Source: Win McNamee / Getty President Donald Trump is honoring civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died at age 84 on Tuesday, the only way anyone could have imagined Trump would… By making Jackson’s death all about himself. To Trump’s credit — or that of whoever is writing his Truth Social posts these days […]
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Source: MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images / Getty Reverend Jesse Jackson has died. He was the architect of modern multiracial progressive politics, the man who stretched the boundaries of who America could see as presidential, and one of the last living bridges between the Civil Rights Movement and the political world we are […]
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“I still strongly believe in Trump’s immigration laws about, ‘Let’s get the bad guys out of here.’ You know, they’re murderers, they killed people, they molested people, let’s get them out of here,” Ceballos said to the publication. “But I feel like I don’t fit that category. And I feel like that’s how they’re treating […]
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Source: MANDEL NGAN / Getty America loves to pretend historical progress is a relay race in which the past generation hands over all the freedoms they worked for to the next generation with a sweaty optimism and a Nell Carter smile. And then you realize that America isn’t a sitcom; it’s more like Game of […]
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Source: The Washington Post / Getty Of all the times President Donald Trump has been openly bigoted and disparaging of entire ethnic groups, he probably never expected that a simple AI-generated image of Barack and Michelle Obama depicted as apes would be the thing he was compelled to spend a whole week explaining away as […]
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“Against this backdrop, and mindful of the flagrancy of the Government’s violations of the deportees’ due-process rights that landed Plaintiffs in this situation, the Court refuses to let them languish in the solution-less mire Defendants propose,” Boasberg wrote. If the government still has any of the men’s passports and identification documents, it has to return […]
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Source: Alex Wong / Getty When South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott woke up Friday morning to the news that President Donald Trump had posted a racist image of Barack and Michelle Obama depicted as apes, he must have clutched his pearls, thrown a few passionate punches at the air, and damn near thrown away his […]
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Source: Truth Social / Screenshot Here we go again, Y’all. Another day in America. Another racist rerun. Somebody wakes up. Stretches. Feels insecure about their own humanity, then reaches for the oldest insult in the archive and calls Black people apes, monkeys, or jungle creatures. At this point, it’s not shocking. It’s tired and predictable […]
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Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Donald Trump has had a long-standing aversion to former President Barack Obama and, at times, to the first lady, Michelle Obama, dating back more than a decade. Some of his earliest attacks against the history-making POTUS began in 2011 and they appear to be going strong in 2026. Trump shared a video […]
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Malinowski’s crime in AIPAC’s eyes was supporting conditions on aid to Israel, a position that is gaining traction among House Democrats as public polling shows increasing numbers of Democrats and Americans opposing Israel’s massacre of Gaza. Mejia, endorsed by leading progressives including Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is on the verge of […]
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Malinowski’s crime in AIPAC’s eyes was supporting conditions on aid to Israel, a position that is gaining traction among House Democrats as public polling shows increasing numbers of Democrats and Americans opposing Israel’s massacre of Gaza. Mejia, endorsed by leading progressives including Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is on the verge of […]
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Source: Nathan Howard / Getty In today’s episode of You MAGA Morons Elected An Incel 4Chan Troll To The White House, President Donald Trump — the so-called world leader who spends his days on social media, posting conspiracy theories, lies about the 2020 election being rigged, racism, AI videos and the Obamas — posted a […]
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Malinowski’s crime in AIPAC’s eyes was supporting conditions on aid to Israel, a position that is gaining traction among House Democrats as public polling shows increasing numbers of Democrats and Americans opposing Israel’s massacre of Gaza. Mejia, endorsed by leading progressives including Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is on the verge of […]
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The report attributes 30,784 of the job losses to ending contracts, such as that of UPS. Market and economic conditions led to 28,392 layoffs, 20,044 were caused by restructuring, and 12,738 were due to closures. AI was responsible for 7,624 job cuts, and tariffs were only attributable to 294 last month. Meanwhile, job creation did […]
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The report attributes 30,784 of the job losses to ending contracts, such as that of UPS. Market and economic conditions led to 28,392 layoffs, 20,044 were caused by restructuring, and 12,738 were due to closures. AI was responsible for 7,624 job cuts, and tariffs were only attributable to 294 last month. Meanwhile, job creation did […]
