25 posts tagged ‘trump’
It’s Been Quite the Week for Alan Dershowitz
Jezebel,
Alan Dershowitz—the attorney and former Harvard law professor who’s defended Harvey Weinstein, former President Trump, and, of course, Jeffrey Epstein—is having quite the week. First, we read Dershowitz’s name in swirling reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tapped him to defend the country… Read more...
I Have Questions About the Fox News Psychic
There’s a lot happening in the world right now, like the U.S.-funded humanitarian crisis in Gaza and a new devastating ruling on abortion access out of Texas. But you wouldn’t know much of any of that if you were watching Fox News host Jesse Watters’ show on Tuesday night. The only thing you’d take away is the… Read more...
It’s Now Even More Dangerous to Be a Pregnant Person in Texas
On Tuesday evening, the famously conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas ruled that emergency rooms aren’t required to perform life-saving abortions under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), regardless of federal guidance. Read more...
Demand for Abortion Increased Under Florida’s Ban. Anti-Abortion Activists Think Another Ban Will Fix This.
Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, every state neighboring Florida—Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina—has been affected by total or near-total abortion bans. In October, the Society Of Family Planning reported that, between April 2022 and June 2023, monthly abortion rates in these states… Read more...
Fargo recap: A cruel, cynical twist justified by fantastic storytelling
AV Club,
A guy with a cool eyepatch named Danish Graves once said: “We have our own reality.” That, more than anything, might be Fargo season five’s mission statement. For weeks, we’ve watched Dorothy bob and weave past threats and kidnappings. She’d had to explain herself to those increasingly desperate to, if not help, then… Read more...
Rudy Giuliani to Sweat It Out in Bankruptcy Court
Rudy Giuliani, once hailed as “America’s Mayor,” continues his staggering, deeply funny fall from grace: On Thursday, Giuliani filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The move comes one day after a federal judge allowed two Georgia-based election workers to… Read more...
Of Course We Made George Santos a Cameo Star
Earlier this month, (now-former) Rep. George Santos (R-NY) shattered yet another glass ceiling: The compulsive liar and former drag performer had already made political history as the first member of Congress (that we know of) to lie about guest-starring on a beloved Disney Channel show, but he cemented his place in… Read more...
Trump's J6 legal defense: he never swore to support the Constitution, despite taking an oath to protect it
Boing Boing,
In MAGA land, where lies are cherished sacraments, Trump is the god-emperor of prevarication. He is so used to getting away with telling fibs that he forgets that people who haven't been brainwashed won't give him a free pass. For example, Trump's lawyers argue that the former President is exempt from Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which reads as follows: No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. — Read the rest