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- by Madison PaulyPerhaps what was most significant in the debate at the US Supreme Court Wednesday morning, during oral arguments in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic—a major case over whether a state can unilaterally cut off Planned Parenthood’s access to Medicaid funding—is what wasn’t said. Nobody in the courtroom argued that the doctors and nurses at […]
- by David CornIn early 2015, the California Department of Public Health identified a case of measles in an 11-year-old who had recently traveled to Disneyland. Within a month, at least 125 US residents were stricken with the disease. About a third of them had visited the Magic Kingdom theme park, many were unvaccinated, and the outbreak spread […]
- by Pema LevyJust a few months ago, Americans’ optimism about the economy was on the rise. The stock market boomed after Donald Trump won the 2024 election, and measures of business confidence rose. But all the positive sentiment came with an asterisk: It assumed that Trump would not follow through on his campaign promise to dramatically raise […]
- by Lois ParshleyThis story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Department of Transportation has ordered a review of federal funding for bike lanes and plans to target recent projects that “improve the condition for environmental justice communities or actively reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” The move, outlined in a department memo […]
- by Inae OhAfter all the public groveling and taxpayer-funded trips to Mar-a-Lago, New York City Mayor Eric Adams appears to have successfully prostrated himself to freedom. A federal judge on Wednesday permanently dismissed the wide-ranging corruption charges brought against him. “We can never allow this to happen to another innocent American,” Adams said shortly after the dismissal […]
- by Julianne McShaneIn 2024, Brittany Charlton achieved what she now calls “one of [her] main career aspirations”: the launch of a research center at Harvard University’s medical school focused on LGBTQ health. Opening the LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence had been a goal for Charlton, an associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public […]
- by Melvis AcostaLast Friday, the Trump administration canceled a contract that funded legal representation for about 26,000 unaccompanied minors who had crossed into the United States. In a memo sent by the Interior Department, dozens of non-profits were told to cease their legal representation work under the contract with the Department of Health and Human Services(HHS), and […]
- by Tim MurphyElon Musk has a simple diagnosis of what’s ailing America: It’s being destroyed by empathy. In a long interview with Joe Rogan, in numerous tweets, and possibly even in his sleep, Musk has argued that “empathy” is a “suicidal” trait that is a driving force behind civilizational extinction. It is time, he believes, for “the […]
- by RevealFor abortion rights advocate Lizz Winstead, her work has never felt more urgent. But her path to advocacy was a curvy one. She started out as a comedian, first as a stand-up and eventually as the co-creator of The Daily Show, which redefined television by deftly combining comedy and politics. “I kept getting increasingly unnerved […]
- by Shoshana WalterThe request from child welfare authorities seemed harmless enough: Order a newborn drug test. Dr. Sharon Ostfeld-Johns and her hospital colleagues had done it countless times before. This time, however, the request gave the doctor pause. A patient at Yale New Haven Health in Connecticut, the largest health system in the state, had said that […]
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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 Susie MadrakA federal judge yesterday temporarily barred the Department of Health and Human Services from terminating public health funds that had been allocated to states during the Covid-19 pandemic, finding that the move had left those states stranded and unable to provide critical health services. Via The New York Times: Ruling from the bench during a […]
- by Susie MadrakPulitzer Prize-winning columnist Eugene Robinson quit The Washington Post Thursday over Jeff Bezos’ plan to have the section focus on “free markets and personal liberties.” Robinson gave it some thought and said to himself, "Hell, no." Via The Daily Beast: Robinson, 71, told staffers in a memo that Bezos’ reimagining of the opinion page has […]
- by Conover KennardU.S. Stocks fell, wiping out more than $3 trillion in market value, and prices were up at the grocery store and gas station. So, naturally, Donald went golfing. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was not one of the four Republicans who voted to revoke tariffs on Canada just yesterday, but he told Fox Business host Larry […]
- by Cliff SchecterLauren Boebert always just has to open her non-GED yap to say things that perhaps in the hamster wheel in her head seem like they'll play well–but to those of us with actual executive function end up coming off like they've been delivered by a chipmunk on speed. This time, she went after a committee […]
- by Frances LangumApril 3, 1973: The first cell phone call was made in New York City. Also of interest: The computer arrived by truck in 1957. Open thread below… read more
- by Brett WilkinsThe top Democrat on the U.S. House Oversight Committee on Wednesday led calls for the resignation of acting Social Security Administration Commissioner Leland Dudek following the revelation of internal emails confirming that the SSA canceled contracts with the state of Maine as political payback after Democratic Gov. Janet Mills publicly defied President Donald Trump in […]
- by HeatherFox's Jesse Watters did his best to downplay the coming economic damage from Trump's "liberation day" tariffs and helped Trump push his insane lies on where the numbers came from. As we discussed here, Republicans are finally getting a little wobbly on this, even though it's much too little too late. But the lying liars […]
- by HeatherTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent basically told the rest of the world to just sit back and take it during an interview with Fox's Bret Baier. This guy already admitted that there very well could be a Trump recession, and that was before Trump's insane "liberation day" tariff executive orders this Wednesday. The look of pain […]
- by Susie MadrakHakeem Jeffries is threatening a lawsuit against Greg Abbott for holding off on calling a special election to fill a vacant House seat in Houston, which Democrats say is a deliberate move designed to help pad the House GOP’s razor-thin majority. Via NBC News: In a response to a question from NBC News on Wednesday, […]
- by Ed ScarceIt would seem that Orlova's comments have since landed her in hot water with the authorities. She claimed it was just her attempt at "black humor" and should not have been published. And it does sound rather simple: Find a husband off to join Putin's "Special Military Operation" in Ukraine, wait for him to die, […]
- by Jason EasleyEric Trump tried to claim that his dad's tariffs were a negotiating tactic, but the White House shot back and basically said that Trump's kid doesn't know what he's talking about.
