UnsecurityVenmo Matt Gaetz's Lackey Reportedly Used Venmo to Pay Off More Than 150 Women and One Minor verified_publisherGizmodo - Brianna Provenzano The details on Rep. Matt Gaetz’s role in an alleged sex ring are getting more sickening by the day, and today, a day that ends with “Y”, is no …
UnsecurityNate Cohn New York Times argues new Georgia voting law may not shrink turnout, but what it does might be worse verified_publisherSalonDemocrats have criticized Georgia's new voting restrictions as "Jim Crow in the 21st century," drawing complaints from Republicans that they are playing the "race card" and overhyping the effects of the...
UnsecurityU.S. Politics Federal judge rules private land on border can be seized for the wall, despite Biden's construction halt verified_publisherCNN - By Priscilla Alvarez(CNN) — The federal government can take "immediate possession" of a Texas family's land along the US-Mexico border after a years-long court battle, a federal judge has ruled -- a move at odds with President...
UnsecurityEvolution Republicans who pushed Arkansas' anti-trans ban just passed a bill to teach creationism in schools verified_publisherSalonGOP state Rep. Mary Bentley has been very busy doing what religious conservatives might say is the lord's work in the Arkansas state legislature. A fourth-term member of the House, Bentley has introduced...
UnsecurityTucker Carlson Tucker Carlson’s Expanding Definition of Who Shouldn’t Get to Vote verified_publisherslate.com - Dahlia Lithwick There is never a good time to talk about Tucker Carlson. As John Oliver recently reminded us, offering up attention to those who seek attention in a …
UnsecurityU.S. Politics Right-wing propaganda is annihilating the truth about Jan. 6 — Democrats must fight back verified_publisherSalonThe attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump's forces on Jan. 6 is one of the most documented crimes in American history. Trump's coup attempt and related events were publicly planned. As president,...
UnsecurityU.S. Politics Republicans’ infrastructure talking points are crumbling verified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Jennifer RubinPresident Biden and his advisers have begun to engage with lawmakers on his American Jobs Plan. Biden met with a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday, and he and aides have been on the phone with both...
UnsecurityU.S. Politics Welcome to the New Progressive Era verified_publisherThe Atlantic - Anand GiridharadasWashington in the first days of the Biden administration is a place for double takes: A president associated with the politics of austerity is spending money with focused gusto, a crisis isn’t going to...
UnsecurityU.S. Politics Reject the voting rights bill, Chamber of Commerce urges senators verified_publisherFortune - John Harney, Bloomberg The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged U.S. senators to reject a voting reform bill passed by the Democratic House -- and the powerful business lobby …
UnsecurityPolicing Capitol Police Reportedly Told To Go Easy On MAGA Rioters On January 6 UPROXX - Matt PriggeThe failed MAGA riot of January 6 was a surprise even to the most pessimistic observer, but there’s one reason it got out of hand: According to a new 104-page report, Capitol police were told to hold when...
UnsecurityU.S. Senate How to Stop the Minority-Rule Doom Loop verified_publisherThe Atlantic - Adam JentlesonPresident Joe Biden came into office facing four “converging crises”: COVID-19, climate change, racial justice, and the economy. But after a few weeks of fast action on a pandemic relief plan, a fifth...
UnsecurityU.S. Politics Republicans Are Making 4 Key Mistakes verified_publisherThe Atlantic - David FrumIt’s not only Georgia. In every state where Republicans control a chamber of the legislature, bills to restrict voting are advancing fast. Arizona and Texas Republicans have acted especially aggressively...
UnsecurityLand Reform How Authoritarians Turn Rural Areas Into Their Strongholds verified_publisherThe Atlantic - Michael AlbertusDevelopment economists typically tell a compelling story about land reform: Countries can supercharge their development by leveling inequality and radically reallocating assets. In East Asia, nations followed...
UnsecurityGeorgia (U.S. State) It’s Not Just Georgia: More Than A Dozen Other States Are Trying To Take Power Away From Local Election Officials verified_publisherFiveThirtyEight - Nathaniel Rakich Georgia’s new election restrictions have garnered no shortage of criticism thanks to provisions that directly impose additional burdens on voters, …
UnsecurityJosh Hawley Josh Hawley reveals plans to break up big corporate power: ‘No corporation’ should control politics verified_publisherFox NewsSen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., unveiled new legislation to bust up corporate control over politics and restore power in American hands telling "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on Monday that his plan will break up Tech...
