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1 day ago
US Elections

Trump's Newest Venture? A $60 Bible.

Former President Trump added a $60 Bible to his list of consumer products for sale.
The God Bless the USA Bible includes a King James Bible, American political documents, and a handwritten version of a song chorus.
www.nytimes.com
3 weeks ago
US Elections

Do Americans Have a Collective Amnesia' About Donald Trump?

Americans' memories of Trump era events are fading and evolving, impacting views on Trump's presidency.
In an era of hyper-partisanship, there is no collective memory of past events, affecting political views.
www.mediaite.com
1 month ago
US Elections

Second Most Senior Senate Republican Endorses Trump After Defeat Of Haley In Her Home State

John Thune endorses Donald Trump for the GOP presidential nomination.
Thune aims to restore American strength and combat the Biden-Schumer agenda.
The New Yorker
3 months ago
US Elections

Are We Sleepwalking Into Dictatorship?

Betrayal, vengeance, and apostasy are constants in American political history.
Liz Cheney is an apostate for modern times, being banished from the Republican Party for refusing to worship its leader and defending the Constitution.
The New Yorker
3 months ago
US Elections

Are We Sleepwalking Into Dictatorship?

Betrayal, vengeance, and apostasy are constants in American political history.
Liz Cheney is an apostate for modern times, being banished from the Republican Party for refusing to worship its leader and defending the Constitution.
The New Yorker
3 months ago
US Elections

Are We Sleepwalking Into Dictatorship?

Betrayal, vengeance, and apostasy are constants in American political history.
Liz Cheney is an apostate for modern times, being banished from the Republican Party for refusing to worship its leader and defending the Constitution.
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US politics
www.nytimes.com
5 days ago
US politics

Are We in the Midst of a Political Realignment?

Voting patterns shift over time
Realignment in American politics is significant
time.com
6 days ago
US politics

The History Behind Netflix's Shirley Chisholm Biopic

Shirley Chisholm's groundbreaking story is being brought to the forefront through a Netflix biopic starring Regina King.
Chisholm, the first Black woman to serve in Congress, had a significant impact on American politics and paved the way for future generations.
www.nytimes.com
2 weeks ago
US politics

The Biden-Trump Rerun: A Nation Craving Change Gets More of the Same

The promise of change in presidential campaigns is a long-standing appeal to American voters.
The current election presents a choice between continuation and restoration, lacking a fresh face for voters to rally behind.
www.nytimes.com
1 month ago
US politics

How Two First Ladies Weathered a Most Unusual Presidential Transition

Dr. Jill Biden kept working as an English professor while serving as first lady, breaking tradition. Melania Trump spent her tenure as first lady flouting expectations and showing the optional nature of the role.
www.nytimes.com
1 month ago
US politics

How Oct. 7 Drove a Wedge Into the Democratic Party

Nassau County Republicans sought a new nominee after George Santos was expelled from Congress.
Mazi Pilip, an Ethiopian-born Israeli American, may have been chosen as a candidate to appeal to the Jewish community.
www.nytimes.com
2 months ago
US politics

After Iowa, Trump Is Back to Command the National Psyche. He Never Actually Left.

Donald J. Trump is back as the dominant figure in American political life and will likely be ubiquitous once again.
Despite speculation that he would not run again or that the Republican Party would move on to someone else, Trump's victory in Iowa solidifies his hold on the Republican electorate.
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1 week ago
Books

Getting let down by the 'Great Expectations' of electoral politics : Code Switch

Vinson Cunningham discusses his debut novel Great Expectations inspired by Obama's 2008 run.
The episode delves into the changing belief in American politics as a form of religion.
New York Post
2 months ago
US politics

Donald Trump, America's comic, Dachau's lessons for Congress and other commentary

Donald Trump's comedic style and jokes were on display during a recent speech in Iowa.
The author argues that Trump and his opponents have turned American politics into a joke, but only one party is trying to deny it.
The New Yorker
3 months ago
US politics

Are We Sleepwalking Into Dictatorship?

