President Joe Biden says that he hopes to have a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza by the start of next week, saying his national security adviser has told him that 'we're close' to a deal. The US president offered the update spontaneously during a visit to New York on Monday, in response to reporters' inquiries. Over the weekend, Israel's war cabinet approved the broad terms of a deal to pause fighting for several weeks in exchange for hostage releases. However, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has vowed to continue Israel's bombardment after the pause.
Steve Marshall, state's attorney general, says no staff or personnel injured by explosion in Montgomery on SaturdayOfficials in Alabama said on Monday they had launched an investigation into the detonation of an explosive device outside the office of the state's attorney general at the weekend.Thankfully, no staff or personnel were injured by the explosion. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (Alea) will be leading the investigation, and we are urging anyone with information to contact them immediately," the attorney general, Steve Marshall, said in a statement. Continue reading...
President Zelenskiy says 'millions will be killed' if US aid is not approved within one monthVladimir Putin gains every day" the US House does not pass a new aid package for Ukraine, Joe Biden's national security adviser has warned, as its president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, warned of dire outcomes unless Ukraine receives US military aid within one month.Ahead of a crunch week in Washington that could end in a government shutdown - in part made possible by hardline Republican opposition to new support for Kyiv - Jake Sullivan told CNN that the reality is that Putin gains every day that Ukraine does not get the resources it needs, and Ukraine suffers". Continue reading...
Biden says he didn't know my good friend, apparently, is going' as he plans Brownsville visit while Trump heads for Eagle PassJoe Biden and Donald Trump will both travel to the US border with Mexico on Thursday, dueling visits by the president and his probable opponent for re-election underlining the importance of immigration as an issue in the coming campaign.Biden will visit Brownsville, Texas, in the Rio Grande valley, while his presidential predecessor will head for Eagle Pass, about 325 miles distant. Continue reading...
Manhattan district attorney prosecutors seek tailored order against ex-president to protect trial witnesses and juror identitiesManhattan prosecutors on Monday asked the judge presiding in Donald Trump's criminal case on charges of falsifying business records to impose a gag order on the former president, seeking to bar him from attacking potential witnesses and revealing juror identities.The request, submitted by prosecutors in the office of the Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, repeatedly referenced the gag order imposed in Trump's federal criminal trial in Washington to ask for similar limitations on what he can publicly say about the case. Continue reading...
Cayman Islands police believe incident in British Caribbean territory was targeted attack' that could be gang-relatedAt least seven people have been seriously injured in a shooting at a crowded football match in the Cayman Islands.The shooting, which police believe could be gang-related, occurred late on Sunday in West Bay, located in the north-west point of Grand Cayman island, authorities said. Continue reading...
Jury selection for the case, stemming from the shooting on the Rust movie set, will start on 9 July and the trial the next dayA New Mexico judge has set a trial date for Alec Baldwin on an involuntary manslaughter charge stemming from the 2021 deadly shooting on the set of the Western movie Rust.The scheduling order entered Monday calls for jury selection to begin 9 July, with the trial starting the following day with opening statements by special prosecutors and Baldwin's defense attorneys. The proceedings are expected to last eight days. Continue reading...
Senator John Thune previously denounced Trump for role in Capitol attack in 2021 but now vows to back him in 2024 electionThe No2 Republican in the US Senate, John Thune of South Dakota, endorsed for president Donald Trump - the man he previously called inexcusable" for seeking to overturn the 2020 election and inciting the deadly January 6 attack on Congress.Multiple media outlets reported Thune's endorsement. They also swiftly pointed out statements made by Thune after the 2021 US Capitol attack, now linked to nine deaths, more than 1,200 arrests and hundreds of convictions, some for seditious conspiracy. Continue reading...
Singer was asked about arrest at New York trial surrounding what he says were stolen, handwritten draft lyrics to Hotel CaliforniaDon Henley testified on Monday that a poor decision" led to his arrest in 1980, when authorities said they found drugs and a 16-year-old sex worker suffering from an overdose at the rock star's Los Angeles home.Henley was asked about the arrest as he testified at a criminal trial surrounding what he says were stolen, handwritten draft lyrics to Hotel California and other Eagles hits. Continue reading...
Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx receives huge donation from Dr Ruth Gottesman, one of its former professorsA New York City medical school plans to be tuition-free for students after a $1bn donation from a wealthy donor.The Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx borough received the sizable donation from Dr Ruth Gottesman, a 93-year-old former professor at the school, the New York Times first reported on Monday. Continue reading...
