Clinton Gave Up On Rural America. Are the Democrats About To Do It Again?
Donald Trump on the campaign trail, 2016.Andrew Harnik/AP Photo President Donald Trump, speaking in Iowa last week, made a bold prediction about his prospects in the Hawkeye State this coming November: “We’re going to win the great state of Iowa, and it’s going to be a historic landslide,” he thundered. Trump may actually turn out…
Climate Change Is Getting Worse, but at Least Politicians Are Finally Talking About It
Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, and Bernie Sanders pose for photographers prior to the Democratic Presidential Debate on November 20.Brian Cahn/Zuma This piece was originally published in Slate and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. As much as I try to forget it, one of the enduring moments of the 2016 election was…
Tulsi Gabbard Just Released a Bonkers Response Video About Hillary Clinton
Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard released a video Sunday blasting Hillary Clinton, claiming that Clinton and the “war machine” are trying to “destroy” and “discredit” her because she dared defy them by supporting Bernie Sanders in 2016. “They will not intimidate us. They will not silence us,” Gabbard says before making a plea to viewers…
Is Sen. Richard Burr Investigating Trump’s Russia Ties—or Helping to Cover Them Up?
Tim Bower Richard Burr was contrite. It was late February 2017, and the Washington Post had just exposed the North Carolina Republican and chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee for running damage control for the Trump administration over its mounting Russia scandal. Along with Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), his counterpart on the House Intelligence Committee,…
A Trump Official Just Posted on Instagram That Jeffrey Epstein Was “Hillary’d”
Lynne Patton, regional administrator at the Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCheriss May/NurPhoto/Getty Jeffrey Epstein, the multimillionaire accused of sex trafficking, was found dead in his New York jail cell Saturday morning in an apparent suicide. Details of his death emerged first through ABC News and quickly circulated among New York media outlets, but Lynne…
A Trump Official Just Went on Instagram to Say Jeffrey Epstein Was “Hillary’d”
Cheriss May/NurPhoto/Getty Jeffrey Epstein, the multimillionaire accused of sex trafficking, was found dead in his New York jail cell Saturday morning in an apparent suicide. Details of his death emerged first through ABC News and quickly circulated among New York media outlets, but Lynne Patton, regional administrator at the Department of Housing and Urban Development,…