In a dark, affecting stunt, parents of students killed in the 2018 Parkland massacre tricked former NRA president David Keane into delivering a commencement address to an audience of thousands of empty chairs — representing each of the 3,044 young victims of gun violence who might otherwise have graduated from …
Read More »Watch: Gen. Mark Milley Delivers Powerful Defense of Studying Critical Race Theory
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley delivered a powerful defense of the military’s right to study critical race theory while speaking before Congress on Wednesday. In just under two minutes, Milley drew on history from the Civil War to the January 6th insurrection in explaining how important it …
Read More »Showing D.C. How It's Done: Oregon Boots Lawmaker Who Aided State Capitol Incursion
PORTLAND, OREGON — Official accountability for the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is not coming quickly. GOP politicians who saluted, inspired, or even abetted the militants who stormed the Capitol chanting, “Hang Mike Pence!” have not been investigated. And Republicans in the Senate have blocked the formation of …
Read More »Teacher Framed by Joel Greenberg in Scheme That Triggered Matt Gaetz Investigation Speaks
Brian Beute had been a teacher for almost two and half decades when he got the idea in his head to run for local office. A week after Beute filed his paperwork to run for tax collector of Seminole County, Florida, the school where he’d worked for 17 years received …
Read More »What Joe Manchin Wants
1. This is Joe Manchin’s moment It was the morning of Friday, March 5th, and victory was in sight. Joe Biden’s first major act as president, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, had gone to the Senate, and it appeared to be headed for a swift passage. The moderates in …
Read More »Facebook Upholds Trump Ban … For Now
One silver lining to yet another depressing year in these United States of America is that Donald Trump hasn’t been able to make it worse by broadcasting his thoughts to millions of followers on Facebook or Instagram. It’s going to stay that way — for now, at least. An oversight …
Read More »The Matt Gaetz Sex Scandal Has It All!
Matt Gaetz has had a rough week. The New York Times reported on Wednesday that the Florida congressman, who made a name for himself as one of former President Trump’s most visible advocates in Congress, is under federal investigation for a possible sexual relationship with a 17-year-old. The report was …
Read More »QAnon Community Outraged by Matt Gaetz Sex Trafficking Investigation … Except for the Wrong Reason
QAnon is a baseless conspiracy theory predicated on the idea that the government is run by a cabal of sex-trafficking pedophiles. It stands to reason that adherents might feel a little vindicated — celebratory, even — when news breaks that a prominent politician is under investigation for sex trafficking. Such …
Read More »Democracy on the Brink
WASHINGTON — In the coming weeks, the battle over democracy’s future in America will hit a boil. On one side is a group that looks at the last election and sees a resilient but damaged system. A system that withstood —sometimes only barely — a raging pandemic, a conspiracy-theory-peddling president, …
Read More »Senate Ruling: No $15 Minimum Wage in Democratic Relief Package
Will a hike in the minimum wage be part of the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion relief bill? A decision by the Senate parliamentarian has thrown a monkey wrench in progressive plans. Elizabeth MacDonough has reportedly determined that a provision to raise the wage floor for millions of Americans violates the special …
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