Talk about a low bar. Fox News’ Neil Cavuto not only equated himself with essential workers who are exposed to the coronavirus at a much higher rate than television news hosts but, by doing so, he also minimized the recent surge in cases nationally as he wrapped up his interview …
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This article was originally published by Grist and is republished here as part of an ongoing collaboration. The Minnesota legislature has spent the last five years preparing for the kind of protests that have rocked the city over the past week in the wake of the police killing of George …
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Conservative economist Stephen Moore, a member of the White House council to reopen the country, absurdly compared demonstrators who are dangerously opposing state social-distancing orders aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus to civil rights icon Rosa Parks. “This is a great time for civil disobedience. We need to …
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Tuesday is a dismal day for what’s left of democracy in the state of Wisconsin. It’s also a warning sign for the entire country about this November’s elections. Free, fair elections in Wisconsin took a one-two punch on Monday evening. First, the conservative state supreme court, also along party lines, …
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Two things are true: Amazon makes life drastically easier for everyone who uses it, and drastically harder for almost everyone who works for it. This conflict is true of most companies; work, in general, is not something that makes life easier. But in the midst of a global pandemic and …
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It wasn’t so long ago — barely a week, actually — that we were wondering if Bernie Sanders might be unstoppable after he followed up his primary win in New Hampshire by dominating the Nevada caucuses. How quickly things change. Despite disappointing performances in the first three primary/caucus states, Joe …
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While most analysts attributed the Dow plunging more than 1,000 points on Monday to the number of coronavirus cases climbing outside of China, Fox Business host Charles Payne claimed it was the fault of Bernie Sanders’ recent campaign success. This is an easy line for Sanders critics to trot out …
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CNN’s Anderson Cooper blasted former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich after the now-free, corrupt politician said that he had been a political prisoner. Blagojevich, who President Trump granted clemency to on Tuesday, said during an interview on Friday, “I am a political prisoner. I was put into prison for practicing politics.” …
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DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — Hours after President Trump kicked off the 2020 World Economic Forum on Tuesday by bashing climate activists as “prophets of doom,” Greta Thunberg countered with yet another scathing indictment of government and corporate leaders for failing to take meaningful action to combat climate change. “Our house is …
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President Donald Trump’s legal team officially responded to last week’s Senate summons that notified the president that if he is convicted during the impeachment trial, he will be removed from office. Trump’s response came in a six-page letter on Saturday, according to the New York Times, where his lawyers blasted …
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