Public Views on Abortion Have Been Rock Steady for 40 Years
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over at Bloomberg, Ramesh Ponnuru argues that an incrementalist approach has served the anti-abortion movement well: Polling does not suggest that pro-lifers’ incrementalist approach has led to entrenched support for abortion in our culture. The movement’s turn toward incrementalism coincided with a substantial increase in…
Biden Cracks Consent Jokes Amid Inappropriate Touching Allegations
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Former vice president Joe Biden made light of the recent string of accusations that he had inappropriately touched women during his career on Friday, sarcastically warning a crowd of union workers that he had received “permission” to hug the group’s union leader,…
“Theory of Change” Is Disarmingly Simple
KC McGinnis/ZUMA; Brian Cahn/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. All the talk these days is of “the theory of change.” Every Democratic candidate is supposed to have one: after all, policy talk is all well and good, but how are you going to actually get legislation passed? Ed Kilgore ponders…
A Republican Staffer Told Progressive Activists “No One Cares” About Trans Troops
Dea/M. Borchi/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. With President Donald Trump’s transgender military ban set to begin on April 12, advocacy groups have mobilized in a long-shot attempt to block the policy from going into effect, using petitions and social media to gin up support. Last Friday, CREDO Action,…
While Trump Hyped Defense Jobs, Weapons Makers Were Exporting Their Operations Overseas
President Donald Trump talks with Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson at the Made in America Product Showcase at the White House in July 2018.Alex Wong/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When President Donald Trump tried to justify selling American weapons to Saudi Arabia last year, he claimed that arms sales…
Trump Wants Herman Cain for Federal Reserve Board
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Our president has had yet another brainstorm to remake the Fed in his image: President Trump has told confidants he wants Herman Cain on the Federal Reserve board, but will wait until his background check is completed before making the formal announcement, according to two…