Latest News on Trump, the Republican Party and Politics
Feb 22, 2022 | Opinion
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Motherjones.com
- by Serena LinIn the days since Kamala Harris stepped into the role of the Democratic party’s presumptive presidential nominee, the names of several white men, some of whom hold public office in key swing states, have been floated as possibilities for the vice presidential slot. One top contender, many outlets have reported, is someone who was also […]
- by David CornGOP vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance was slammed this week when a video of a 2021 Fox News appearance emerged in which he smeared Vice President Kamala Harris: He described her as being one of a “bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and […]
- by Mother Jones“You hear ‘DEI’ and you probably think of your job’s HR department,” explains Kat Abughazaleh. “But for your QAnon uncle, ‘DEI’ is an activation phrase to send the most unhinged memes in the family group chat.” In her new video for Mother Jones, Kat dives into the right’s obsessive co-opting of the term “DEI”—Diversity, Equity, […]
- by Mark FollmanOne certainty about the assassination attempt two weeks ago on former President Donald Trump is that rampant conspiracy theories about it will endure—probably forever. The fascination with spectacular, if highly improbable explanations long predates social media. Yet it resonates now with the Trump shooter’s documented search for information about the JFK assassination, which has sustained […]
- by Jake BolsterThis story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Siri Lawson and her husband live on a stamp of wooded, hilly land in Warren County, Pennsylvania, nestled in the state’s rural northwest corner. In the summer heat, cars traveling on the county’s dirt roads cast plumes of dust in their wake. […]
- by Julianne McShaneFormer President Donald Trump has spent much of this week freaking out about Project 2025, the initiative that produced the 900-page extremist right-wing guidebook for the next conservative administration. This weekend, at a rally in Michigan, Trump derided Project 2025 as a product of “some on the severe right” and said unnamed proposals included in […]
- by Abby VesoulisOn March 19, Staci Lindberg, the elected clerk of Nevada’s Lyon County, was hit with some unsettling news: She was being sued for the first time in her life. The plaintiff? Her own political party. The Republican National Committee had filed a lawsuit against Lindberg and five other Nevada election officials, alleging they had failed to follow […]
- by David CornDuring his acceptance speech at the Republican convention last week, Sen. J.D. Vance, the GOP vice presidential candidate, praised Donald Trump’s call for “unity.” But this year, Vance endorsed a new book co-written by a far-right conspiracy-monger that calls progressives “unhumans” and claims they are waging an “Irregular Communist Revolution” against American civilization. The book, […]
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Democracynow.org
- by Just hours before Friday’s opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics, a series of apparently coordinated arson attacks were reported on France’s high-speed rail network. No one has claimed responsibility yet. Before the games, protests highlighted the displacement of thousands of migrants, unhoused people and other vulnerable communities as “social cleansing.” We go to Paris […]
- by As Paris hosts today’s opening ceremony for the 2024 Olympics, we speak with Lebanese photojournalist Christina Assi of Agence France-Presse, who carried the Olympic torch Sunday in Paris to honor journalists wounded or killed on the job. Assi lost her leg in the same Israeli attack that killed Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah in southern Lebanon […]
- "Unspeakable": Doctors Back from Gaza Say Death Toll "Much Higher," Push Harris, Biden for CeasefirebyWe speak to two doctors who are part of a group of 45 U.S. doctors, surgeons and nurses who have volunteered in Gaza since October 7 and wrote an open letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, demanding an immediate ceasefire and an international arms embargo of Israel. The group […]
- by WFP Makes More Cuts to Food Rations in Gaza as Israeli Attacks Increase Displacement Crisis, Palestinian Detainees Tortured and Abused at Hands of Israeli Prison Authorities, Netanyahu Meets with Biden and Harris After Address to Congress, “He Never Should Have Been Allowed on U.S. Soil”: Protesters Decry Netanyahu Meeting with Biden, Kamala Harris Receives Obama, […]
- by As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, many Democratic lawmakers skipped the speech and held an alternative event on Capitol Hill to promote peace. The panel discussion featured Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah, Israeli and Palestinian peacemakers who have both lost family members to […]
- by We speak with Palestinian human rights lawyer Noura Erakat about Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress, in which he defended Israel’s brutal war on Gaza, lied repeatedly about the dire humanitarian conditions on the ground and refused to talk about how to reach a ceasefire to end the bloodshed. Although more than 100 Democrats skipped the […]
- by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress on Wednesday to defend the ongoing war on Gaza as thousands of people outside protested his appearance. The speech came two months after Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, announced he was seeking an arrest warrant for Netanyahu for committing […]
