To hear Angela Mann tell it, a paralysis has set in among Florida school counselors and psychologists since Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill last month. They wonder if sponsoring their schools’ Gay Straight Alliance means they’ll have to break their students’ confidences. They’re confused about …
Read More »New York A.G. Asks Court to Hold Donald Trump in Contempt: 'The Judge's Order Was Crystal Clear'
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday filed a motion to hold ex-president Donald Trump in contempt of court, claiming he has not handed over documents as part of her office’s investigation into his company’s financial practices. Until he does so, James requested, he should be fined $10,000 daily. …
Read More »Trump's Truth Social App Is Bombing So Hard That Top Executives Are Quitting
Truth Social is bombing. The social media platform Donald Trump launched to compete with Twitter and Facebook has been such a disaster since its launch in February that two of its top executives have resigned, Reuters reported on Monday. Josh Adams and Billy Boozer, the company’s chief of technology and …
Read More »Trump Crushes Matt Gaetz's Dream by Denying Interest in House Speakership
Matt Gaetz has long been on a crusade to install Donald Trump as House speaker should Republicans win back Congress in November. Trump, however, says he isn’t interested. “It’s brought up all the time,” Trump told Just the News on Real America’s Voice. “It’s not something I want to do. …
Read More »How One Priest Turned Putin's Invasion Into a Holy War
This article was published in partnership with Religion News Service. Two days before he launched a bloody invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin sat alone in front of a camera and delivered a rambling, hour-long address. It outlined the ideological justification for what would ultimately become his “special military …
Read More »Zelensky Invokes 9-11, Pearl Harbor as He Begs Congress for More Help Defending Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday begged Congress for more help defending his country, comparing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion to past American tragedies and asking for help to stop Russia‘s ongoing aerial attacks. Zelensky invoked Pearl Harbor and September 11 in his address, encouraging lawmakers to remember the feeling …
Read More »Putin Is a Fossil-Fuel Gangster. Clean Energy Could Cut Him Off at the Knees
For decades, world leaders and Big Oil CEOs were happy to turn a blind eye to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s autocratic impulses and fantasies of empire building. They were all fossil-fuel junkies, hooked on the easy money of oil and gas, and Putin had plenty of it. They helped finance …
Read More »'I Have Morons on My Team': Romney Takes on Gosar, Marjorie Taylor Greene Over White Nationalist Ties
Two prominent Republicans, Sen. Mitt Romney and Rep. Liz Cheney, are calling out members of their own party for speaking at America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC), a white nationalist answer to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). “[Reps.] Marjorie Taylor Greene and [Paul] Gosar, I don’t know them,” Romney …
Read More »Putin Orders Military Deployment to Breakaway Republics in Ukraine
Russian leader Vladimir Putin extended official recognition to two breakaway republics in Ukraine‘s far-eastern Donbas region in remarks delivered Monday night in Moscow, and followed the speech by signing an order to deploy the Russian military to the contested area. “They want to defend their basic rights, to live on …
Read More »Melania Trump Calls the Media 'Dream Killers' for Scrutinizing Her Sketchy Fundraisers
Melania Trump on Friday called members of the media who reported on one of her alleged charity fundraisers “dream killers.” The former first lady in a press release took a page from her husband’s well-worn playbook by lashing out against what she perceived as unfair coverage. “The media has created …
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