New York’s second largest city, Buffalo, is poised to make history this fall by electing its first female mayor — and the first socialist mayor of a major American city in more than 60 years. On Tuesday, 38-year-old India Walton defeated four-term incumbent Mayor Byron Brown in the Democratic primary. …
Read More »The GOP's Anti-Vax Messaging Is Working, Red States Are Vaccinating More Slowly
Although President Biden has said he wants 70 percent of Americans to have at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose by July 4th, as things currently stand the country is on track to miss that goal. And while most states that voted for Biden will likely meet or exceed the 70 …
Read More »Matt Gaetz Buddy Joel Greenberg's Guilty Plea Officially Accepted: What He Admitted To
If Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz was already “not feeling very comfortable,” that feeling of discomfort can only have increased exponentially Thursday with confirmation that Joel Greenberg’s plea has officially been accepted by a judge. Greenberg, the former Seminole County tax collector, reportedly first connected with Gaetz in 2017, the year …
Read More »After Backtracking, Biden Set to Deliver on Initial Pledge to Raise Refugee Cap
President Biden announced an increase in the annual number of refugees allowed in the U.S. to 62,500 for the current fiscal year. Monday’s move comes weeks after the administration backtracked on its initial promise to raise the cap and then reversed that decision after facing criticism. “Today, I am revising …
Read More »Republicans Who Cry Cancel Culture Want to Cancel Liz Cheney
Republican lawmakers friendly to Donald Trump want Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) removed from her leadership post. “It’s at a boiling point,” oneRepublican lawmaker told The Hill. “This isn’t about Liz Cheney wanting to impeach Donald Trump; this isn’t about Donald Trump at all. It’s about Liz Cheney being completely out …
Read More »New CDC Guidelines: Fully Vaccinated Can Gather Indoors Without Masks
People who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can safely gather indoors without masks or social distancing, according to new guidelines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday. During a White House coronavirus briefing, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky explained some of the new guidelines that may …
Read More »Attorney General William Barr Is Quitting as Trump's Election Crusade Fizzles Out
Even for a loyalist like Attorney General William Barr, there was only so far he would go to support Trump’s assault on the rule of law and reality. On Monday evening, as Trump’s doomed attempts to steal the 2020 election fizzle out, the president announced Barr would step down from …
Read More »Biden Predicts Victory, Promises to Govern for All Americans
“My fellow Americans, we don’t have a final declaration of victory yet, but the numbers tell us it’s clear. Tell us a clear and convincing story. We are going to win this race,” Joe Biden said in a national address Friday night as he stood poised to capture the White …
Read More »Get Ready for a Trump 'Resurrection Run in 2024'
As the president continues to lie about the 2020 election being stolen from him, his aides are already discussing a Trump 2024 presidential run. During a Thursday report on CNN, White House Correspondent Jim Acosta said aides to the Trump campaign have already raised the topic of a “resurrection run …
Read More »Trump Falsely Says He's Already Won, Announces Intent to Invalidate Millions of Votes
The president addressed a mostly maskless crowd in the White House early Wednesday morning where he spewed lies and disinformation about the results of the presidential election and announced his intent to invalidate millions of legally-cast votes. Trump falsely claimed that the Democrats and media were conspiring to defraud the …
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