Lara Logan — the former 60 Minutes star reporter, turned Fox Nation host, turned far-right screedster — has spoken out in the most explicit terms yet about her break up with Rupert Murdoch’s company in the wake of her comments comparing Dr. Anthony Fauci to a genocidal Nazi psysician. “I …
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The Ohio Supreme Court for the third time rejected Republicans’ state legislative maps after finding Wednesday that they unconstitutionally favor Republicans over Democrats. The 4-3 ruling stated that the maps violated redistricting rules voters approved in 2015 as a state constitutional amendment. Specifically, the GOP-backed plan has 26 districts where …
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As Russia has intensified its war in Ukraine, the Kremlin’s propaganda outlets have largely been shut off in the West — but Vladimir Putin has some not-so-subtle defenders nestled into America’s far-right media outlets. That includes from Fox News’ biggest boy, Tucker Carlson, as well as the folks of OAN. …
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After months of deliberations involving top officials in the Justice, State, and Treasury departments, the Biden administration has decided what it’s going to do with the $7 billion in Afghan funds currently frozen at the Federal Reserve in New York. Half of the sum is going to go to the …
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Over the past four years, many members of the Republican Party have gotten extremely good at doing a little dance with extremism. It’s a cute ritual. They flirt with a transgressive policy, make sure it has every possibility of becoming part of our lives, and then publicly express grave concern …
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Greg Abbott has a lot on his plate. The governor of Texas is once again facing an energy crisis as a winter cold snap approaches, leading many to fear a replay of the 2021 freeze that killed at least 246 people (and possibly as many as 700) and left 4.5 …
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The committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is now seeking the voluntary cooperation of Kevin McCarthy, the top Republican in the House of Representatives, as the panel continues to look into the roots of the attack on the Capitol. The committee is interested in McCarthy’s conversations with Trump on the …
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Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said on Thursday that former President Trump was “gleeful” as he watched as his supporters descend on the Capitol last Jan. 6. “He was in the dining room gleefully watching on his TV as he often did. ‘Look at all those people fighting …
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A year ago, top Republicans were clear-eyed — and forceful — in their repudiations of president Trump, blaming him directly for the Jan 6 insurrection at the Capitol and blasting his false claims that he was robbed of a second term. How a year can change people. Republicans, with very …
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When the 2020 election didn’t go Trump’s way, Peter Navarro did something dangerous. He began to do his own research. Navarro, an economist whom Donald Trump tapped to lead his trade war against China, didn’t stay in his lane at the White House. He’d already inserted himself in the administration’s …
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