Tag: Politics

Arizona Can Repeal Abortion Ban After Shocking Defection

When the vote does come to a head, Johnson’s seat appears to be, effectively, safe. Both Republicans and Democratic leadership have come out in support of the speaker, who in the seven months since he took the gavel has been forced to foster bipartisanship on controversial legislation ranging from foreign aid packages to domestic surveillance […]

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House Republicans Suffer Major Loss as They Hurtle Toward More Chaos

When the vote does come to a head, Johnson’s seat appears to be, effectively, safe. Both Republicans and Democratic leadership have come out in support of the speaker, who in the seven months since he took the gavel has been forced to foster bipartisanship on controversial legislation ranging from foreign aid packages to domestic surveillance […]

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Why Biden Needs The New York Times

The Times has indeed published several stories about Biden’s age in the wake of the Hur report—such as a piece in early March, “Majority of Biden’s 2020 Voters Now Say He’s Too Old to Be Effective,” about a Times/Siena poll. Still, voters seem to have reached the conclusion that Biden is old (perhaps even too […]

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UAW President Expertly Skewers Response to University Protests

When the vote does come to a head, Johnson’s seat appears to be, effectively, safe. Both Republicans and Democratic leadership have come out in support of the speaker, who in the seven months since he took the gavel has been forced to foster bipartisanship on controversial legislation ranging from foreign aid packages to domestic surveillance […]

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Key Biden Ally Torches Police Response to University Protests

When the vote does come to a head, Johnson’s seat appears to be, effectively, safe. Both Republicans and Democratic leadership have come out in support of the speaker, who in the seven months since he took the gavel has been forced to foster bipartisanship on controversial legislation ranging from foreign aid packages to domestic surveillance […]

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NYPD Conspiracy About Columbia Protests Is Ridiculous … and Dangerous

When the vote does come to a head, Johnson’s seat appears to be, effectively, safe. Both Republicans and Democratic leadership have come out in support of the speaker, who in the seven months since he took the gavel has been forced to foster bipartisanship on controversial legislation ranging from foreign aid packages to domestic surveillance […]

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NYPD Pushes Ridiculous Conspiracy About Columbia University Protests

When the vote does come to a head, Johnson’s seat appears to be, effectively, safe. Both Republicans and Democratic leadership have come out in support of the speaker, who in the seven months since he took the gavel has been forced to foster bipartisanship on controversial legislation ranging from foreign aid packages to domestic surveillance […]

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Stereotype Much? Donald Trump Plans To Attract Black Voters With Event Featuring Rappers And Athletes

NewsOne Featured Video In this handout provided by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, former President Donald Trump poses for his booking photo at the Fulton County Jail on August 24, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia | Source: Handout / Getty The 2024 presidential election is just months away, and the orange menace, aka Donald Trump, is […]

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Where Were Police When University Protests Actually Turned Violent?

When the vote does come to a head, Johnson’s seat appears to be, effectively, safe. Both Republicans and Democratic leadership have come out in support of the speaker, who in the seven months since he took the gavel has been forced to foster bipartisanship on controversial legislation ranging from foreign aid packages to domestic surveillance […]

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Actual Violence Broke Out at University Protests. Police Just Stood By

When the vote does come to a head, Johnson’s seat appears to be, effectively, safe. Both Republicans and Democratic leadership have come out in support of the speaker, who in the seven months since he took the gavel has been forced to foster bipartisanship on controversial legislation ranging from foreign aid packages to domestic surveillance […]

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Florida Republicans Just Set Themselves Up for a Major Abortion Loss

When the vote does come to a head, Johnson’s seat appears to be, effectively, safe. Both Republicans and Democratic leadership have come out in support of the speaker, who in the seven months since he took the gavel has been forced to foster bipartisanship on controversial legislation ranging from foreign aid packages to domestic surveillance […]

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Florida Republicans Just Wrecked Abortion Access for the Whole South

When the vote does come to a head, Johnson’s seat appears to be, effectively, safe. Both Republicans and Democratic leadership have come out in support of the speaker, who in the seven months since he took the gavel has been forced to foster bipartisanship on controversial legislation ranging from foreign aid packages to domestic surveillance […]

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Florida Has Just Decimated Abortion Access for the Entire South

When the vote does come to a head, Johnson’s seat appears to be, effectively, safe. Both Republicans and Democratic leadership have come out in support of the speaker, who in the seven months since he took the gavel has been forced to foster bipartisanship on controversial legislation ranging from foreign aid packages to domestic surveillance […]

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‘Making a police state out of the liberal university’

‘What Columbia should have done instead of brutalizing its student protesters’ Alexander Sammon at Slate Columbia University didn’t have to call in a “notorious” New York City police unit to “descend upon the campus” and arrest “nonviolent student protesters” occupying Hamilton Hall, says Alexander Sammon. Just up Interstate 95, Brown University showed there’s a better […]