From Trump and his supporters to the meatheads' on GB News, Khan has been under attack ever since he was elected in 2016. Facts don't come into itMy kids have this stunt that I fall for every time: they ask me a question they know I'll answer in an incredibly long, unbroken monologue, and they can zone me out until I've finished. It is the equivalent of putting me in a playpen. They have been doing it since they were small - What dog will you have when you're old?" - and have refined it over time: What exactly happens in Heathers?"; What's wrong with having a single tax rate for everyone?"So yesterday, I got: Is Sadiq Khan a good mayor?" In normal times, I would have talked about how all politicians shout a good game on housing, but so few of them build anything, and how Khan has broken the mould on that, though he has been frustrated in the speed of his endeavour by what they call challenging market conditions", when they mean, since the Liz Truss disaster". I'd have mentioned his Hopper fare, which lets you get on as many buses as you like within an hour for a flat fare, and how that is quite a subtle piece of policymaking, directed at people on low incomes, but not so rigidly as to need means-testing. Maybe I would have mentioned that it speaks to a politician's ambient popularity when people generally call them by their first name.Zoe Williams is a Guardian columnistDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
Investigation looking into whether groups overbilled Department of Veteran Affairs and arranged kickbacks between organizationsUS authorities are investigating organizations that coordinate organ donations over allegations that the non-profits are potentially defrauding the federal government.The federal investigation, first reported by the Washington Post, is looking at several organ procurement organizations (OPOs) that secure organs for transplants within the United States. Continue reading...
Joe Biden's son says he faces ultimate test for a recovering addict' as failure could be used against father in 2024 electionIn a rare interview, Hunter Biden said his battle to stay sober is unique because failure would be used as a political cudgel as his father seeks a second term as US president.Most importantly, you have to believe that you're worth the work, or you'll never be able to get sober," Joe Biden's son told Axios on Monday. But I often do think of the profound consequences of failure here. Continue reading...
Even before the court ruled in favor of this vulgar fiction, state authorities relied on the concept to intimidate and jail womenSomething that's important to remember about last week's ruling by the Alabama supreme court, which held that frozen embryos were persons under state law, is that the very absurdity of the claim is itself a demonstration of power. That a frozen embryo - a microscopic bit of biological information that can't even be called tissue, a flick laden with the hopes of aspiring parents but fulfilling none of them - is equivalent in any way to a child is the sort of thing you can only say if no one has the power to laugh at you. The Alabama supreme court is the final court of review in that state. It cannot be appealed. For the foreseeable future, frozen cells in Alabama have the same legal status there as you or I do. Is this an absurd elevation of the status of an embryo, or an obscene degradation of human beings? The answer, of course, is both.The decision immediately halted almost all IVF procedures in Alabama. Aspiring patents there - including women who had undergone rounds of injected hormone treatments and the invasive, gruelingly painful egg retrieval process in order to create the embryos - will now be unable to have the material implanted in an attempt to create a pregnancy. Hundreds of other frozen embryos - those that are not viable, or not needed by families that are already complete - can now not be destroyed as is typical IVF practice. They need to be continually stored in freezers, or what the Alabama supreme court refers to, in Orwellian style, as cryogenic nurseries", a term you almost have to admire for the sheer audacity of its creepiness.Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...
The Carabao Cup final showed the difference between a settled squad assembled over a decade and one chucked together for $1bnLife must be very confusing right now if you're a Chelsea exec. You've spent $1bn buying kids and found yourself ridiculed for it and then you go and lose 1-0 in the Carabao Cup final to a load of Liverpool's kids and somehow everybody's praising them for it.Yet even by the end of extra-time, by which point Liverpool seemed to have raided the club creche in search of bodies to chuck into the fray, the XI that Chelsea had on the pitch had a combined age 16 years lower than that of Jurgen Klopp's. It was Liverpool, though, who were hailed for believing in youth, while Chelsea were derided as bottlers who had wasted a great opportunity. But that's the difference between exigency and what might loosely be described as the plan. Klopp was rightly praised for having faith in his young players - the 19-year-old midfielder James McConnell in particular stood out for his presence and composure on the ball - but he was using them only because of injuries. Continue reading...
A long-lost family connection helped me make sense of the role music had always played in my lifeOne might think they have a grasp on their origin story, but sometimes a sudden ancestral discovery can change everything.In the middle of 2022, my mother, Shelagh, and our close-knit family were shocked to discover that, at the age of just six days old, Mum was adopted. This revelation led us on a unique journey, discovering not only the secrets of her past but a surprising new thread in our family's history. Continue reading...