- by U.S. Lawmakers Delivers Standing Ovations for War Criminal Netanyahu; 100+ Democrats Skip Speech, Thousands of Protesters Condemn U.S. Support for Israeli Genocide Outside Netanyahu Address, “Everyone in Gaza Is Sick, Injured, or Both”: U.S. Doctors Demand Biden Admin Stop Arming Israel, “She Wanted to Bring Life Back to Our Home”: Gazan Mourns Daughter Murdered at […]
Crooksandliars.com
- by NewsHound EllenGov. Tim Walz showed us why he’s a serious contender to be Harris’ vice-presidential pick. On MSNBC Wednesday night, he swatted down Donald Trump and his fake populist running mate, J.D. Vance. As you probably know by now, Vance has smeared Democrats in general and Vice President Kamala Harris, in particular, as "childless cat ladies." […]
- by Cliff SchecterNot really sure what to say here, but….Thank you MAGA! Thank you Republican Party! Thank you Donald Trump! Thank you Donald Trump Jr.! Thank you Elon Musk! Thank you crazy, old cult-loving, under-educated, 4,000 sq ft basket of deplorables! And thank YOU JD Vance! Thank you all for deciding to pick this numbnuts, John DeSantis […]
- by HeatherDonald Trump Jr. interviewed JD Vance on his "Triggered" podcast, and let's just say his performance was something to behold. There's a reason we call this guy the "human 8-ball" around here, and these outtakes from Ron Filipkowski of just Trump's questions, no answers, to Vance are enough to give you a headache just watching […]
- by Ed Scarce"Polymarket has a political futures contract on whether Sen. J.D. Vance will remain as Donald Trump’s running mate." noted Political Wire this morning. I think the odds of that happening are 0%, but some people don't and are willing to put up real money that it will happen, despite the implications of such a decision. […]
- by John AmatoSecretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg blasted frightened Trump and his campaign for pulling out of the agreed-upon debate in September because he's afraid of Vice President Harris. During an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Buttigieg explained the obvious. Trump is all talk and bluster, filled with hot air and lies. (Let's see if CNN puts […]
- by John AmatoTrump's former economic advisor claimed that the only entity that matters to the US economy is business. Larry Kudlow considered the rise of Kamala Harris's campaign, which has MAGA in panic mode. Of course, because he's Larry Kudlow, he took Kamala on as an enemy of the extremely wealthy. Larry also took the opportunity to […]
- by Ed ScarceI wasn't sure if we'd actually see a politician referencing JD Vance's now infamous tryst with a sofa or not, but here we are. Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut was fired up when talking about the candidacy of Kamala Harris, all that positive energy with the Democrats, and then contrast that with the other side. […]
- by Susie MadrakI've written many times about the great work FTC Commission Chair Lina Khan is doing in the anti-trust and anti-monopoly area. So you can imagine my shock when I read this in Matt Stoller's BIG newsletter this morning. While the big push was happening to dump Biden, I said at the time I thought this […]
Medium.com
- by Left WisdomImagine living in Nashville, Tn. You find yourself living in a city that rivals Atlanta as an important, if a bit more bucolic city of the South. You live where Country Music is king, but has companions in lots of other musical venues, pop, rock and roll and gospel in particular. The world renowned Ryman […]
- by Left WisdomThis man, Epstein, is known to be a purveyor of women. He operated an organization that allowed wealthy men to fulfil their worst, most corrupt fantasies. The right has claimed for a long time that Clinton was part of the Lolitta train, but there is another person’s name was found in the testimony. Some of […]
- by Left Wisdompicture used on another post but illustrating the beauty that we may lose if we don’t at least vote to try to do something about itwww.cbsnews.com/…Ok, I admit I didn’t read the entire article, but just reading the headline, let me say this first and foremost.Anybody that claims to be a Democrat that stays at home […]
- by Left Wisdomto both my own rep but since he tends to claim “I am just one of many, I also sent a copy to Jeffries. I don’t know if this will do any good, but I know I had to do something so I could start feeling a little better. If I had taken no action, […]
- by Left Wisdomoriginal picture taken by me in the French QuarterRepublicans are firmly about the business of undoing all the civil rights gains of well over 50 years in this nation. There were smaller encoachments along the way, but in 2022, the Supreme Court destroyed the right, on the federal level of women to choice their own health […]
- by Left Wisdomfrom https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/juneteenth-photographs/Juneteenth: Historian Clint Smith on Reckoning with Legacy of U.S. SlaverySomething I just learned by watching a video on DemocracyNow about Juneteenth. All the history that I had heard about this holiday was that some people in Galveston only were told slavery was over on that date. According to the research shared in the […]
- by Left WisdomRacism, dirty politics and Red State legal ways of doing business have, for years, caused discrimination in the south. That has gone back to the Jim Crow era, and it has been hoped that much of that abuse has been stopped.However, Newton, Alabama is a prime example that we haven’t come as far as we might […]
- by Left WisdomOk, This actually happened on May 20th, but I am slow to learn these things. Thanks for my sometimes checking on the braying of the right wing, I finally found out about this issue today.Let’s example what the Catholic Church in San Francisco has decided to impose on Nancy. Now, let’s be sure, if she had […]