UnsecurityU.S. Politics Pastor says Fauci should be waterboarded until he admits to working with China to create COVID Newsweek - Jason Lemon Conservative pastor Rick Wiles took aim at Dr. Anthony Fauci in a recent episode of his TruNews program, saying that the prominent public health …
UnsecurityU.S. Politics ‘Biden Republicans’? Some in GOP are open to president’s agenda verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - WILL WEISSERTA solid Republican voter for the past four decades, Jay Copan doesn’t hide his disdain for today’s GOP. The 69-year-old quickly regretted casting his 2016 ballot for former President Trump. When Trump...
UnsecurityU.S. Politics Leaked calls show ALEC's secret plan to fight Biden on climate grist.org - Naveena Sadasivam Republican efforts to stall President Joe Biden’s climate agenda are slowly beginning to take shape. In March, a coalition of 12 Republican state …
UnsecurityU.S. Politics Georgia is updating Jim Crow. Now, he’s Dr James Crow verified_publisherThe Guardian - David Daley and Rev Jesse JacksonGeorgia has a long history of racial inequity at the ballot box. Voters wait an average of just six minutes in line after 7pm in precincts where 90% of residents are white. But when 90% of voters are The...
UnsecurityU.S. Politics Leaked video reveals a GOP plan to intimidate Black and brown voters in Houston verified_publisherSalonDonald Trump's neofascist slogan, "Make America Great Again," was always best understood as a threat against nonwhite people, women, the LGBTQI community and others for whom "the good old days" were in...
UnsecurityMichigan Fauci says we can't end mitigation measures now even with impressive vaccine rollout verified_publisherCNN - By(CNN) — While the rollout of vaccines in the United States is "really impressive," Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN on Monday, Americans still need to do two things to blunt the pandemic. First, they must continue...
UnsecurityUnited States Vaccine Piliing Up In Red States As Republicans Reject Science, Endanger Nation nationalmemo.com - Mark Sumner Reprinted with permission from Daily Kos As of Thursday, Civiqs showed 41 percent of Republicans saying that they would definitely not accept a …
UnsecurityU.S. Politics Biden pollster urges blunt tax talk verified_publisherAxios - Jonathan Swan The top pollster for Joe Biden's presidential campaign is advising the White House to do something that often makes Democrats nervous: Talk loudly …
UnsecurityU.S. Politics House members still reeling from Capitol siege verified_publisherAxios - Kadia Goba House Democrats still reeling from the Jan. 6 Capitol assault have found a new refuge: a group text chain in which they share everything from their …
UnsecurityU.S. Politics Corporate Execs Mull Investment Freeze Over GOP Voting Laws The Daily Beast - Justin Rohrlich “They felt very strongly that these voting restrictions are based on a flawed premise and are dangerous,” said an organizer of the confab.
UnsecurityWisconsin Supreme Court Wisconsin Supreme Court blocks Republican-backed purge of voter rolls verified_publisherMarketWatch - Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state elections commission should not remove from the rolls voters flagged as …
UnsecurityAlternative for Germany Opinion: The nationalist AfD's nonexistent German 'normal' verified_publisherDW English - Hans Pfeifer The Alternative for Germany has spent the weekend determining what a restoration of "normal" would look like. The party's aggressive program is a …
UnsecurityU.S. Politics Corporate America risks ‘alienating their natural allies’ in the GOP amid decisions to take cultural stands pennlive.com - The Associated Press WASHINGTON — For more than a half-century, the voice emerging from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s monolithic, Beaux Arts-styled building near the …
UnsecurityU.S. Politics Clyburn offers Manchin history lesson to clear Senate path for Biden reforms verified_publisherGuardian US - Richard LuscombeJim Clyburn, the House majority whip, said on Sunday he intends to give Joe Manchin a lesson in US history as he attempts to clear a path for Joe Biden on voting rights and infrastructure. Manchin, a Democratic...
