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Trump mocks Paul Pelosi in speech months after ex-Speaker’s husband was injured in hammer attack
Trump Calls For People To Be 'Shot' If They Rob Stores In Cold California Remarks
Conservative activist Christopher Rufo, who is a close ally of Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate  Ron DeSantis , hosted a social media debate in which one participant argued that conservatives should cooperate with a hypothetical white nationalist dictator “in order to destroy the power of the left”.
GOP waging a "coordinated national effort to undermine American elections," says leading official
Fact check: Republicans make false, misleading claims at first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing
Republicans reject own funding bill, US government shutdown imminent
Watch: GOP Congressman Melts Down Trying to Explain Biden Corruption “Evidence” Please do not question Representative Jason Smith about any of his claims, OK?
Alabama objects to proposed congressional districts designed to boost Black representation
Some Attendees At Donald Trump's Autoworkers Rally Were Total Frauds: Report
House Votes to Strip Defense Secretary of Salary as Right Wing Flexes Muscles
The Judge Who Wants to Drag Us Back to the Victorian Era Christian-right law projects have both laid the groundwork for Christian nationalist legal theories and paved one judge’s way to the federal bench.
Tennessee Republican leaders form group to consider rejecting federal education funding
Trump bizarrely claims windmills are driving whales ‘crazy’ in South Carolina speech
Congressional Republicans are trapped in a dangerous absurdity of their own making
Trump visited gun store that sold weapon to racist mass shooter in Jacksonville
Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers while building real estate empire
Trump stabbed labor over and over. Now he says he supports striking auto workers? Steven Greenhouse Trump’s claim that he ‘always’ has workers’ backs is laughable. As president he undercut them at every opportunity
"Trumpism imperils all Jewish Americans": Experts warn of "America's rising tide of antisemitsm" Donald Trump celebrated Rosh Hashanah by threatening Jewish Americans who do not support him
Trump Warns Critical News Media Will 'Pay A Big Price' If He's Reelected The former president said "fake news" organizations should be investigated for treason and questioned their access to U.S. airwaves.
Trump Goes Full Deranged, Suggests Charging People He Doesn’t Like With Treason This is not a joke. Donald Trump is stating very plainly what he would do if reelected.
Clarence Thomas spent time at the Koch Brothers' version of Coachella. Something tells us they weren't making each other flower crowns.
How Texas became the new "homebase" for white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups Patriot Front led to Texas having the most white supremacist propaganda distributions in the U.S. in 2022, per ADL
Misinformation research is buckling under GOP legal attacks
"What are we going to find out next?": Clarence Thomas' shocking ethics scandal "sickens" experts The latest outrage over Thomas' conduct follows a report revealing his ties to the Koch brothers' political network
Right-Wingers Already Have a Wild Conspiracy Theory About Senator Menendez Of course it’s all about Trump.
Top General Says Trump Told Him to Ban Wounded Vet From Events: ‘No One Wants to See That’ The former president was upset over a performance at a 2019 welcoming ceremony, according to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
House GOP erupts as McCarthy fails to move Pentagon bill To many in the conference, it proved that Speaker Kevin McCarthy has no power to avert a fast-approaching shutdown.
Trump Tells Republicans to Shut Down the Government So He Can Get Away With His Many Alleged Crimes
Florida Republican files bill to allow minors to work full-time and overnight
Court strikes down GOP lawmakers’ bid to immunize doctors, hospitals from claims of negligence during pandemic
Merrick Garland laughs as GOP congressman shouts Ukraine conspiracy theories at him in hearing
GOP candidate promising to protect children from LGBTQ+ people faced child cruelty charges. Louisiana’s Republican Party has endorsed a candidate who who is promising to protect children from LGBTQ+ people – but has been charged with four counts of criminal cruelty to children.
Tim Scott praises Reagan firing strikers when asked about historic auto walkout
Florida Republican introduces bill weakening child labor laws
Right-Wing House Republicans Derail Pentagon G.O.P. Bill, Rebuking McCarthy
Texas teacher fired after assigning an illustrated Anne Frank book The graphic novel adaptation released in 2018 is faithful to the original text in Anne Frank's diary. 
MTG Duped by Fake Anti-LGBTQ Demonstration
Trump accuses 'liberal Jews' of voting to 'destroy America and Israel' in Rosh Hashanah message
‘The South will rise anew’: TN Rep. Justin Jones of the Tennessee Three visits Raleigh
New Report: One-Third of States Have an Election Denier Overseeing Elections
Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial escalates Texas Republican civil war Paxton’s far-right supporters doubled down on their promises for swift retribution against fellow Republicans who supported his removal from office.
Trump Bakes A Loaf Of Nonsense With Bizarre Remarks About Grocery Store Purchases
2 controversial votes at Wisconsin's state Capitol show GOP efforts to shape elections
The Young Conservatives Trying to Make Eugenics Respectable Again The pseudoscience of race provides both a justification of hierarchies and an enemy to rail against.
Billionaire megadonor couple funding election denial with extensive influence machine and dark money network
Florida leaders silent after senator confronts staffer at women’s shelter
A pastor invited to DeSantis' Disney board meeting quoted the Bible telling people not to 'resist authority' as it strips workers' park perks
It’s Now Clearer Than Ever: The US Is Choosing to Impoverish Children Robert Reich has been telling us for years that policymakers have the power to end—or increase—poverty. New Census data proves him right.
No One Man Should Have All That Power - As “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk continues his campaign of censorship at Twitter, we’re getting an exhibition in the outsize power of billionaires to shape our politics.
