Proponents of ranked choice voting—including the former Idaho governor—argue that it would make politics nice again. Republicans fear it could break their 60-year strangle hold on the state.
Politics, Corruption & Criminality
An environmental rule finalized in November requires states to set emissions reduction targets. And Republicans have a big problem with this.
In spite of Trump's Hail Mary pass of claiming Constitutional immunity, the idea is not on firm legal ground. And then there's the fact that he's really claiming to be above the law...
Between Agenda 47 and Project 2025, Donald Trump and the rightwing billionaires who own the GOP have big plans for this nation, regardless of which Republican takes the White House next.
Florida's Attorney General Ashley Moody asserts that the state has control over school library books. And that teachers and students do not have free speech rights.
Interviews and newly unearthed documents reveal that Thomas, facing financial strain, privately pushed for a higher salary and to allow Supreme Court justices to take speaking fees.
The conservative Idaho Freedom Foundation hired an alt-right propagandist radio host Dave Reilly—who after helping organize the "Unite the Right Rally was suspended from his own parents’ radio station.
Not only is the Department of Defense's budget the largest in the world, there is big money being made by lobbying firms of every type trying to get a piece of it.
If their plan works, these Republican toadies of the billionaires who fund and own them will rewrite our Constitution and state governors, the US Congress, and the President will have no say whatsoever.
What happened in Marion, Kansas back in August wasn’t just about freedom of the press. It was about freedom for us all.
This confluence of powerful right-wing voices and conservative entertainment can engage the Republican electorate in new ways. Liberals would do well not to dismiss effects before the 2024 election.
This whole don't-pal-around-with-Nazis thing shouldn't be so hard. Helpful hint: If they're named Adolf, wearing a Swastika, calling people "vermin" or talking up Aryan victory, just friggin' steer clear.
George Santos has once again proven that just because someone speaks confidently, dresses well and acts friendly does not mean the person is honest.
The Billionaire’s web of rightwing groups works to bring cases to court that could undermine core functionings of the US government.
Unlike the 1890s, when there were still papers engaging in serious journalism, today’s yellow journalism is ubiquitous across media consumed by the majority of Americans.
Disinformation is a key tool that fascists use to undermine democracies, ours included. New House Speaker Mike Johnson has been instrumental in sabotaging efforts to restrain election lies.