Now PlayingChris Hayes rips Neil Gorsuch for private speech at conservative event04:01UP NEXTMissouri ‘Stand Your Ground’ bill critiqued as racist ‘Make Murder Legal Act’08:41Joy Reid: Biden returns to foreign and domestic policy wheelhouse after tough year11:12Breaking down details of U.S. raid on ISIS leader in Syria01:57NYT: Trump fake electors planning began as early as 15…Continue Reading
Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor who burst onto the national political scene as Sen. John McCain’s running mate for the 2008 presidential election, has a treacherous relationship with American news media. After her glasses, her public gaffes during interviews and speaking engagements are the most famous things about her:Palin’s 2008 interview with Katie Couric, in…Continue Reading
Rep. Swalwell: Pence needs to ‘do the right thing’ and testify to Jan. 6 Cmte.04:10Pence breaks with Trump07:04Now PlayingClosing in? MAGA riot panel evidence links call to Trump as Pence slams 4502:17UP NEXT’Un-American’: Pence drops MAGA-world bomb rebuking vote stealing plot11:14Scheme to subvert 2020 election05:46‘Very dangerous precedent’: Harvard professor condemns GOP’s Jan. 6 response08:15Lawrence on…Continue Reading
Travis McMichael, one of three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, in 2020 withdrew his guilty plea on a federal hate crime charge Friday.His father, Gregory McMichael, withdrew his guilty plea a day earlier. Last year, a Georgia jury found the McMichaels and another man, William “Roddie” Bryan, guilty of…Continue Reading
It was Sunday night when Donald Trump broke new ground, issuing a written statement in which the former president admitted what he actually wanted to see happen on Jan. 6: Then-Vice President Mike Pence, Trump wrote, “could have overturned the Election!” The former president added that it was “unfortunate” that Pence didn’t “change the results…Continue Reading
(Mark Makela/Reuters) The week of January 31: Starbucks, inflation, China, and more. I was wondering what to write about this week when a politician spilled (metaphorically speaking) a cup of coffee all over my screen. As so often, the trouble started on Twitter, specifically with a tweet by the New York Times’ Shane Goldmacher: Headline: Starbucks…Continue Reading
The mask wars have been heating up in school districts across the country in recent weeks, notably in purple Virginia, where Governor Youngkin’s administration has been battling defiant school districts over his recent executive order making masks optional. Even in reliable blue bulwarks such as Washington state, some students are saying “enough” to masking requirements…Continue Reading
Platitudes about ‘peace’ and ‘mutual respect’ abound — but not a word about genocide. Editor’s note: If you value reporting like this, we hope you will support our campaign to counterprogram Chinese propaganda during the Olympic Games. More here. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE W hile several Western democracies staged a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter…Continue Reading
(Mike Blake/Reuters) A National Education Association leader has admitted to reporting the Chalkboard Review, a heterodox, education-centric publication, to Twitter, leading to its suspension on Thursday. In a since-deleted tweet, Emilie McKiernan Blanton, a member of the Jefferson County Teachers Association in Kentucky and a member of the NEA’s board of directors for Region III,…Continue Reading
Former Vice President Mike Pence sits for an onstage interview at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., November 30, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Former vice president Mike Pence on Friday strongly rejected former president Donald Trump’s renewed claims that he could have personally overturned the results of the 2020 election. “I heard this week that…Continue Reading