Guest Commentary: The ACLU Is Challenging Anti-Trans Laws in Court, and by Building Community Kansas has temporarily blocked trans people from accessing gender-affirming state IDs, and we’re fighting back. By DC Hiegert In 2023, Kansas enacted a law attempting to define “transgender” out of ex ... 04/25/2024 - 11:25 pm | View Link
Federal judge rejects Trump’s latest bid to drop $83.3M E. Jean Carroll defamation ruling A federal judge rejected former President Trump’s latest attempt for a new trial, upholding the verdict and $83.3 million award in his defamation case against writer E. Jean Carroll. 04/25/2024 - 9:21 am | View Link
Federal judge rejects Donald Trump's bid for new E. Jean Carroll defamation trial, upholds $83M judgment The judge said Trump delivered "malicious and unceasing ... sexual abuse and defamation civil case lawsuit against former President Donald Trump. Andrea Renault/STAR MAX/IPx/AP In May 2023 ... 04/25/2024 - 12:32 am | View Link
Supreme Court to consider clash of Idaho abortion ban with federal law for emergency care The latest dispute to be argued Wednesday involves the interplay between Idaho's near-total ban on abortion and a ... may claim her life," U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill wrote in an August ... 04/22/2024 - 3:15 am | View Link
Federal judge tosses part of parents' LGBTQ+ rights case against Hilliard City Schools A federal judge dismissed parts of a federal lawsuit filed against Hilliard City Schools by a group of parents who have spent more than a year trying to ban discussions of sexual matters with ... 04/19/2024 - 6:17 am | View Link
Ukraine estimates that over half of all Russian casualties are due to small, cheap FPV drones are just modified consumer items. Last year, Russian radio jammers often brought them down, to the point that Ukraine was losing upwards of 10,000 a month. Since then, the technology has advanced and their jammers don't work anymore.
Rumours have been swirling about Cuellar for over two years, ever since the FBI raided his home in January 2022.
Cuellar maintains his and his wife's innocence and vows to fight the charges. Since he had no challengers, Cuellar will be on the ballot in November for the Democrats in TX-28.
A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away Rudy Giuliani was not only respected, but revered as "America's Mayor." The hero of 9/11 (which he'd tell you every other sentence). He never deserved any of it, of course.
He was always a nasty piece of work, a philanderer, racist and, frankly, an asshole who couldn't get along with anyone.
Progressive policy experts took aim at corporate greed and profiteering during a Thursday U. S. Senate hearing on "shrinkflation," the process of reducing the size or quantity of a product while selling it at the same price.
At the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
hearing—entitled "Higher Prices: How Shrinkflation and Technology Can Impact Consumers' Finances"—Chair Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) began by acknowledging that "prices today are far too high, and families are having a harder time finding a fair price, seeing more of their paycheck vanish into thin air."
"All of this is happening while corporate profits hit record highs," the senator continued.
MSNBC's Katy Tur and Axios' Jim VandeHei managed to have a very long conversation about the effects of right wing propaganda without ever mentioning the words right wing propaganda. I guess I should quit being astounded by stuff like this, but it continues to amaze me how people in our corporate news media dance around naming just who exactly is responsible for turning most Republicans' brains into mush.
Here's the transcript of the beginning of their exchange from her show this Thursday, and notice the words that aren't used here.
Donald Trump's TIME interview will shock you. It is a long piece, but every American needs to read it. This country must wake up and realize what we face in the 2024 election: it's all hands on deck. TIME reporter Eric Cortellessa explains:read more