Republican Yearbook 2023

I Worked With Anita Hill to Fight Clarence Thomas’ Confirmation. Our Worst Fears Came True. A leading scholar on critical race theory takes a look back at Clarence Thomas’ confirmation hearing — and how that set the stage for the unraveling of affirmative action today.

Former chair of Ohio Republican Party sentenced to 5 years in prison for role in racketeering conspiracy

Texas GOP Offers Workers the Freedom to Boil Alive A new bill rolls back city-level rights for workers to take breaks during hot days—as Texas swelters through a punishing heat wave.

Supreme Court declines to review Jim Crow-era voting ban targeted at Black Mississippians

Sotomayor slams the Supreme Court for finding that a Colorado web designer shouldn't be forced to make sites for same-sex couples: 'Today is a sad day in American constitutional law and in the lives of LGBT people'

Trump: Believe Me, I Was Lying Trump scrambled to defend himself after a recording central to the classified documents case was made public, offering contradicting explanations as investigators hone in on his actions at his Bedminster, New Jersey, club.

While Ronald DeSantis Wants to Defund Every Federal Agency In Sight, His Donors Are Plenty Well Funded He was so busy fighting teachers and librarians that some $92 million in COVID relief money creeped into the pockets of one of his donors

'A Baffling Decision' DeSantis vetoes bipartisan bill to buy Florida more electric cars

U.S. is far more globally popular under Biden than it was in Trump era

The Biden ‘bribery’ allegation slips on more banana peels

Three Charged With Illegally Trading Ahead of Trump Media Merger

Former Ohio House speaker sentenced to 20 years in $60 million bribery scheme

Trump Talked About What Having Sex With Ivanka Might Be Like, Ex-Staffer Claims

Another Banner Week for Republican Hypocrisy Who is congratulating themselves this week for the improvements brought about by bills they railed against?

'Cheapest SOB I’ve Ever Met': Chris Christie Rips Trump For Diverting Donations "He should be ashamed of himself," the former New Jersey governor said.

The Right’s Campus Culture War Machine How conservatives built a formidable network for ginning up scandal in higher education

The Christian Right Is Making Up Wedding Websites to Attack LGBTQ People What’s curious about the 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis case is that no actual offense to religious freedoms occurred in the first place.

Guns Banned From Trump Speech at Republican Dinner

Trump’s latest attack includes special counsel’s family after bombshell tape revealed

Alabama governor calls special session to redraw congressional districts

Minnesota Republican Absurdly Blames Global Warming on Pride Month Minnesota state Senator Eric Lucero would like to turn back the clock on LGBTQ rights.

Kentucky GOP Star Daniel Cameron Offers a Tortured Defense in Cash Scandal SMOTHERED AND COVERED It turns out Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron personally solicited donations from a company his office was probing. And he didn’t cancel a fundraiser, it was "just never finalized."

Georgia governor attacks Biden's electric vehicle policy at federally-backed battery material maker

703 Ways Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Conduct Bears No Resemblance to Hillary Clinton’s Emails

Judge Aileen Cannon denied the special counsel's request to hide the names of 84 potential witnesses in the Trump classified documents case

Law professors torch Alito for demanding “safe space” and "complete insulation from critique" Judge charged with interpreting 1st Amendment rights "can’t bear others exercising their free speech rights"

RFK Jr. Backed by Group Connected to Top MAGA Republicans

Republicans Declare Banning Universal Free School Meals a 2024 Priority As states across the country move to make sure students are well fed, Republicans have announced their intention to fight back.

Experts: Trump begs fans for campaign donations — but diverts them “for his own personal benefit”

After Roe’s overturn, Republicans target trans rights using extremist rhetoric Republican presidential candidates attacked trans people and the LGBTQ+ community at a gathering of the religious right last week

Clarence Thomas Wants to Demolish Indian Law

Analysis: Donald Trump’s war on truth confronts another test with voters

Clarence Thomas Wants to Demolish Indian Law

The post-Dobbs reality is horrific. Republicans want to go even further. This week on the Senate floor, our Republican colleagues doubled down on their out-of-touch agenda.

