Why the Polish ruling party turned a minor border crisis into an “existential threat.” November 19, 2021 In a sense, Poland’s turning what was initially a minor border crisis into an “existential threat facing the nation” was overdetermined, meaning there was no way the government of Jarosław Kaczyński could have treated it as anything else.…Continue Reading
From the vantage point of Washington, D.C., where masks are the indoor norm, the maskless scene in Georgia’s 14th district seems unreal. November 19, 2021 Rome, Ga.— In her first election, Marjorie Taylor Greene, a gun-toting Georgian who owned a couple gyms, grabbed 75 percent of the state’s 14th Congressional District votes. That was in…Continue Reading
Progressivism once looked to the future; today, it’s stuck in the past. November 19, 2021 EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com. In a provocative recent essay in The New York Times, the political historian Jon Grinspan places the distemper currently…Continue Reading
Democratic Texas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, the dean of her state’s congressional delegation, announced Saturday that she will not run for re-election in 2022.“There is nothing more satisfying to an elected official for people of real character and accomplishment to plead for you to run for office one more time,” Johnson said at a press…Continue Reading
Democratic elected officials at the state and federal levels blasted a Wisconsin jury’s acquittal of teenager Kyle Rittenhouse of charges related to three 2020 shootings.Rittenhouse was found not guilty of reckless homicide, intentional homicide, attempted intentional homicide, and two counts of recklessly endangering safety, leading top political figures to bemoan what they viewed as a…Continue Reading
November 19, 2021 4:06 PM ET In this episode, Vince and Jason discuss the record breaking speech of Kevin McCarthy, Joy Reid pulling the race card on the Rittenhouse trial and Bill Maher going off on the corporate media. (RELATED: Bill Maher Slams Liberal Media For Ignoring Hunter Biden Laptop Right To Cuomo’s Face) “Vince…Continue Reading
A post shared on Facebook claims “close to hundreds” of people died at the Astroworld music festival.Facebook/Screenshot Verdict: False Officials have reported that 10 people died, not “close to hundreds.” The investigation into the incident is ongoing. Fact Check: At least 10 people were killed and dozens more injured during a crowd surge at Travis…Continue Reading
November 19, 2021 3:35 PM ET House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler said the acquittal of Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse on Friday afternoon sets a “dangerous precedent” that the Justice Department ought to review.“This heartbreaking verdict is a miscarriage of justice and sets a dangerous precedent which justifies federal review by DOJ,” the New…Continue Reading
Most everyone knows what they were doing in March 2020, when the United States started locking down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was confusing and lonely and people were cut off from human contact. That deprived many of us of seeing first hand where the pandemic hit the hardest, particularly in…Continue Reading
Posted November 19, 2021 at 1:47pmThe Senate late Thursday confirmed Charles Sams III to lead the National Park Service, making him the first Senate-approved director since the Obama administration and the first Native American to hold the post.While House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was criticizing congressional Democrats’ roughly $2 trillion climate-and-social-spending bill in an…Continue Reading