With 7 candidates splitting the votes in Ohio’s Republican Senate Primary on Tuesday, it was inevitable that someone would win with a plurality. That someone was J.D. Vance, the Trump-endorsed dog-whistler whose campaign ads ask hard hitting questions like, “Are you a racist?” and “Do you hate Mexicans?” Vance prevailed in the crowded field of …

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In an unprecedented turn of events Monday, a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked to Politico by an anonymous source inside the Court, causing immediate uproar. By nightfall, demonstrators from both political spectrums had gathered outside the Supreme Court holding signs and chanting slogans like “Abortion is healthcare,” and …

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What comes next if the Supreme Court does decide to rule in the state of Mississippi’s favor in Dobbs v. Jackson, as expected, and subsequently overturns Roe v. Wade? The most likely first changes will be that Republican led states will ban abortion entirely. Thirteen states already have “trigger laws” on the books, which would …

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Well, friends, the tea leaves were being read in a major way this week, when Iowa’s FAMiLY Leadership Summit announced its keynote speaker for its 2022 conference is set to be none other than Mr. Why-Shouldn’t-I-Root-For-Russia himself, Tucker Carlson! The summit, held annually in Iowa, is described (by FAMiLY, it should be noted) as “a …

President Carlson? Please, NO, For the Love of Gawdddd Read More »

“Disney will be fine,” former Florida Congressman David Jolly told The Washington Post, “But what [stripping Disney of its special Tax status] does is show Americans that Ron DeSantis is a governor with a glass jaw who cannot tolerate criticism. That’s what this is about, nothing more than that.” David Jolly is right that Ron …

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In this week’s installment of LP’s new feature, The Bright Side, we take a look at the struggles of notable Right-Wing nut Marjorie Taylor Greene. Taylor Greene, who represents Georgia’s 14th district as a member of the House of Representatives, has made headlines over and over since her 2020 election. For her outlandish views, and …

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In 2022, the GOP is the party of Trump. This isn’t breaking news. From demanding partisan election “audits” that (according to the Brennan Center For Justice) “fail to satisfy basic security, accuracy and reliability measures,” to censuring Republican officials who failed to back Trump’s Big Lie, the GOP has spent the year and a half …

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In a rare show of bipartisanship, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle overwhelmingly approved nearly 14 billion dollars in aid to Ukraine Wednesday, for both humanitarian and military support. The 13.6 billion represented nearly double what President Biden had initially requested of Congress, and which he described as going to protect Ukraine against “Tyranny, …

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Remember just a week ago when Fox News’ star hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham were falling all over themselves defending Russia and Putin and amplifying Donald Trump’s ridiculous statements that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was “genius” and “very savvy”?  Or how about Sean Hannity, who spent months defending Trump’s decision to withhold key military …

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Japan, Canada, and Australia joined the U.S. and Europe in imposing economic sanctions on Russia Wednesday (2/23/22), increasing pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin and his close allies and lieutenants over Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine.  The sanctions, which target Russian banks, energy, and certain high income families with direct connections to Putin, are intended to …

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