Betrayal, vengeance, and apostasy are constants in American political history.
Liz Cheney is an apostate for modern times, being banished from the Republican Party for refusing to worship its leader and defending the Constitution.
Bitcoin Magazine - Bitcoin News, Articles and Expert Insights
4 months ago
Cryptocurrency

Trump, Tucker, and Bitcoin: A Winning Ticket for America

A Trump-Tucker presidential ticket is being speculated as a possibility for the 2024 election.
If Bitcoin is associated with the Trump-Tucker ticket, it could energize their base of supporters and send a message of unwavering freedom.
www.vice.com
2 years ago
Cryptocurrency

This Senate Candidate Wants to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender With No Taxes

Images: Namthip Muanthongthae via Getty Images / Bryan Solstin Embracing Bitcoin-friendly policies is fast becoming a playbook in American politics.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Girls

Opinion | How Did the End of Roe Alter Your Choices?

There's an argument you used to hear back when the death of Roe v. Wade was looming but had not yet occurred.It went something like this: Roe has been such a divisive force in American politics for nearly five decades.Perhaps if states were once again able to decide for themselves about the right to abortion, people could finally stop fighting about the issue and a sort of stasis could take hold.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picks former Rep. Dennis Kucinich as his campaign manager

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has selected former Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich as his campaign manager.In a statement Thursday, Kennedy described Kucinich, a two-time Democratic presidential candidate himself, as someone who knows how the system works from the inside out.Dennis Kucinich has brought invaluable electoral experience to our campaign, Kennedy said.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Elizabeth Shackelford: Ukraine's outsized reliance on the US is a risk for the world

One year into Russia's assault on Ukraine, a few things are clear.Ukraine remains highly motivated, punching well above its weight against a far bigger and more experienced foe.The Russian military, meanwhile, has underperformed to nearly the same degree, though it continues to muster bodies and ammunition to throw at the front.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Europe news

Trudeau: Russia 'failing and flailing' in Ukraine war

UNITED NATIONS - Russia's partial military mobilization is a sign it is "failing and flailing" in its invasion of Ukraine, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau charged Wednesday, condemning what he called an escalation of the war.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

The Diplomat' vs. Reality

The allure of an ambassador's life is obvious: wielding government power and throwing parties for influential people in a far-flung location.The Diplomat, which premiered last month on Netflix, highlights the glamour while omitting the drudgery of the job the memos, press engagements and red tape.In the show, Keri Russell plays a U.S. ambassador to Britain named Kate Wyler, who spends her days managing international crises with quippy retorts.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

Editorial: When it comes to stopping Trump, CNN was the sideshow and a courtroom the main event

Many on the left were apoplectic over CNN's decision to hold a so-called town hall event Wednesday night, not just with the former President Donald Trump, but with a room full of Trump's supporters all hooting and hollering for their man."This is CNN's lowest moment as an organization," tweeted writer James Fallows.
www.mediaite.com
11 months ago
Left-wing politics

Trump Debuts New Nickname For Biden at New Hampshire Rally

Former President Donald Trump debuted a new nickname for President Joe Biden on Thursday, calling it maybe the most important part of what I'm going to say during a speech.Speaking in Manchester, New Hampshire at a campaign rally two days after Biden announced he is running for reelection, Trump announced he is retiring the nickname he used against Hillary Clinton to use it against the president.
time.com
1 year ago
US politics

A Volatile US Political Landscape Is Spurring NATO to Invest More in Europe's Defenses

When Joe Biden flew to the wind-swept coast of Cornwall, England, for his first major meeting with leaders of allied nations in June 2021, he wanted to footstomp that the Trumpian era of publicly berating allies and eschewing international cooperation was over.He later recalled declaring to a meeting of foreign leaders, America is back.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
US Elections

Opinion | Donald Trump Is Finally Finished

Whether or not Donald Trump's hat is in the ring, he's finished as a serious contender for high office.That's not a line to write lightly.First, because he has been written off so often in the past  after mocking John McCain's military record; after the Access Hollywood tape; after Jan. 6; after the Jan. 6 committee hearings  that it seems foolhardy to do it again.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Right-wing politics

Opinion | Did Ron DeSantis Just Become the 2024 Republican Front-Runner?

