Kamala Harrisās decision to skip the Al Smith Dinner ā and the legacy of Smith (the first Catholic nominee for president) ā offers some important insights into this yearās campaign that most political reporting has missed.
Thereās a massive new scandal that has political reporters buzzing.
This reminds me of conservative evangelicals who insist that when Jesus said that it was easier for a rich man to pass through the eye of needle than to enter kingdom of heaven, he was talking about a gate in Jerusalem called "the eye of the needle" and that actually a rich man could get to heaven.
an under-discussed dimension of this scotus majority is its bloodthirstiness. it has not yet seen a prisoner it wasnāt ready to execute in the name of some properly orderly process
more on the moral degeneracy of the recent turn in the trump campaign
The Ohio senatorās anti-Haitian lies are putting people in danger.
How a Militant Anti-Abortion Activist Is Influencing Republican Politics Pastor Matthew Trewhella was once a political pariah. But now his book is being quoted by politicians and former Trump officials. One activist is using it to disrupt elections.
The Wisconsin pastor was once a political pariah. But now his book is being quoted by politicians and former Trump officials. One activist is using it to disrupt elections.
Oh my God, I didn't realize this is literally the exact story I told in ONE NATION UNDER GOD. The Fraternal Order of Eagles was instrumental in spreading these Ten Commandments monuments across America in the 1950s ... as part of a promotional tour with the Cecil B. DeMille epic.
Sam Alito is right. The Christian Nationalist far right (a movement of which he is a member) has decided that the nation has to choose between their 30% supported, theocratic version of the country or a 70% vision grounded in pluralism and liberal democracy. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in a new recording says the battle for America "can't be compromised," and that one political party will "win."
if already wasnāt apparent from his behavior on the court, Alito is straightforwardly an insurrectionist and should not be there. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/u...
The justiceās beach house displayed an āAppeal to Heavenā flag, a symbol carried on Jan. 6 and associated with a push for a more Christian-minded government.
My latest: I talked to a bike expert about the NYPD bike lock conspiracy and how bikes are tools of urban liberation that cops from the suburbs hate.
Doug Gordon: āThe more we can talk about bike locks, the less we ever have to engage with what people are actually protesting for."
Orwellian situation where many of the "anti-semitic" protesters are Jews and the "pro-Israel" protesters are explicitly anti-semitic nazis and apocalytpic evangelical freaksOrwellian situation where many of the "anti-semitic" protesters are Jews and the "pro-Israel" protesters are explicitly anti-semitic nazis and apocalytpic evangelical freaks