Aaron Bushnell, 25, declared he will no longer be complicit in genocide' before setting himself alight in Washington DCAn active-duty member of the US air force has died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC, while declaring he will no longer be complicit in genocide".The man was identified as the 25-year-old airman Aaron Bushnell of San Antonio, Texas. Continue reading...
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Steve Kramer said easy-to-use technology' enabled him to send automated call while New Orleans magician says he was paid $150 to make itA longtime Democratic political operative has admitted he commissioned a robocall which featured an AI-created imitation of Joe Biden discouraging voters from participating in the New Hampshire presidential primary.In a statement to NBC News on Sunday, Steve Kramer said he resorted to easy-to-use online technology" to mimic the president's voice and send out the infamous automated call to 5,000 Democrats who were most likely to vote in the 23 January primary. Continue reading...
Biden faces a campaign for uncommitted' pro-Palestine votes, and ousted RNC chair Karina Karamo is holding her own party conventionMichigan is holding its presidential primaries on Tuesday, with campaigns by pro-Palestine activists to abandon Joe Biden and factional chaos in the state Republican party defining an otherwise sleepy election day.There's little drama in predicting the winners: Biden and Donald Trump are expected to romp in their respective contests. But the dynamics of the contests hint at the deep divisions within the Democratic and Republican camps as the nationally unpopular candidates prepare to square off in a presidential general election rematch this fall. Continue reading...
In 2020, Troy McAlister ran into two women while on parole, fueling a campaign to undo reforms. Three years later, the city faces the falloutOn the afternoon of 31 December 2020, as San Francisco prepared to celebrate the first New Year's Eve of the pandemic, Troy McAlister drove a stolen car through a red light in the city's SoMa neighborhood and hit another vehicle.The collision sent McAlister's car crashing into two women who were crossing the street. Hanako Abe, a 27-year-old real estate analyst, and Elizabeth Platt, a 60-year-old radio DJ who was struggling with homelessness, did not survive the hit. Continue reading...
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Healthcare in the state's prisons is known for being deathly inadequate - and the incarceration rate may keep growingLois Ratcliff says she hardly survived watching her son slowly die in one of the US south's most brutal prisons.Ratcliff's son, Farrell Sampier, was one of the at least 500 incarcerated people - most of whom were Black men over the age of 55 - who died within Louisiana's prison system in the last three years, according to a recent report by Loyola University New Orleans's college of law. And another report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that the most prison deaths between 2018 and 2022 occurred at Louisiana's infamous Angola prison. Continue reading...
Toilets, yearbooks, snakes and toilets again! Spot the fakes among these gems from the 45th and 46th presidentsDeepfakes have arrived to US elections, with a faked audio call purporting to be Joe Biden reaching voters in New Hampshire earlier this year.Artificial intelligence tools allow people to create spoofed audio easily and cheaply - so easily and cheaply that a journalist can do it! Continue reading...
Washington hopes more countries will join coalition to label and counter disinformation operations. Plus, air force serviceman sets himself alight outside Israeli embassy in DC
Pet hangouts are blissfully free from social awkwardness, aggravation and anxiety. Your pet will not text nearly there' when it is actually still faffing around looking for its keys ...The average woman with a pet now spends more time actively engaged' with her pet than she spends hanging out face-to-face with fellow humans on any given day," I read in the Atlantic. It was a dissection of the crisis in social fitness", alternatively known as why we're all destined to die alone, our faces eaten by the very pet whose company we have chosen above our own kind". Am I, a pet owner, or my pet-owning friends (of all genders) surprised? Of course not.Humans are great for certain things. Opening jars. Forensic textual analysis of single-word WhatsApps from potential romantic entanglements. Separating dark and light washing. Remembering why you hate your boss. But despite all that, pets make better low-key hangout companions. Continue reading...
