Anecdotes, Data, and the 300 Million Rule
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s an interesting tweet: It’s a testament to the extraordinary success of the “PC” narrative that even generally sensible people are often incredulous, in a kind of “I don’t think you’re lying but I still don’t believe you” kind of way, when you tell them…
Fake Putin Twitter Account Fooled More Than a Dozen Major News Outlets
Internet Archive Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A fake Twitter account posing as Russian President Vladimir Putin fooled more than a dozen major news sites, which used the imposter’s tweets in their stories going as far back as 2013, Mother Jones has found. Before Twitter revealed it to be fake…
California Democratic Party Chair Resigns Amid Allegations of Sexual Assault and Harassment
Eric Bauman speaking in Los Angeles in 2016Keith Birmingham/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last February, as California’s Legislature was reeling from a sexual misconduct scandal, Eric Bauman, the chairman of the California Democratic Party, told the Associated Press, “Though nobody ever talked about it or knew about it, there…
Republican Senator Kills Nomination of Judge Who Defended Voter Suppression
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks during a bicentennial celebration of Frederick Douglass’ birthday, on Capitol Hill, Feb. 14, 2018.Alex Brandon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) on Thursday afternoon announced his opposition to Thomas Farr’s confirmation to a lifetime federal judgeship in North Carolina, effectively killing the controversial…
DOJ Announced Plans to Ban Bump Stocks, but Gun Reform Groups Aren’t Celebrating Yet
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) announces legislation to ban bump stocks at a press conference at the United States Capitol following the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.Alex Edelman/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives will soon ban bump stocks, appliances that enable semi-automatic weapons…
Elizabeth Warren Goes After Free Trade Agreements in First Speech as 2020 Contender
On Thursday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) gave a speech detailing her views on foreign policy, in an unofficial preview of what might come for her 2020 platform should she run for president. And she kicked it off with an attack on the free trade policies that have dominated Washington. “For decades, the leaders of both parties preached the…