'Performance artist' Alex Jones sues Jan. 6 Committee
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Fresh off his losses in court over harassing the parents of murdered school children, Alex Jones is now suing the Jan. 6 Committee in hopes of stopping investigators from reviewing records that they say are key to understanding precisely who was involved—an
Leaked audio reveals even more reasons we can't let Oz win in Pennsylvania
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Leaked audio that was reportedly made on Dec. 16 during a private lunch in New York City reveals that Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania as a Republican, has some, uh, thoughts on trans rights he apparently didn’t fe
A D.C. teacher allegedly made third-graders reenact events from the Holocaust
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In a shocking and disturbing incident, a teacher at a Washington, D.C., elementary school made third-graders pretend to die in gas chambers and shoot their classmates in disturbing reenactments of the Holocaust, according to The Washington Post. While th
For mainstream liberals in rural America, daily life involves dealing with far-right intimidation
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Here’s a suggestion for assignment editors at the large national media outlets who have provided us with an endless stream of stories about Trump voters in rural diners over the past half-decade: Try instead reporting on what it’s become like for non-Trum
One Texas library is closing for three days in response to calls to purge its children's books
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The right-wing censorship push is moving from school libraries to regular town libraries, with one library in Texas closing for three days to do a “thorough review” of its children’s books. Other Texas libraries have had to fend off record num
Kellogg strike ends as workers approve newest contract
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An 11-week strike is ending after 1,400 Kellogg’s cereal workers have accepted a contract deal. The workers, concentrated in Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee, had rejected a previous offer, then faced threats from Kellogg that
Evidence suggests Defense delayed Jan. 6 response to keep Trump from invoking Insurrection Act
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A comprehensive report by Just Security offers a chilling theory on why there was an hours-long delay in getting National Guard to the U.S. Capitol during the attack on Jan. 6. Mounting evidence—supplied by several senior defense officials—indicate the de
Anti-vaxx Chronicles: ER doctor quits because Q nuts push him over the edge
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This series documents stories from the Herman Cain Awards subreddit, tracking the COVID mis- and disinformation on Facebook that is leading to so many deaths. Today’s cautionary tale is tragic, but understandable.
Mine workers tell Manchin they’re depending on Build Back Better, and voting rights, too
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There appear to be a couple of big hurdles for Sen. Joe Manchin to agree to President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan. Both highlight Manchin’s incredible selfishness and corruption. One big one is the key policy that has done more to re
Trump aide admits he was behind meeting with Kanye West publicist and Georgia election worker
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According to new reporting by The Uprising, the man behind arranging a now-infamous meeting, captured on video, between Georgia election worker Ruby Freeman and Kanye West’s publicist Trevian Kutti is Harrison Floyd, a former Trump campa
JFK’s return didn’t materialize. Now QAnoners drink from a communal bleach punch bowl—literally
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If you were under the impression that QAnon was just a belief in a guy called Q, you’d be wrong. It’s fast become an official cult—you know, the drinking-toxic-chemicals-from-a-punchbowl kind of cult.
According to the Dallas Observer, several mem
Manchin turns his back on the mine workers who helped him get this job
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There appear to be a couple of big hurdles for Sen. Joe Manchin to agree to President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan. Both highlight Manchin’s incredible selfishness and corruption. One big one is the key policy that has done more to re
Omicron goes from 19% of cases to 73% of cases in days, but the unvaccinated aren't worried
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The rate at which the omicron variant has spread is astounding. Bolstered by what appears to be a much higher rate of reproduction in the respiratory system, and what also appears to be a shortened period of incubation, omicron is spreading at a rate that’
Fauci calls on FOX to fire Jesse Watters after the host tells fans to 'ambush' him with 'kill shot'
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Dr. Anthony Fauci is calling for FOX News’ Jesse Watters to be “fired on the spot” following comments Watters made at the right-wing Turning Point USA conference Monday. Urging attendees to “ambush” the nation’s leading infecti
Schumer vows quick action on filibuster, voting rights in new year, putting Manchin on the spot
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Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s patience with Sen. Joe Manchin has worn down to a nub at this point, as reflected in his letter to fellow Democrats Monday. This after months of whack-a-mole game-playing, with Manchin coming up with seemingly
The top use of those child tax credit checks Manchin worried would be used for drugs? Food
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Sen. Joe Manchin reportedly doesn’t like the expanded child tax credit because parents might use the money to buy drugs. But in reality, he’s getting in the way of parents buying their kids food. That’s the primary way families have been spending t
Joe Manchin is literally taking food away from hungry children
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Sen. Joe Manchin reportedly doesn’t like the expanded child tax credit because parents might use the money to buy drugs. But in reality, he’s getting in the way of parents buying their kids food. That’s the primary way families have been spending t
Jan. 6 committee puts fellow member of Congress in the hot seat
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Rep. Scott Perry, a Pennsylvania Republican, touted former President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election and may have been privy to a scheme to oust the former attorney general so Trump could subvert the election. Now the Jan. 6 committee want
House Select Committee considering recommending charges of wire fraud and obstruction of Congress
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The House Select Committee on Jan. 6 has so far requested the Department of Justice bring a charge of criminal contempt against former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon and former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. More such requests are expected as numerous m
Jan. 6 committee looks beyond contempt when considering criminal charges against Trump and others
