As the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games progress, one face is arguably stealing more attention than many others: 28-year-old Adam Rippon, one of the first openly gay athletes to represent the United States in the Winter Olympics. Rippon’s star has received a significant amount of positive media coverage, a dramatic shift from the treatment queer […]
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) dismissed legislative gun control efforts, and argued that more guns will help prevent gun violence, during an interview on Thursday’s edition of Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show. Following a school shooting in Parkland, Florida that killed 17 people, Ingraham asked Scalise to respond to a tweet from former President Bill Clinton […]
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of 13 individuals and a trio of Russian companies for “interference operations targeting the United States,” which was handed down Friday afternoon, does not allege that the Trump campaign knowingly colluded with Russian agents during the 2016 presidential election — but in a news conference on Friday, deputy attorney general Rod […]
Just three days after 17 students and faculty were killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, one of the state’s biggest gun-expo organizers is holding a gun convention in Miami — just 46.9 miles away. The Florida Gun show has had their 600-booth convention planned for months, and […]
Amid news that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicted 13 Russian nationals on charges of conspiracy related to meddling in the 2016 presidential election, Fox News returned to a favorite strategy: blame Barack Obama. Former House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), now a Fox News contributor, was asked about the indictments on Friday afternoon. He immediately […]
A bombshell indictment released Friday by the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller accused 13 individuals and a trio of Russian companies of “interference operations targeting the United States.” The indictment primarily details the efforts of the Internet Research Agency — the Russian organization responsible for spearheading Moscow’s social media interference operations during the 2016 […]
Drug companies shipped five million opioid doses to a town of just 400 people in one two-year period, a shocking reminder of the industrial nature of an addiction crisis often depicted as a matter of individual failings rather than systemic corporate profit-seeking. Zooming out a bit further, the ratio of pills to people only gets […]
It hasn’t been all smooth sailing for President Donald Trump as he seeks to gut environmental rules and standards. Federal courts have stood in his way at times over the past year, ruling in favor of environmental groups that are investing a significant amount of resources into stopping the implementation of the president’s anti-environment agenda. […]
West Virginia teachers could stage a statewide strike for the first time in nearly 30 years. This week, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)-West Virginia and West Virginia Education Association announced that teachers authorized a statewide strike. Teachers said they want better salaries and benefits. Vacancies and issues with the state’s insurance provider are also […]
Mitt Romney would like you to know he’s running for Senate to represent the state of Utah, and, just to be sure, he says “Utah” 14 times in his two-minute announcement video released Friday morning. I am running for United States Senate to serve the people of Utah and bring Utah's values to Washington. pic.twitter.com/TDkas6gD2p […]
One day after the Republican-majority Senate failed to pass an immigration framework to provide permanent protections for so-called Dreamers, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to blame Democrats. “Cannot believe how BADLY DACA recipients have been treated by the Democrats,” Trump partially wrote in a tweet Friday. “[T]otally abandoned.” Cannot believe how BADLY DACA recipients […]
There were many memorable moments during the first full week of the 2018 Winter Olympics, but the most indelible image might not be from the ice or the slopes, but rather, from the stands; it’s simply impossible to ignore the North Korean cheerleaders who have descended upon Pyeongchang. First of all, there are 229 of […]
The pattern most politicians followed in the wake of the Parkland school shooting, which left 17 people dead, was infuriatingly familiar: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) tweeted his prayers for the victims while quickly taking to the Senate floor to argue against any sort of gun control legislation. President Trump delivered remarks about the shooting but […]
In the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida school shooting, which left 14 children and three teachers dead, Oregon lawmakers passed gun control legislation, while federal lawmakers gave their thoughts and prayers. The Oregon House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would expand a federal gun ban to include people convicted of domestic violence against […]
Fox News host Laura Ingraham blasted NBA stars LeBron James and Kevin Durant on Thursday for criticizing President Trump and engaging in political discourse, claiming that James needed to “shut up and dribble.” “Must they run their mouth like that?” Ingraham asked, calling James “barely intelligible.” “A lot of kids, and some adults, take these […]
The New Yorker published on Friday an in-depth report about an affair between Donald Trump and Playboy model Karen McDougal. The affair reportedly began in June 2006 — the year after President Trump married Melania Trump. In a statement provided to The New Yorker, an unnamed White House spokesperson characterized the story as “just more […]
Conservative climate science deniers are pushing for one of their own to take on a leading environmental policy role within the Trump administration, according to a report published on Friday by E&E News. According to the report, prominent climate science deniers are supporting Donald van der Vaart, North Carolina’s former environmental chief, to head the White House’s Council […]
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un is a very bad man — and Vice President Mike Pence doesn’t want you to forget it. Last Friday, at the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, Pence brought the father of the late Otto Warmbier, an American student who suffered severe brain injuries […]
A few years ago, a new group, calling itself the American Committee for East-West Accord (ACEWA), burst forth with a mission to try to help create “stable cooperation with Russia.” In the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the destruction of Flight MH-17 by Moscow-backed forces, and the rolling sanctions regime aimed at a revanchist […]
This week, all 30 Major League Baseball franchises opened their spring training camps in Arizona and Florida for six weeks of tune-ups, drills, and simulated games before the season gets underway at the end of March. But this year, a 31st camp is taking place alongside the rest. In Bradenton, Florida, a group of several […]
The weeks after this year’s Grammy Awards were flush with damning, humiliating revelations around female representation at not just at the Grammys, but also in the music industry the awards are designed to celebrate. Now, nearly a month since the 2018 Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy has sent its members a letter revealing the actual […]
In a series of afternoon votes, the Republican-controlled Senate voted down a number of immigration plans Thursday. Afterward, Republicans were quick to blame Democrats and emphasize they were ready to move on from debating immigration, after just a few days and with immigrants’ lives still hanging in the balance. Among the failed proposals was a […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a series of “press releases” panning various bipartisan immigration amendments Thursday, on the same day senators made moves to debate elements of a framework that provides permanent protections for certain undocumented immigrants and secures the border. Ultimately on Thursday, the Senate failed to pass any amendments to […]
UPDATE (6:30 p.m.): Jordan Jereb seems to have backtracked on his initial claim to the ADL that Nikolas Cruz was involved with Republic of Florida, saying it was a “misunderstanding” since ROF has multiple members named Nicholas and that he was confused by conflicting information. Earlier in the day, local law enforcement said they have not yet […]
The Parkland school shooting has once again opened up a national debate about how easy it is to buy assault weapons in the United States of America. This country has the highest rate of civilian gun ownership in the world, with Yemen coming in second. A familiar debate has also surfaced: Is it easier to […]