Words wield immense power, and public figures such as Suella Braverman and Lee Anderson are using them cleverly to whip up their audienceGet out of our country, you fucking Muslim. Go back to Palestine. You deserve to be killed, and all your children," were the words a man hurled at me as he threw a glass bottle in my direction. He just missed me and threw his fists in the air as I hurried into Piccadilly Circus underground station. When I got home, I hugged my kids tightly. With the heartbreaking loss experienced by parents in Gaza at the front of my mind, it was difficult to hold back the tears. This disturbing incident, occurring just three weeks into the Israel-Gaza conflict, was sadly not an isolated one.Last week, Tell Mama, an organisation monitoring anti-Muslim hate, found that hate crimes against Muslims had risen by 335% since 7 October. In more than 65% of cases, women were the target of such attacks. It is therefore deeply troubling to witness public figures spout anti-Muslim rhetoric. The Conservative MP Lee Anderson may have had the whip removed, but his claims on GB News that London and its mayor, Sadiq Khan, are under the control of Islamists" will do lasting damage. Meanwhile, in a column in the Telegraph last week, the former home secretary Suella Braverman asserted that Islamists are bullying Britain into submission" and that the influence of Islamist cranks and leftwing extremists" can be found in our judiciary, our legal profession and our universities". This kind of rhetoric - which characterises pro-Palestine protesters like me as shady yet powerful Islamists" - only serves to fuel further hatred against Muslims.Tasnim Nazeer is a journalist and freelance TV reporter. She is a Universal Peace Federation ambassador for peaceDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
Like millions of doting parents, I wanted to keep others abreast of my child's milestones. But the likes' weren't worth the risksSocial media is a strange place. On the one hand it can be a relentlessly toxic, dark cluster of ill intent; on the other, it can act as the glue that binds us to new communities, friends of the past and family we've almost forgotten. Nostalgia kicks in when we scroll through Instagram or Facebook and see life milestones from decades gone by. It's a gentle reminder of life's simple preciousness.That's why it makes perfect sense that, according to some estimates, 42% of parents in Britain share photos of their children online. More than 50% of those parents share these photos at least once a month. A 2018 report by the children's commissioner found that parents share about 71 photos and 29 videos of their child every year on social media. On average, by the time the child is aged 13, parents have posted 1,300 photos and videos of them to social media. Continue reading...
Far-right Hindu nationalists are giving women prominence to mobilise others, but regressive patriarchal systems are embedded in their ideologyIt all started in the family WhatsApp group. A member of my extended family posted photos and videos of fireworks with the caption a very good day" and many smiley emojis. When I asked, what are we celebrating?" she replied, the temple in Ayodhya". It quickly escalated into a heated discussion about the decision to build a Hindu temple in place of a mosque that was razed to the ground, and the rise of far-right ideology.As someone who left India 20 years ago for the UK, I am often seen as an outsider" who cannot really understand Indian politics. If I comment on the political climate I'm accused of being brainwashed by the foreign media and discriminating against India. But I see the country of my birth changing and it upsets me hugely. Continue reading...
President tamped down on his public bedroom declarations' ahead of winning the presidency, Katie Rogers writesPresident Joe Biden has joked to aides that the key to a long and lasting marriage is good sex," according to a new book about the nation's first ladies, that casts a spotlight on his 47-year romance with Jill Biden.American Woman - The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden," was authored by New York Times White House correspondent Katie Rogers and comes out this week. Continue reading...
Exit polls show election denialism has become mainstream among Republicans despite studies finding no widespread fraud in 2020More than 60% of South Carolina Republican primary voters said they don't believe Joe Biden was legitimately elected, according to exit polls, the latest data point that underscores how election denialism has become a mainstream belief in the Republican party.Eighty-seven percent of those who don't believe the US president was legitimately elected supported Donald Trump, according to a CNN exit poll of South Carolina primary voters. Just 12% supported Nikki Haley. Among those who believe Biden legitimately won in 2020, the results were nearly flipped 81% supported Haley, while 19% supported the former president. Continue reading...
City council approves year-long contract with Knightscope to rent a K5 robot to respond to door alarms at the airportAn autonomous robot is due to become the latest addition to San Antonio International Airport's security apparatus.Following a 7 to 3 vote on Thursday by the San Antonio city council, city officials approved a year-long contract with Knightscope, a California-based developer of autonomous security robots, to rent its K5 robot for $21,000. Continue reading...
Gretchen Whitmer responds to calls by some Democrats to vote uncommitted' in Michigan's primary on TuesdayGretchen Whitmer, the Michigan governor, pushed back on calls to not vote for Joe Biden over his handling of the Israel-Gaza conflict, saying on Sunday that could help Trump get re-elected.It's important not to lose sight of the fact that any vote that's not cast for Joe Biden supports a second Trump term," she said on Sunday during an interview on CNN's State of the Union. A second Trump term would be devastating. Not just on fundamental rights, not just on our democracy here at home, but also when it comes to foreign policy. This was a man who promoted a Muslim ban." Continue reading...
