Scratch a ‘defender of democracy’ like Eric Ciaramella — he’s a venal Biden hack Remember Eric Ciaramella, the intelligence community lackey generally credited with sparking off the first Trump impeachment frenzy? He’s widely ID’d as the anonymous accuser who in 2019 claimed the ... 04/20/2024 - 12:24 am | View Link
White House defends Biden's claim his uncle was eaten by cannibals: 'We should not make jokes' During Friday's White House press briefing, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended President Biden's cannibalism comment about his Uncle Bosie and called out Donald Trump in the process. 04/19/2024 - 12:45 pm | View Link
‘Cannibals’ in Biden’s story, another embellished tale? President Joe Biden’s recent recounting of his uncle’s fate has sparked intrigue and raised eyebrows... The post ‘Cannibals’ in Biden’s story, another embellished tale? appeared first on The ... 04/18/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
Biden's cannibals story leaves White House in the lurch Joe Biden raised eyebrows when he hinted that cannibals on the island of New Guinea may have eaten his uncle's body after he was shot down during World War II. 04/18/2024 - 6:53 am | View Link
The Real Story Behind NPR’s Current Problems But my former NPR colleague Uri Berliner, one of the organization’s (as of now) senior editors, set off a firestorm by publishing a commentary that essentially blamed “wokeness” and Democratic ... 04/16/2024 - 6:23 am | View Link
A year and a half after Mother Jones exposed how Oklahoma courts were imprisoning mothers for longer than their abusers, state lawmakers passed a bill that could allow some of those mothers’ sentences to be shortened. But this week, Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed the legislation.
In an award-winning investigation in 2022, I told the story of Kerry King, a mom in Tulsa who got 30 years in prison under the state’s “failure to protect” law because she couldn’t stop her abusive boyfriend from beating her 4-year-old daughter.
CNN's Dana Bash reacts to Joshua Steinglass' cross-examination of David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, about whether he suppressed stories to help a presidential candidate during the 2016 elections.
The first criminal trial of a former US president is underway, with Donald Trump facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush-money payments allegedly made in 2016 to cover up an affair he had with adult film star Stormy Daniels. Here’s the latest—the key updates and absurd moments—from the historic trial.
Public birthday wishes are a tricky art.
Trump’s political operatives are putting together a plan that would give him input into the Federal Reserve, including making him an “acting” central bank board member, according to the Wall Street Journal. Via CNBC:
The plans, which the Journal report described as highly secretive, are part of a 10-page document that suggests Trump — if elected — would be consulted on interest rate decisions.
Jamie Raskin hilariously suggested that the RNC headquarters could host the Supreme Court after wingnut justices appeared open to recognizing some form of presidential immunity yesterday. Via HuffPost:
Host Joy Reid, who noted that Trump’s federal election interference case could be remanded back to the D. C. Circuit Court of Appeals and thus further delay the trial past Election Day, called the Supreme Court majority “so clearly politicians” before looping in Raskin.
“Well, they’re politicians who are not even subject to popular election unlike me.