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Welcome to episode three of Le[e]gal Brief with Lee Merritt, Esq. In the wake of the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minnesota, there have been growing questions about how to hold ICE accountable. This week’s episode focuses on ways the American court system can be utilized by the […]
Read MoreYou can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. President Trump’s political rise came because of a white backlash against Barack Obama, says Julia Azari, a political scientist at Marquette University. She argues Trump’s circumstances are similar to Andrew Johnson and Richard Nixon, two […]
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Newhouse was also one of 35 Republicans who voted to establish the January 6 commission to investigate the Capitol insurrection, so it’s telling that after surviving two elections after that, he now thinks his time is up. Newhouse’s retirement means that only one Republican who voted to impeach Trump in Congress, Representative David Valadao of […]
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Michelle Obama and Barack had plans to see the Reiners the night they were found murdered. Michelle Obama defends the Reiners as ‘decent, courageous people’ in response to Trump’s insensitive comments. Rob Reiner was a prominent Democratic donor and political activist known for his work in film and television. Source: Tom Williams / Getty Former […]
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Source: JEWEL SAMAD / Getty Former President Barack Obama delivered a message to Democrats on Dec. 14, speaking at a Los Angeles fundraiser hosted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) alongside House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, urging the party to unify and “meet the moment” as it looks ahead to upcoming elections. During his […]
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“How this vile, disgusting, and immoral behavior has become normalized in the United States is something our descendants will study in school, to the shame of our generation,” Moore’s post read in full. Though Moore has been a longtime open critic of Trump, he wasn’t alone this time. Even some right-wing supporters of the president […]
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Serena Williams remains one of tennis’ most iconic and influential figures of all time, having retired in 2022 as a sporting legend. Her legacy remains just as strong today as it did over three years ago, and there is little chance of that diminishing anytime soon. However, with hints that she may be edging towards […]
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Coco Gauff won her first Grand Slam title at the 2023 US Open. After losing her first major final to Iga Swiatek at the 2022 French Open, Gauff returned to the grandest stage a year later in New York City. Defeating Aryna Sabalenka in the final, Gauff won the title, fulfilling a lifelong dream of […]
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Pras Michel was sentenced to 14 years behind bars in his illegal campaign donation case, in which he was accused of working on behalf of a foreign government to influence the 2012 presidential election. Pras Michel’s sentencing was originally reported as being delayed to October so that the rapper and businessman could complete surgery. As […]
Read More“Issue the order to all levels of the public security forces’ intelligence to suspend the sending of communications and other dealings with U.S. security agencies. Such a measure will be maintained as long as the missile attack on boats in the Caribbean persists,” Petro wrote on X Tuesday. “The fight against drugs must be subordinated […]
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Even before Obama was sworn in, though, other Democrats began staking their claim on health care reform. On the more liberal side was Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, chair of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, who included a public option in his committee’s proposal. “If you like the insurance you have today, you […]
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Gaspard: Yeah, it actually turns out, Perry, that it’s important to speak English. Yes. That does matter to working-day folks. So there’s a—there was a plainness to the approach. He centered a number of really simple things that people feel in their lives, that were proximate to their pain points, and that they could say, […]
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Source: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Getty Here’s a question: Why can’t these white people just leave the Obamas alone? Come Jan. 20, 2026, it will have been a full decade since Barack and Michelle Obama occupied the White House for eight years, and neither Trump, his followers, right-wing media talking heads, nor the current president’s stooges […]
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Democrats don’t do this. When Trump calls Baltimore “rat infested” or posts videos of himself defecating on protesters, there’s no coordinated response. A few members of Congress might tweet about it. Some Democratic voters express outrage online. But there’s no sustained campaign to make it a defining scandal. There are no prime-time speeches on the […]
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Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty What are your favorite Barack Obama quotes? Barack Obama’s presidency marked a transformative era in American history, not just for the policies he pursued, but for the powerful words he used to inspire millions. As the first African American president, he embodied progress. Still, it was his ability to communicate […]
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Source: Consolidated News Pictures / Getty It has been just under a decade since former President Barack Obama was the commander in chief of these United States. 10 years. On Jan. 20, 2026, that will be how much time has passed since Obama occupied the Oval Office, and had it smelling like shea butter, freshly […]
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