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There was a thug in the George Floyd case. He was sitting in the White House tweeting toxins as usual. They were so poisonous that, for the first time in Twitter history, Donald Trump was docked for violating Twitter’s Terms of Service. Lesser mortals like you and me would have lost our Twitter accounts over … Continue reading "Opinion: We Should Call George Floyd’s Murder By Its Name: Extra Judicial Killing"

CNN political commentator Van Jones recently issued a stark challenge to, and indeed indictment of, supposedly well-meaning White America, speaking in the wake of the police murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd and in the midst of mass uprisings and protests responding to the never-ending violence against African Americans. He states most directly that … Continue reading "Opinion: Biden Must Take Up Van Jones’ Challenge, Guidance for Overcoming White Liberalism"

The United States has a president in the middle of a pandemic who refuses to hear or talk about the virus death toll.

Trump blames "Antifa" for the violence that local officials say is being caused by white supremacists. Trump is thanking himself for battling "Antifa."

Trump said on Sunday that he would designate ANTIFA a terrorist organization, but there is no such thing as an ANTIFA organization.

Speaker Pelosi said that she is ignoring Trump, and urged the American people not to give him a gift by taking the bait of his distractions.

Over 100,000 American citizens have needlessly perished due to Trump’s malignant narcissism, but it is apparent that Trump will not be happy until he increases the death toll – particularly among his most ardent supporters. There aren’t very many people who would argue that Donald Trump is not a malignant narcissist. He thrives on antisocial … Continue reading "Opinion: Trump is intent on killing more Americans to feed his malignant narcissism"

White House National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said that there is no systemic racism in US law enforcement, just a few bad apples.

We’re all in this together. Is anybody else tired of hearing this mantra? I mean, in many ways I love it both as an aspirational sentiment, encapsulating the vision of a cooperative, humane, and compassionate social way of being, and as a statement that captures an undeniable, matter-of-fact aspect of our reality: we are absolutely … Continue reading "Opinion: Are We All in This Together? Not When Republicans Funnel Relief to Millionaires"

The latest lie from the mainstream media is its most absurd yet.

What makes this moment unique is that it comes at a time when the United States literally doesn't have a president who is at least pretending to lead.

It is highly likely that most Americans understand that terrible Trump’s only regard for religion is pandering to his evangelical cult because they are dedicated to keeping him in the Oval Office. When Trump made a big deal about opening up the country so the plague-infected faithful could celebrate a pagan holiday Christians changed to … Continue reading "Opinion: For Trump, churches are only essential for votes and money"

While Donald Trump has been involved in a dispute with Twitter, speciously and ignorantly crying that the social media company violated his First Amendment rights, uprisings and mass actions protesting the police murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor—and the pervasive devaluing of Black lives generally–have mounted. The simultaneity of these events may be just … Continue reading "Opinion: Trump’s Abuse of First Amendment as Racist Club Aligns with Republican, Right-Wing Supreme Court Practices"

The president and his followers are jumping on the opportunity to make property destruction – not systemic racism – the main focus of attention.

The governor directly addressed the killing of George Floyd, but he also spoke of the greater issue of systemic racism in America.

Minnesota officials said in a Saturday news conference that white nationalists and people from outside the state are fueling the violence in Minneapolis.

The D.C. mayor said Donald Trump is a scared man hiding behind the White House gates while America suffers through multiple crises.

Protestors gathered in the thousands in cities across America with a blatant disregard for the ongoing public health emergency while churches remain closed.

Donald Trump continued to stoke the flames of violence on Saturday morning by openly fantasizing about unleashing dogs and weapons on D.C. protesters.

Trump threated protesters at the White House with violence for using their First Amendment free speech right to protest against the govenment.

The debate about whether social media companies should have protection from liability misses a larger question about their role in American society.

Hong Kong was once considered a 'golden goose' to the CCP, helping propel China's economic development and transformation. By trying to impose absolute control on Hong Kong, the CCP killed the golden goose.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is enjoying a surge of support from those working in healthcare, receiving more than  $3.8 million in donations from healthcare leaders and their employees, including pro-Biden super-PACS, according to data from the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.  The news comes as President Donald Trump and his administration continue to … Continue reading "Biden Sees Surge of Support from Healthcare Professionals as Trump Falters Over Pandemic Response"

An additional 140 House Republicans joined a lawsuit Friday seeking to end proxy voting used by the lower chamber this week for the first time in history.

