Don’t Get Too Excited. Rupert Murdoch’s Successor Is Just as Bad.

Noelle Dunphy accused Giuliani of promising to pay her a $1 million annual salary but instead raping and sexually abusing her over the course of two years. Her lawsuit alleges that Giuliani was constantly drunk, talked openly about trying to Continue reading Don’t Get Too Excited. Rupert Murdoch’s Successor Is Just as Bad.

Why Working Stiffs Don’t Mind Trump Crapping on Their Union

Why does the working class no longer support the party of working men and women? Well, obviously the decline of organized labor plays a huge role; the proportion of private-sector workers represented by a union is 6 percent, about half Continue reading Why Working Stiffs Don’t Mind Trump Crapping on Their Union

Jim Jordan and Wisconsin Republicans Know the Law—They Just Don’t Care

Here’s just one charge from the indictment. Luft was working for a think tank. In the summer of 2015, it is alleged, a Chinese national who was the head of something called the China Energy Fund Committee, or CEFC, approached Continue reading Jim Jordan and Wisconsin Republicans Know the Law—They Just Don’t Care

Jim Jordan and Wisconsin Republicans Know the Law—They Just Don’t Care

In sum: Wisconsin is functionally not a real democracy in which each vote counts equally. The voters elected a judge who campaigned according to the existing laws and whose presence threatens to make the state a functioning democracy (there’s a Continue reading Jim Jordan and Wisconsin Republicans Know the Law—They Just Don’t Care

Mitch McConnell Is Waging War on Labor. Don’t Worry, He’ll Lose.

The Biden White House isn’t doing that. Democratic NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox, whose term expired August 27, was cleared in July for renomination by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; a  floor vote is scheduled for September 6. Continue reading Mitch McConnell Is Waging War on Labor. Don’t Worry, He’ll Lose.

Trump’s Trials Don’t Interrupt His Campaign—They Are His Campaign

Truth is about power; and lying isn’t lying if it strengthens the movement. The ultimate goal in fascist truth, then, is not to have the best, empirically viable facts. The goal is to demonstrate authenticity and commitment to the movement—to Continue reading Trump’s Trials Don’t Interrupt His Campaign—They
Are His Campaign

Trump Has a Big Weakness, but His Rivals Don’t Want to Exploit It

EXCLUSIVE: Ron DeSantis rejects Trump’s 2020 election claims, says “Of course he lost” In an NBC News exclusive interview with @DashaBurns, the Florida governor made his most definitive comments that Trump did not win in 2020. “Joe Biden’s the president,” Continue reading Trump Has a Big Weakness, but His Rivals Don’t Want to Exploit It

Florida Bans AP Psychology for Violating Draconian “Don’t Say Gay” Law

Florida has banned Advanced Placement Psychology in all public schools because the course includes content on sexual orientation and gender identity, a violation of the state’s draconian “Don’t Say Gay” law. The College Board revealed the ban on Thursday, adding Continue reading Florida Bans AP Psychology for Violating Draconian “Don’t Say Gay” Law

“There’s a Lot We Don’t Know”: Rep. Ted Lieu on Our A.I. Future

California Democrat Ted Lieu is something unusual in Congress: He was a computer science major at Stanford, a course of study that led him logically to his interest in the issue of artificial intelligence, where he’s sponsored a number of Continue reading “There’s a Lot We Don’t Know”: Rep. Ted Lieu on Our A.I. Future