News Articles

View By: [Date] Category

5 DailyKos Headlines
Jun 23, 2018 Saturday midday open thread: 1000s show for D.C. Poor Peoples Campaign rally; ExxonMobil stonewalls What’s coming up on Sunday Kos … Tragedy and resiliency: It's been nine months since Maria hit Puerto Rico, by Denise Oliver Velez My answers as an atheist to apologetics questions from a religious friend, by David Akadjian GOP Holocaust analogists furious over Nazi border policy... 5 DailyKos Headlines more
Jun 23, 2018 Dash cam footage shows Ohio cop's blatant abuses of power against daughter's boyfriend and friends Everyone knows that overprotective dad trope. Dads guarding their daughters from predatory boys and men have long been fodder for films, country songs, and uncomfortable conversations everywhere. It’s one of those creepy things society knows is wrong, but still chooses to embrace: everyone... 5 DailyKos Headlines more
Jun 23, 2018 View from the Left: Take good care out there, dear readers, our country needs you The American system of government essentially worked this week. It wasn't graceful and it happened under horrific circumstances, but citizen activists informed, reporters reported, voters got word and applied mass pressure, lawmakers used their platforms to influence (yes, even some Republican... 5 DailyKos Headlines more
Jun 23, 2018 Trump backtracks on Trump over North Korean nukes During a week when the squatter in the White House and his minions utterly botched the child migrant crisis that he himself did so much to create, when he blew up any chance of an immigration bill clearing Congress, when his tariff moves generated talk of a trade war-spawned recession and... 5 DailyKos Headlines more
Jun 23, 2018 Trump official in charge of stolen children best known for blocking detained teens' abortion access Remember the Trump administration official who made it his business to try to personally block immigrant women from getting abortions? That guy, Scott Lloyd, is in charge of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which is responsible for the children who the Trump administration has stolen from... 5 DailyKos Headlines more
Daily Beast
Jun 23, 2018 Budapest Cancels ‘Billy Elliot’ Performances FERENC ISZA/AFP/GettyBUDAPEST—The Hungarian State Opera has cancelled 15 performances of Billy Elliot, after a pro-government newspaper claimed it could ‘turn’ kids gay. For some Hungarians, it’s a sign of a renewed culture war after the far-right populist Fidesz party won an absolute... Daily Beast more
Jun 23, 2018 Scouted: Become A Better Project Manager With This Course Bundle A project manager's role is wide-ranging, but ultimately it boils down to leading a team and guaranteeing that each project gets accomplished on time, within budget, and with minimal errors. And with the Quality Assurance and Project Management Bundle, you'll get to explore a variety of project... Daily Beast more
Jun 23, 2018 The Rise of Racist Porn Photo Illustration by The Daily BeastBlacks on Blondes. Blacked. Black Bitches. Porn titles often leave little to the imagination catering, rather crassly, to stereotypes and market demand. The “interracial” genre in adult entertainment has been a consistent hit with consumers but there’s a... Daily Beast more
Jun 23, 2018 Beyoncé Is Our Michael Jackson: All Hail the Queen of Pop Photo by Lyne Lucien/The Daily BeastIt feels so good to be proven right. Wait, I’m getting ahead of myself. Let me start at the beginning. The year was 2009. Michael Jackson had died days earlier and the BET Awards became a tribute to him, with Jamie Foxx, Ne-Yo, Ciara and more performing his... Daily Beast more
Mother Jones Politics
Jun 23, 2018 Sarah Huckabee Sanders Booted From Restaurant Because “I Work for POTUS.” On Saturday morning, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted that she had been thrown out of a restaurant Friday night because “I work for @POTUS.” Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely... Mother Jones Politics more
Jun 23, 2018 What the Heck Is Wrong With Mike Huckabee? What, exactly, is wrong with Mike Huckabee? That’s what a lot of observers are asking after the former Arkansas governor and Christian minister tweeted out a photo this morning of what appears to be a group of Latino gang members, and joked that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi—one of... Mother Jones Politics more
Jun 22, 2018 “He Only Cries”: The Heartbreaking Testimonies of Immigrant Parents Separated From Their Children New documents filed in a federal court Friday reveal the heartbreaking toll that President Donald Trump’s family separation policy has taken on the thousands of migrant parents whose children have been taken from them. In extremely personal declarations submitted to the court, three... Mother Jones Politics more
Jun 22, 2018 Using 23andMe to Reunite Families at the Border Comes With Serious Privacy Risks On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced an end to administration’s policy of separating families at the border. But the administration hasn’t figured out how to reunite the parents and children that have already been split apart. A day after Trump’s announcement, Rep.... Mother Jones Politics more
