Latest News on Trump, the Republican Party and Politics
Feb 22, 2022 | Opinion
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Motherjones.com
- by Tim MurphyWith Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson struggling to hold onto the gavel in the face of eternal rebellion from some of his party’s most intransigent far-right members, Politico thought it would be a good idea to call up former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to ask him about the situation. And I […]
- by Maanvi SinghThis story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With private investors poised to profit from water scarcity in the west, US senator Elizabeth Warren and representative Ro Khanna are pursuing a bill to prohibit the trading of water as a commodity. The lawmakers will introduce the bill on Thursday afternoon, the […]
- by Inae OhThe challenge to secure jurors for Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan bumbled further on Thursday morning after two jurors were excused—one after prosecutors questioned their truthfulness and another, an oncology nurse, who expressed concerns that the media had effectively outed her. The latter dismissal follows several media reports that featured biographical information about selected jurors. Fox […]
- by Nina LakhaniThis story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It was a relatively cool spring day in Phoenix, Arizona, as a tree-planting crew dug large holes in one of the desert city’s hottest and least shaded neighborhoods. Still, it was sweaty backbreaking work as they carefully positioned, watered and staked a […]
- by Najib AminyNew York City Police gathered in force outside of Columbia University on Wednesday, after students convened in the pre-dawn hours to erect dozens of camping tents on a campus lawn. The demonstration backing Palestine was launched hours before president Minouche Shafik began testifying at a Congressional hearing addressing allegations of anti-semitism on campus in the […]
- by David CornIn November, ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) issued a press release casting himself as a fierce opponent of China. It declared, “Since being elected to the U.S. Senate, Senator Scott has introduced dozens of bills to punish Communist China for its increased military aggression, continued […]
- by Julianne McShaneLast week, in a bid to clarify his historically nebulous stance on abortion, Donald Trump said that if reelected, he intends to leave abortion rights “to the states,” seemingly contradicting his prior stance in favor of a 16-week national ban. But Mary Ziegler, a law professor at UC Davis and leading abortion historian, thinks that […]
- by Maanvi SinghThis story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. One of the biggest battles over Colorado River water is being staged in one of the west’s smallest rural enclaves. Tucked into the bends of the lower Colorado River, Cibola, Arizona, is a community of about 200 people. Maybe 300, […]
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Democracynow.org
- by The Gaza Collective Photo Essay project, organized by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), collected work from 14 Palestinian photographers who were each asked to share one image that captured the devastation of the Gaza Strip over the last six months. We speak with Charlotte Cans, head of photography at […]
- by As Israel continues bombarding the Gaza Strip, we speak with a Palestinian photographer who recently fled the territory with his family. Ahmed Zakot has been documenting Gaza for the last 25 years, and two of his photographs were just featured in a project by the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and published […]
- by Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik on Thursday called on New York police to forcibly clear a student occupation on the lawn of the school, which had been dubbed the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, resulting in over 100 arrests. The protesters were demanding the Ivy League school divest from firms and institutions that profit from the […]
- by Israeli police arrested the internationally renowned feminist Palestinian academic Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian at her home in Jerusalem on Thursday on charges of incitement to violence. Shalhoub-Kevorkian, who holds both Israeli and U.S. citizenship, was suspended by Hebrew University last month after saying in an interview Israel was committing genocide in Gaza, though the university later reinstated […]
- by Israel Launches Retaliatory Strike in Iran as U.S. Issues New Sanctions Against Tehran, Columbia Protests Continue a Day After NYPD Arrests 100+, Dismantles Gaza Solidarity Encampment, USC Students Rally to Demand Commencement Speech by Valedictorian Asna Tabassum Be Reinstated, U.S. Vetoes Bid to Advance Full Palestinian Membership at U.N., New Report Refutes Israeli Account of […]
- by New reporting indicates that the Biden administration has approved Israel’s plan to attack Rafah in exchange for Israel not launching counterstrikes on Iran. “Israel is almost certainly going to respond to the Iranian strike in some way,” says Mairav Zonszein, a senior Israel analyst for the International Crisis Group. Now “it has the benefit of […]
- by Students at Columbia University and Barnard College in New York have set up dozens of tents to occupy the South Lawn of the campus to create a Gaza Solidarity Encampment. Democracy Now! spoke to some of the student-activists, who say they are occupying the space, despite the administration’s threats of suspension and disciplinary action, as […]
