Democrats’ struggles with men: It’s the misogyny, stupid.
Rather than acknowledge the central role misogyny played in electing Trump, pundits blame Democrats for not understanding men.
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Florida GOP rep comes after House’s WSJ subscription: ‘Filthy’
Rep. Randy Fine is proposing legislation to end House subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal, following a report that President Trump signed a “bawdy” birthday note to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Lawmakers join Coldplay kiss cam meme craze
Lawmakers engaged in political satire Thursday while poking fun at a camera-shy couple recorded at a recent Coldplay concert. The two could be seen embracing until their faces flashed across the jumbotron, which sent them diving for cover. “Either they’re having an affair or they’re very shy,” Chris Martin, Coldplay’s lead singer, said during the spotlighted…
Texas Democrat: Trump redistricting effort ‘five-alarm fire’
Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) warned that GOP redistricting efforts in the Lone Star State represent a “five-alarm fire” and urged Democrats to push back. “This is a five-alarm fire, what’s happening in Texas. Donald Trump has already said that if he does this to Texas, he wants to do this all across the country,” the…
Durbin: FBI agents were told to ‘flag’ Epstein records that mentioned Trump
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says he has received information that Attorney General Pam Bondi “pressured” about 1,000 FBI personnel to comb through tens of thousands of pages of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and flag any mention of President Trump. Durbin made the explosive…
Ken Burns: Public media funding cuts ‘shortsighted’
Ken Burns, a documentary filmmaker and director whose work is often published on PBS, criticized Congress’s elimination of $1.1 billion of federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). “I think we’re all in a bit of a state of a shock and also sort of reeling at the shortsightedness of it all,” Burns said…
ASEAN is collapsing, and nobody wants to admit it
ASEAN’s model of consensus and non-interference is no longer fit for purpose in today’s geopolitical climate, and its inability to act is allowing China to dominate the region and undermine its influence.
Utah governor warns wildfires are worse than last year — and most are human-caused
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) warned this week that his state is enduring one of the most active fire seasons in recent memory — and that humans have been responsible for most of the blazes. “We’re seeing exactly the kind of extreme fire behavior we hoped that we would not but warned was very likely,”…
Jeffries touts ‘constructive’ meeting with Mamdani, says they will ‘reconvene’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said he had a “constructive meeting” with Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani in Brooklyn on Friday. The meeting, which took place in Jeffries’ home district, lasted an hour, according to Jeffries’s spokesperson Justin Chermol. “The meeting between Leader Jeffries and Assemblyman Mamdani was constructive, candid and…
Paxton sues adult swimming organization that allowed trans women to compete in Texas race
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued an adult swimming organization Thursday after it allowed two transgender women to compete alongside cisgender women at a San Antonio competition in April. Paxton’s lawsuit against U.S. Masters Swimming, a national membership-based nonprofit for adults of varying skill levels, follows an investigation into the organization he announced in May to…