Without her former co-host, the pressure is off for egregiously kinky content. "Call Her Daddy" will be a space to discuss whatever Cooper and the daddy gang want.

Taylor Swift unloaded on Trump for feigning moral superiority while threatening violence as his presidency fanned the flames of white supremacy.

“The moral legitimacy of our economy is dependent on the vitality of our communities of color. Likewise, the health and resilience of our economy are dependent on their success," Rubio wrote.

Democrats have shown a united front in their response to Donald Trump’s tweet about shooting protesters in Minneapolis. The President appeared to double down on Friday morning. “The National Guard has arrived on the scene,” Trump tweeted. “They are in Minneapolis and fully prepared. George Floyd will not have died in vain. Respect his memory!!!” … Continue reading "Democrats United In Disgust at Trump: He Wants “Protesters to Be Shot on Sight”"

Joe Biden has called out President Donald Trump following his tweet about shooting protesters. The presumptive Democratic nominee weighed in as conditions in Minneapolis grow more fraught. “Enough,” Biden tweeted on Friday morning before writing a thread about Trump’s response to the violence in Minnesota. He also addressed the arrest of a CNN team during … Continue reading "Biden Says “Enough” to Trump “Calling for Violence Against American Citizens”"

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is calling on the DOJ and Treasury Department to investigate whether Twitter is violating U.S. sanctions on Iran.

To put it concisely: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills are sustaining the illusion of propriety, the Real Housewives of New York are abandoning it.

Trump escalated his war with Twitter by having the White House retweet his Tweet, so Twitter flagged the official White House account for glorifying violence.

Joe Biden has warned of the “open wound” of racial injustice in the U.S. following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The former Vice President spoke at a virtual campaign event. “We can’t ignore that we are in a country with an open wound right now — a -wound far older and deeper than…George … Continue reading "Joe Biden: George Floyd’s Death Reveals “Ugly Underbelly of Our Society”"

The streaming wars are heating up, as John Krasinski’s 'Some Good News' signs on with CBS, 'Hamilton' heads to Disney Plus, and Tom Hanks’ new war movie goes straight to Apple TV.

Communist China poses a greater threat to America than any other nation in the world. Will Biden disavow his decades of support for China’s rise and follow Trump’s lead?

While 1 in 3 Americans now exhibit signs of clinical anxiety and depression, faith can be the vaccine to a nation's insanity.

As COVID-19 cases continue declining in many states, new threats are emerging: Alongside growing unemployment rates and an increase in depression, births are declining.

If European football leagues’ rebooting goes well, we will soon be able to reduce our coronavirus anxiety levels by enjoying our favorite sporting events.

A combination of factors add up to make losses in long-term care facilities one of the largest disasters of the pandemic, leaving nursing homes and their residents exposed to COVID-19.

“It is liberating," said student athlete Chelsea Mitchell, adding "to know that my voice, my story, my loss, has been heard."

It shouldn't be normalized and it shouldn't stay on his feed.

Pandemic life has its drawbacks, for some drastically more than others. But even through hardship or deprivation, we can seek joy from the simple pleasures in life.

Over the last three days, the world famous author has posted and responded to over 250 drawings as part of a competition for her new book.

Donald Trump might not want to confront the public health and economic carnage he has created, but he will be forced to in November.

Sen. Johnson said the purpose of his laughable investigation is to get to the bottom of whether the Obama administration tried to sabotage Trump.

In 2016, Donald Trump carried Missouri by about 20 points over Hillary Clinton. Now the state is within a new poll's margin of error.

Perhaps if the coronavirus had insulted Donald Trump on social media, he would've stepped up and taken it more seriously.

Trump Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany is demanding to know the names of the fact-checkers that Twitter is using to correct Trump.

Gadsby's work is a testament to how eagerly the arbiters of our culture will devour and elevate work that convincingly purports to be progressive.

By all accounts, the death of George Floyd looks like murder by a police officer. Attempting to burn down one of the Midwest’s most beloved cities won’t ensure justice.

Two House Democrats cited the ongoing public health pandemic for their absence in Washington while attending the space launch in Florida.

