My younger sister lives in the Atlanta area, and, like any annoying brother, I’ve been hounding her about something. I texted her this week to make sure that she is registered to vote. Not because I’m worried that she’ll be one of these Millennials Who Doesn’t Vote, but because she …
Read More »Taylor Swift Causes Spike in Voter Registration
Taylor Swift broke her career-long political silence via Instagram on Sunday when she endorsed a pair of Tennessee Democratsand encouraged her 112 million followers to register to vote. Since then, the non-partisan website Swift pointed to, Vote.org, received a massive spike in voter registrations nationwide, Buzzfeed reports. “We are up …
Read More »Amy Schumer, Emily Ratajkowski, Others Arrested at Brett Kavanaugh Protest
Actress-comedian Amy Schumer was arrested and detained in Washington, D.C. ,Thursday as thousands of people descended on the Hart Senate Office Building to protest the possible appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, per MSNBC. Holding a “We Believe Anita Hill” sign, Schumer joined others in condemning Kavanaugh, whose …
Read More »The 7 Most Surreal Moments From Brett Kavanaugh's Testimony
Brett Kavanaugh’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee began with a surreal, whirlwind of an opening statement that lasted close to 45 minutes. The embattled Supreme Court nominee yelled, cried and contorted his face into a number of grotesque expressions as he pleaded his innocence in response to multiple sexual …
Read More »Yes, All of This Stuff Really Happened This Week
We should have known it was coming. After a quiet Labor Day weekend, the news floodgates opened on Tuesday and the torrent hasn’t stopped. First came bombshell teasers for Bob Woodward’s new expose of the Trump White House, followed by fireworks from Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court hearings. Then a “senior …
Read More »Trump Will Have to Answer for the Real Puerto Rican Death Toll
Slowly, the truth is coming out. A new study by George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health has found that Hurricane Maria killed far more people in Puerto Rico than initially thought. The findings attribute an estimated 2,975 deaths to the storm from September 2017 through February 2018. …
Read More »Trump's Crusade Against 'Fake News' Is Poised to Turn Violent
President Trump is on a two-week working vacation at his Bedminster, New Jersey golf club, and he appears to be having a difficult time relaxing. As the Mueller investigation continues to tighten its focus around Trump and his associates, the president has spent the first few days of his summer …
Read More »Trump Nominates Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Now What?
President Trump has nominated 53-year-old Brett Kavanaugh as the next justice to serve on the Supreme Court. “Judge Kavanaugh has impeccable credentials, unsurpassed qualifications and a proven commitment to equal justice under the law,“ Trump said while making the announcement at the White House, going on to describe him as …
Read More »Democrats to Donald Trump: Here's a Bill to Outlaw Family Separation
Nearly 2,000 migrant children have been ripped from their parents at the border under President Trump’s new “zero-tolerance” policy – state-sponsored trauma intended to deter undocumented immigration and even asylum seekers. New photos of separated migrant children in border patrol custody show them in oversize kennels, sleeping on mats on …
Read More »Why Mike Pence's Praise of Joe Arpaio Shouldn't Come as a Surprise
The White House is continuing to lean on the new tax bill as the keystone accomplishment of Trump’s presidency, and on Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence was in Tempe, Arizona, to detail how the cuts will benefit the state’s residents. In attendance was former Maricopa County Sheriff and convicted criminal …
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