Politics

As D.C. police worked to clear a pro-Trump mob that had stormed Capitol Hill as Congress was certifying the results of the 2020 election, President-elect Joe Biden addressed the nation from Wilmington, Delaware. “At this hour, our democracy is under unprecedented assault unlike anything we’ve seen in modern times,” Biden …

Remember in November how everyone got super mad at the pollsters for overestimating Democrats’ standing for the second straight election? Well, there are two pretty big runoff elections in Georgia on Tuesday that will decide which party controls the U.S. Senate, and guess what? The polls once again give Democrats …

Promises to dismantle the police department, root-and-branch, have come to little in Minneapolis. In the immediate wake of the homicide of George Floyd under the knee of a city cop, a veto-proof majority of the city council vowed to disband the Minneapolis PD and to replace it with new systems …

As more Americans go so hungry that shoplifting of food is on the rise, the president is about to let his Farmers to Families program lapse on December 31. That program has supplied food to needy families during the Covid-19 pandemic, but some states are already running out of funding …

Dozens of armed reality deniers gathered outside Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s home over the weekend, making “threats of violence, intimidation, and bullying” in support of the president’s false claims of election fraud. Benson released a statement describing the “threatening” scene in front of her house. “As my four-year-old …

In the latest socially distanced episode of our Useful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by legendary environmental activist Erin Brockovich. For “Democrats Suck,” Matt and Katie discuss Biden’s nominee for his head of the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden. “She’s really known for two things, …

President Trump’s lawsuit-heavy coup to overturn the election results hit a little snag over the weekend. Sidney Powell, the very serious attorney who refers to herself as “The Kraken” while promising “biblical” revelations of nonexistent election fraud, went so far off the deep end that even Donald Trump had to …

When news finally arrived last Saturday morning that Joseph R. Biden Jr. had been elected the 46th president of the United States, here is a non-exhaustive list of the things I wanted to do, in no particular order: Run out to the street with fists pumping, dance a jig, bang …

The Supreme Court‘s five conservatives on Monday voted to strike down an order from a Wisconsin federal judge allowing the state to receive and count absentee ballots up to six days after Election Day, so long as they were postmarked by Election Day. The decision is a troubling indication of …

WASHINGTON — After weeks of ducking the question, Democratic president nominee Joe Biden finally offered a response to the question of whether he would seek to expand or reform the U.S. Supreme Court. Well, kind of. Biden told CBS’ 60 Minutesthat, if elected, he would appoint a “bipartisan commission of …