Donald Trump addressed the Coronavirus death toll on Thursday by gently criticizing China for the disease. The President’s seemed more concerned with Twitter this morning. “We have just reached a very sad milestone with the coronavirus pandemic deaths reaching 100,000,” Trump tweeted. We have just reached a very sad milestone with the coronavirus pandemic deaths … Continue reading "Trump Calls Coronavirus “A Very Bad Gift from China” as Deaths Pass 100,000"

Dr. Anthony Fauci believes a second wave of Coronavirus later this year could be avoided if the country stays the course. This marks a change in his views since last month. The Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told CNN on Wednesday that the U.S. might not see a second wave … Continue reading "Dr. Fauci Now Says a Second Wave of Coronavirus “Is Not Inevitable”"

Are facemasks a temporary way to fight a specific virus, or will they become part of our "new normal?"

While Thursday's new jobs numbers show an 8-week decline in new first-time filings, new jobless claims still shatter previous records.

Conservative Rick Wilson has preemptively attacked Donald Trump’s impending executive order on social media. He also warned Republicans it could end badly for them. “We don’t know what the WH Counsel’s office is going to vomit out when it comes to this social media executive order, but the idea by many Trump ‘conservatives’ that this … Continue reading "Rick Wilson Calls Trump’s Social Media Executive Order “Vomit” and Slams Its “Ludicrously Wrong” Supporters"

President Trump took to Twitter to declare that today “will be a Big Day for Social Media and FAIRNESS!” just a day after he threatened to shut down social media platforms after Twitter, his communication tool of choice, began fact-checking his tweets. This will be a Big Day for Social Media and FAIRNESS! — Donald J. Trump … Continue reading "Trump Claims Today “Will Be a Big Day For Social Media and FAIRNESS” As Coronavirus Deaths Top 100K"

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says social media companies shouldn’t be responsible for fact-checking the content posted on their platforms following President Donald Trump’s criticism of Twitter for fact-checking his claim that vote-by-mail initiatives are “substantially fraudulent.” “I don’t think that Facebook or internet platforms in general should be arbiters of truth,” Zuckerberg said during an … Continue reading "Zuckerberg Says Social Media Platforms “Shouldn’t Be Arbiters of Truth”After Twitter Fact Checks Trump"

If Twitter wants to editorialize and “factcheck” President Trump’s tweets with disclaimers, then it should be treated like any other publisher.

Bishops are keeping sacraments suspended indefinitely and allowing Washington churches to be treated differently than other establishments in terms of opening.

The draft’s inequities were clear, and efforts to address them failed because the policy was inherently regressive. So too are lockdowns.

We are all too familiar with the hackneyed charge that thoughts of heaven are delusional. But according to Steven Pinker, they're malignantly so. That’s a new twist.

One might think a story of a man who made a career out of pretending to be a Latino immigrant might elicit allegations of 'cultural appropriation.' Not so much.

The separation of powers, requiring the involvement of each branch of government rather than one unaccountable agency, helps to preserve our liberty.

New study finds 24 percent of Americans demonstrated clinically significant symptoms of major depression and 30 percent revealed signs of generalized anxiety.

Norma McCorvey went from being a lesbian abortion advocate to a born-again Catholic and pro-life spokeswoman. Upon her death, she said it was all a lie — but which part?

The pandemic has undermined criminally charged people's right to a speedy trial, unleashing a myriad of other problems in the criminal justice system.

State legislatures, not governors, should be making decisions about what to do and about what accommodations should or should not be made on Election Day.

The purpose of appointing inspectors general is to ensure no one is above the law. Instead of guarding this public trust, State Department IG Steve Linick weaponized it.

The scrubbed launch demonstrated widespread excitement for the first manned American spaceflight since the end of the shuttle program.

Roman's apology hit all the key points: acknowledging white privilege, the woman-on-woman nature of her crimes, and asking for help and guidance in correcting her own ignorance. It wasn't enough.

France has banned the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for Coronavirus. President Donald Trump heavily promoted the drug and even claimed he was taking it. The French health ministry revoked a decree allowing the country’s hospitals to prescribe hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 patients on Wednesday following reports about its dangers. “Whether [in doctors offices] in … Continue reading "France Bans Use of Drug Trump Promoted as Coronavirus Treatment"

Trump has gone into a state of mental collapse as he is issuing empty threats to Twitter if they do not stop fact-checking his tweets.

