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- JD Vance Thinks He Can Sell His Nativism With Cat Memes
Wednesday - 09/18/2024 - 11:47 AM
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In a Win for Trump, Teamsters Endorse No One
Wednesday - 09/18/2024 - 04:19 PMThe Teamsters union has decided not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election—reflecting a growing political rift within one of the country’s most powerful labor organizations and delivering Trump a political victory.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump Just Introduced a New, Dangerous Immigration Proposal
Tuesday - 09/17/2024 - 02:20 PM
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Republicans Just Blocked a Vote on an IVF Bill—Again
Tuesday - 09/17/2024 - 05:29 PMTrump told many lies at last week’s debate against Vice President Kamala Harris. One, it seems increasingly clear, is the stumbling claim—meant to shore up his support of in vitro fertilization, or IVF—that he is “a leader on fertilization.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - This Scientist Doesn’t Think Hope Will Beat Climate Change
Tuesday - 09/17/2024 - 06:00 AM
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Harris Would Ban Paying Disabled Workers Less Than Minimum Wage—Except in Prison
Monday - 09/16/2024 - 04:51 PMEarlier this month, Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign dropped an issues page detailing the Democratic candidate’s priorities if elected. One brief but important point: Harris’ platform commits to ending the federal subminimum wage for disabled workers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What Immigration Experts Want From a Harris Administration
Monday - 09/16/2024 - 11:59 AM
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Shots Fired in Apparent Second Attempted Assassination of Trump, FBI Says
Sunday - 09/15/2024 - 05:49 PMThe FBI is investigating what officials believe is another attempted assassination of former President Trump, and a “potential suspect” is in custody.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A Hopeful Week for Abortion Rights: Four State Courts Issue Favorable Rulings
Saturday - 09/14/2024 - 06:39 PMMore than two years since the overturn of Roe v Wade, legal battles over abortion laws are as chaotic as ever. But occasionally, the challenges playing out state by state result in a string of good news for abortion rights.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Lynda Carter’s Sister Is Running in a Key Arizona Race. Wonder Woman Is Sounding the Alarm.
Friday - 09/13/2024 - 01:02 PM
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- Report: America’s Overdose Deaths Are Falling
Wednesday - 09/18/2024 - 02:40 PM
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - JD Vance Just Decried Political Violence. But He Endorsed a Book Celebrating It.
Tuesday - 09/17/2024 - 06:22 PMOn Monday, JD Vance wrote a more than 1,200 word post on X in response to a second apparent assassination attempt targeting Donald. In it, Vance said the “threat of violence is disgraceful,” called on people to “reject political violence,” and said he admired President Joe Biden for “calling for peace and calm.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How the Debate Whistleblower Car Crash Conspiracy Went Viral
Tuesday - 09/17/2024 - 03:42 PMIn the week following the presidential debate, Elon Musk, Bill Ackman, and Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greene have all tweeted in support of a thinly-sourced rumor claiming that a “whistleblower” at ABC News came forward to reveal that the event was rigged in favor of Kamala Harris.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Is Trumpism a Supply or Demand Problem?
Tuesday - 09/17/2024 - 09:42 AMThe below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Truth About Trump’s Biggest Abortion Lie
Monday - 09/16/2024 - 04:15 PMIn her latest video, Mother Jones video creator Kat Abughazaleh traces the history of former President Donald Trump’s dangerous lie that some states allow parents to “execute” babies in so-called “post-birth abortions.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump Seeks to Exploit Assassination Attempts for Political Gain
Monday - 09/16/2024 - 05:47 PM
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - JD Vance Keeps Doubling Down on Racist Lies About Springfield
Sunday - 09/15/2024 - 03:19 PMJD Vance loves a Sunday morning media blitz.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - “Republicans for Harris” Keeps Expanding With the Help of Ex-Reagan Staffers
Sunday - 09/15/2024 - 12:26 PMJust over a month ago, the Harris-Walz ticket launched what it called “a campaign within a campaign”: an initiative called “Republicans for Harris,” aimed at wooing Trump-skeptical conservatives.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How Hurricane Katrina Shaped One Young Researcher’s Worldview
Saturday - 09/14/2024 - 06:00 AMThis story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Senators Slam Private Equity–Fueled Hospital Giant in Charged Hearing
Friday - 09/13/2024 - 02:12 PMIn front of a packed room at a Senate hearing on Thursday, longtime nurse Ellen MacInnis recounted working at a Massachusetts hospital owned by Steward Health Care, the nation’s largest for-profit hospital provider.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- More Than 100 GOP National Security Officials Endorse Harris
Wednesday - 09/18/2024 - 02:36 PMAnother open letter from Republicans endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris‘ presidential bid just dropped.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Harris Blames Georgia Mother’s Death on “Trump Abortion Bans”
Tuesday - 09/17/2024 - 07:00 PMVice President Kamala Harris has lost no time blaming former President Donald Trump for the death of a single mother in Georgia after hospital doctors, working under the constraints of an abortion ban, delayed treating her catastrophic infection.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kamala Harris Was Asked Her Toughest Questions on Gaza Yet
Tuesday - 09/17/2024 - 03:37 PMIn a wide-ranging interview on Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris was faced with a series of questions about her position on Israel’s war on Gaza, and specifically, whether her administration would see a shift in US policy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Joe Biden Is Bailing Out Papaw’s Steel Plant in JD Vance’s Hometown. Vance Is Trying to Stop Him.
Tuesday - 09/17/2024 - 06:00 AMThis story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ted Cruz Touted the Endorsement of an Activist Who Supported Killing “Abortionists”
Monday - 09/16/2024 - 02:54 PMIn 2015, as Sen. Ted Cruz mounted a competitive presidential campaign and courted the religious right ahead of the Iowa caucuses, the Texas Republican touted the support of a controversial anti-abortion crusader.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A Georgia Woman Has Died After an Abortion Ban Delayed Lifesaving Care
Monday - 09/16/2024 - 07:28 PM
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kamala Harris Framed Climate Action as a Patriotic Duty. New Research Shows Why That’s Effective.
Monday - 09/16/2024 - 06:00 AMThis story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How Hunting Season Became a European Political Issue
Sunday - 09/15/2024 - 01:49 PMThis story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Women on TikTok Are Schooling a Trump Ally Who Denied People Are “Bleeding Out” Due To Abortion Bans
Saturday - 09/14/2024 - 02:34 PMWhen Project 2025 staffer and former Trump White House personnel chief John McEntee tried to score points on social media on Thursday by denying that women were “bleeding out” due to abortion bans, he probably didn’t expect them to reply to him directly.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Harris’ Embrace of Dick Cheney Was Just One Way She Courted National Security Hawks
Friday - 09/13/2024 - 02:40 PMWhen Vice President Kamala Harris used Tuesday night’s debate to tout her bipartisan appeal, she emphasized the backing she’d received from two particularly notable GOP officials.
“I actually have the endorsement of 200 Republicans,” she said, including “the endorsement of former Vice President Dick Cheney and Congressmember Liz Cheney.”
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