A red wave swept Florida, but elsewhere, it barely lapped the shore.Endangered House Democrats are surviving all over, the battle for the Senate may be tilting toward the Democrats, and at best Republicans have won themselves a return to stalemate, not the victory that the circumstances seemed to promise.
www.mediaite.com
1 year ago
US politics

Paul Ryan Declares Anybody Not Named Trump' More Likely to Win 2024: Really Clear' Suburban Voter Don't Like Former President

Anybody but Donald Trump has a shot at winning the White House for Republicans in 2024, Paul Ryan declared on Fox Business.Appearing Tuesday with host Stuart Varney, Ryan discussed the former president and his chances at winning the presidency in 2024.Trump hasn't officially announced he is running again, but he has heavily hinted that he will.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Tech industry

New Defamation Suit Against Fox Signals Continued Legal Threat

Fox News was hit on Wednesday with another defamation lawsuit, this one from a woman who said the network promoted lies about her that generated serious threats to her safety and harmed her career prospects.The suit was filed on behalf of Nina Jankowicz, the former executive director of a short-lived Department of Homeland Security division assigned with coordinating efforts to monitor and address disinformation threats to national security.
adage.com
11 months ago
Marketing

Dylan Mulvaney breaks silence on Bud Light uproar

Dylan Mulvaney, the transgender influencer whose Bud Light-themed Instagram post triggered a controversy that sent the beer brand's sales reeling, broke weeks of silence Thursday evening.In an Instagram post, she forgave her enemies and acknowledged there's clearly no way of winning over everyone.The post was published around the same time that beleaguered Bud Light separately aired its first new TV commercial since the controversy began nearly a month ago.
emptywheel
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

KT McFarland Likened Trump's Transition Interventions to the Iran October Surprise - emptywheel

In an FBI interview on September 14, 2017, KT McFarland likened Mike Flynn's transition period interference with Obama policy to Richard Nixon's Chennault Affair and what she called Reagan's "purported dealings with Iran to free American hostages."Based on her study of prior presidential transitions, McFarland believed the sorts of things Flynn did were not unusual.
time.com
1 year ago
US politics

Sarah Palin Paved the Way for Donald Trump. Could She Remake the GOP Again?

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME's politics newsletter.
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Moments that define history are seldom fully understood in the present.
www.cnn.com
2 years ago
US politics

Fundraisers and rent payments: Federal political spending at Trump businesses topped $1.4 million in his first year out of office

(CNN)Federal political committees spent more than $1.4 million at Donald Trump's businesses last year, a new tally shows -- underscoring one way the former President continues to personally benefit from his time in the White House.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
US politics

Patricia Schroeder, Feminist Trailblazer in Congress, Dies at 82

Patricia Schroeder, a trailblazing feminist legislator who helped redefine the role of women in American politics and used her wit to combat egregious sexism in Congress, died on Monday.She was 82.She died at a hospital in Celebration, Fla., from complications from a stroke, her daughter, Jamie Cornish, said in an email.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
Digital life

Thousands of pro-Trump bots attack Haley, DeSantis on Twitter

By David Klepper | Associated Press WASHINGTON Over the past 11 months, someone created thousands of fake, automated Twitter accounts perhaps hundreds of thousands of them to offer a stream of praise for Donald Trump.Besides posting adoring words about the former president, the fake accounts ridiculed Trump's critics from both parties and attacked Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador who is challenging her onetime boss for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
time.com
1 year ago
Digital life

Pro-Trump Twitter Bots Are Swarming Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley

Over the past 11 months, someone created thousands of fake, automated Twitter accounts perhaps hundreds of thousands of them to offer a stream of praise for Donald Trump.Besides posting adoring words about the former president, the fake accounts ridiculed Trump's critics from both parties and attacked Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador who is challenging her onetime boss for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
www.kvue.com
1 year ago
Digital life

Who made this massive pro-Trump bot network on Twitter?

WASHINGTON Over the past 11 months, someone created thousands of fake, automated Twitter accounts perhaps hundreds of thousands of them to offer a stream of praise for Donald Trump.Besides posting adoring words about the former president, the fake accounts ridiculed Trump's critics from both parties and attacked Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador who is challenging her onetime boss for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
The San Francisco Chronicle
1 year ago
From Twitter

Top Vietnamese Restaurants in the Bay Area

These are the best restaurants serving well-known Vietnamese classics and hard-to-find regional specialties.In 1975, the first major wave of Vietnamese refugees came to the United States, and since then, they have made an indelible mark on American politics, art and food culture, especially in hot spots like San Jose, a city that houses the largest Vietnamese community outside of Vietnam itself.
www.mediaite.com
1 year ago
Coronavirus

It's Not Funny': Whoopi Goldberg Blasts Those Dismissive of Fauci's Call for Vaccination, Recalls Getting Over Tough-A**' Covid

