In the wake of last week’s Buffalo shooting by a right wing, white nationalist extremist, many have pointed the finger at right wing media like Fox News for perpetuating the toxic ideas that fueled such violence. Specifically, many have argued that Fox’s Tucker Carlson has been a proponent of ideas like “replacement theory,” on his […]
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In the aftermath of the leak of a Supreme Court opinion draft by Justice Alito that signals the almost certain outcome of the court overturning Roe v. Wade, many are wondering what the next targets of the conservative majority court will be. The Atlantic recently laid out what those targets could likely be, saying “the […]
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According to the New York Times, an activist group is calling for the disbarment of Senator Ted Cruz (R. TX) for his role in trying to help Donald Trump overturn the 2020 presidential election results. The group cites as precedent the suspension of Rudy Giuliani’s law license by officials in New York. The Times reports: […]
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A new report from The New York Times claims that a federal grand jury has been convened to investigated the handling of over a dozen boxes of classified documents that were taken from the White House and stored at Mar-a-Lago, the Florida residence of former President Donald Trump. MSNBC explains the process: “To borrow a […]
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Earlier this week, returning to his late night show after a second bout with Covid-19 in a month, The Late Show‘s Stephen Colbert came out hot with his take on the Buffalo grocery store shooting from last weekend: “While I am happy to be back, I am sad to say that as you know, the […]
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Last Friday, a federal judge issued a ruling that blocks the enforcement of an Alabama law criminalizing gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the state. Senate Bill 184, signed into law by Alabama’s Republican Governor, Kay Ivey, in April, went into effect last Sunday and seeks to punish parents, legal guardians, and health care providers […]
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Earlier this week, a new report from Mother Jones revealed an early pusher of the QAnon conspiracy theory, which claims that the US government is secretly controlled by a group of Satanic child-trafficking cannibals, once himself ran a website featuring illegal child sexual exploitation, and opposed warnings to clean it up. Jim Watkins, the owner […]
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Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R. Ill), an often harsh critic of former Republican President Donald Trump and one of only 10 Republicans in the House to vote to impeach Trump, recently made headlines again by calling Trump “the worst president the United States of America ever had.” Appearing Monday on CNN’s “New Day,” with John Berman, […]
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According to a report from Newark Advocate, Ohio GOP lawmakers have voted to remove recently indicted Republican Larry Householder from his post as speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives. His colleagues made this choice by a secret ballot vote earlier this week, after reports say that Householder has refused to voluntarily resign from his […]
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The Campaign Legal Center (CLC), a nonpartisan campaign finance watchdog group, has filed an official complaint with the Federal Election Commission that could, in retrospect, mean big trouble for the Trump campaign. The CLC accused President Trump’s campaign of “laundering” tens of millions of dollars through companies, many which were connected to Trump’s recently ousted […]
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