Joe Strummer’s Legacy Lives On in This Commemorative Album
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Joe StrummerJoe Strummer 001Ignition Joe Strummer will always be known first as the fire-breathing frontman of the British punk quartet The Clash, but he also led a richly productive creative life apart from that great band. Collecting nearly three dozen tracks from before and mostly…
Supreme Court Makes It Harder for Tribal North Dakotans to Vote
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) faces a tougher road to reelection after Tuesday’s ruling.Jay Mallin/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower-court order requiring voters in North Dakota to present certain forms of identification and proof of their residential address in order to cast a ballot in…
After Kavanaugh, Women Prefer Democrats by 30 Points
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Yesterday I wrote about a Washington Post poll of battleground districts which found that women favored Democratic candidates by 14 points. This was notable but not a world record or anything. However, most of the WaPo polling was done pre-Kavanaugh. Today, CNN has the results…
A Very Different Brett Kavanaugh Survives His First Oral Arguments
This courtroom sketch depicts Attorney Brenda G. Bryn speaking in front of justices Elena Kagan and Brett Kavanaugh at the Supreme Court on Tuesday.Dana Verkouteren/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Brett Kavanaugh survived his first oral arguments as a Supreme Court justice on Tuesday without the protesters or disruptions that…
Today Is a Make or Break Day for Beto O’Rourke
Bill Clark/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. There are no unimportant days during campaign season, but some days are more significant than others. This year, Tuesday October 9 is one of them. When the dust settles on November 6, at least a few campaigns might look back in anguish…
Here’s What’s Really Wrong With the Supreme Court: It’s Too Damn Powerful
Olivier Douliery/CNP via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Jonah Goldberg sez: Confirming Brett Kavanaugh was the best outcome at the end of a hellish decision-tree that left the country with no ideal option. Reasonable people may differ on that. But what seems more obvious: It’s all going to get…