- by Sarah Jones & Jason EasleyTrump responded to the stock market crashing and nation inching toward an economic panic by saying that he thinks things are going really well.
- by Jason EasleyTrump gave Senate Democrats a huge opening, and they aren't wasting a moment with new moves to split Republicans and take away Trump's power.
- by Jason EasleyLawrence O'Donnell told America the blunt truth that Donald Trump is responsible for the biggest peacetime tax increase in US history.
- by Jason EasleyDonald Trump announced that he will be raising taxes on every American through tariffs in an announcement that demonstrated the president's rambling instability.
- by Jason EasleyIt is not a coincidence that Trump told his inner circle that Elon Musk would be leaving the White House soon after Democrats won a Wisconsin Supreme Court election where Musk was heavily involved.
- by Sarah Jones & Jason EasleyElon Musk's attempt to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court election has backfired as Democrats are on their way to big win.
- by Jason EasleySen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) set the record for the longest floor speech in Senate history, and as a bonus erased Strom Thurmond from the record books.
- by Jason EasleyRepublican pollster Frank Luntz said that he hosted a focus group of Democratic voters and Cory Booker is doing exactly what they want.
- by Sarah Jones & Jason EasleyRepublicans are getting annoyed because Sen. Cory Booker and fellow Democrats have held the Senate floor for 18 hours and counting to protest Trump's policies.
- by Left WisdomThis is James Garman a voter from New Orleans, Louisiana and I am writing to Rep Troy Carter to urge, no demand that he step up for the American people against the illegal occuptation of the White House by a man who organized and is known to have organized a coop to overturn the government […]
- by Left WisdomThis is the emailed note I sent to my Representative and the 2 senators for my state. I am pretty sure the rep will vote correctly because he is a democrat and cares about the people at least enough to be elected again by us. The two senators are likely a waste of time, but […]
- by Left WisdomDear President Zelenski:As a normal everyday citizen of the United States, I have great concern for your nations future as an independent democratic nation. However, the United States has fallen into a horrible abyss in the last few months. We have fallen for the lies of one of the most anti-democracy men in the Western […]
- by Left WisdomI have absolutely no intention of being “polite” in this blog. I intend to tell the truth and let it all hang out. We are in a horrible situation right now and if we don’t get it together and fight for what America supposedly stood for at one time, no matter how imperfectly, we are […]
- by Left WisdomAxios this is in Israel(bear in mind, this is the sharing of a personal opinion although it is backed up by history and my personal observation which I insists has relevance…I am NOT a spelling or grammar expect, although if I get a sign that a word is misspelled, I will try to correct it. Just […]
- by Left Wisdoma picture from the internet from Jan 6, 2021’s insurrectionWell, violence is not far away when MAGA gets “owned” by things that make no difference in the scheme of life. If you have spent any time “listening” to right wing media or reading the missives they publish to see where their minds are, you know […]
- by Left WisdomLook at this!!!! This is what we are likely going to have to look at if the MAGA cult manage to win this election….or we don’t get our nation to stand for the right thing. Sadly, although Biden has tried to do something about this atrocerity, the Congress has drug its heels and still insists […]
- by Left WisdomAre Mammoth coming back — science, really?found at freepixOk, I am currently reading a science fiction novella about a sometime in the near future time when the Wooly Mammoth, or at least some version has been brough back to life. Apparently the humans of that time have NOT managed to do a good job of saving the Earth from […]
- by Left WisdomPicture of Springfield Ohio..for the point of the blogWe all know what has been going on for a while now. Most of us, hopefully, by now, have gotten the reports about the bomb threats against City Hall and various schools (High and College) in Springfield, Ohio. It has been started, or at least kept going and […]
- by Left WisdomAin’t this some absolute crap? The image at the top is the first evidence I had of this particular case of stupidity that has ramifications for the betrayal of the LGBTQ community of the United States. Gullible people are born every single day. No wonder it has been said that a dub is born every […]
- by Marc OestreichDecades of efficiency mandates have made dishwashers weaker, A.C. units feebler, and appliances more expensive. A new rollback offers a rare win for function over dogma.
