CNN's Manu Raju corners a sputtering Jim Jordan over discredited FBI information
Jim Jordan has been at the heart of the GOP's flailing efforts to assemble some sort of ramshackle, duct-tape-over-the-windshield style impeachment case against President Biden — but suddenly he was out of bombastic speeches and tough guy talk when confronted with the fact that the whole thing was based on a bunch of Russian bullshit that he'd eaten hook, line, and stinker. He eventually would admit that his source was in fact lying, but continued to repeat the same debunked conspiracy over and over in a desperate effort to get off camera. No matter how much truth is laid before these unhinged radicals, nothing will shake them from their lies. Only the ballot box will get them out of our lives once and for all.
Take Action: Demand Rep. Jim Jordan resign over serial sexual abuse coverup!
Trump fan goes off the rails with insane move
There's Trump boot-licking, and then there's...whatever THIS is. Good grief!
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Pennsylvania GOP moves to end abortion rights for good
Pennsylvania Democrats: The anti-abortion lobby and their bought-and-paid-for Republican politicians have made it clear they aren’t going to stop there — and no state is safe. As soon as Roe v. Wade was overturned, Republicans in the PA state legislature tried to rush through a constitutional amendment stripping Pennsylvanians of their abortion rights and even tried to override the governor’s veto. Pennsylvania Democrats need your help to fight back against the GOP’s radicalism — will you chip in to help protect abortion rights?
Student loan balances wiped for the first batch of borrowers in Biden's SAVE plan
Unwilling to let Trump's Supreme Court justices stop him from fulfilling his promise to the American people, President Biden wiped away some $1.2 billion in student loan debt held by 153,000 people who meet a very specific set of criteria. So far, he's forgiven the debt of 3.9 million borrowers, and you can be sure he's not going to stop here! Just another reminder that Democrats deliver tangible and meaningful results for the American people, while Republicans brag about how they're planning to make your lives worse.
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Alabama Supreme Court chief justice spreads Christian nationalist rhetoric on QAnon conspiracy theorist's show
If you ever have wondered why Alabama is the way it is, this headline pretty much sums it up. Turns out the state's highest judge is a proponent of the “Seven Mountain Mandate,” a theological agenda that calls for Christians to conquer the "seven mountains" of American society — government, education, media, religion, family, business, and entertainment, in order to impose fundamentalist Christianity on every aspect of American life. You won't be surprised to learn that it was this guy's court that just ruled that frozen embryos are people; there'll be more on that later
Take Action: End child poverty in America by expanding the Child Tax Credit!
Biden weighs invoking executive authority to stage border crackdown ahead of 2024 election
The Biden administration is considering using the same 1952 law to stop people from applying for asylum in the United States as Trump used to justify his crackdowns on immigrants, including the racist bans against Muslim immigration. No decision has been made yet and if they choose to proceed, the move would likely face serious legal obstacles. Polling shows that "the border" is Biden's worst issue, thanks to the GOP's hysterical fearmongering about immigrants, but it's reasonable to question whether this is the best way to address that.
"Kill'em all," Republican Congressman says of Palestinians in Gaza
When confronted by activists about how US taxpayer dollars and weapons are being used to slaughter innocents in Gaza, Rep. Andy Ogles — a Republican name if there ever was one — replied “You know what? So, I think we should kill ’em all, if that makes you feel better." He quickly clarified he meant "everybody in Hamas," but then responded to the question "Do you have a heart?" by saying "Hamas and the Palestinians have been attacking Israel for 20 years. And it’s time to pay the piper,” making it clear that this self-professed "Christian" is entirely unmoved by the deaths of nearly 30,000 people, just as he is unmoved by all the Americans murdered in mass shootings or the women who suffer under harsh abortion laws. Monster.
Bombshell court ruling signals disaster for Trump in November
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Not great for Trump...
Alabama lawmakers would define man and woman based on sperm and ova
Alabama lawmakers are advancing legislation that would strictly define who is considered female and male based on their reproductive systems in an obvious effort to discriminate and otherize transgender and nonbinary Alabamians. Alabama has the 8th lowest literacy rate, the 7th highest poverty rate, and the worst maternal mortality rate in the entire country — and THIS is what the legislature is busy wasting their time on? Republican "governance" would be a joke if the human cost of their extremism, incompetence, and sadism weren't so high.
Alabama hospital puts pause on IVF in wake of ruling saying frozen embryos are children
Like clockwork, Alabama's biggest hospital has halted its in vitro fertilization program, fearful of legal repercussions now that tiny cells in a petri dish are now considered legal children by the state of Alabama. Great job, anti-abortion "family values" conservatives! Now you're literally keeping people from having ACTUAL CHILDREN.
Texas AG Paxton shuts down Catholic charity for helping immigrants, accusing them of "human smuggling"
If Jesus Christ himself returned tomorrow and arrived in the United States, the very first thing these "Christians" would do is deport him. It's absolutely appalling to see very real concerns about human smuggling weaponized to justify the racist cruelty of sociopathic extremists like Ken Paxton, who we should remind you is currently facing four indictments for felony fraud.
Investment firms are buying more farmland
The ravenous, insatiable appetite of American capital has turned its ever-chomping jaws to our farmland. The amount of farmland bought by investment firms has jumped 231% from 2008 to the middle of last year, which is really not a good sign considering that the same thing happened to the housing market and now there's a housing crisis and sky-high-rent prices. It would not be great if that happened to say, food.
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