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May 17, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Republican Rep. Moves to Undermine Judicial System on Trump’s Behalf
Representative Andy Ogles has filed a bill to lift the gag order in Trump’s hush-money trial.
May 17, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Dick Durbin Finally Does Something After Jaw-Dropping Alito Scandal
The Senate Judiciary chairman is taking action after reports of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s “Stop the Steal” flag.
May 17, 2024
Talia Jane
Trump Allies Find Their Inspiration for Massive Deportation Campaign
Donald Trump’s allies are busy plotting exactly what his deportation effort will look like.
May 17, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Why Narcissistic Trump Is Ditching Barron Early on Graduation Day
Donald Trump attended his son Barron’s graduation—with a plan to dip immediately after.
May 17, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
You Won’t Believe What Hypocrite James Comer Is Attacking Biden on Now
The House Oversight Committee chair is furious Biden invoked executive privilege.
May 17, 2024
Talia Jane
Trump Allies’ Horrifying Plan to Undo Democracy for Good
A new report details how Donald Trump plans to turn the Justice Department and FBI into his personal attack dogs.
May 17, 2024
Grace Segers
Are the Republicans Sneakily Trying to Cut Food Stamps?
The House GOP’s farm bill would change how SNAP benefits are evaluated, and Democrats are furious.
May 17, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
How RFK Jr. Could Screw Over Ted Cruz’s Reelection Campaign
If RFK Jr. makes it onto the Texas ballot, he could increase turnout for Cruz’s Democratic opponent.
May 17, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Watch: Chaos Erupts as MTG Attacks Dem Lawmaker’s Fake Eyelashes
Marjorie Taylor Greene insulted Jasmine Crockett, and then Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez jumped in, sending the House Oversight Committee hearing totally off the rails.
May 17, 2024
Thom Hartmann
Are Our Oligarchs Going to Drag Us Into Civil War?
The billionaires who own the GOP are now actively promoting the same sort of revisionist history the Confederacy did. That did not go very well.
May 17, 2024
Talia Jane
Samuel Alito Tries Pathetic Excuse for That “Stop the Steal” Flag
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was caught with an upside-down flag outside his home. And his explanation makes zero sense.
May 17, 2024
Michael Tomasky
Biden Might Not Win the Debates—but Trump Will Definitely Lose Them
Trump was terrible in the 2020 debates, by every measure. And he’ll be terrible again. If he even participates.
May 17, 2024
Greg Sargent
MAGA Rage at Trump’s Trial Just Got Darker and More Dangerous
Republicans aren’t just showing “loyalty to Trump.” They’re saying that Trump is more important than the rule of law.
May 17, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Idiot Trump Wrecks Hush-Money Defense in Just Six Words
The former president accidentally admitted the NDA he had with Stormy Daniels was “illegal.”
May 17, 2024
Grace Segers
Republicans Are Doubling (and Tripling) Down on Abortion Restrictions
Their extreme proposals are in open defiance of voters’ wishes.
May 17, 2024
Walter Shapiro
The Protest Vote That Still Haunts Me 50 Years Later
In 1968, as a college student, I didn’t vote for Hubert Humphrey. I regretted the decision almost immediately—and still do.
May 17, 2024
Magazine
Eric Alterman
How Can This Country Possibly Be Electing Trump Again?
How the media has failed, and what the Democrats need to do
May 17, 2024
Tyler McBrien
The Weird Spectacle of a Silent Trump
What it’s like to observe the loudest man in American politics being forced to keep quiet, day after day after day
May 17, 2024
Podcast
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
Yikes: RFK Jr.’s Rich Running Mate Just Added $8 Million to His Effort
A veteran Democratic strategist explains how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could very well help Donald Trump win—in large part due to Nicole Shanahan’s very deep pockets.
May 16, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Michael Cohen Buries Trump in One Exchange on Hush-Money Trial
Cohen said he always sought Trump’s sign-off, even if it upset the 2016 campaign team.
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