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Transcript: Newsom and Pritzker Show How To Attack An Authoritarian
Bacon: I think we’ve talked about Pritzker and Newsom a few times. We’ve talked about Democratic AGs. Are the other Democratic governors involved in in resisting, I don’t think I know, but part of it is Newsom and Pritzker are presumably, presumably running for president, so I think that’s part of what’s going on. That’s why…
Read MoreMAGA Loses Its Collective Mind Over New Country Song Bashing ICE
“I spoke to the governor, she was very nice,” Trump said at the time, referring to a phone call he had with Oregon Governor Tina Kotek. “But I said, ‘Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening? My people tell me different.’ They are literally attacking and…
Read MoreMike Johnson Struggles to Explain Delay in Swearing In Democratic Rep
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday said he will schedule the long-awaited swearing-in of Democratic Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva “as soon as she wants.” That’s not true, as that day has already come and gone. After handily winning a special election in Arizona two weeks ago, Grijalva is poised to give Democrats some more power in…
Read MoreProfessor Flees to Europe After Turning Point USA Calls Him Antifa
“I spoke to the governor, she was very nice,” Trump said at the time, referring to a phone call he had with Oregon Governor Tina Kotek. “But I said, ‘Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening? My people tell me different.’ They are literally attacking and…
Read MoreTranscript: Trump’s Own Tweet on Portland Backfires in Big Court Loss
Sargent: Just to wrap this up, the judge also issued a strong denunciation of Trump that I’d like to quote: “This is a nation of constitutional law, not martial law.” AG, that’s what’s at stake here, I think. Do you expect this to go to the Supreme Court and how do you predict the Supreme…
Read MoreWhy This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
Now, those who work at the Department of Education should probably know that every major, nonreligious, and state college and university in the United States has had policies protecting academic freedom since the 1950s, when state and federal leaders frequently purged faculties of professors who studied or proclaimed positions that ran counter to the mainstream…
Read MoreGOPer Slams Mike Johnson for Shutting Down Government to Dodge Epstein
The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a lawsuit from President Donald Trump’s favorite far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer alleging a coordinated effort to knock her off of social media platforms. In her lawsuit, Loomer alleged that multiple social media platforms had engaged in an organized campaign to keep her off of social media,…
Read MoreImmigration Agents Handcuff Democratic Lawmaker at Hospital E.R.
A progressive member of the Chicago City Council was detained Friday after pressing federal agents about the due process rights of a detainee being held in a hospital within her ward. Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes told reporters she had gone to Humboldt Park Hospital upon hearing that a roughly 37-year-old man—who was being chased by…
Read MoreTrump’s One Weird Trick to Wreck the Economy
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday described a “curious balance” in the labor market, in which both supply and demand have sunk “sharply,” thanks to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and potentially his tariffs. Asked whether tariffs have created the weakened U.S. job market, Powell said that is “certainly possible.” But while trade policy…
Read MoreICE’s Newest Facility Is a Disaster—and They’re Expanding It
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement report revealed that officials at Camp East Montana, the new detention facility at Fort Bliss, have already violated dozens of federal standards for immigrant detention since welcoming detainees in August, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. Construction began hastily in late July, after the government awarded a nearly $232 million contract…
Read MoreTrump Goes Full Fascist After Simple Question on His Business Deals
Trump is essentially filing this lawsuit on the grounds that the Times’ coverage isn’t kind enough to him. The 85-page lawsuit specifically calls out Times writers Peter Baker, Michael S. Schmidt, Susanne Craig, and Russ Buettner. The latter two wrote the book Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion…
Read MoreWhat Leaked Messages Reveal About Charlie Kirk’s Alleged Shooter
Trump is essentially filing this lawsuit on the grounds that the Times’ coverage isn’t kind enough to him. The 85-page lawsuit specifically calls out Times writers Peter Baker, Michael S. Schmidt, Susanne Craig, and Russ Buettner. The latter two wrote the book Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion…
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