Why the right is so terrified of "woke": There are truths it just can't face

GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn Floats Conspiracy Theory On Titanic Sub And Hunter Biden That authorities found the missing Titan on Thursday was too much of a coincidence for the Tennessee senator.

Baker City mayor defends use of meme comparing Pride to Nazism

“Hatred, plain and simple”: “Groomer” trope linked to nearly 200 anti-LGBTQ+ attacks in 11 months GLAAD and ADL found 356 anti-LGBTQ+ attacks over that span, with nearly half linked to extremist groups

How Christian groups helped parents pull books from some Pennsylvania school libraries

Analysis: Donald Trump’s war on truth confronts another test with voters

Dan Crenshaw Naturally Tries to Blame the White House for Titanic Sub Disaster

Ryan Walters calls for Ten Commandments in every classroom, promotion of 'Western culture'

McCarthy backs effort to expunge Trump impeachments

Amy Coney Barrett Faces Scrutiny Over Real Estate Deal With Religious Group

Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh rules states can't sue the government just over 'indirect' harm from a federal policy. One of the lawsuits blocking Biden's student-debt relief involves 6 states doing exactly that.

Despite Repeated Vows Not To, House GOPers Are Again Proposing Social Security And Medicare Cuts

House Republicans move to strip security clearances from any official who said in 2020 that the release of Hunter Biden's emails had 'classic earmarks of a Russian information operation'

GOP lawmakers unveil measure to "expunge" Trump impeachments

'Shameful': Right-Wing Supreme Court Rules Against Navajo in Colorado River Case Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren called the decision "disappointing" but also expressed confidence that "we will be able to achieve a settlement promptly and ensure the health and safety of my people."

Senator Calls For Return of Old Mississippi Flag: ‘Our People Died Under That Flag’

Trump news – live: Trump pleads for help from Congress as DoJ shares first classified documents evidence

Leaked Audio: Michigan GOP Chair Says Outrage Over Holocaust Tweet Was ‘Completely Hilarious’

New electric cars won’t have AM radio. Rightwingers claim political sabotage

Biden administration moves to restore endangered species protections dropped by Trump

Trump stumbles when Fox host tells him his plan to execute drug offenders would include people he pardoned

Adam Schiff Gets John Durham to Admit Russia Helped Trump HE JUST ADMITTED IT Republicans thought John Durham would score points on Adam Schiff during a Judiciary hearing on Wednesday. It ended up going the other way.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Boebert a ‘Little Bitch’ on the House Floor

Republican operatives used duplicated, deceased names on election paperwork, Colorado AG alleges The Colorado Secretary of State's office identified thousands of incongruous signatures on ballot petitions submitted to place a candidate on the Republican Party's 2022 primary ballot.

The maker of the lost Titan submersible previously complained about strict passenger-vessel regulations, saying the industry was 'obscenely safe'

Florida recognizes three Confederate holidays as ‘official’ state holidays, but not Juneteenth

G.O.P. Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation Ahead of 2024 Election

Some of  Donald Trump’s   allies responded to his federal indictment by  hinting at violence .

Most Republican voters now believe same-sex relationships are ‘immoral’, study finds

Trump and other Republicans conjure a familiar enemy in attacking Democrats as ‘communists’

FBI resisted opening probe into Trump’s role in Jan. 6 for more than a year

Michael Cohen says he paid tech firm to rig online polls 'at the direction of' Trump "I truly regret my blind loyalty to a man who doesn’t deserve it," Cohen said in a tweet.

Anger as Fox News guest says it’s time for someone to ‘pull a trigger’ over drag queens, Trump and ‘the left’ Retired baseball player and conservative commentator Curt Schilling made the statement to Fox News host Jesse Watters

Time’s up for Trump, Johnson and Berlusconi – but the damage they have caused lives on The Three Stooges are the stars of rightwing populist melodramas. Real people with real-world problems are more deserving of attention

House GOP flirts with Jan. 6 extremism Far-right conservatives have entertained false conspiracy theories about the Capitol attack — but so have some House GOP leaders and key committee chiefs, without outright embracing them.

