USA
Tea Party ex-lawmaker admits he was wrong about Obama — calls him a much better president than...
Sidestepping questions over whether he will primary Donald Trump, former Tea Party Republican lawmaker Joe Walsh launched a brutal attack on the president comparing him unfavorably to one of his previous foes: President Barack Obama. Speaking with...
Topics: Tea Party, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, CNN
Inslee Will Run for Governor Again
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D), who ended his presidential campaign last night, plans to run for a third term as governor, the Seattle Times reports.
Topics: Jay Inslee
John Hickenlooper Enters Colorado Senate Race
Just days after dropping out of the race for the Democratic President Nomination, former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has entered the race for his home state’s Senate seat, thus making it more likely that the Democrats will have a good...
Topics: Senate
McConnell warns Democrats against killing filibuster
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday issued a forceful defense of the legislative filibuster, the Senate's 60-vote threshold that Democratic lawmakers and presidential candidates have expressed a new willingness to abolish.“The...
Topics: Senate
A new tone from some Republicans on climate change — mostly behind closed doors
Republicans are beginning to feel the heat on climate change.Though a significant bloc of the party continues to deny the basic science of the issue, some senior Republicans are showing a willingness to consider incremental legislation to...
John ‘I’m Not Cut Out to be a Senator’ Hickenlooper Launches Senate Campaign
"I'm not done fighting for the people of Colorado."
Topics: Senate
Increasing numbers of Americans support gun background checks
In the aftermath of the shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, public debate once again turned to what Congress should do to reduce gun violence. One of the challenges that many policymakers face is understanding the views of the general...
Topics: Debate
Bernie Sanders announces $16 trillion climate change plan calling for 'complete decarbonization' by...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has announced an aggressive climate change plan that he tells The New York Times puts "meat on the bones" of the Green New Deal.
Sanders on Thursday unveiled his $16.3 trillion plan, which calls for the U.S. to reach 100...
The Search for Social Identity Leads to "Us" versus "Them"
Uncertainty in the world threatens our sense of self. To cope, people embrace populism
-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Maddow: You have to watch what the lying White House does — and not what they say
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow opened her show with a quick assessment of her thoughts on the ridiculous that the president of the United States regurgitated into the mouths of his supporters Wednesday. She began by noting that they don’t do press...
Topics: White House, MSNBC
Rick Perry's embarrassing case for tech literacy in government
Former Texas Gov. and current Energy Secretary Rick Perry has deleted his embarrassing Instagram post from Tuesday night, but, as of this writing, the tweet it automatically generated for his @governorperry account still stands. "Feel free to...
Topics: Rick Perry, Instagram
Why U.S. Marines Rifles Are About to Get Even Deadlier
Jared Keller
Technology, Americas
Simple reason.
The Corps has been on the lookout for a RACU system for years.
The Marine Corps has picked up a grab bag of battlefield gadgets in recent years as part of the Pentagon's never-ending quest for...
Topics: Pentagon
Bill Maher Mocks Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s ‘Real Time’ Boycott Suggestion: “Some People Have One...
Bill Maher has lobbed the latest volley in his Twitter scuffle with Rep. Rashida Tlaib, mocking the Michigan Democrat’s call for a boycott of his HBO show by asking whether she’d support a boycott of her own political party. Yesterday,...
Topics: Social Media, HBO
The Toxic Back Story to the Charge That Jews Have a Dual Loyalty
President Trump’s comment this week that Jews who vote for Democrats are disloyal echoes an anti-Semitic trope that has persisted for centuries.
After running as deficit hawk, Tom Cotton admits he was behind the push to buy Greenland
Once upon a time, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) talked a lot about balancing the budget, reducing the national debt, and eliminating wasteful spending. Now, he admits he was behind one of President Donald Trump’s most comically expensive spending...
Topics: Donald Trump
Godless Democrat Sworn Into Office Using Dr. Seuss Book
Godless Democrat Kelli Dunaway from Clayton, Missouri was sworn into office as a St. Louis County councilwoman using a Dr. Seuss book this week.
To the modern day Democrats nothing is sacred and no tradition is worth respecting.
Newly elected...
Nikki Haley Raises Eyebrows With Tweet Slamming ‘False Rumors’ and Praising Pence
Former Ambassador Nikki Haley crushed any “rumors” today that there is tension between her and Vice President Mike Pence. Only her tweet mostly served to get people asking what rumors she’s talking about.
“Enough of the false...
Kamala Harris Has Nothing to Offer Progressives
In the latest in a series of reversals, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., announced Tuesday that she would, in fact, be attending a CNN climate forum next month after initially bowing out for a pair of California fundraisers with wealthy donors....
Topics: CNN
Barack and Michelle Obama Buying Mega-Mansion in Martha's Vineyard
Barack and Michelle Obama may soon become Kennedy adjacent because we've learned they're in escrow for a remarkable, mega-expensive, Martha's Vineyard estate. Multiple island sources tell us the Obamas are in escrow for the estate owned by...
Thursday round-up
Briefly:
For The Washington Post, Robert Barnes writes that “[d]ifferences between the Trump administration and the Obama administration … will be front and center in the most important cases on the Supreme Court’s docket this fall.”
At...
Topics: Barack Obama