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News Roundup: Garland calls Trump's bluff; FBI office attacked in apparent act of terrorism

After several days of relentless attacks on the FBI from Fox News hosts, Republican partisans, and countless Republican lawmakers, an attack on the...

Ukraine update: Belarus has another smoking accident; what's Ukraine's real plan at Kherson?

The big news yesterday remained Ukrainian's massively successful attack on a Russian airbase in Crimea, but in the early evening hours an explosion at...

News Roundup: Russia loses at least 9 warplanes in airfield blast; Trump pleads the Fifth

The apparent Ukrainian strike against a Russian military base in occupied Crimea may turn out to be one of the most consequential of the war to date;...

It's true. Donald Trump signed the law making the mishandling of classified documents a felony

This has been floating around, but is worth confirming: Yes, the felony Donald Trump is suspected of committing—moving classified national security...

Ukraine update: Videos show extraordinary damage to Russian airbase in Crimea

The biggest story on the front lines today—or rather, a very long distance behind them—continues to be the successful Ukrainian strike on the...

News Roundup: Republicans threaten retaliations, revenge, civil war over Trump search warrant

The first-ever FBI search warrant served against a former U.S. president is still the big news in the country, but we still don't know much more about...

Republicans are right: Trump should show America the search warrant delivered to his house

The Republican/fascist/militia outrage over the FBI obtaining a search warrant to go hunt for documents at Trump's for-profit Florida home is still...

Ukraine Update: More U.S. aid headed Ukraine's way; Ukraine strikes Russian airfield deep in Crimea

There's big developments both inside and outside Ukraine today, so let's get right to it. On Monday, the Biden administration announced another $1...

News Roundup: A bad day for Donald Trump, Alex Jones, government toilets and multiple senators

Well, that is … something. It was a very busy day for Republican crimes and humiliations—so busy that we can't even mention more than a scrap of...

Minnesota secretary of state candidate questioned whether disabled people 'should be voting'

The Republican Party's plan to find all the worst people in America and run them for office just keeps on going. This time it's Kim Crockett, who has...

Michigan Republican attorney general nominee linked to 2021 election security breach

Matthew DePerno is the Republican nominee for attorney general in Michigan. He won that position for one reason and one reason only: He was a fervent...

News Roundup: Senate passes Inflation Reduction Act; Amnesty International report sparks outrage

The evenly divided Senate finally, finally passed the reconciliation package known as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 today. The vote was 51-50...

Senate passes Inflation Reduction Act, but not before Republicans strip insulin price protections

The Senate has voted to approve the reconciliation measure known as the Inflation Reduction Act today, after spending well over 24 hours in continuous...

Ukraine Update: Logistics, yet again; Amnesty International issues non-apology apology

Ukrainian fury over a report from Amnesty International released last week—a report that blames the Ukrainian military for fighting in urban areas,...

News Roundup: Sinema mulls next move; Ron Johnson proposes carving up Social Security, yet again

As the Manchin-Schumer Senate deal inches toward its first vote, all eyes are on the one Democratic senator known for scuttling past party deals:...

Sinema wants changes to the Inflation Reduction Act, but so far they're ... not dealbreakers?

One of the first questions, when Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced a $740 billion deal with Sen. Joe Manchin battling climate change and...

John Eastman worried he wasn't going to get paid for his work instigating a seditious coup

The New York Times has another mini-scoop from Trumpland, but the headline news is probably less interesting (and much less funny) than the details....

Ron Johnson has a new proposal for killing Social Security and Medicare

Republicans will never, ever stop trying to cut people's Social Security. They're also never going to stop saying so, at every apparent opportunity....

News Roundup: Kansas voters crush anti-abortion amendment; Alex Jones lies in court, gets caught

Tuesday's elections resulted in one big surprise, as Kansas voters overwhelmingly crushed an attempt by state Republicans to curtail abortion rights....

Election hoaxers win big in Arizona primaries as state Republicans choose sedition over democracy

Well, the results are mostly in from the hellscape of the Arizona Republican primaries and we now have our answer. Arizona Republican voters want...

News Roundup: Pelosi arrives in Taiwan; Republicans flip yet again on veterans' care

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan today—and the Chinese government had an absolute meltdown over the visit, responding with...

Senate Republicans cave, pass veterans' health bill they blocked last week

A week ago, Senate Republicans engaged in some of that famous "debate" the body remains so proud of by blocking a bill funding medical care for...

Trump endorses 'Eric' in weird bid to double his chances of declaring victory tonight

Donald J. Trump is a child. He's also a traitorous criminal and a whole bunch of other things, but when it comes to getting through each day the man...

Republicans are now targeting out-of-state abortion care, and the Supreme Court will back them

This long piece in The Washington Post describing the next round of anti-abortion legal battles is a bit all over the map, but that's mostly because...

