Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Hunting Down Mitch McConnell Is the Meme I Need Today
Andrew Harnik/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As the longest government shutdown in US history drags on into its fourth week, many have started to wonder on social media #wheresmitch, a largely rhetorical question intended to highlight the curious silence of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his continued refusal…
A Federal Court Just Blocked Wisconsin Republicans’ Attacks on Early Voting
Opponents of an extraordinary session bill submitted by Wisconsin Republicans gather for a rally outside the state capitol in Madison, Wisconsin on December 3, 2018. John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. During a lame-duck session in December, Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled state Legislature sparked protests and outrage when it passed…
Trump Strikes Back at Pelosi by Saying He’s Canceled Her Foreign Travel
ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump struck back at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recommendation to reschedule his State of the Union address until after the government has reopened, claiming in a letter on Thursday that he has postponed Pelosi’s upcoming travel to Brussels, Egypt, and Afghanistan—foreign visits he derisively…
The Trump Administration Still Doesn’t Know How Many Families It Separated at the Border
Six-year-old Allison and her mother, Cindy Madrid, at a Houston, Texas, press conference in July 2018. They were separated for one month under the Trump administration’s now-abandoned family separation policy. Marie D. De Jes’s/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A new government report released Thursday found that thousands more children were…
Public Sector Contract Negotiations Should Be Transparent
Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I am generally pro-union, but then again, I’m also pro-taxpayer, which puts me in a bit of a difficult position when it comes to public-employee unions. The fundamental problem is simple: most unions bargain with a management group that’s entirely independent.…
Ukrainian Oligarch Scrutinized by Robert Mueller Was a Giuliani Client
JJbuket/Wikimedia Commons Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A Russian Ukrainian mogul who has drawn scrutiny from special counsel Robert Mueller has a business connection to one of the lead lawyers representing Donald Trump in the Russia investigation: former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani told Mother Jones that Pavel Fuks,…