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The Republican Party’s dark turn is fracturing its support base and even its ideology
The United States Chamber of Commerce is pretty much the gold standard when it comes to indicating the political opinions of corporate America. For this reason, it's a bit curious that one of the nation's biggest business lobbies isn't doing what you'd ex ...[Read more]
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‘QAnon Shaman’ and other Capitol riot suspects issue apologies as reality sets in: report
As the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) continue investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, reality is setting in for the alleged suspects facing charges. According to the Associated Press, many of the ...[Read more]
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AT&T said Trump’s tax cut would create jobs – now it’s laying off thousands of workers
The moves come despite the company’s keen support for a major corporate tax cut under Donald Trump, which it claimed would spur it to create jobs – not cut them. AT&T is also closing dozens of retail stores this spring around the US, including three s ...[Read more]
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Parler explains ‘free speech’ to angry users after sharing Capitol riot posts with the FBI
The reaction to the news that Parler "colluded" with the FBI in order to report violent content was so strong on the right wing platform, the company was compelled to release a statement addressing those outraged users. In doing so, Parler found itself un ...[Read more]
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Dominion lawyer lays out in painstaking detail why Fox News messed with the wrong company
I'm not a lawyer :"simple country, unfrozen caveman, or otherwise" but I have to think that knowingly spreading lies about the one thing a company does, thereby shredding that company's credibility in the eyes of millions of Americans, is kind of a big de ...[Read more]
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As Biden Prepares to Unveil Infrastructure Plan, Progressives Push $10 Trillion Investment
With President Joe Biden set to start unveiling his two-part infrastructure plan later this week, congressional progressives on Monday officially announced their proposal to invest $10 trillion over the next decade in renewable energy, green buildings, an ...[Read more]
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Universal Health Care is a Popular Idea in America, So Why Does Biden Seem Intent on Enriching Private Insurance Companies? – CounterPunch.org
A new poll by Morning Consult and Politico finds that a majority of Americans—55 percent—support Medicare for All. Strangely, the pollsters headlined their results by saying, “Medicare for All Remains Polarizing.” Nearly 80 percent of all Democrat ...[Read more]
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Ammon Bundy has amassed an army of over 50,000 as he looks for his next battle in a religious war
Ammon Bundy, right-wing malcontent behind the 2016 armed takeover of Oregon's Malheur Wildlife Refuge and now a western anti-mask movement, believes he's doing God's work.Coming from a long line of religiously inspired men who have been "called" to defend ...[Read more]
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‘Heresy!’ Franklin Graham’s followers revolt after the evangelical leader says Jesus would get the COVID vaccine
Evangelical leader Franklin Graham, the son of the late evangelist Billy Graham, took to Facebook this Wednesday and endorsed the COVID-19 vaccine, saying that if Jesus were alive today he'd definitely take it -- a bit of speculation that invoked an angry ...[Read more]
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Trump Team, Including Giuliani, May Face Charges for False Statements in Georgia
Prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump and his legal team’s attempts to upend election results in Georgia using false allegations of fraud are likely planning to utilize a little-used law in the state that makes it a crime to knowingly ...[Read more]
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After a year of downplaying the pandemic, longtime Fox News employee died of COVID-19
Maria Bartiromo’s Fox News gig has been a long march into the bottom of an ocean awash in fearmongering, bigotry, and misinformation. Like most Fox News programming this past year, Bartiromo’s programs have been showcases for easily... ...[Read more]
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