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The House Select Committee on Jan. 6 has so far requested the Department of Justice bring a charge of criminal contempt against former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon and former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. More such requests are expected as numerous m
The first thing that broke after Sen. Joe Manchin announced his opposition to President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, ostensibly because of his economic concerns, was news that Goldman Sachs was downgrading its economic forecast for the nation
Instead of a ‘Biden boom,’ we’re going to have a ‘Manchin slowdown’
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The first thing that broke after Sen. Joe Manchin announced his opposition to President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, ostensibly because of his economic concerns, was news that Goldman Sachs was downgrading its economic forecast for the nation
Abbreviated pundit roundup: Sen. Manchin's opposition to Biden's agenda
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We begin today’s roundup with Jonathan Weisman and Lisa Friedman at The New York Times and their analysis of Senator Joe Manchin’s opposition to the Build Back Better Act:
Mr. Manchin, who defied gale-force political headwinds in 2010 by runni
News Roundup: Manchin doesn't trust poor people, Trump sues to hide his grifting, and more
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In the news today: It’s being reported that the real reason Sen. Joe Manchin is single-handedly destroying the Build Back Better plan is because he doesn’t trust poor people not to use drugs. On the bright side, this means Democrats can—and should—tel
Eric Trump says God made Daddy president in 2016, took a break in 2020, and will help again in 2024
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I have a deep, visceral mistrust for anyone who says God is on their side. When has Providence ever sorted winners and losers like this? Didn’t we learn better from the bloody Crusades? Or centuries of ruinous sectarian violence? Or Tim Tebow’s NFL c
NASCAR driver 'Let's Go, Brandon' Brown says he isn't political, but won't indict his chanting fans
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Famed NASCAR driver Brandon Brown hasn’t gotten a lot of sleep lately. Not since his name has been at the center of a conservative Republican rallying cry, “Let’s Go, Brandon!” meaning, f**k Joe Biden.
The whole “Let’s Go, Brandon” hubbub bega
Hundreds of Virginia high school students protest after Muslim girl is allegedly attacked at school
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More than 350 students from Fairfax High School in Virginia walked out in protest Thursday to show their solidarity with a student who was allegedly attacked in an Islamophobic incident. According to a Change.org petition, a Black Muslim student, id
Alaska’s anti-vaxx mayor turns off city’s water fluoridation for hours, later learns it’s illegal
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The devoutly anti-science mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, was forced to admit to turning off the fluoridation of the city’s water supply Tuesday, after learning it was a violation of municipal code. Once again, this is why you don’t vote for someone wit
Anti-vaxx Chronicles: When Q meets religious fundamentalism, it's not pretty
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This series documents stories from the Herman Cain Awards subreddit, tracking the COVID mis- and disinformation on Facebook that is leading to so many deaths. Today’s cautionary tale is some weird Q/Religious stuff.
Justice Breyer's obstinate rejection of reality proves why the Supreme Court needs to be expanded
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If there is anyone in Washington, D.C. as stubborn, arrogant, and thick-headed as Sen. Joe Manchin this week, it’s Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. The 83-year-old remains doggedly committed to the fantasy that if he says the judici
Rep. Greene uses racist term for Asian Americans while trying to prove conservatives aren’t racist
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Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was in her element at the Turning Point USA’s “AmericaFest” rally on Sunday. Using her moment on stage to in part call out the diversity of the attendees, the “Black people, brown people, white people, and yell
Omicron, outracing U.S. testing capacity, looms over an overwhelmed health care system
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One of the brutal truths of the coronavirus pandemic is that every time we think we are glimpsing daylight at the end of the tunnel, a new variant comes along to knock us back. Hot vax summer was upended by delta, and now omicron has reached us just in t
Jury deliberations begin in trial of Kim Potter, ex-Brooklyn Center cop who killed Daunte Wright
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Jury deliberations began Monday afternoon in the trial of Kim Potter, an ex-Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer who fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop on April 11, 2021. Closing arguments by the defense and prosecution made cl
Marjorie Taylor Greene proves once again she's a racist, by calling Asian Americans 'yellow people'
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Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was in her element at the Turning Point USA’s “AmericaFest” rally on Sunday. Using her moment on stage to in part call out the diversity of the attendees, the “Black people, brown people, white people, and yell
Letitia James must have Trump scared: He's suing to kill New York attorney general's investigation
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Less than two weeks after reports that New York Attorney General Letitia James was seeking to depose Donald Trump in her investigation into his business practices, Trump is suing to end her investigation. He’s doing that at least in part with lawy
Trump sues to end New York attorney general's investigation into his business practices
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Less than two weeks after reports that New York Attorney General Letitia James was seeking to depose Donald Trump in her investigation into his business practices, Trump is suing to end her investigation. He’s doing that at least in part with lawy
Democrats don’t have to play nice with Manchin anymore
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The latest antics from Sen. Joe Manchin, going on Fox News to stab President Joe Biden and the whole of the Democratic House and Senate in the back, further complicates an already hairy legislative push before the 2022 midterms. Frankly, by announcing h
Schumer joins Biden in calling out Manchin's antics, vows votes on Build Back Better in new year
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The latest antics from Sen. Joe Manchin, going on Fox News to stab President Joe Biden and the whole of the Democratic House and Senate in the back, further complicates an already hairy legislative push before the 2022 midterms. Frankly, by announcing h
Fallout from Manchin's Fox News announcement spreads, but get a load of his private reasoning
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It’s bad enough that Sen. Joe Manchin went on Fox News on Sunday and announced he was committed to tanking President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda. But a report from HuffPost on part of his private reasoning makes it even worse.
Even as he po
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