Ted Cruz, Who Joked Yesterday About Locking Up His Opponent, Renews Call for Civility in Politics
Daisuke Tomita /AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After another round of reports of explosives being sent to prominent Democratic figures, Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz issued a statement condemning the attempted bombings and—as he has done with increasing frequency during his tight reelection campaign—calling for a de-escalation of political…
The NRA Keeps Writing Checks, But Some Republicans Aren’t Cashing Them
Protesters at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, DC, on March 24, 2018Jeff Malet/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After the Parkland school shooting in February, student survivors issued an ultimatum to lawmakers: Stop accepting campaign contributions from the National Rifle Association, or we’ll vote you…
A Wave of Misinformation About the Migrant Caravan Is Spreading on Social Media
Omar Marques/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to claim, without evidence, that a caravan of approximately 7,000 immigrants heading from Guatemala to the Mexican border contained “criminals and unknown Middle Easterners.” It didn’t take long for this claim,…
Watch the Striking Moment CNN Was Evacuated After a Suspicious Package Was Found
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Police officials are investigating a suspicious package found in Columbus Circle, home to CNN’s New York headquarters. The network’s personnel have evacuated their building. CNN anchors Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto were live on-air as an evacuation order went off in the building that could be…
A Guide to California’s 2018 Ballot Initiatives
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This is a special post for California readers. The rest of you may safely ignore it. This year we have four bond issues and seven initiatives on the California ballot (Propositions 5-12 minus Proposition 9, which was removed by the California Supreme Court). As longtime…
The Opportunity Costs of Capitalism
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The White House has released a booklet called “The Opportunity Costs of Socialism,” and it purports to show that wait times under socialist health care systems are far higher than they are in the good ol’ capitalist USA. However, as Sarah Kliff hilariously points out,…