Yes, Trump’s Twitter threats against Democrats are a “distraction” — but we can’t ignore them
Donald Trump, by design, is a chaos monster who shovels crap out faster than people can process it. Unencumbered by
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United States Coronavirus (COVID-19) Death Toll Surpasses 100,000
Today the number of people in the United States who have died from COVID-19 surpassed 100,000. Families, friends, coworkers, loved
Read moreACLU sues Food and Drug Administration over abortion care restrictions amid coronavirus pandemic
Medical experts and reproductive rights advocates are challenging a Food and Drug Administration rule on a prescription drug used to
Read moreTrump’s claim he couldn’t vote in person debunked: He drove by poll site six times but voted by mail
While pushing false conspiracy theories about mail voting, President Donald Trump has argued that he was allowed to vote by
Read moreActivist turned scientist Gregg Gonsalves on Trump’s “genocide” and Deborah Birx’s “horrific” game
No matter how much Donald Trump and his agents misrepresent, obfuscate, deny, distort, spin or outright lie about the coronavirus pandemic, a
Read moreRep. Ilhan Omar talks Trump: “People are ready for someone who isn’t triggered”
If a writer pitched Rep. Ilhan Omar’s life story to a Hollywood producer as a movie, it would likely be
Read moreHow to cover Joe Biden’s flubs, flaws and failures — without repeating “but her emails”
How should mainstream news reporters cover Joe Biden’s frequent flubs and considerable flaws, when Donald Trump’s are so much worse?
Read moreKayleigh McEnany voted by mail 11 times in 10 years, but claims mail-in ballots invite rampant fraud
Though she defends President Donald Trump’s false claims that mail-in ballots invite widespread fraud, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has
Read moreCalifornia’s sudden spike in coronavirus cases bodes poorly for other states pondering reopening
On Memorial Day, as crowds packed Venice Beach in Los Angeles, the state of California experienced its highest one-day total
Read more“Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich” is an important, but painfully incomplete portrait of his victims
While “Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich,” Netflix’s new docuseries, is obviously, in part, a survey of its infamous subject, it becomes
Read moreDonald Trump just issued his most serious threat yet to free speech
There is no freedom more important than the right to free speech. So why aren’t more conservatives speaking out now
Read moreLarry Kramer, author and activist who dedicated his life to fighting AIDS, dies at 84
Larry Kramer, the award-winning gay author whose heroic activism during the AIDS plague saved innumerable lives and forever changed the health care
Read moreHBO Max is here – but not for everyone! Here’s how to watch, plus reviews of every original show
The much ballyhooed HBO Max has officially launched as of May 27, just in time to join the glut of other
Read moreIn “Love Life,” Anna Kendrick tries to bring back 2012 Anna Kendrick
It seems more than a little on the nose that we meet Darby Carter, the fancifully named heroine of the
Read moreDOJ drops insider-trading probe of senators as another Republican’s trades come under scrutiny
The Justice Department dropped investigations into controversial stock trades by three senators but appears to still be probing former Intelligence Committee
Read moreFox & Friends host complains “we’ve shut down an entire country for 0.3%”
Fox and Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade, who is not a medical expert, cited a disputed novel coronavirus mortality rate estimate
Read moreI can’t get past the differences between the Minneapolis BLM protest and anti-lockdown protests
On Memorial Day, four Minneapolis police officers killed a black man named George Floyd. In a video taken by a
Read moreYour election angst is real: Trump’s gonna cheat and it could be total hell
During the presidential campaign of 1988, “Saturday Night Live’s” Dana Carvey played then-Vice President George H.W. Bush as a lovable
Read moreIs this White House task force member using pandemic to bankroll his Senate campaign?
Bill Hagerty, a former U.S. ambassador to Japan who is now a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Tennessee, has secured
Read moreIs veepstakes leader Stacey Abrams a progressive? Maybe in Georgia — but it’s complicated
Stacey Abrams is being widely touted as Joe Biden’s best pick for the vice-presidential nomination. She has been a rising
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