Politics

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) was pressed during a Fox News appearance on whether President Joe Biden deserved blame for the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal, something the congresswoman refused to acknowledge despite calling it the “saddest moment” of the president’s administration so far. Fox News host Griff Jenkins spoke to Dingell on...

Former federal prosecutor and current MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner told SiriusXM host and Salon interviewer Dean Obeidallah that former President Donald Trump is “on the road” to gegging himself locked up for his “dangerous” language. Kirschner joined the host for his Salon Talks interview series this week, and said...

A purported “artist’s rendering of Trump’s penis” was included in a parody ad for a coin commemorating ex-President Donald Trump’s indictment that aired on the CBS television network.Trump took over the news media when traveled to New York Tuesday for his arrest and arraignment in a Manhattan courtroom, during which...

A majority of the Nashville Council says they will vote to reinstate expelled Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones, and Democrats in Memphis have more than enough votes to reinstate the other expelled Democrat, Rep. Justin Pearson. On Thursday, the Tennessee House voted to expel Reps. Jones and Pearson over a...

Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines revealed she’s pursuing “legal action” after protesters ambushed her at a speaking event at the San Francisco State University where Gaines was speaking. Footage from the incident shows Gaines being escorted by police officers down a hallway while a group of activists follow. She is...

Last month, New York State Attorney General Letitia James hosted a drag story event in New York City. And it was a big deal. It was the first-of-its-kind Drag Story Hour Read-a-Thon for families across the city, with over 200 guests experiencing four back-to-back story hours hosted by the drag...

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) declared he chose “Liz Cheney over party” when he made the Republican his vice chair on the congressional subcommittee that investigated the January 6 Capitol riot. In a lengthy interview with Politico, Thompson discussed the controversial January 6 committee, which was regularly painted as a political...

Tennessee State Senator London Lamar agreed with SiriusXM host Dean Obeidallah that the expulsion of two Black Democrats from her state’s legislature “about preserving white supremacy,” and added “You get punished if you talk about racism!” On Thursday, the Tennessee House held a vote to expel Reps. Justin Jones and...

Ex-presidential niece Mary Trump and her pals taunted former President Donald Trump live and in real time during coverage of his arrest and arraignment over a payoff to a porn star this week. Trump traveled to New York Tuesday for his arrest and arraignment in a Manhattan courtroom, during which...

A federal judge in Texas halted the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of an abortion pill 23 years after the agency gave the drug the green light. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the U.S. Northern District of Texas stayed his order for seven days to give the Biden administration a chance...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) says the expulsion of two Black legislators from the Tennessee House of Representatives was no accident. “This is about the fascist takeover of our statehouses that Republicans have invested in in the last several decades,” she said on CNN Friday night. The two representatives, Justin Jones and...

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered what was perhaps the most impassioned speech of her veep-ship so far on Friday night. Harris was in Tennessee where she met with former state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, who were expelled on Thursday by the Republican-dominated House. Jones, Pearson, and Rep. Gloria...

Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi announced on Friday that he is leaving the app over the latest move under Elon Musk’s leadership, and the reporter suggested the company intends to punish him for the decision as pertains to future Twitter Files releases. One of the conditions of being given access...

GOP Rep. Bryan Richey told CNN race was not a factor in the decision by the Republican-dominated Tennessee House of Representatives to expel two Black lawmakers but not a White one after they joined a protest in the statehouse last week. On Thursday, Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, who...

Kimberly Guilfoyle, the fiancée of Donald Trump, Jr. and former first lady of San Francisco, joined conservative talk radio Joe Pags on Friday and painted a very colorful picture of what another term in office will look like for Donald Trump. Pags and Guilfoyle, a former San Francisco prosecutor, spoke...

President Donald Trump wants to hire Laura Loomer, a far-right activist who has described herself as a white nationalist and “proud Islamophobe,” to work on his 2024 presidential campaign, according to the New York Times. Times political reporters Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman reported Friday that Trump told aides he...