119 posts tagged ‘Politics’
Abortion Wins Again. Now What?
The Cut,
Democrats can’t coast on the issue’s popularity.
IBM suspends advertising on Twitter after Elon Musk promotes antisemitic conspiracy theory
Boing Boing,
Tech giant IBM has suspended its advertising on Twitter after Elon Musk promoted an antisemitic conspiracy theory and its ads appeared against far-right accounts. This was observed after Musk's tweet described as "actual truth" another poster's belief that Jews sought to replace white Americans with immigrants. — Read the rest
The Left Comes for Biden on Israel
The New Yorker,
As the Israel-Hamas war divides the Democrats, what does it mean that young activists are protesting the President, not Xi Jinping or Donald Trump?
Biden "jokingly" hinted at a presidential run by California Gov. Gavin Newsom
At last night's APEC welcome reception in San Francisco, President Joe Biden "joked" about a future presidential run by California Governor Gavin Newsom. "I want to talk about Gov. Newsom. Want to thank him," Biden said. "He's been one hell of a governor, man. — Read the rest
TikTok Has Canceled Osama bin Laden
Gizmodo,
Just when you thought his reputation couldn’t get worse, TikTok has officially canceled Osama bin Laden. Somehow, videos promoting Osama bin Laden’s letter explaining his reasoning for orchestrating the 9/11 terrorist attacks have gone viral this week and TikTok is responding with a crackdown on bin Laden stan… Read more...
Compulsive grinner Vivek Ramaswamy sinks in GOP poll after being "slapped around" by Nikki Haley, who rises
When Nikki Haley called Vivek Ramaswamy "scum" on stage last week, serious commentators winced. So gauche. So uncivil! Voters won't like that sort of thing, mused the pundits. But in fact they do like that sort of thing, and it was a canny, marginalizing insult that played on the emerging perception of him as a creepy fraud: a new poll of Republican voters in New Hampshire finds her soaring to 20%, up eight points, mostly at the expensive of Ramaswamy, who sinks to 8%, down five. — Read the rest
Ron DeSantis is close to rock bottom in new poll — even lower than Chris Christie
Even heel lifts can't help presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has plummeted so low in New Hampshire, he's even below Chris Christie in the most recent Emerson College poll. Meanwhile, Nikki Haley has surged to second spot. "He came to the scene as someone who was supposed to be all the things you love about Donald Trump, but better packaging. — Read the rest
David DePape found guilty in Pelosi husband hammer attack
David DePape, the right-wing conspiracy theorist who broke into Sen. Nancy Pelosi's house and attacked her husband with a hammer, was today found guilty of attempting to kidnap her and assaulting him. The harrowing October 2022 attack sent shockwaves through Washington at a time of rising threats against public officials, raising fresh concern over violence driven by increasingly hostile political rhetoric and partisan animosity. — Read the rest