Democrats have tried to paint themselves as the defenders of democracy and their opponents as the enemies of democracy. This fevered framing instantly yields absurd results: Democrats are now defending democracy by saying that if they lose, the result is illegitimate. Today’s self-proclaimed Democracy Defenders are and always have been full of it. You can […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has always been one to criticize conservatives on the Supreme Court, but today she went one step further, calling for their impeachment on X. This was in response to the court voting 6-3 to protect presidential immunity. The court ruled that “under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of […]
The Department of Justice is offering a plea deal to Boeing to avoid a trial on the company’s safety failures. The deal slaps the company with a fine and a few years of monitoring. It is unacceptable after the series of crashes in recent years. These debacles have revealed a company with deep-seated problems that […]
When French President Emmanuel Macron called for the snap elections, people thought he was crazy. The far-right party National Rally emerged ahead of Macron’s party in the first round of voting that occurred on June 30. Now, ahead of the July 7 runoff elections, many in France are concerned about the future of the parliament. […]
A middle school in Wayne, New Jersey, has apologized for a quiz question that called ISIS a terrorist group after backlash from terrorist-sympathizing organizations, showing how pro-terrorism rhetoric is continuing to infect academia. The question that caused controversy said, “It is a terrorist organization that commits acts of violence, destroys cultural artifacts, and encourages loss […]
Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville said Monday that President Biden should be replaced at the top of the 2024 ticket following his poor debate performance against former President Trump. CNN host Jake Tapper asked Carville what the Democrats should do to respond to concerns over the debate, and the strategist replied, “Something different.” “Everyone saw...
More than 7 in 10 voters have already decided whom they will vote for in the November presidential election, according to a new poll. The Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Monday showed 72 percent of respondents said they have already made up their minds, while 28 percent said they are still weighing their choices. That’s a...
Republicans are hailing the Supreme Court’s ruling that presidents have immunity from prosecution for official acts as a major victory over government “weaponization” as the decision deals a blow to special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of former President Trump over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. “Today’s ruling by the Court is a victory...
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday the “MAGA wing of the Supreme Court" issued the majority decision granting presidential immunity for official acts in office, as she backed Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s scathing dissent in the case. “I agree with Justice Sotomayor about the immunity ruling from the MAGA wing of the Supreme Court,”...
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) is proposing a less dramatic way to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in “inherent contempt” of Congress over his refusal to turn over the audio from President Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur regarding his handling of classified documents. Rather than directing the House sergeant-at-arms to take Garland into...