If you’ve lingered on social media long enough, you’ve probably met the new prophets of paranoia. Their sermons range from Tucker Carlson’s cabal of hummus eaters to Candace Owens’s theory that Jeffrey Epstein was a Mossad agent, to COVID-19 vaccines laced with mind control. Conspiracies aren’t new, but in an age where outrage is monetized […]
A plethora of conservative media outlets, social media stars, and consultants and fundraisers around the country say California is a lost cause, all while relying on donors and subscribers in the state for their businesses to operate. Maybe I’m jaded, as I’ve sat in green rooms with some of these types as they lambasted my […]
Republicans lost gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday. Well, lost is quite an understatement. The Republican candidates got thumped. In Virginia, Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) defeated Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears by nearly 15 points, and in New Jersey, Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli by 13 points. Even Democratic […]
Former White House senior adviser David Axelrod on Thursday found himself in agreement with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over the Democratic victories seen across the country in Tuesday's elections. "Well, I'm in the kind of astonishing position of saying I agree with every word that Marjorie Taylor Greene said," Axelrod told CNN's Kaitlan Collins...
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed Thursday it had been hacked, saying it was taking action to contain the fallout. “The Congressional Budget Office has identified the security incident, has taken immediate action to contain it, and has implemented additional monitoring and new security controls to further protect the agency’s systems going forward,” CBO spokesperson...
Tesla shareholders on Thursday approved a new trillion-dollar pay package for CEO Elon Musk. The package — to which more than 75 percent of shareholders agreed — grants Musk about 423 million shares in the electric vehicle (EV) maker, which would be worth nearly $1 trillion if the company reaches a series of milestones as...
A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday slammed immigration officers’ use of force on members of the media and protesters, issuing an extensive injunction preventing federal law enforcement officers from continuing to use constraints. “I find the government’s evidence to be simply not credible,” U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said in an oral ruling from...
Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said he believes the Republican Party is beginning to move away from President Trump, citing pockets of dissent within the party and the recent poor performances of GOP candidates in downballot races. “In politics, migrations rarely happen all at once. They start quietly — one or two members of a...
All 50 states have submitted applications for their share of a $50 billion pot of money to transform rural health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz said Thursday. Wednesday was the deadline for states to submit a detailed application for the first tranche of the five-year fund created to help rural...
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to make full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments for November despite the government shutdown. U.S. District Judge John McConnell rejected the administration’s plan to provide partial payments without tapping additional funds, saying it failed to comply with his previous order. “This is a problem that...