Plunderbund
Jun 23, 2018 Trump’s Master Race When Donald Trump launched his unique mission to make America great again, complete with promotional baseball caps and gift shop trinkets, little did we realize that the centerpiece of his goal was to create a master race… A master race. It would seal his base of Wall Street whites,... Plunderbund more
Jun 20, 2018 Note to Andrew Brenner: Searching for Signs of Socialism, Then and Now Some folks might think it’s a bit crazy to drive 11 hours and travel 700 miles to Missouri just to visit a library. As someone who no doubt spent too much time in libraries during graduate school pursuing three different degree programs, I can certainly understand that sentiment. But what I... Plunderbund more
Jun 18, 2018 Kids: Can Christmas Be That Far Behind? Back in my newspaper days, I could always expect to receive some warm and fuzzy family Christmas cards from a politician preparing for the next election with a photo of a happy gathering of wife and kids (and often a dog) to prove that the candidate would be driven by the highest moral code as... Plunderbund more
Slate
Jun 23, 2018 Vatican Court Convicts Former Washington Envoy to 5 Years on Child Pornography Charges A Vatican court convicted a former diplomat to five years in prison for possessing and distributing child pornography, marking the first conviction of its kind inside the Holy See. The trial only lasted two days as Monsignor Carlos Alberto Capella readily admitted to “compulsive acts of... Slate more
Jun 23, 2018 Jogger Accidentally Crosses U.S. Border From Canada and Is Detained for Two Weeks A fun jog through a picturesque landscape turned into a nightmare for 19-year-old Cedella Roman when she was suddenly apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol agents. The French citizen, who was visiting her mother in Canada, was jogging south of White Rock, British Columbia when she crossed into the... Slate more
Jun 23, 2018 Mike Huckabee Sends Bigoted Tweet Calling Gang Members Pelosi’s “Campaign Committee” Long gone are the days when former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee ran for president on a nice-guy platform. Now he’s become a partisan attack dog who, as he demonstrated on Saturday, has no problems with appealing to racism and bigotry to blast the opposition. Huckabee raised online outrage after... Slate more
The Nation
Jun 22, 2018 Merkeldämmerung: The Transatlantic Right Has Germany’s Chancellor in Its Sights Paul Hockenos Angela Merkel’s hard-right opponents have a powerful ally in the Trump administration, which apparently sees itself as headquarters of a xenophobic, right-wing International. The post Merkeldämmerung: The Transatlantic Right Has Germany’s Chancellor in Its Sights appeared... The Nation more
Jun 22, 2018 Lessons From the Death of Seattle’s ‘Amazon’ Tax Jimmy Tobias A strong housing movement needs strong politicians as allies. The post Lessons From the Death of Seattle’s ‘Amazon’ Tax appeared first on The Nation. The Nation more
Jun 22, 2018 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fights the Power Raina Lipsitz The insurgent candidate from the Bronx is challenging Democrat Joseph Crowley with a scrappy grassroots campaign and a platform based on economic justice. The post Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fights the Power appeared first on The Nation. The Nation more
Jun 22, 2018 After 2 Months of Unrest, Nicaragua Is at a Fateful Crossroads John Perry If there’s no negotiated peace with a return to order, the conflict could spin out of control, bringing the chronic violence and insecurity of the country’s northern neighbors. The post After 2 Months of Unrest, Nicaragua Is at a Fateful Crossroads appeared first on The Nation. The Nation more
The Hill
Jun 23, 2018 Colorado governor hints at deciding on possible presidential run this summer Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said he will decide this summer whether he will run for president in 2020. "Every time someone asks the question it's a tremendous compliment and I take it very seriousl... The Hill more
Jun 23, 2018 Trump wanted to use executive order to pass immigration reform: report President Trump indicated to aides this week that he wanted to reform America's entire immigration system through executive order after deciding Wednesday to sign an order ending the process of separating families for pro... The Hill more
Jun 23, 2018 Nail manufacturing exec who voted for Trump blames him for layoffs, asks Democrat for help An executive for the largest U.S. nail producer who voted for President Trump said he is so dismayed by the president's trade policies that he is lobbying a Democratic senator for help.George Skarich,... The Hill more
Jun 23, 2018 Minnesota GOP chairwoman accuses state party leaders of racist insults The chairwoman of the Minnesota Republican Party on Friday accused fellow Republicans in the state of making racist and sexist comments about her.Jennifer Carnahan, who was born in South Korea... The Hill more
View Archives