- by Eric BoehmLike with the Japanese internment during World War II, the current move to deport alleged alien criminals is driven by hysteria.
- by J.D. TuccilleGovernments should just get out of the way of free trade among consumers and businesses.
- by Josh Blackman4/4/1861: Justice John McLean dies. The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 4, 1861 appeared first on Reason.com.
- by Peter SudermanBrave New World was shot long before the new Trump term, but the parallels are hard to overlook.
- by Eric BoehmThe Latvian Oscar winner was rendered on a free and open-source 3D graphic engine.
- by Charles OliverIn 2023, Maryland lawmakers eliminated time limits on filing lawsuits against organizations for child sexual abuse. The change followed an… The post Brickbat: Unforeseen Effects appeared first on Reason.com.
- by Eugene VolokhWhat's on your mind?
- by Stephen HalbrookThe third time isn’t the charm.
- by Ilya SominThey weren't authorized by Congress and go against the major questions and nondelegation doctrines.
- by We speak with New York Immigration Coalition President Murad Awawdeh about a mother and three children who were swept up in an ICE raid not far from the home of Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan in Sackets Harbor, New York, handcuffed and taken to a family detention center in Texas despite having no order of […]
- by Jewish students at Columbia University chained themselves to a campus gate across from the graduate School of International and Public Affairs Wednesday, braving rain and cold to demand the school release information related to the targeting and ICE arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a former SIPA student. Democracy Now! was at the protest and spoke to […]
- by As President Trump finally unveils his global tariff plan — setting a baseline 10% tariff on all imported goods, with additional hikes apparently based on individual countries’ trade balances with the United States — economists like our guest Richard Wolff warn it will have grave economic effects on American consumers and lead to a recession. […]
- by Netanyahu Wants to Further Divide Gaza Strip as Daily Genocidal Attacks Continue, Israeli Attack on Syria Kills 9; Suspected U.S. Strike on Yemen Kills 5, Hungary Withdraws from ICC as Orbán Hosts Netanyahu, Wanted on War Crimes Warrant, Columbia Students Chain Themselves to Gates to Protest University Collaboration with ICE, Trump Slaps Blanket Tariffs on […]
- by Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. has expelled hundreds of immigrants and asylum seekers to El Salvador without due process to be detained at the supermax mega-prison complex known as CECOT, with many of them accused of belonging to gangs largely on the basis of having tattoos. The Trump administration recently admitted in […]
- by Princeton has become the latest university to be targeted by the Trump administration, as the federal government pauses dozens of federal grants to the school. The news comes after the Trump administration threatened to cut off more than $8.7 billion to Harvard and earlier suspended $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania […]
- Elon Musk Fails in Attempt to Buy Wisconsin Supreme Court as Judge Susan Crawford Beats Brad SchimelbyWe go to Madison, Wisconsin, to speak with The Nation's John Nichols about Tuesday's pivotal state Supreme Court election, in which liberal Judge Susan Crawford convincingly defeated conservative candidate Brad Schimel. Crawford’s election is a major victory for Democrats after billionaire Trump ally Elon Musk poured about $25 million into the Wisconsin race, helping to […]
- by Gaza’s Residents Go Hungry as U.N. Condemns “Ridiculous” Israeli Claims of Enough Food , U.S. Attacks on Yemen Kill 4 as Pentagon Deploys Second Aircraft Carrier to Middle East, White House Won’t Punish Mike Waltz over Disclosure of Yemen War Plans, Federal Judge Rules Mahmoud Khalil’s Immigration Case Must Continue in New Jersey, Unions Rally in […]
- by The former international head of Doctors Without Borders is speaking out after New York University canceled her presentation, saying some of her slides could be viewed as “anti-governmental” and “antisemitic” because they mentioned the Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid and deaths of humanitarian workers in Israel’s war on Gaza. Dr. Joanne Liu, a Canadian […]
- by We get an update on “the darkest hour of need” for the Burmese people, from Maung Zarni, a Burmese human rights activist, after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Burma Friday, leaving at least 2,700 dead, with the death toll expected to rise as rescue efforts continue. Aid groups in the worst-hit areas of Burma, also known […]