Category: Politics
The Odyssey Challenges the Right-Wing Myth of a “Golden Past”
The new film pushes back against MAGA attempts to use a fetishization of the ancient world to legitimizing bigotry. …
Kansas Amendment Battle Highlights Billionaires’ Efforts to Capture State Courts
Charles Koch and Leonard Leo’s hands are all over a ballot measure to change how judges get on the Kansas Supreme Court. …
Energy operator ‘flying blind’ as net zero push threatens hiked bills and blackouts
The UK’s net zero push risks leaving the country with higher electricity bills and more susceptible to blackouts, according to a…
Haley Stevens’s Palantir Consultant Scandal Draws Attention to Her Record on ICE
Senate candidate Haley Stevens’s campaign has also been marked by $30 million in support from AIPAC. …
4 Years After Roe Was Overturned, Public Opinion on Abortion Has Shifted
As abortion laws became substantially more restrictive, public opinion moved toward greater support for abortion access. …
New Legislation Targets Birthright Citizenship in Territories Like Puerto Rico
The bill would create “a subclass of people who can be discriminated against” in US territories, says a legal scholar. …
Pentagon Quietly Revises Death Count of US Troops in Iran War From 18 to 14
Three officials said that the reason for the change was because their deaths happened after the April ceasefire. …
The State’s War on the Left Didn’t Begin With Trump — But He’s Escalating It
Trump’s war on the left blends “war on terror” language with Cold War McCarthyism. …
Right-Wing Bill Mill Meeting Centers Voter Suppression, Protecting Data Centers
Attendees at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual meeting will consider a number of model policies. …
DOJ Drops Subpoenas of New York Times Journalists and Their Family Members
“Are you going to do this again?” the judge asked lawyers for the administration. …
