fair”…have […]
- by Left WisdomI see people on video on the internet lamenting the fact that our country, the United States, is so divided. Well, I don’t care about “being united”. I have nothing in common with trump, Miller or any of the other extreme right people that are part of the MAGA mob of terrorists in this country. […]
- by Left WisdomThe young man of 33 who is expected to end up as the next Mayor of New York. Who is he? What will he do? As a gay man, I have to admit, I find him very attractive, he has the kind of smile that makes my heart flutter. However, I am being to see […]
- by Left Wisdom(picture from NPR)Most of this is primarily my opinion, however the two articles backup my logic and therefore my position based on all the evidence I have seen and heard ever since this man came down the gold escalator.Well, trump thinks he has found another way to make people think that he is a “big man” […]
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- by Joe LancasterThis is corporate socialism in a MAGA hat.
- by Eugene VolokhWhat's on your mind?
- by Elizabeth Nolan BrownAge verification laws are already coming for Americans’ access to free speech.
- by Josh BlackmanDoes this standard create room for ideological diversity?
- by Liz WolfePlus: Zohran can't benchpress, Powell speech doesn't exactly soothe markets, Waymo approved for NYC, and more…
- by Eugene VolokhFrom Lakefront Pictures, LLC v. Ancel, decided today by Judge Jeffrey Cummings (N.D. Ill.) (Jennifer Karum appears to be also… The post Tortious Interference / Emotional Distress Claim Stemming from Business Breakup, with Autism Spectrum Elements appeared first on Reason.com.
- by Keith E. WhittingtonMy new paper on the original meaning of the citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
- by Josh BlackmanAlmost all of the judges eligible for senior status now were also eligible in 2020, long before Emil Bove.
- by Jacob SullumThe appeals court concluded that the government had failed to show that policy is consistent with "this Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation."
- by J.D. TuccilleMost voters support submitting ballots by mail, and also voter ID.
- We speak with George Retes, a 25-year-old U.S. citizen and Army veteran who is taking on the federal government after he was detained by ICE for three days and three nights without explanation. Retes was arrested during a raid in July at a cannabis farm in Camarillo, California, where he worked as a security guard. […]
- Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who became a symbol of Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown when the administration illegally sent him to El Salvador earlier this year, is at risk of being deported again — this time to Uganda, a country he has no ties to. Abrego Garcia was one of hundreds of men sent to El Salvador in […]
- We speak with UNICEF spokesperson Tess Ingram in Gaza City, where the world’s top authority on hunger has formally declared a famine. The United Nations-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, says the “catastrophic” situation in Gaza’s largest urban center puts about half a million Palestinians at risk of starving to death. Many aid […]
- Israeli airstrikes on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza killed at least 20 people Monday, including five Palestinian journalists. Eyewitnesses say Israel carried out a “double-tap” strike on the hospital. A drone initially hit the hospital’s roof, killing one journalist setting up a live stream, and then another strike hit journalists and rescue workers who were […]
- Israeli Airstrikes on Nasser Hospital Kills 20 Including 5 Palestinian Journalists, 300,000 Protest in Australia Against Israel’s War on Gaza, Israeli Strikes on Yemen Kill at Least 6 People, Injuring Dozens, Russia Downs Ukrainian Drone Near Nuclear Plant, Sparking Fire, Trump Threatens to Send National Guard to Chicago, NYC & Baltimore, Federal Judge Blocks Trump […]
- Family and community members are mourning 52-year-old Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez, a father and grandfather from Guatemala who died while attempting to escape an anti-immigrant raid at a Home Depot in California last week. Montoya, a day laborer who had lived and worked in the United States for about three years, was struck and killed […]
- Shahed Ghoreishi was fired from his position as a press officer for Israeli-Palestinian affairs at the U.S. State Department earlier this week. While no official explanation was given, Ghoreishi was involved in multiple departmental disputes over how to characterize U.S. positions on Israel’s forced expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza and the killings of Palestinian journalists. […]
- Democrats and Republicans are locked in a historic battle over congressional representation as Texas Republicans gerrymander the state’s district maps to flip five Democratic seats, at the request of President Trump. California Governor Gavin Newsom says he is fighting “fire with fire,” signing legislation to hold special elections for the public to approve a new […]
- U.N. Declares a Famine in Gaza, Where Over 500,000 Face “Starvation, Destitution and Death”, Netanyahu Says He’ll Restart Ceasefire Talks While Proceeding with Gaza City Invasion, California to Hold Special Election for Redrawn Maps to Counter Texas GOP Gerrymander, Trump Praises Troops and Officers over Federal Takeover of D.C. Law Enforcement, ICE Agents in D.C. […]
- President Trump said Tuesday the Smithsonian Institution was too narrowly focused on negative aspects of U.S. history, including “how bad slavery was.” Trump’s social media post minimizing the horrors of chattel slavery came after the White House ordered a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions in order to ensure they align with Trump’s interpretation of […]