news & politicstrumpthe right wingelection '20mediabeliefculturebooksdocumentarieseconomylaborimmigrationrightswaterfoodhealthPresident Donald J. Trump speaks with members of the press along the South Lawn driveway of the White House Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, prior to boarding Marine One to begin his trip to South Carolina. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian) Image via Executive Office of the President of the United States/Picryl.MSN UKJust hours after New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron imposed a limited gag order and directed Donald Trump to remove his social...…news & politicstrumpthe right wingelection '20mediabeliefculturebooksdocumentarieseconomylaborimmigrationrightswaterfoodhealthPresident Donald J. Trump speaks with members of the press along the South Lawn driveway of the White House Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, prior to boarding Marine One to begin his trip to South Carolina. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian) Image via Executive Office of the President of the United States/Picryl.MSN UKJust hours after New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron imposed a limited gag order and directed Donald Trump to remove his social...WW…

--Report typos and corrections to: .WASHINGTON — Republicans spent the summer arguing that the states should have full control over whether they will allow abortion in their borders. That position changed this month when Congress returned from the August Recess and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) proposed a nationwide ban that would force the restrictions on all states. In one case, a decision was made by the voters of Kansas in a ballot initiative that would have allowed the legislature to move forward with a ban of abortion. Kansas voters rejected it.Speaking to reporters after a floor speech,...…--Report typos and corrections to: .WASHINGTON — Republicans spent the summer arguing that the states should have full control over whether they will allow abortion in their borders. That position changed this month when Congress returned from the August Recess and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) proposed a nationwide ban that would force the restrictions on all states. In one case, a decision was made by the voters of Kansas in a ballot initiative that would have allowed the legislature to move forward with a ban of abortion. Kansas voters rejected it.Speaking to reporters after a floor speech,...WW…

--Report typos and corrections to: .Progressive campaigners in North Carolina warned Monday that a once-fringe conservative legal theory by the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming months poses a serious threat to representative democracy.The nation's highest court is expected to hear Moore v. Harper, a case involving North Carolina's racially rigged congressional map, sometime in December or early next year—meaning the outcome won't affect the 2022 midterm elections.After North Carolina's GOP-controlled Legislature prejudicially redrew the state's congressional map to lock in 10 of its 14...…--Report typos and corrections to: .Progressive campaigners in North Carolina warned Monday that a once-fringe conservative legal theory by the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming months poses a serious threat to representative democracy.The nation's highest court is expected to hear Moore v. Harper, a case involving North Carolina's racially rigged congressional map, sometime in December or early next year—meaning the outcome won't affect the 2022 midterm elections.After North Carolina's GOP-controlled Legislature prejudicially redrew the state's congressional map to lock in 10 of its 14...WW…

RED BARBLUE BARA devastating new ad from  depicts what life in Trump’s America has become: the President’s secret police SWAT teams physically attacking U.S. citizens protesting against police violence, beating them with bats and batons, tear gassing them, and shoving them to the ground.The sharply-edited video includes audio of Trump calling protestors “animals,” and his infamous remarks, bragging to police, telling them, “please don’t be too nice” to suspects when they are arresting them.ADVERTISEMENTAnd also:“It was like a knife cutting through butter.”“You have to dominate the...…RED BARBLUE BARA devastating new ad from  depicts what life in Trump’s America has become: the President’s secret police SWAT teams physically attacking U.S. citizens protesting against police violence, beating them with bats and batons, tear gassing them, and shoving them to the ground.The sharply-edited video includes audio of Trump calling protestors “animals,” and his infamous remarks, bragging to police, telling them, “please don’t be too nice” to suspects when they are arresting them.ADVERTISEMENTAnd also:“It was like a knife cutting through butter.”“You have to dominate the...WW…

--Embattled (R-WI), a top Trump supporter, admitted that he felt safe during the January 6 insurrection because he trusted the MAGA crowd, thousands of whom were breaking not only the law but government property and causing physical harm.But he also admits that if those rioters had been Black Lives Matter protestors he would not have felt safe – he would he felt "concerned."His remarks are causing anger and accusations of racism."I've made the comment that on January 6 I never felt threatened," Johnson said on the conservative Joe Pags radio talk show. "Because I didn't," he stressed,...…--Embattled (R-WI), a top Trump supporter, admitted that he felt safe during the January 6 insurrection because he trusted the MAGA crowd, thousands of whom were breaking not only the law but government property and causing physical harm.But he also admits that if those rioters had been Black Lives Matter protestors he would not have felt safe – he would he felt "concerned."His remarks are causing anger and accusations of racism."I've made the comment that on January 6 I never felt threatened," Johnson said on the conservative Joe Pags radio talk show. "Because I didn't," he stressed,...WW…