Criticism of Donald Trump’s recent tweets continued to grow on Wednesday. The President has repeatedly accused a former congressman of involvement in a murder. Trump has suggested MSNBC host Joe Scarborough is somehow responsible for the death of staffer Lori Klausutis. Republican Senator Mitt Romney believes he should drop the subject now, “I know Joe … Continue reading "Mitt Romney and the Washington Examiner Join Criticism of Trump’s Tweets about Joe Scarborough"

Nancy Pelosi has hit out at Republicans for opposing proxy voting in Congress amid the Coronavirus pandemic. The Speaker of the House branded their lawsuit a “sad stunt”. House Democrats passed measures to allow members of Congress to vote by proxy due to the dangers of Covid-19. Republicans are now suing to prevent this rules … Continue reading "Pelosi Slams “Republicans’ Sad Stunt” of Opposing Proxy Voting in Congress"

The reliably conservative Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board criticized President Donald Trump in an editorial this morning, calling his murder allegations against former congressman and “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough “ugly even for him.” “Donald Trump sometimes traffics in conspiracy theories — recall his innuendo in 2016 about Ted Cruz’s father and the JFK assassination — but … Continue reading "Wall Street Journal: Trump’s Murder Allegations Against Scarborough Are “Ugly, Even For Him”"

President Donald Trump has falsely accused former congressman and “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough of murdering a staffer for the second day in a row. Writing on Twitter, the president claimed Scarborough “is rattled, not only by his bad ratings but all of the things and facts that are coming out on the internet about … Continue reading "Trump Falsely Accuses Joe Scarborough of Murder for the Second Day in a Row"

President Donald Trump threatened to shut down social media platforms after Twitter, his communication tool of choice, began fact-checking his tweets. The president suggested that social media “totally silences” conservative voices. “Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices. We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this … Continue reading "Trump Threatens to Shut Down Social Media Platforms After Twitter Fact-Checks His Tweets"

"That slice of government cheese is going to eventually melt and there's just not going to be enough to get it done. So the best thing you can do is figure out what you're good at, get your resume going and get to work."

A new report offers new insight into just how much unelected bureaucrats have embraced Article 1 powers of legislating in the administrative state.

The SpaceX launch should inspire us to be risk-takers, trying new things and starting new ventures. We can only achieve great things if we don't let fear dictate how we live our lives.

Republicans filed a lawsuit Tuesday against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in an effort to block sweeping rule changes that would upend more than 200 years of precedent.

Twenty legal luminaries led by Harvard professor Laurence Tribe have written a brief urging Judge Emmet Sullivan to reject the government’s motion to dismiss the Michael Flynn case.

Emmet Sullivan’s order welcoming amicus curiae briefs in a criminal case would cause a reasonable person to question Judge Sullivan’s impartiality.

‘Flatten the curve’ became ‘stop the virus’ as fast as the decline in bad news about COVID. All that’s left is to answer: where will the goal posts move next?

Gov. Tim Walz targeted Minnesotans’ First Amendment right to worship. When they pushed back, he eased restrictions. Neither should have to happen.

To those looking to benefit politically from emergencies, COVID presents an opportunity to advance plans targeted to transform American freedom and the American way of life.

In space, no one can hear you scream, and we can all do with a little less shrieking these days.

Amy Cooper didn't need to lose her job for being deeply obnoxious. She didn't need to grapple with this mistake on the world stage. The sentence did not fit the crime.

'We've learned the survival rate and the lethality danger to young people who make up more than 80 percent of our campus community is near zero,' Daniels said.

As the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus reaches 100,000, Trump appears to have given up on developing a national testing policy.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Donald Trump has become so unhinged that not even he knows what he's talking about anymore.

Trump's reelection campaign went ballistic on Tuesday after Twitter slapped fact-checks on two of the president's tweets related to mail-in voting.

What’s most amusing about Joe Biden’s staff-crafted Twitter persona is Online Joe’s fondness for posting vapid platitudes. There is a Grand Canyon-sized gap between Biden’s freewheeling Read More

Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services Director is sounding the alarm on the inaccurate count of COVID-19 deaths in Michigan nursing homes.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) warned that Trump is trying to delegitimize the election by attacking mail voting.

A new poll of Utah shows Donald Trump holds just a three-point lead over Joe Biden in a state that has not voted for a Democratic president in 56 years.

Michigan Gov. Whitmer is in hot water after Facebook posts show her husband requesting a dock company put their boat in the water before Memorial Day.

Trump claimed on Tuesday that he did a good job on the coronavirus with nearly 100,000 dead, almost 2 million sick, and the economy in tatters.

