Time and again, President Trump has been pressed to denounce QAnon, the baseless far-right conspiracy theory positing that he is the right’s savior from a deep state ring of leftist pedophiles and child traffickers. And time and again, he has refused. So it shouldn’t have surprised anyone when, after Savannah …
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During a Miami town hall on Thursday night, a woman seated behind Trump captured as much if not more attention than the president himself. While Trump answered questions from NBC’s Savannah Guthrie, a woman could be seen emphatically nodding in agreement with the president and giving a thumbs-up throughout the …
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As the CNN graphic tabulating coronavirus dead neared 200,000, the news network’s White House reporter described to the audience how utterly removed from reality the president of the United States actually is. “In a stunning departure from reality, President Trump is giving himself the best possible grade for his handling …
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President Trump began his campaign rally in Fayetteville, N.C., on Saturday by speaking about his intent to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg this week. Then, as Trump rallies often do, things got weird. As the president reveled in the chants …
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This is the story of two worlds in the U.S. — where the power to decide what happens to your body, your life, and your future depends on the state you live in, who you are, and how much money you earn. We are cisgender heterosexual women of color, representing …
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In this week’s quarantine episode of our Useful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by third-time guest of the show Shahid Buttar, who is running for Congress against Nancy Pelosi in California. In a double edition of the segment “Democrats Suck,” Katie and Matt look at the Massachusetts …
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On Friday night the New York Times reported a blockbuster story: U.S. intelligence has found that Russian military intelligence offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan to strike coalition forces, including U.S. and British military members. President Trump has known about the bounties since March and has done nothing to …
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For too long, Black people in America have been burdened with the unjust responsibility of keeping ourselves safe from police. We have been raised by elders and have been taught to pass along to future generations the understanding that every day, we must prepare how to navigate and even survive …
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Attorney General William Barr‘s ham-fisted firing this weekend of Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the powerful Southern District of New York, bears all the hallmarks of the Trump administration’s shoot-first-aim-second approach to governing. But the clumsiness of Berman’s ouster shouldn’t overshadow the chilling message sent by the firing of …
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On Friday, President Trump gestured to the sky and said that today’s positive jobs report marks a “great day” for George Floyd, who was killed by police last week. “Hopefully, George is looking down right now and saying this is a great thing that’s happening for our country. It’s a …
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