Is Donald Trump Worried About Being Blackmailed?
David Pecker, owner of the National Enquirer and its infamous safe.Jennifer Podis/The Palm Beach Post/ZUMAPRESS Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last week we all heard about “the safe,” the legendary repository of decades of dirt on Donald Trump that had been dug up and then faithfully reburied by the National…
Without Evidence, Trump Accuses NBC’s Lester Holt of “Fudging” Interview
Ron Sachs/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump on Thursday accused NBC’s Lester Holt of “fudging the tape” of the May 2017 interview during which the president admitted he planned to fire former FBI director James Comey regardless of the Justice Department’s recommendation, directly contradicting the White House’s initial statements.…
A Firsthand Look at Teachers Training to Pack Heat
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A muscular white man in his mid-40s with a buzz cut and a tight black shirt is barking directions at the crowd: “When you hear the whistle, we’re going to line up against the yellow line on the ground. We’re practicing stance, draw, aim…Stance, draw,…
Brett Kavanaugh’s History as a Judge Has Organized Labor Very Worried
Workers protest Kavanaugh’s nomination in Philadelphia.Pacific Press/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. With confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh scheduled for next week, labor groups have been arguing that he would bring dangerously anti-worker attitudes to the court and bolster already growing pro-employer sentiment on the bench.…
Taxes Down, Profits Up—But for Corporations, Not for You
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Educators Are Mad as Hell And They’re Teaching Republicans a Lesson
Elementary school principal Sherrie Conley talks with a voter at a bagel shop in Norman, Okla. Conley ousted a three-term incumbent in Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff election. Sue Ogrocki/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The results of last night’s elections are proof that education is a powerful issue in states…