--Photo: Nicolas Kamm/AFPFormer federal prosecutor Chuck Rosenberg destroyed Donald Trump minutes after Democrats concluded arguing their impeachment case against the former president."This president has no soul," Rosenberg declared, saying that it was rare even in his line of work to come across people like Trump, who have no remorse for their actions.Rosenberg was the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and for Southern District of Texas. He also was a senior FBI official."I was a prosecutor for a long time," Rosenberg, now an MSNBC contributor, told Nicolle Wallace...…--Photo: Nicolas Kamm/AFPFormer federal prosecutor Chuck Rosenberg destroyed Donald Trump minutes after Democrats concluded arguing their impeachment case against the former president."This president has no soul," Rosenberg declared, saying that it was rare even in his line of work to come across people like Trump, who have no remorse for their actions.Rosenberg was the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and for Southern District of Texas. He also was a senior FBI official."I was a prosecutor for a long time," Rosenberg, now an MSNBC contributor, told Nicolle Wallace...WW…

--Report typos and corrections to: .The far right is rallying behind former Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin following his court-ordered removal from his commission seat last week.Griffin remained unrepentant, telling a far-right radio host that the judge who ordered him off the board had no authority to do so, and suggesting that shadowy forces barred him from office in order to further supposed election fraud in the state.Griffin was removed from office by order of Judge Francis Mathew on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Mathew ruled that Griffin violated the 14th Amendment by participating in the...…--Report typos and corrections to: .The far right is rallying behind former Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin following his court-ordered removal from his commission seat last week.Griffin remained unrepentant, telling a far-right radio host that the judge who ordered him off the board had no authority to do so, and suggesting that shadowy forces barred him from office in order to further supposed election fraud in the state.Griffin was removed from office by order of Judge Francis Mathew on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Mathew ruled that Griffin violated the 14th Amendment by participating in the...WW…

--Report typos and corrections to: .Speaking to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Monday evening, hours before his book was scheduled to drop, Geoffrey Berman sounded the alarm on a wide-reaching ethics scandal that reaches all the way to the top of the Justice Department and to former President Donald Trump. This is just another in the growing list of illegal or unethical behavior by Trump's DOJ being uncovered by investigations and whistleblowers willing to come forward.Berman explained one of the main reasons he stayed in his position as long as he did: If Bill Barr got rid of him, there wouldn't...…--Report typos and corrections to: .Speaking to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Monday evening, hours before his book was scheduled to drop, Geoffrey Berman sounded the alarm on a wide-reaching ethics scandal that reaches all the way to the top of the Justice Department and to former President Donald Trump. This is just another in the growing list of illegal or unethical behavior by Trump's DOJ being uncovered by investigations and whistleblowers willing to come forward.Berman explained one of the main reasons he stayed in his position as long as he did: If Bill Barr got rid of him, there wouldn't...WW…

RED BARBLUE BARMinutes after swore in Monday night she stood by the side of President Donald Trump on the White House balcony overlooking the South Lawn where guests – all Republicans – were assembled.A photo of the moment captured by CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller has gone viral, with many pointing to it as proof of Justice Barrett’s fealty to President Trump. Others say it shows a lack of judicial independence,  and that it was a choice for her to stand by his side – a poor choice calling in to question her judgment.ADVERTISEMENTSome say it’s tantamount to her...…RED BARBLUE BARMinutes after swore in Monday night she stood by the side of President Donald Trump on the White House balcony overlooking the South Lawn where guests – all Republicans – were assembled.A photo of the moment captured by CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller has gone viral, with many pointing to it as proof of Justice Barrett’s fealty to President Trump. Others say it shows a lack of judicial independence,  and that it was a choice for her to stand by his side – a poor choice calling in to question her judgment.ADVERTISEMENTSome say it’s tantamount to her...WW…

--Report typos and corrections to: .On Monday, for The Daily Beast, columnist Michael Cohen tore into Donald Trump's hand-picked Georgia Senate candidate, former football star Herschel Walker as an "unqualified, lying buffoon" running the "saddest" campaign in "recent political history" — and expressed fear over the implications that despite all of that, he still finds himself in a competitive race against incumbent Democratic Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock."Walker’s campaign is increasingly a train wreck, but one that emits sadness and wonderment — not only because those closest to Walker...…--Report typos and corrections to: .On Monday, for The Daily Beast, columnist Michael Cohen tore into Donald Trump's hand-picked Georgia Senate candidate, former football star Herschel Walker as an "unqualified, lying buffoon" running the "saddest" campaign in "recent political history" — and expressed fear over the implications that despite all of that, he still finds himself in a competitive race against incumbent Democratic Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock."Walker’s campaign is increasingly a train wreck, but one that emits sadness and wonderment — not only because those closest to Walker...WW…