Donald Trump’s Facebook page has shared a video of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign in a coffin. The President’s page repurposed a popular meme to attack the former Vice President. Trump’s official Facebook page shared a dancing Ghanaian pallbearers video with the Biden campaign logo imposed on the coffin. Though this is a popular meme, there … Continue reading "Trump’s Facebook Page Shares Video of Biden Campaign in a Coffin"

Twitter will not remove Donald Trump’s tweets accusing MSNBC host Joe Scarborough of murder. Despite numerous calls to take action against the President’s false allegations, the company will do nothing. President Trump has repeatedly pushed an unfounded claim that former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough is responsible for the death of an intern, Lori Klausutis. Her … Continue reading "Despite Calls to “Cleanse the Trump Stain”, Twitter Refuses to Remove Tweets Accusing MSNBC Host of Murder"

Nearly 100,000 people have died from the novel coronavirus as the crisis has intensified over the last two months, but President Donald Trump appeared to flout all criticism and attacked presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden over his response to the 2009 swine flu pandemic. “Joe Biden’s handling of the H1N1 Swine Flu was a … Continue reading "With Nearly 100,000 Dead, Trump Finds Time to Attack Biden Over 2009 Swine Flu Response"

Donald Trump will claim November’s election is fraudulent if he doesn’t win, according to political scientist Seth Masket. The University of Denver academic was responding to new tweets from the President. “If Trump loses he will still be president for 2.5 months and will be claiming it was a fraudulent election every day of that,” … Continue reading "Political Scientist Warns Trump Will Claim 2020 Election Is ‘Fraudulent’ if He Loses"

President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said the United States has “overreacted a little bit to coronavirus” while arguing that Americans should head back to work while wearing masks and observing social distancing guidelines. “The fact that it’s difficult to get this disease from touching stuff… should sort of reset how we … Continue reading "Former WH Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney Says “We’ve Overreacted a Little Bit to Coronavirus”"

According to a new poll of nearly 1,700 adults from Gallup and the Knight Foundation, found that 68 percent of Republicans “strongly agree” that it is harmful for the media to exaggerate the threat of the novel coronavirus. The number of Democrats, by comparison, is 34 percent. Additionally, 77 percent of the survey’s respondents feel … Continue reading "Poll: Twice as Many Republicans Believe Media Coverage “Exaggerating” Coronavirus Threat is Harmful"

President Donald Trump continues to share a conspiracy theory that former Congressman and “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough murdered a former staffer. Earlier this morning, the president suggested that law enforcement “eventually will” catch up with Scarborough. “The opening of a Cold Case against Psycho Joe Scarborough was not a Donald Trump original thought, this … Continue reading "Trump: “Law Enforcement Eventually Will” Catch Up with Joe Scarborough Over Baseless Murder Conspiracy"

There appears to be no statistical connection between improved health outcomes and pandemic policies that forced nearly 40 million people into the unemployment lines.

A Democratic effort is underway in at least 16 states to overturn restrictions on mail-in balloting and third-party ballot harvesting.

Those condemning the DOJ’s decision to drop the charges against Michael Flynn ignore the growing evidence of misconduct by both the FBI and the federal prosecutors.

Vote-by-mail would federalize a state-based electoral system, introducing something else Democrats tend to use when they find themselves desperate for a win: chaos.

California’s legislature is trying, yet again, to bring back racial preferences in college admissions, even though they harm Asian Americans. Why? Politics.

In her final performance, Norma McCorvey has given the pro-life movement a profound gift: exposing the potential for great cruelty.

While Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning ultimately won the event by one hole, the real victors are sports fans everywhere, who were able to enjoy televised sports once again.

Rather than risk another year of subpar education for your children, this fall may be the time to make a move to real homeschooling.

The time to formalize the Quad has come, and the United States should help Australia in that endeavour and lead the effort.

I’d rather go to a dimly lit club than enjoy live music from my car. But these days, drive-in concerts don't sound so bad.

If the media is looking for a symbol of 'deviancy' in our politics that only '[makes] things worse,' they should stop looking at the press secretary and instead look in the mirror.

Trump spent Memorial Day, not remembering the fallen, but throwing a fit over getting busted for golfing during the pandemic.

Charlamagne tha God said a moderate vice presidential pick would cause "voter depression" among Democrats in Joe Biden's boring presidential bid.