Ron DeSantis: I’ll purge FBI on day one of my presidency Republican hopeful pledges to drastically reform the law enforcement agency and Department of Justice if he wins the White House in 2024

House GOP ponders action against DOJ in defense of Trump

Fox News Faces Boycott Over Alleged Pride Support: 'Bud Light Treatment'

Donald Trump Calls for 20 Republicans To Be Immediately Primaried

Dictatorship? How Hitler, Stalin and Trump show it’s easier than you think

Trump’s promise of payback for prosecution follows years of attacking democratic traditions

Participants at Trump’s Jan. 6 rally push false election claims in Virginia legislative campaigns

Despite worries from environment groups, DeSantis opts to halt new fertilizer bans

Republicans Plan to Cut Free School Lunches

Trump makes legal claims about classified documents, experts push back: Fact check

Trump tells restaurant patrons ‘Food for everyone!’ then leaves without paying

Why Republicans Want a Nakedly Partisan Justice Department: Neutral law enforcement is a losing game for them.

7 Dumb Defenses of Trump Since His Latest Indictment

Pro-Trump Pastor Suggests Christians Should Be Suicide Bombers

Trump Demands GOP Rivals Pledge to Pardon Him … or Else Behind the scenes, the former president has been sending his minions after Ron DeSantis, demanding he bend the knee after Trump's indictment

Abbott Signs “Death Star” Act That Limits Municipalities’ Ability to Self-Govern The new law will make it next to impossible to protect workers and consumers at the local level, city officials say.

Tax records reveal more contributions from Publix heiress to “dark money” groups sponsoring Jan. 6 rally

‘Wannabe dictator’: Fox, GOP baselessly blame Biden for Trump indictment Trump, Fox and the GOP have combined to claim or suggest without evidence that Biden played a role in Trump’s indictment, culminating in a chyron Tuesday night — which Fox is now backing away from

A GOP Governor May Be On The Verge Of Pardoning A Cop Who Killed A Black Man A top prosecutor has urged Missouri Gov. Mike Parson against pardoning a former Kansas City cop convicted of second-degree involuntary manslaughter.

Republicans to cut University of Wisconsin budget in ongoing fight over diversity and inclusion

James Comer Doesn’t Seem to Care If Biden Probe Evidence Is Legit The House Oversight chairman acknowledged the Republican Party doesn’t have a lot.

Rural School Districts Are Facing Financial Ruin. Some State Officials Prefer It That Way.

Trump Basically One Day Away From Hiring a Lawyer Who Advertises on the Side of a Bus to Defend Him The indicted ex-president is struggling to find attorneys willing to be associated with him.

Trump Wanted Courthouse Protests but Instead Got MAGA Misfits

Lindsey Graham is lying for Trump. And it shows the real issue with the Republican party The South Carolina senator has provided an unusually straightforward demonstration of how right-wing populism justifies itself

No, Trump's classified document haul is nothing like Hillary Clinton's emails

Trump vows to ‘go after’ Biden’s family in bitter Truth Social rant before boarding Miami arraignment jet Former president faces two separate criminal indictments

Kevin McCarthy Offers Crappy Defense Of Trump Toilet Pic McCarthy suggested it was OK for the former president to keep potentially sensitive documents in a Mar-a-Lago bathroom because "a bathroom door locks."

80 percent of likely GOP voters think Trump should still be able to be president if convicted

  'Genocidal': Transgender people begin to flee states with anti-LGBTQ laws

  North Carolina GOP censures Sen. Tillis They assailed him for his votes on LGBTQ+ rights, immigration policies and gun issues.

  Trump’s GOP defenders in Congress leap into action on charges after months of preparation

  Why No Amount of Evidence Will Make Republicans Admit Trump’s Guilt   A paranoid party and its mobster-loving president.

'We have now reached a war phase,' wrote Rep Andy Biggs. 'Violent rhetoric' spreading in MAGA-world over Trump indictment.

  Climate Deniers Are Hounding Educators Again Right-wing culture warriors equate climate education to “indoctrination.”

  Trump Extremists Demand Civil War, Mass Murder After New Indictment

  Trump risked national secrets, US prosecutors allege in indictment