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In Harrowing Speech, AOC Warns the U.S. Is Aiding “Genocide” in Gaza

The former president has until Monday to pay off the half-billion-dollar disgorgement—and if he doesn’t, James can begin taking steps to seize his assets to cover the debt, including 40 Wall Street and Trump Tower. But Trump is juggling more than the fine deadline. Paying out of pocket could potentially put a major Wall Street […]

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AOC Asks Republicans When They Knew Their Impeachment Push Was a Sham

“The amount of the judgment, with interest, exceeds $464 million, and very few bonding companies will consider a bond of anything approaching that magnitude,” wrote attorneys Alina Habba, Clifford Robert, Christopher Kise, and John Sauer. Trump issued his own venom Monday night in a string of posts that his former fixer, Michael Cohen, interpreted as […]

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Snap! The House Passes TikTok ‘Ban’ …What Next?

A bill forcing the China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok, or face an outright ban, passed the United States House of Representatives on Wednesday in a vote of 352 to 62. The bill will now head to the Senate, where it is expected to face tough opposition before it can reach President Biden, who indicated he […]

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Snap! The House Passes TikTok ‘Ban’ …What Next?

A bill forcing the China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok, or face an outright ban, passed the United States House of Representatives on Wednesday in a vote of 352 to 62. The bill will now head to the Senate, where it is expected to face tough opposition before it can reach President Biden, who indicated he […]

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The Populist Left Is Much Bigger Than AOC, Sanders, and Warren

Sanders did far, far better than expected but still fell short, a result with myriad explanations—including, in some small part, Warren’s decision not to endorse him (a calculation that earned her vitriolic blowback but serious vice presidential consideration by the Clinton camp). Yet his insurgent campaign—and the ultimate victory of Donald Trump—fundamentally altered the American […]

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The Socialist Moment Hasn’t Passed. It’s Yet to Come.

Sanders did far, far better than expected but still fell short, a result with myriad explanations—including, in some small part, Warren’s decision not to endorse him (a calculation that earned her vitriolic blowback but serious vice presidential consideration by the Clinton camp). Yet his insurgent campaign—and the ultimate victory of Donald Trump—fundamentally altered the American […]

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The Squad Has a Serious Shot at Party Leadership

The party infighting sometimes could feel as intense as the battles waged against President Trump. Grim recounts how AOC’s chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, and Pelosi ended up going mano a mano via the press. Over omelets at a San Francisco restaurant, the speaker warned columnist Maureen Dowd that the Squad had been unrealistic and […]

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AOC’s Departing Chief of Staff Reflects on Life in the Pressure Cooker

These House Democrats of color are lightning rods for bigoted attacks, including death threats. Threats against members of Congress increased dramatically during Donald Trump’s presidency, more than doubling in the last five years to 9,600 cases in 2021. Last year, the Capitol Police investigated around 7,500 threats against members of Congress, with Squad offices—and in […]

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Rep. Cori Bush On Her Calls For a Ceasefire And Why Black Americans Should Care

As the death toll from the escalating crisis in the Gaza Strip continues to rise, calls for a ceasefire have been growing in Congress, particularly among progressives of color. One of the loudest voices urging a ceasefire is Missouri Congresswoman Cori Bush. Free Money For College Is Out There & Waiting To Be Found, Says […]

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Of Course We Can Condemn Israel—and Hamas. It’s Not Complicated.

Why? Let us count the ways. First, speakers traditionally work their way up, slowly building relationships, doing favors, raising money. Jordan has surely done some of that, but it’s not his real calling card. His real calling card is that he’s a right-wing media star who has made himself memorable and notable with his obnoxious […]

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Impeachment Hearing Proves Even Dumb Fascists Can Be Dangerous

Actually, I’ll stop there. You can click on the link above to see them all, but you get the idea. In addition, you should watch committee member Alexandria Ocasio Cortez’s evisceration of Republican committee member Byron Donalds’s photoshopped text message in her appearance on Chris Hayes’s show Thursday night. Donalds made a text message—which, by […]

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Roasts Kevin McCarthy and His Sad “Boy Math”

The law criminalized any performances that occurred or could have occurred in front of a minor if they are of a sexual nature. Performers could be charged with a misdemeanor (and face up to one year in jail, a $4,000 fine, or both), while any business that hosted the show would face a $10,000 fine. […]

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Mocked The ‘Chaos Vibes’ Of Republicans Trying To Impeach Joe Biden

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz are squabbling over who wanted to impeach President Joe Biden first, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is sitting back and enjoying the show. On Tuesday, @Acyn shared a clip of the “exhausting” representative from Florida threatening to oust Kevin McCarthy from his position as Speaker of the House. “Mr. Speaker, you […]

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