Hey, How About a Few Pardons For People We’ve Never Heard Of?
Here’s the latest from Trumpland: POTUS announces that in addition to commuting Blagojevich’s sentence, he has pardoned Bernie Kerik, who pleaded guilty to 8 charges that included tax fraud and lying to WH officials.https://t.co/nQGmwsm7uU — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 18, 2020 Trump also pardoned Edward DeBartolo, a former owner of the San Francisco 49ers, and…
“You Can’t Afford to Get Sick”: Why Workers at the Country’s Largest Health Contractor Want a Union
HRAUN/Getty On a snowy day this past December, Logan Stinemetz was driving to his job at a call center in Lawrence, Kansas, where he helps people enroll in health insurance, when he hit black ice and spun into a concrete barrier. The accident left Stinemetz in debilitating pain, made worse by the arthritis and degenerative…
Mike Bloomberg Is Coming to a Debate Near You
Sure, this guy likes Mike now. But will he still like Mike a week from now?Mehmet Demirci/ZUMA It’s crunch time for Mike Bloomberg: Former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York has qualified for Wednesday’s debate in Las Vegas, the first time the billionaire will appear onstage alongside his Democratic presidential rivals. A national poll…
Inside the Fight to Topple Lindsey Graham—and Trump’s Senate Majority
With a cheery drawl and an expression somewhere between exhausted and dead-eyed, Lindsey Graham spent a Sunday morning in November rattling off the greatest hits of GOP impeachment conspiracy theories before most Americans had finished their second cups of coffee. “When you find out who the whistleblower is, I’m confident you’re going to find out…
Lev Parnas Wants to Be a Resistance Hero
Lev Parnas, center, and his attorney, Joseph Bondy, left, speak outside federal court in New York.Mariela Lombard/AP Last month, Lanny Davis placed a call to Joseph Bondy. Bondy’s legal client, Lev Parnas, had just appeared on the Rachel Maddow Show, and Davis was calling to dispute a claim that Parnas had made about him. But…
How Do You Get from the Trailer Park to a White House Job? Give Money to Trump’s Spiritual Adviser.
On a Friday morning in February, televangelist Paula White-Cain spent more than two hours preaching at the King Jesus church Supernatural Ministry School in Miami. With top billing on the event website as “Donald Trump’s spiritual adviser,” White stood in front of a stage with a light show befitting a Pink Floyd cover band. With…