119 posts tagged ‘Politics’
3 Trans Congressional Candidates Are Being Forced to Challenge an Archaic Ohio Statute
Jezebel,
As anti-LGBTQ+ legislation continues its rise throughout the country, three trans women in Ohio are taking on an archaic 1995 statute that’s challenged two of their state congressional campaigns and effectively ended the third. Arienne Childrey, who’s running to represent District 84, and Bobbie Brooke, a West… Read more...
Why does Trump sniff so much?
Boing Boing,
Donald Trump sniffs a lot, and people wonder why. "It's the dead of winter in Iowa so I'm not sure how this could be caused by seasonal allergies," says Juliet Jeske, host of the Decoding Fox News podcast. "I'm not sure what causes this but none of the other candidates sniff so much." — Read the rest The post Why does Trump sniff so much? appeared first on Boing Boing.
Honeymoon's Over: Republicans Threaten to Oust Mike Johnson for Trying to Avoid Shutdown
In today’s episode of “Who could have seen this coming???,” House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing the threat of an ousting about two months into his reign as Speaker. Johnson maintains that he’s standing by a spending deal he forged with Democrats to fend off a government shutdown next week, and the $1.59 trillion (and… Read more...
Kristen Stewart was straight up not having a good time making Charlie's Angels
AV Club,
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It’s Not Enough for Biden to Say ‘Trump Bad’ on Abortion
While Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis continued their try-hard, deeply pathetic race for second place during the fifth GOP debate on Wednesday night, Donald Trump held a town hall in Iowa and gleefully declared that he is the one who ended Roe v. Wade. A voter asked about his commitment to ending all abortions (which is… Read more...
Her Story Helped Elect a Pro-Choice Governor. Now She’s Fighting for a Rape Exception to Kentucky's Abortion Ban.
In the summer of 2022, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Hadley Duvall wrote a Facebook post about being impregnated after her stepfather raped her when she was 12 years old. Duvall, who’s now 21, eventually miscarried the rape-induced pregnancy. That was the first time she publicly shared her story, she… Read more...
Vivek Ramaswamy Is Buying TV Ads in Iowa After Calling Ads 'Idiotic'
Flip-flopping is to be expected in the hellscape that is American politics, but it’s rarely this embarrassing: After previously calling TV ad spending “idiotic,” Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy reportedly resumed buying TV ads in Iowa this week. This comes less than a month??? after pulling his ad… Read more...
Democracy Is Thriving: Nancy Mace Told Hunter Biden He Has ‘No Balls’ and He Reportedly ‘Smirked’
On Wednesday, Hunter Biden made a surprise appearance in Congress to attend a contentious House Oversight Committee meeting that discussed whether he should be held in contempt of Congress for ignoring a subpoena. And Republicans remained professional, calm, and collected throughout. JK. It was all as predictably… Read more...