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The passage of Prop 8 was a life-changing moment for me. In November of 2008, after eight years of Republican polices that led to a worldwide financial crisis and downbeaten minorities, voters went to the polls and elected Barack Obama – but in California they also elected to ban same-sex marriage. The passage of Prop […]
Chief Justice 'Shaken' by Public Reaction to Him Handing Trump …
Oct 8, 2024 · READ MORE: ‘They Are Partners’: Experts Warn on Trump and Putin After Bombshell Woodward Revelations We now know that after Special Counsel Jack Smith asked the U.S. Supreme Court to settle the claim of “presidential immunity” by Trump’s attorneys, it refused, waiting for a lower court to weigh in. Chief Justice John Roberts sent a “scathing critique of [that] lower-court decision ...
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J6 Rioters, ‘Big Lie’ Supporter Hegseth Will Have Votes to Be SecDef Says GOP Leader: Report. Pete Hegseth, the former Fox News weekend co-host who has promoted Donald Trump’s “Big Lie,” enthusiastically covered the “Save America”...
‘GOP Has No Answer for This’: Pollster Says Harris Campaign Close …
Jul 31, 2024 · Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee for just over one week, is heading a campaign that is edging toward becoming a political and cultural movement, according to a top Democratic pollster and strategist, with some starting to compare her popularity to Barack Obama’s historic 2008 campaign. “There’s something happening,” writes former DNC […]
‘Probably Illegal Rumors’: Trump Calls for Investigations — to …
Nov 8, 2024 · U.S. Congressman Jim Himes (D-CT) is blasting Donald Trump, after the President-elect held a rambling 70-minute press conference aired live by cable news stations on Tuesday, during which he declared he will rename the Gulf of Mexico, threatened the possible taking of Greenland and the Panama Canal by military force, threatened annexing Canada as the 51st state via “economic coercion” if ...
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FBI Report on Hegseth ‘Insufficient’ Says Top Dem: ‘I Do Not Believe You Are Qualified’ The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s vetting of Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s highly controversial nominee to head the U.S. Department of Defense, an $842 billion entity...
‘Black Jobs’: Trump Clarifies What He Meant - The New Civil Rights ...
Aug 23, 2024 · After being highly criticized for his “Black jobs” remark during the June presidential debate, Republican nominee Donald Trump revisited the phrase on Friday, appearing to attempt to clarify his comment. Trump’s choice to re-work his remarks now may be the result of former First Lady Michelle Obama chastising the ex-president during this week’s Democratic National […]
Amy Coney Barrett Says Court Made 'Textual Backflips' to Protect ...
Jun 28, 2024 · Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett slammed the Supreme Court for making “textual backflips” in justifying its ruling to limit the prosecution of January 6 rioters for obstruction.. Friday morning, the Court issued its ruling in Fischer v.United States, which rules that the law against the obstruction of official proceedings applies to …
‘Under Attack’: Newsom Preps to Protect California From Trump
Nov 7, 2024 · California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom is preparing on multiple fronts to protect his state from the impending Donald Trump presidency. “The freedoms we hold dear in California are under attack — and we won’t sit idle,” Newsom said in a statement, the LA Times reports. “California has faced this challenge before, and we know how […]
'Legal Terrorist': How Trump Has Waged a Half-Century Battle …
Jan 12, 2024 · Kruse continues, “Many might view the legal system as a place to try to avoid, or as perhaps a necessary evil, or maybe even as a noble arbiter of equality and fairness.Not Trump. He spent most of his adult life molding it into an arena in which he could stake claims and hunt leverage. It has not been for him a place of last resort so much as a place of constant quarrel.”