News Roundup: Reffitt sentenced; appeals court allows prosecution of Michigan abortion providers

The first Jan. 6 insurrectionist to stand trial has now received his sentence, as a federal judge hands down 87 months of prison time for militia...

Multiple Arizona Republicans are already suggesting Tuesday's elections are rigged if they don't win

There is something about the desert southwest that breeds conspiracy theories. Maybe it's a result of uranium mining. Maybe there's something in the...

News Roundup: Trump uses Ivana for one last real estate scam; an interview with Rep. Jamie Raskin

You may, in your life, make a lot of poor choices. You may have regrets. But no matter who you are or what your circumstances, remember this advice:...

Republican strategists are frustrated that gas prices are falling so quickly

According to our entire press corps, the price of gas is a political story. Not a story of world-bending pandemic instabilities, or one of the few...

News Roundup: Manchin might(?) agree to do a thing; Republicans take anger out on war vets

The Senate dance of determining what Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin will vote for took another turn yesterday with an announcement that he'd agreed to...

Hoax network OAN is in deep trouble after losing a second major telecom contract

There was once talk that Fox News was in desperate trouble, in danger of losing its audience to far-far-right upstart networks willing to tell much...

News Roundup: Trump again threatens his enemies as Justice Department examines his acts on Jan. 6

There's been newly visible movement in the Department of Justice's own investigation of the Jan. 6 coup attempt, with new indications that prosecutors...

The Claremont Institute is a fascist think tank, and it's standing behind the Trump-Eastman coup

Oof. This long look in The Washington Post at the small, influential, and extremely far-right "Claremont Institute" think tank has been desperately...

Assault rifle manufacturers made $1 billion selling weapons designed for mass murder

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has released its report on the American assault rifle industry in the wake of more mass murders than it...

News Roundup: Justice Department coup probe slogs on; Republicans fall in line behind 'disaster'

The news that a federal grand jury heard testimony from former Vice President Mike Pence's top lieutenant reminds us that yes, the Justice Department...

As evidence of Trump's coup plot grows, most Republican pundits are only shouting louder

The evidence that Donald J. Trump attempted to overthrow the United States government on Jan. 6, 2021 is overwhelming, and the House select committee...

News Roundup: Trump's Jan. 6 speech edits released; grand jury hears coup evidence

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 coup attempt has released yet more evidence of Trump's intent on that day, this time with Trump's...

The 'constitutional sheriff' movement used to be about guns. Now it's about election hoaxes

One of the many, many, many reasons to fear for the safety of democracy in the United States is that there is something called a "constitutional...

News Roundup: Republican attacks on schools continue; sex trafficker Gaetz preens for fascists

In the news this weekend: Far-right extremist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene jumps farther right, yet again, while fellow stain on the Republican and...

News Roundup: Trump intended overthrow of government; Biden tests positive for COVID-19

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 coup attempt focused its evening hearing on the coup itself: the actions of Donald Trump on and...

News Roundup: Biden announces climate action; Democrats take action to protect marriage equality

President Joe Biden announced executive actions to battle climate change today, even as record heat blasted much of the United States and Europe....

Kamala Harris on abortion: 'Our country has a history of claiming ownership over human bodies'

Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the NAACP on Monday, and if you've heard about it at all it's probably because of a portion of her speech that...

News Roundup: Secret Service can't recover texts; Biden contemplates emergency climate action

The Secret Service today told the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 coup attempt that they double-checked and sure enough, all of the...

News Roundup: Bannon's trial begins; House still expects delivery of Jan. 6 Secret Service texts

Donald Trump adviser and coup supporter Steve Bannon's trial for criminal contempt of Congress began with jury selection today; given the glibness...

News Roundup: Cruz attacks same-sex marriage rights; California makes school meals free

It didn't take long for the Supreme Court decision erasing federal abortion protections to become a Republican demand that the federal government...

Dear Trump supporters, please make your fake antifa crimes more believable

In September 2020, a Minneapolis Trump supporter's home was savagely attacked by antifa. Or possibly by BLM supporters. Or by Biden-supporting...

U.S. Chamber of Commerce launches new attacks on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau exists to keep consumers from being scammed. That's it. Its very existence was staunchly opposed by the...

News Roundup: Secret Service erases Jan. 6 texts; Republicans lie, lie, lie about abortion

In the news today: The Secret Service had perhaps the best view of anyone into what transpired during the Jan. 6 coup attempt by Donald Trump, but the...

The anti-abortion movement is dishonest, gutless, amoral, and evil

If you ever wanted to know what it would feel like to live under a fascist government, Republicanism has had you covered these past few years. Rank...

News Roundup: Bannon's unsophisticated coup plan; Twitter sues Elon Musk

The Wall Street Journal and other conservative media outlets claimed that President Joe Biden's anger over a 10-year-old Ohio girl having to leave the...