The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg went on a rant on Wednesday's show over those outraged over White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci calling on people to get vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19.Everybody should be vaccinated and boosted with flu and with Covid, said Fauci on Tuesday in his last White House press briefing ahead of his scheduled retirement from public service.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Paul Schrade dies; union leader survived bullet to the head when Robert F. Kennedy was killed

Paul Schrade soaked up the excitement as the crowd roared and Robert Kennedy smiled and leaned into the microphone: "So my thanks to all of you, and on to Chicago we go."Kennedy had just won the 1968 Democratic presidential primary in California, and there was a palpable sense inside the old Ambassador Hotel that the young New York senator had seized enough momentum to carry his suddenly super-charged campaign through to the convention in Chicago.
Mission Local
1 year ago
Mission District

Ill, but vibrant, Jane Fonda draws a crowd at Manny's

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.Days before the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, actress and activist Jane Fonda stopped by Manny's Wednesday with an audacious plan to combat climate change and a handful of candidates she has endorsed.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Letters: How we struggle to achieve civil discourse

I read with interest and some sadness the article in Thursday's Tribune ("Personal cost of American politics," Oct. 20).Friends and I have faced the same problem.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Ron Grossman: Conservative Catholic justices face Hobson's choice as they decide Roe v. Wade fate

The four conservative Catholic Supreme Court justices who, along with another conservative justice, recently cast a preliminary vote to overturn Roe v. Wade were confronted with a Hobson's choice that could long haunt the rest of us.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Nolan Finley: The empire strikes back. Wealthy GOP donors move to avert Trump takeover.

The Republican old guard is finally mounting a counteroffensive to bring the Michigan party back to its traditional conservative roots and head off an attempt by former President Donald Trump to tilt Michigan's presidential nominating process in his favor.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

From big screens to pubs and airports, world watches Queen's funeral

From giant screens in city squares to British pubs around the world, thousands watched the Queen's funeral from afar on Monday.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Girls

Opinion | Women Are So Fired Up to Vote, I've Never Seen Anything Like It

Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month.Anyone can read what you share.
As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Steve Chapman: Democratic ad strategy aimed at helping favored GOP challengers could backfire horribly

Years from now, we can hope, the children of Republican politicians will learn about the events of our time and ask their parents: "Why on earth did you support Donald Trump?"
Nytimes
1 year ago
US politics

Donations Steered to Trump Super PAC by Canadian Are Found to Be Illegal

The Federal Election Commission fined a Canadian steel billionaire, Barry Zekelman, $975,000 in the case, one of the biggest penalties it has ever assessed.
Nytimes
1 year ago
NYC music

Review: Finding Community in 'As You Like It'

This shimmering Shakespeare adaptation at the Delacorte Theater retains the outline of the original, while making space for songs.You don't have to sing along, though you may want to.
KQED
1 year ago
Independent films

Jo Koy's 'Easter Sunday' Puts Filipinos Front and Center | KQED

Today, Filipinos make up over 4 million of the country's 23 million-plus Asian population, according to the U.S. Census.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

Good Morning, News: Portlanders Protest End of Roe, SCOTUS Allows Prayer in Public Schools, and Oslo Mass Shooting Cancels Pride

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Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

THE TRASH REPORT: Pizza Entitlement, Fancy Dresses, and Why Voting Doesn't Matter (Except When It Does, Like NOW)

Hi everyone, and welcome back to The Trash Report, where I sift through some really very dark and depressing news to bring you a few juicy odds and ends and then add my cute commentary to hopefully bring a little bit of joy into an extremely sad time!
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Media industry

PBS NewsHour commentator Mark Shields dies at age 85

Mark Shields speaks during a taping of NBC's Meet the Press on Feb. 17, 2008, in Washington, D.C. the longtime PBS NewsHour commentator has died at age 85.
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

Should We Care About What's Left of the Trucker Convoy? - Washingtonian

There are many good reasons to no longer care about the People's Convoy.
KQED
1 year ago
California

Report Questions Senator Feinstein's Mental Fitness | KQED

Does California U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, who's 88 and a giant of American politics, still have the mental fitness to do her job?
The Atlantic
1 year ago
US politics

Trump Is a Flat Circle

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend," the ancient proverb goes.Less known is the Trump corollary: Even when my friend's enemy is also a war criminal and my country's geopolitical enemy.
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