“Congressional investigations — replete with camera-savvy grandstanding antics — are the hallmark of divided government, as well as a time-tested ax for chipping away at presidential approval ratings. Republicans are betting their stagecraft will outweigh the fact that MORE
One month and a day before Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin came frighteningly close to becoming the second in-game fatality in NFL history, he was ejected from the Amazon Prime Thursday night game for an MORE
The following is based on an opinion piece by Dave Cullen, author of “Columbine” and “Parkland,” from the New York Times. You were right to feel hopeless. Gun safety was a lost cause. The National MORE
“Of course it’s a non-issue: Republicans hope to force the media to cover it, and hope to make Joe Biden cry” After a couple of weeks facing off an avalanche of criticism, Musk made a MORE
“Americans understand that democracy is in dire peril. That doesn’t mean they believe in it, or give a damn.” It is often said that the American people are increasingly polarized on politics. That’s true enough, MORE
“Both parties suffer partisan bloodshed. One glorifies it.” There’s nothing partisan about political violence in America. It has struck Republicans such as Steve Scalise, who was shot along with four others and nearly killed, as he played MORE
It’s an idea that reflects the real Republican plan: Education is about social control, not learning Dixon complained that her daughter had checked out a book “about having two different homes” and how the very MORE
Support for Confederate symbols and monuments follows lines of race, religion, and education rather than geography. “. … . .though the Civil War was a battle between two regions of the country, sympathy for the MORE
This is a portion of a discussion for Salon yesterday between Dean Obeidallah, writer for Salon and Andy Borowitz who wrote “Profiles in Ignorance: How American Politicians got Dumb and Dumber.” The three stages of MORE
Ukrainian soldiers feel they are fighting for national liberation, while the Russians appear to lack camaraderie. This contrast is critical The Ukrainian video shows several hundred Ukrainian troops, singing the country’s national anthem in the open air, MORE
Last week Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Health announced that he would be retiring at the end of the year after a long MORE
The Republican Party long ago slipped under the sheets with the religious right to become bedfellows in the culture wars, encouraging bigots, misogynists and Christian zealots to insist that others live by their morals (or lack MORE
“The company’s purchase of iRobot, the maker of the Roomba, likely has little to do with cleaning floors. “Earlier this month, Amazon announced that it was buying the Roomba vacuum maker iRobot. On the surface, MORE
The big question remains after the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago — what could they have been searching for? To obtain a search warrant, three criteria have to be met. Someone is under investigation. The warrant MORE
Tucker Carlson is “shitting himself” over the possibility that texts between him and far-right conspiracy loon Alex Jones will leak, according to a source close to the Fox News star. Carlson and the raving Infowars MORE
“If there’s a powerful Democrat who has given his party as much heartburn as Sens. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), it might well be Attorney General Merrick Garland. A party base anxious MORE
Well, at least they’re finally telling the truth. And why shouldn’t they? Their big plans for America are no mystery. The contemporary Republican Party has become the world’s largest white supremacist organization, and now also MORE
Activist filmmaker Michael Moore shared a personal manifesto on Independence Day backing women and Blacks, and opposing every single Republican, declaring he “will not shut up” until his goals are met. I, Michael Moore, standing MORE
I get that we’re gearing up for July, which is the month for Star Spangled Banners, fireworks and the annual parade and festivities reminding us Americans of freedom and independence. But, sorrynotsorry, as a female MORE
Caturday. A day created on the Internet to honor, celebrate and insult and question Felis Catus, our enemy, our friend, “half in-half out” in the words of Constantine, the comic book character who needs cats MORE
“. . . .Two days after the horrifying events of the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021, Twitter announced that it was suspending Trump’s account permanently, in accordance with its policy on inciting violence. The daily clamor MORE
Adeline Chen, Senior Producer at CNN, speaks of reproductive rights in the context of her recent miscarriage. For nearly every day of 2022, I’ve become all too aware of the emotional and physical cost of MORE
The following focuses on an opinion article by Jack Shafer, Politico’s senior media writer. Two Politico reporters plastered the internet this week with the scoop of their lives, puncturing the Supreme Court’s sacrosanct veil of MORE
The threats to democracy by the uprising of authoritarianism cannot be stopped by election defeats alone, says Ruth Ben-Ghiat, an expert on authoritarian leaders. A criminal conviction is the one sure way to defeat the MORE
Hunter Biden is causing a lot of trouble for Joe Biden, but where is there legal trouble? Vox broke down the investigation into three topics. Taxes, money laundering, and whether he was a registered foreign MORE