The Red States Fighting the Good Fight Against Big Tech

Moreover, the common carriage approach isn’t a recipe for more hate speech: This problem is a function of these platforms’ basic business model—surveillance advertising. In the 1990s, people could express white supremacist views on bulletin boards, but their posts wouldn’t Continue reading The Red States Fighting the Good Fight Against Big Tech

Florida Republicans May Get Smoked on Another Abortion Fight

The Florida Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday about a proposed ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution—and it wasn’t looking good for the amendment’s opponents. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody had asked the high court to strike Continue reading Florida Republicans May Get Smoked on Another Abortion Fight

Republicans Reveal Their Endgame in the Fight Over Trans Kids

In the past three years, Republican legislators have proposed and passed a dizzying series of laws prohibiting gender-affirming care for trans kids. Due to these efforts, an estimated 36 percent of trans minors live in states where such care is Continue reading Republicans Reveal Their Endgame in the Fight Over Trans Kids

Here’s Why Abortion Rights Activists Are Taking Their Fight to the States

Many Democrats support either eliminating Social Security’s cap on taxable wages, expanding the types of compensation subject to Social Security payroll taxes—fringe benefits like health insurance, for example—or increasing payroll taxes. “The problem has been that, over time, the amount Continue reading Here’s Why Abortion Rights Activists Are Taking Their Fight to the States

Bernie Sanders Starts an Important Fight in the Democratic Party

In the wake of the terrorist attack by Hamas in October, in which roughly 1,200 Israelis were killed and hundreds taken hostage, the White House, along with a slew of American lawmakers, have highlighted the need to aid Israel. But Continue reading Bernie Sanders Starts an Important Fight in the Democratic Party

Nevada’s Fake Elector Fight Brings an End to the Republican Voter Fraud Myth

Six people in Nevada ultimately signed up to be fake electors. They included Michael McDonald, the chairman of the Nevada GOP, and Jim DeGraffenreid, a committee member of the Republican National Committee. They signed fake electoral certificates outside the state Continue reading Nevada’s Fake Elector Fight Brings an End to the Republican Voter Fraud Myth

“Stand Your Butt Up”: Republican Senator Tries to Fight Witness

A fight nearly broke out during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, or HELP, committee hearing on Tuesday after Senator Markwayne Mullin read aloud a union boss’s tweet snubbing the freshman Oklahoma congressman as a “clown” and a “fraud.” Continue reading “Stand Your Butt Up”: Republican Senator Tries to Fight Witness

The MTG–Chip Roy Fight Over Rashida Tlaib Censure Is Truly Insane

It was a battle of the extremes on Thursday as Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene went full meltdown mode on Twitter, hours after losing her bid to censure Palestinian-American Representative Rashida Tlaib. In a frantic string of tweets, Greene threw daggers Continue reading The MTG–Chip Roy Fight Over Rashida Tlaib Censure Is Truly Insane