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Judges shouldn’t be above the laws they interpret
It was a very bad summer for the federal judiciary. First, Judge Joshua Kindred of Alaska resigned from the federal bench in scandal after a 20-month investigation uncovered appalling abuse and sexual harassment in his chambers, leading to a referral from the Judicial Conference for possible impeachment in the House of Representatives. Then, back-to-back reports…
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“People will die and probably get hurt as a result of it”
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. UP NEXT ‘It’s already happening’: How Trump’s intimidation and authoritarian tactics will be amplified 10:30 From ‘underdogs’ to on top: How the Harris-Walz campaign plans to reach voters nationwide 09:43 ‘I really believed he would be released’: Israeli-American among six…
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I can’t explain my former friend JD Vance’s heel turn. But I know it’s dangerous.
Most Americans haven’t heard of the post-liberal right, the small but influential group of conservative, mostly Catholic men who have declared that liberal democracy, the animating principle of America’s founding, has failed and want to bring about a new social order where there is no separation of church and state and men and a hyperconservative…
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Kamala Harris’ most important Trump debate answer? Abortion
How Harris can use her debate momentum Vice President Kamala Harris wiped the floor with former President Donald Trump at Tuesday night’s debate. It started with her aggressive pursuit of a handshake and continued with the trap she set by talking about his obsession with crowd sizes. He never regained control. All that being said,…
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U.S. Postal Service head still doesn’t understand mail voting
Four years ago, many Americans were outraged to learn that the U.S. Postal Service was cutting services, even as Donald Trump was making baseless claims about vote-by-mail. Genuine concerns among Democrats over the possibility of mail ballots’ being rejected for late delivery began to bleed into conspiracy theories about Trump-appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a…
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What Harris can learn from the latest polling on Trump-leaning rural voters
Kamala Harris knows what every Democrat knows: Their party isn’t popular in rural America, and that’s a political problem. Just as President Joe Biden tried to change that — both in the 2020 election and in the White House — Harris is attempting to convince rural voters that she has something to offer them. But…
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Olympic bronze medal controversy took away ‘the person I am’
USA gymnast Jordan Chiles spoke this week about losing her Olympic bronze medal, saying that the controversy and the resulting racist backlash brought up traumatic memories she has worked to overcome. “To me, everything that has gone on, it’s not about the medal,” she said Wednesday at the Forbes Power Women Summit. “It’s about, you…
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The Springfield bomb threat was predictable after lies by Trump and Vance
Parents picked up their children early from two elementary schools in Springfield, Ohio on Friday, in response to information received from local police. The closures followed another early closure the day before, Fulton Elementary School, after it was named in a bomb threat inspired by social media rumors about the Haitian immigrants residing in Springfield.…
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‘Donald Trump wants to never let black and brown folk up off the mat’
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Joy Reid to Nicolle Wallace: ‘Donald Trump wants to never let black and brown folk up off the mat’ 08:44 UP NEXT Trump’s racist lie that people are eating dogs: ‘This is the logical end of the Republican…
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Smartmatic’s defamation case against Newsmax over 2020 election headed toward civil trial
Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News settled their historic defamation case just before trial last year, with Fox shelling out a whopping $787.5 million for the network’s lies about the voting machine company and the 2020 presidential election. Now, as Election Day nears in the 2024 contest, another defamation case stemming from the 2020 election…