To Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), there’s an urgent need to stop “billionaires from buying our elections.” Tester often slams the wealthy and well-connected for trying to wield power in Washington, D.C., a phenomenon he attributes to the Supreme Court’s landmark 2010 Citizens United decision, which ruled it unconstitutional to restrict outside groups from spending cash […]
President Joe Biden leveled a familiar criticism against the modern Republican Party, saying its members are worse than “real racists” such as former Sen. Strom Thurmond, continuing a theme throughout his presidential run. Biden has made it a habit to go above and beyond in comparing Republicans to racist figures, often claiming they are worse […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — Vice President Kamala Harris excoriated the Alabama Supreme Court for ruling that frozen embryos are children. Harris opened an abortion-centric event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, criticizing the court, alongside Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI), who has urged Harris and President Joe Biden to underscore the importance of abortion and other reproductive healthcare […]
Former Rep. Paul Ryan reflected on how far he’s drifted from the “establishment” Republican Party while former President Donald Trump has become the model. Ryan offered his insight during an interview published Wednesday. The former speaker of the house has long been a vocal opponent of Trump, even amid his reelection bid. “I’m in the […]
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign placed Alabama’s recent in vitro fertilization controversy on blast in their latest push Thursday, claiming it was a consequence of overturning Roe v. Wade. Biden’s campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, targeted former President Donald Trump and his supporters in a statement after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos […]
Astronauts from three countries parachuted down to Earth in a SpaceX capsule off the Florida coast, marking the end of a private three-week mission to the International Space Station. The trio, representing Turkey, Italy, and Sweden, were escorted by former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, who is now affiliated with Axiom Space, the Houston-based company that […]
Astronomers have discovered evidence of a subsurface ocean under the icy abyss of Saturn’s mini moon, Mimas, which resembles the Star Wars Death Star. After using observations from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft and studying changes in Mimas‘s orbit, the French team shared on Wednesday that a secret ocean 12 to 18 miles beneath the frozen surface […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) jabbed President Joe Biden on Thursday over his consideration of issuing an executive order that would make it harder for immigrants to seek asylum at the southern border. The order would close the border daily after 8,500 crossings. “Doing Trump impressions isn’t how we beat Trump,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a post on […]
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson suggested borrowing more than $1 billion to fund affordable housing and other economic initiatives. Shifting away from the city’s current funding methods, the proposal allows for dozens of tax increment financing districts to expire with the goal that revenue will increase the city’s funds. TIFs currently give developers breaks in their […]
It’s more bad news for San Francisco Democratic Mayor London Breed’s reelection efforts. A new poll shows the California mayor is at serious risk of losing her competitive reelection race and that a majority of San Francisco voters hold a negative view of her while her closest competitor, Mark Farrell, would have the most support […]
