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Why Even the MAGA Far Right Has Turned on Neil Gorsuch: Political Scientist
9+ hour, 56+ min ago (1488+ words) U. S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch's book tour was met with staunch criticism by the far-right, but underneath the anger, political scientist Daniel Ruggles writes, was a critical revelation: the conservative movement is split between hard-right MAGA nativists and mainstream constitutionalists....
Trump Envoy Invites Kids in Greenland to Come to America for Chocolate Chip Cookies
6+ hour, 40+ min ago (346+ words) Dallas, TX - August 4, 2022: Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry speaks during CPAC Texas 2022 conference at Hilton Anatole President Donald Trump's Special Envoy to Greenland, Louisiana Republican Governor Jeff Landry, touched down in Nuuk on Sunday, saying he arrived "simply to build…...
Trump Obsessed With Self-Enrichment as 'Little Man' Pays the Price: Columnist
8+ hour, 13+ min ago (1488+ words) President Donald Trump remains "obsessively focused" on "personal glory and enrichment" " ignoring the economic suffering of the working people he last week dismissed as the "little man," Jeet Heer writes in The Nation. "Donald Trump is annoyed that he can't…...
Christian Content Creator Fighting Sin Is Teaching Others How to Eat Biblically: NYT
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (1728+ words) 27-year-old Michigan-raised Kayla Bundy is a Christian content creator who turned to the Bible for ways to eat healthy " but her lifestyle is also part of a "higher calling," The New York Times reports, explaining that she is "a biblical…...
'Bad All Around': Republicans Privately Fear Backing Trump Request Sends Tone-Deaf Message
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (1474+ words) Capitol Hill Republicans leery or opposed to voting to spend $1 billion in security enhancements for President Donald Trump's already-controversial White House ballroom are being courted by administration officials trying to win their favor. The head of the U. S. Secret Service, Sean…...
China Once Envied America " Now Under Trump US Is Seen as an 'Empire in Decline': Report
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (1650+ words) For decades, China viewed the United States with admiration and resentment, seeing America as a country of wealth and technological sophistication, The New York Times reports. Now, under President Donald Trump, China sees America as in decline, and as a…...
Ex-National Security Official Is Already Warning About the Next 'Trump Pandemic"
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (627+ words) By many accounts, during his first term, President Donald Trump botched the nation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the latest hantavirus outbreak has some worrying the same thing could happen again if there is another Trump pandemic. Miles Taylor,…...
'Fundamental Miscalculation': Columnist Says Democrats Have 'Little Chance' in Midterms
1+ week, 3+ day ago (330+ words) Democrats made a "fundamental miscalculation" in the redistricting wars and now have "little chance" in the November midterms, argues Eric Garcia at The Independent. "And this does not count the redrawing of congressional districts in Missouri and North Carolina before…...
'Outrageous': DOJ's Push in $83 Million Carroll Case Fuels Cries of Corruption
1+ week, 5+ day ago (273+ words) E. Jean Carroll attends Time100 gala at Jaz at Lincoln Center in New York on April 25, 2024 The DOJ, Bloomberg News reports, will claim Trump was acting as a government employee when he denied Carroll's sexual-assault claims. "A panel of appeals court judges…...
MAGA's Greed and 'Willful Ignorance' Will Kill Many Americans: Economist
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1697+ words) Nobel laureate Paul Krugman calls right-wing politics "deadly" " and predicts that "MAGA Will Kill Many Americans," by the thousands, driven by greed and willful ignorance. Krugman goes one step further, arguing outright that this is not by accident: "Does MAGA…...