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“That’s the best you got?”: El-Sayed brushes off right-wing Islamophobia after Michigan primary win
Abdul El-Sayed isn’t worried about Islamophobic attacks on the campaign trail. The progressive Democrat who just won a hotly contested primary in Michigan told reporters on […]
“Last chance before decapitation”: Trump threatens Iran over stalled peace talks
President Donald Trump continued to claim the United States and Iran were in active peace talks on Monday, despite denials from Iranian and U.S. officials. […]
Gillian Welch’s “Everything Is Free” warned us all along
No popular music genre despises the present as much as country music. Through quirks of form and function, all other radio-ready music is incredibly focused […]
“People are sick of Rahm Emanuel”: Sanders says progressive wins make Dem establishment “nervous”
Bernie Sanders doesn’t want to hear from Rahm Emanuel, and he’s pretty sure the average voter doesn’t want Emanuel’s opinion either. The former Obama administration […]
Republicans want a Smithsonian that skips history’s hard parts
Your chances of running into a marketer at a neighborhood bar are slim but never zero. Given the remote-capable nature of the work and the […]
The real reason conservatives hate Nolan’s “Odyssey”
The most-quoted line from Al Franken’s 2003 bestseller “Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them” attempts to draw a distinction between conservative and liberal […]
“Hate to see it happen”: Trump uses troop deaths to defend nuclear Iran narrative
Donald Trump won’t let the deaths of two American soldiers knock him off-message. In interviews with NewsNation and the New York Post, the president used […]
“Miscalculated”: Blue Angels pilot “shaken” by accidental low flyover
MAGA media and Trump administration officials have heaped praise on a pilot with the Navy’s Blue Angels who pulled off a dangerously close fly-by over […]
“Policy must change”: Pelosi backs amendment to military aid to Israel
An amendment seeking to nix over $3 billion in military aid to Israel failed in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, but the support it […]
“High-T Department of War”: Hegseth pushes “gender-affirming care” for soldiers
Due to a ban put in place by the Trump administration, transgender civilians are still barred from joining the U.S. military. However, that doesn’t mean […]
“Wasting their time”: Trump swats down FBI investigation into Graham’s death
FBI Director Kash Patel put the resources of his agency at the disposal of authorities looking into Sen. Lindsey Graham‘s death. His boss seems to […]
An attack on “every sofa in the US”: States sue to block Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
12 states sued to block a proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. Led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the lawsuit filed […]
“There was never a case”: Judge tosses Trump IRS settlement, accuses admin of settling with itself
A federal judge threw out a settlement between the IRS and Donald Trump, concluding that the two parties to the case being settled were one […]
“This is a big blow”: Trump uses Graham’s death to push SAVE America Act
Even death can’t stop Donald Trump from thinking of people in terms of how useful they are to him. In a series of calls with […]
“It can’t be me”: Platner drops out of Maine Senate race following assault allegation
Graham Platner suspended his campaign for Senate on Wednesday night. The Democratic Party nominee was expected to face off with long-time incumbent Republican Sen. Susan […]
“Increasingly concerned”: Gov. Beshear demands to know what’s up with Mitch McConnell
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear demanded an update on the health of Sen. Mitch McConnell on Wednesday. “Over the last several weeks, Kentuckians have grown increasingly […]
“I’d be up there with Lenin”: Trump tells far-right outlet he’d be the communist GOAT
Donald Trump is no believer in the immortal science of Marxism-Leninism, but he still thinks he’d make a great Red. A reporter for the Epoch […]