- The New McCarthyism: Congress Grills Columbia Univ. President Amid Crackdown on Pro-Palestine SpeechbyIn nearly four hours of grueling congressional testimony before the Republican-led Committee on Education and the Workforce, the president of Columbia University, Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, said she had taken serious action against accusations of antisemitism on campus in recent months amid Israel’s assault on Gaza, including dismissing or removing five faculty members from the classroom, […]
Crooksandliars.com
- by Chris capper LiebenthalParody Project just came out with this parody of Cat's In The Cradle to talk about Trump's dysfunctions and narcissism. But what do you expect from a guy who's heroes include Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un? Open thread below…. read more
- by RedStateRachelThe comparison between the GOP's Project 2025 and "The Handmaid's Tale" may seem far-fetched, but it's not. Project 2025 is a terrifying 800 page blueprint for Donald Trump's second administration. Even former GOP Rep. Liz Chaney warns that America is "sleepwalking into a dictatorship," due to the Republican party's anti-democratic extremism. Please watch and share […]
- by Ed ScarceIf there's one thing that Republicans know about, it's voter fraud. They're just not very good at it though, as they keep getting caught. Source: Arizona Mirror Republican state Rep. Austin Smith has dropped his reelection bid after being accused of personally forging more than 100 petition signatures to get on the 2024 ballot. And […]
- by Red PainterAbsolutely horrific footage coming out of Manhattan where a man apparently self-immolated (set himself on fire) in the Trump supporter area right outside of the courthouse. This act occurred immediately after the full 18 person jury was officially seated, although it is unclear if this is related to Trump or some other protest…or maybe mental […]
- by Conover KennardJust outside criminal court on Thursday, Trump addressed reporters to complain about how cold it is inside and how corrupt Joe Biden is even though the former President is facing a long list of crimes. He rifled through a stack of article clips that praised him. At one point on Friday, Sleepy Joe Trump fell […]
- by NewsHound EllenThanks to a bombshell footnote in a document from Donald Trump’s New York fraud case, the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has just filed a criminal complaint to the FBI and the Department of Justice about a fake $50 million loan Trump has repeatedly “disclosed.” The fraud-case footnote reported that the […]
- by John AmatoOn Thursday Trump whined like a spoiled child to the media because he was a little cold in the courthouse where he had to sit for his criminal trial… and that's so unfair. "And it's a shame, it's a shame," Trump complained. "And I'm sitting here for days now, from morning till night, in that […]
- by Conover KennardHouse conservatives have organized a team to monitor potential ways to undermine their power in light of House Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson not bowing to the Chaos Crew's demand not to provide aid to Ukraine. So, the House Freedom Caucus has decided to take shifts to guard the House floor to prevent resolutions they'd consider […]
Medium.com
- by Left WisdomYep, I am still here, my attention is on food….oh so much. :)Well, I have been out of the hospital a little over a month and still staying away from Politics except occasionally likely a friends post or making a quick comment. My focus remains my health and it ain’t been easy.I have had a home health […]
- by Left WisdomA very articulate and measured retelling of the health issues of an online writer friend of mind was shared a few days ago. This started out as me trying to find solidiarity with him by expressing mine as well. However, I fairly quickly realized it needed it own blog or the comment on his page […]
- by Left WisdomTo Biden:I have written you before about your siding so fully with the Israeli government that you are actually standing by and letting them kill thousands (now about 25 thousand) Palestinians including an abundance of women and children. There are Palestinian Christians under bombardment by the Israel right wing government of Netanyahu who is trying […]
- by Left WisdomI have a huge problem with a “religious” nation, regardless of which religion is in control. That does not mean that I think Jews should be unsafe. I think they should be safe, which for the most part they are in the United States for example. Not perfectly, of course. There are people in this […]
- by Left Wisdomhttps://medium.com/media/b36762aaa884ab70d2630ccd6c19030f/hrefI really don’t have to, or even need to add anything to this.
- by Left WisdomOn December 20, 2023, the Washington Post published an article showing the findings on the Republican controlled election Fraud case that many were assuming would reveal massive fraud. The expectation that had been stated by the former holder of the White House was that massive fraud had prevented him from remaining in office another four years.It […]
- by Left WisdomThis last Christmas day, it was Bishop William Barber plan to attend a showing of the Color Purple at his local AMC theater. With his disability with a rare form of arthritis, he has to have a special chair to sit in. His hips and part of neck and spine are fused so he has […]
- by Left WisdomObituary for Gail Renee Pickett at Simple Cremation & Funeral ServicesDecember 24, 2023.She was born in Nashville, TN, on March 9th, 1957, to Orville and Cherry Allen.At a young age, caring for others came naturally. Graduating from McGavock High School in 1975, she worked various positions before returning to her calling first opening her own daycare. Then, […]
