
It’s official: Political Twitter is a partisan hellscape
Political Twitter is a wasteland of partisan sniping wholly unreflective of the country as a whole. (That’s long been my personal opinion. But…
Continue ReadingPolitical Twitter is a wasteland of partisan sniping wholly unreflective of the country as a whole. (That’s long been my personal opinion. But…
Continue ReadingA federal appeals court expressed skepticism Wednesday that President Donald Trump can block a subpoena from New York state prosecutors for his tax…
Continue ReadingA federal judge Wednesday gave the State Department 30 days to release Ukraine-related records, including communications between Secretary of State…
Continue ReadingReports of former Vice President Joe Biden’s political demise have been greatly exaggerated. So says a new national poll taken by CNN. Instead…
Continue ReadingEarlier this week, the conservative Daily Caller website asked the offices of each of the 53 Republican senators whether they opposed the impeachment…
Continue ReadingRuth Bader Ginsburg has long championed human rights. Now, the 86-year-old’s decades of service have earned a nonprofit of her choosing $1…
Continue ReadingWarning of “growing signs of weakness” from front-runner Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, Sen. Cory Booker on Wednesday offered…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump is a lightning rod on Capitol Hill, but his wife, however, apparently is not. In her first solo visit to speak with lawmakers…
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration has tried multiple times to cut billions from foreign aid programs aimed at fighting corruption in Ukraine and other…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump made 87 false claims last week, using relentless dishonesty to defend his dealings with Ukraine and his decisions on Syria.…
Continue ReadingThe House has unanimously passed a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal felony. The PACT Act — which stands for Preventing Animal Cruelty…
Continue ReadingAn incident at an Education Department employee’s office that was initially believed to be vandalism was in fact an act of gravity, an internal…
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department sued California on Wednesday, claiming that the state bypassed federal authority when it entered into an environmental…
Continue ReadingJoe Biden is ahead! By a lot! And by a lot more than he was just a few months ago! That’s the obvious takeaway from a new CNN poll conducted by…
Continue ReadingA Democratic member of the House Intelligence Committee said Wednesday that testimony he heard from Bill Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine,…
Continue ReadingFreshman Democratic Rep. Katie Hill of California on Tuesday denied an allegation that she was in a relationship with a member of her congressional…
Continue ReadingThe top US diplomat in Ukraine, Bill Taylor, testified behind closed doors Tuesday as part of the ongoing impeachment inquiry led by House Democrats.…
Continue ReadingOne hundred years ago this September, a white mob in Omaha, Nebraska, set the local county courthouse ablaze to force authorities to turn over a…
Continue ReadingThe part of the internet that grew up with the four-decade-long saga known as “Star Wars” was in tears on Monday, as the final trailer…
Continue ReadingEveryone has a breaking point. It’s worth remembering that fact at this moment as congressional Republicans find themselves confronted with a…
Continue ReadingIf presidencies were branding exercises, sycophancy would be the trademark of the Trump era. Sycophancy in politics is often hard to see, something…
Continue ReadingThe top US diplomat in Ukraine, Bill Taylor, testified Tuesday that he had been told President Donald Trump would withhold military aid to the…
Continue ReadingFormer Vice President Joe Biden’s lead in the race for the Democratic nomination for president has rebounded, and now stands at its widest…
Continue ReadingJoanna Schroeder is a mother of three in Los Angeles who has made it something of a mission to warn parents of the racism running throughout social…
Continue ReadingTop Congressional Republicans broke with President Donald Trump on Tuesday over the President’s comparison of the impeachment inquiry to a…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — First-term Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection to the lower chamber in 2020 —…
Continue ReadingDemocrats may have just unearthed their smoking gun and the quid pro quo in one fell swoop after the most consequential and dramatic turn yet in…
Continue ReadingWill 2020 see the return of the brokered national political convention — that is, a convention where delegates are unable to agree on a nominee…
Continue ReadingDemocratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday denounced President Donald Trump’s comparison of the ongoing impeachment inquiry to a…
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