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Netanyahu’s Rafah attack vow snarls truce deal

What happened Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Tuesday after visits to Jordan and Saudi Arabia to help nail down a promising deal for a truce in Gaza. The plan would return Israelis hostages and avert an Israeli attack on Rafah, refuge to 1.5 million Palestinian civilians displaced by the war. Hours […]

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Trump’s New Comments on Gaza Protests Make No Sense Whatsoever

But when push comes to shove, conservative policy arguments don’t matter when the GOP presidential nominee is someone who refuses to acknowledge that he lost the last election, and who has not set aside the possibility of utilizing mob violence for his own political gain in November. For that reason, Matthews explained, she will be […]

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What Did Trump Say to Piss Off Whoopi Goldberg on ‘The View?’

Whoopi Goldberg attends the opening night gala of Metropolitan Opera’s “Dead Man Walking” at Lincoln Center on September 26, 2023 in New York City.Photo: Jamie McCarthy (Getty Images) You know it’s a good day when Donald Trump gets read the riot act (no pun intended) on national television. That’s exactly what happened Tuesday, thanks to […]

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Democrats defang GOP speaker ouster threat

What happened House Democratic leaders said Tuesday that if Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) follows through with her attempt to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), they will help kill her motion to vacate. Who said what With Ukraine aid secured, “the time has come to turn the page on this chapter of Pro-Putin Republican […]

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Mitt Romney Brutally Takes Down Kristi Noem Over Puppy Murder

But when push comes to shove, conservative policy arguments don’t matter when the GOP presidential nominee is someone who refuses to acknowledge that he lost the last election, and who has not set aside the possibility of utilizing mob violence for his own political gain in November. For that reason, Matthews explained, she will be […]

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Finally Making Good on Her Johnson Threats

But when push comes to shove, conservative policy arguments don’t matter when the GOP presidential nominee is someone who refuses to acknowledge that he lost the last election, and who has not set aside the possibility of utilizing mob violence for his own political gain in November. For that reason, Matthews explained, she will be […]

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Trump Is Now Raging at His Own Lawyer—and Wrecking a Big MAGA Fantasy

You might wonder if Watters accidentally committed heresy in suggesting Trump’s rally performances might occasionally be less than politically perfect. But Watters avoided this pitfall by quickly adding that having fewer rallies denies the media “an opportunity to twist Trump’s words.” If the rallies ever create political problems, it’s only due to the Fake News […]

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The Racist Origins of America’s Broken Immigration System

Despite Trump’s repeated and explicit promises to target Muslim immigration on the campaign trail, the Supreme Court ruled 5–4 in 2018’s Trump v. Hawaii that the third version of the policy—which functionally suspended immigration from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, and North Korea, with some restrictions on Venezuela thrown in to further muddy the waters—was […]

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Germany’s far-right Reichsbürger movement

The first of three trials linked to a far-right plot to overthrow the German government began in Germany this week, as the country grapples with the growing threat of far-right violence. The suspects, part of the so-called “Reichsbürger” movement – which translates as “Citizens of the Reich” – were arrested in December 2022 after police […]

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Donald Trump Claims ‘Anti-White Feeling’ In America Is A Problem That ‘Can’t Be Allowed.’ Here’s Why He’s Wrong

NewsOne Featured Video Source: EDUARDO MUNOZ / Getty Donald Trump recently sat down for an interview with Time magazine, during which he repeated a sentiment often echoed by white-and-aggrieved America, which insists that it is white people who are facing racism and discrimination in a country where white people still represent the overwhelming majority. Trump […]

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Elise Stefanik Is a Trump Stooge—and This Ethics Complaint Proves It

But when push comes to shove, conservative policy arguments don’t matter when the GOP presidential nominee is someone who refuses to acknowledge that he lost the last election, and who has not set aside the possibility of utilizing mob violence for his own political gain in November. For that reason, Matthews explained, she will be […]

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This Is the Money Quote in Trump’s Hush-Money Trial

But when push comes to shove, conservative policy arguments don’t matter when the GOP presidential nominee is someone who refuses to acknowledge that he lost the last election, and who has not set aside the possibility of utilizing mob violence for his own political gain in November. For that reason, Matthews explained, she will be […]

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Ted Cruz and His Friends Want to Ensure Airlines Can Steal Your Money

But when push comes to shove, conservative policy arguments don’t matter when the GOP presidential nominee is someone who refuses to acknowledge that he lost the last election, and who has not set aside the possibility of utilizing mob violence for his own political gain in November. For that reason, Matthews explained, she will be […]

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Ted Cruz Wants to Make Sure Airlines Don’t Have to Refund Your Money

But when push comes to shove, conservative policy arguments don’t matter when the GOP presidential nominee is someone who refuses to acknowledge that he lost the last election, and who has not set aside the possibility of utilizing mob violence for his own political gain in November. For that reason, Matthews explained, she will be […]

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