Wisconsin Republicans vote to fire top election official as denialists tighten grip State senate moves to oust nonpartisan elections administrator Meagan Wolfe, who became lightning rod for conspiracy theories
Wisconsin Republicans Have Reached New Heights of Performative Reasonability The fight against gerrymandering has produced enough bad faith to set off a Crusade.
Vivek Ramaswamy wants to trigger mass layoffs at federal agencies — and he thinks the Supreme Court will back him up
The Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into Biden is laughably cynical
Harlan Crow Funded Ginni Thomas Group Created in Anticipation of Citizens United Thomas's group was founded to influence Supreme Court decisions following the Citizens United ruling.
Court filing: 'Fake electors' were directed by Trump attorneys to meet
Republicans Prepare Attack on Loudest Anti-Impeachment Voice in Their Party Republicans are reportedly planning to launch a primary challenge against the vocal critic of Biden impeachment.
US Child Poverty Rate More Than Doubled in 2022 Thanks to Manchin and GOP
Trump privately discussed Biden impeachment with House GOPers The former president talked with House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik on Tuesday.
A TRUMP APPOINTEE IS TRYING TO GUT THE FEC’S ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE CRIME
Republicans Are Mad Biden Is Spending 9/11 in Alaska. Anyone Remember What Trump Did? Note to Republicans: Joe Biden is not the first president to commemorate the 9/11 attacks outside of New York City.
Voting rights activists sound alarms over private tool that could lead to canceling voter registrations
Florida county banned a children’s book about a lion cub because 2 characters in it seem gay “Christian, the Hugging Lion” contains no mention of sexuality, but it gave some conservatives gay vibes.
Lauren Boebert leads GOP lawmakers sharing 9/11 anniversary tributes despite voting against aid for families
Abortion bans drain red states of doctors
Will Hurd says Vivek Ramaswamy’s 9/11 remark 'spits in the face' of the victims
Georgia criminalizing post-George Floyd protests is a new blow to democracy In the city where MLK once rose, GOP prosecutors are making dissent over Cop City a felony, with major implications for 2024.
Ginni Thomas and Conservative Activists Worked Together to Exploit Citizens United Ruling: Report
Red States Are Rolling Back the Rights Revolution
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson Parrots Misinformation That ‘Windmills Are Killing the Whales’
Tuberville ‘paralyzing’ U.S. military, House Foreign Affairs chair says
As GOP investigates prosecutors, experts worry about judicial independence
Republican opposition to abortion threatens global HIV/AIDS program that has saved 25 million lives
Republican presidential Project 2025 plans to define trans people as ‘pornographic’
New details reveal Georgia special grand jury in Trump election case recommended charges for Lindsey Graham
Wisconsin Republicans Try to Subvert Democracy, Again
GOP Reportedly Trying to Find More Palatable Ways to Say They Oppose Reproductive Freedom Republicans have styled themselves as “pro-life” for decades. They may be ready to build themselves a new glossary
Vivek Ramaswamy says he'll deport children of undocumented immigrants born in the U.S. Those children, however, are American citizens under the 14th Amendment.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee calls for defunding the U.S. military amid abortion policy debate Lee, without evidence, accused Pentagon officials of spreading misinformation about a U.S. senator.
The Americans With Disabilities Act Is Under Threat at the Supreme Court
Trump’s border wall caused ‘significant’ cultural, environmental damage, watchdog finds
DeSantis eyes revoking constitutional safeguard for Florida’s Black voters The state’s Republican governor is already appealing a judge’s decision to strike down unlawful election maps
Republicans Are Freaking Out Over Imaginary COVID Mandates
Sen. Tommy Tuberville argues the Navy is 'too woke' because 'people are doing poems on aircraft carriers'
Former Trump adviser Navarro convicted of contempt of Congress
Wisconsin Democrats launch $4M effort to fight GOP push to impeach liberal judge
Huckabee: 2024 will be last election ‘decided by ballots rather than bullets’ if Trump loses over legal cases
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appoints Moms for Liberty co-founder to state Commission on Ethics
“Dark” right-wing network recruits MAGA “army” to replace 50K federal workers Trump plans to purge "Project 2025 is extremists' newest plan to set fire to our democracy," watchdog group warns
Republican lawmakers launch an effort to block student-loan borrowers from enrolling in Biden's new plan intended to lower monthly payments
Conservative book ban push fuels library exodus from national association that stands up for books
DeSantis-Backed Map Violated Black Voters’ Rights, Court Says
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education announces partnership with PragerU
Alabama's Republican-backed congressional map illegally dilutes Black residents' voting power and must be redrawn, a panel of federal judges ruled
How Marjorie Taylor Greene Became a Russian State Media Darling
Republicans hired way more ex-lobbyists as congressional staffers in the last year than Democrats, analysis finds
‘Black People Are F—ing Lazy’: Texas Company Displayed Hate Symbols and Nooses, Allowed Managers to Call Black Employees the N-Word, Alarming EEOC Lawsuit Alleges
The California Megachurch Pushing Public Schools to the Far Right
Wisconsin GOP weighs moves to sideline elections chief and liberal Supreme Court majority
Why Wisconsin Republicans are talking about impeaching a new state Supreme Court justice
Former aide to Chris Christie arrested on child sex crimes charges
DeSantis' Florida redistricting map is unconstitutional and must be redrawn, judge says
“Deeply Out of Touch”: MI GOP Calls Paid Family Leave “Summer Break for Adults”
An Ohio ballot measure seeks to protect abortion access. Opponents’ messaging is on parental rights
‘Astonishingly cruel’: Alabama seeks to test execution method on death row ‘guinea pig’