Joe Manchin has once again placed the profits of his donors and his own wallet above the needs of his constituents and the rest of the world by blocking U.S. efforts to bring carbon emissions into line with international targets.
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Our largest corporations are ripping us all off and jacking up inflation just to stick it to the Democrats, hand the GOP the reins of power in 2022 and 2024—and torpedo democracy in the bargain.
Clawing back benefits in the event of untimely death is only one of the utterly outrageous provisions that are at the heart of Rubio's cynical proposal.
Corporations quietly resumed funding seditious members of Congress. They now face an undeniable threat to their bottom lines once consumers become aware of their funding of fascists.
83% of likely voters support proposals to expand Social Security benefits while just 7% support GOP plans to end the program, giving the majority party a golden opportunity to maintain control of the House and Senate.
Uber Internal documents reveal how the company won access to world leaders, cozied up to oligarchs and dodged taxes amid chaotic global expansion.
Apparently there is no better investment for weapons industry lobbyists to make than lobbying the House and Senate Armed Services Committees. The $10 million spent so far is expected to yield a return of 450,000 percent.
This scenario isn't just plausible: it’s probable. GOP-controlled states are already changing their state laws to allow for it, regardless of how their people vote.
The Supreme Court's recent decisions are insanely unpopular; we have to make that matter. We must change the political dynamic that has been sending us towards some variety of right-wing theocratic fascism.
The judicial coup coming from this court is by no means over. Next term, the Supreme Court will hear a redistricting case that could make it far easier to concoct a legal pretense for overriding the popular vote in elections.
The January 6 Committee has been asking witnesses connected to Trump whether they have been contacted by anyone attempting to impact testimony. Sure enough...
According to former assistant to Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Cassidy Hutchinson, Trump was incensed that security was not allowing armed people in to watch him deliver a lie-filled speech just before the violent insurrection.
Republicans respond to any example of their extremism with a grab bag of rehearsed misdirections—lying, denying, cherry-picking, gaslighting, what-abouting, culture-warring, or simply counterattacking Biden, Blackness, and wokeness.
Trump and his MAGA allies planned, promoted, and paid for a seditious conspiracy to overturn an election they lost, and Ron Johnson attempted to deliver it to D.C. on a silver platter.
The Texas GOP platform formalizes the false idea that Joe Biden is illegitimate, hatred of the LGBT+ community, white supremacy, paranoia of immigrants and the idea that Texas can ignore federal laws that it doesn't like.
A "perfect" compromise for Second Amendment jihadis, a pistol that has the same firepower as an AR-15. In other words, overkill in a more compact package.