119 posts tagged ‘Politics’
Billionare GOP donor Koch dumps DeSantis for Haley
Boing Boing,
Billionaire and key Republican donor Charles Koch today endorsed Nikki Haley as the best bet to beat Donald Trump in the GOP primaries, conspiciously dumping previous beneficiary Ron DeSantis in favor of the former U.N. ambassador. The announcement was made in a memo to grassroots activists via the network's advocacy arm Tuesday and is being backed by a multimillion-dollar ad campaign beginning this week in states that hold early primary contests and several that vote on Super Tuesday. — Read the rest
Jesse Palmer says The Golden Bachelor finale will be unlike any other
AV Club,
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Sandy Hook Families Offer to Settle Alex Jones’s Debt
The Cut,
They’ve proposed he pay $85 million over ten years, rather than the $1.5 billion he owes.
County supervisor's wife convicted of 52 counts of voting fraud
Kim Phuong Taylor was convicted on 52 counts of voting fraud yesterday in Sioux City's federal courthouse. Taylor was helping her husband, Woodbury County Supervisor Jeremy Taylor, "by any means necessary." Taylor won election to the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors in 2020—by more than 52 votes. — Read the rest
Tribute page for former first lady Rosalynn Carter
Following the death of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, The Carter Center set up an official tribute page to promote her life's work in mental illness advocacy. Widely recognized as a leading advocate for mental health and caregiving, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter was actively devoted to building a more caring society. — Read the rest
The Free-Market Fundamentalism of Argentina’s Javier Milei
The New Yorker,
The President-elect, a right-wing populist with authoritarian instincts, has been compared to Donald Trump, but his radical views on the economy set him apart.
Argentina elects far-right libertarian Javier Milei as president
What sort of libertarian is Javier Milei? A "sex and drugs" libertarian? Alas, no. He's a "sell organs and children" libertarian. And he and his 1970s anime hair shall govern Argentina after winning, handily, its presidential election. His rival Sergio Massa conceded the run-off vote on Sunday evening in a brief speech even before official results were announced. — Read the rest
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter dead at 96
Rosalynn Carter, first wife during her husband's late-70s presidency and a tireless healthcare and human rights campaigner, is dead at 96. She had entered hospice care in her home on Friday. In a statement, former President Carter said: "Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished. — Read the rest