Series of new advertisements target Republican efforts to criminalize abortions and a war on travel' for reproductive careCalifornia's governor, Gavin Newsom, is launching a series of new advertisements in Republican states targeting Republican efforts to criminalize having an abortion and a war on travel" for reproductive care.The first advertisement by Campaign for Democracy, Newsom's political action committee (Pac), will air this week in Tennessee, where lawmakers are considering legislation that would make it illegal for anyone who helps a minor obtain an abortion without permission from their parents. Anyone found guilty of the offense could face between three and 15 years in prison. Continue reading...
The congressman, known for his critiques of Trump, has out-raised and out-spent his opponents in a closely-matched raceAdam Schiff looked like a front-runner when he first announced he was running for the US Senate more than a year ago, and he hasn't stopped looking like one since.The California congressman from Los Angeles, best known for his withering critiques of Donald Trump and the threat the former president poses to US democracy, hasn't always been able to match the charisma of his two leading Democratic rivals, Katie Porter and Barbara Lee. His continuing support for Israel's military offensive in Gaza, broadly in line with the Biden administration's, has created divisions among his constituents and opened up one of the few significant policy differences in the race. Continue reading...
Nex Benedict, 16, who said they were a target of bullying, got into an altercation with three girls in Owasso high school bathroomVigils took place across the nation on Friday and Saturday for an Oklahoma teenager who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom in which the nonbinary student said they were a target of bullying.Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old Oklahoma student who identified as nonbinary and used they/them pronouns, got into an altercation with three girls in an Owasso high school bathroom who were picking on Benedict and some friends. The girls attacked Benedict for pouring water on them, the teen told police in a video released Friday.In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...
CNN anchor and Daily Beast editor turned Democratic candidate discusses decision to enter politics instead of covering itTo John Avlon's knowledge, the National Republican Congressional Committee didn't feel compelled to weigh in when any of the other candidates in the Democratic primary got in the race. But they did for me. And I think that's because they're scared."The race is in New York's first congressional district, a US House seat represented by a Republican, Nick LaLota, in an area that trended towards Joe Biden in 2020 and is thus one of many Democratic targets in the state this year. Avlon announced his run on Wednesday. Continue reading...
Reading a poem about the war may seem less instructive than watching the latest bulletins. I suspect the opposite is trueRussia's war against Ukraine has never been only about territory and artillery, about politicians and putative peace deals. Of course, that is the easiest and most acceptable register in which to consider unthinkable violence: as a geopolitical problem happening at a far distance. But Russia's aggression is an event of shocking magnitude in every individual life in Ukraine, and in lives elsewhere, too. The war is not only happening on the frontline but in homes and hearts. Deaths are mourned. Lives that were once straightforward have been propelled into directions that were never sought or wanted. Ambitions have been abandoned and plans have been cast aside. The war has crept like a mist into every chink of domestic life, into the tender, tremulous matters of love and sex, into the school day where cheerful young Ukrainian kids, alongside maths and English, get lessons on never, ever touching something that might be a mine.What we don't see in the news headlines is conversations around the kitchen table - families discussing, for example, how much fuel they would need if they suddenly had to flee to Warsaw," said Uilleam Blacker, associate professor of Ukrainian and East European culture at University College London, at an event last week. To come close to the feeling and texture of war as it is lived behind the lines - and behind front doors - it is necessary to turn to the work of Ukrainian artists, writers, playwrights and filmmakers. Blacker was in conversation with Natalya Vorozhbit, one of Ukraine's most significant playwrights, and Molly Flynn, the editor of a new anthology of Ukrainian plays in English translation, which were all written in the wake of the Maidan protests a decade ago. Since then, Ukraine has seen an efflorescence of documentary theatre, often rapid and reactive, and centred on ordinary lives - work that has formed a kind of artistic parallel to Ukraine's vigorous civil society. Continue reading...
Although state is one most competitive in US, Republicans had been guaranteed control of legislature for over a decadeFor more than a decade, an anti-democratic reality has loomed over Wisconsin: elections for the state legislature don't matter.Since 2012, no matter how voters throughout one of America's most competitive states cast their ballots, Republicans have been guaranteed to hold control of the state legislature. That's because for more than a decade Republicans drew districts lines that are so distorted in their favor, they cemented their control. The dominance was underscored in 2022 when Tony Evers, a Democrat, won re-election with 51.2% of the vote. Republicans still held 65% of the seats in the 99-person state assembly. Continue reading...
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Accuser fears Laurence Hecker may not live long enough to stand judgment in criminal court as lawyer argues priest is a vegetable'A 92-year-old Roman Catholic priest from New Orleans who is charged with raping a teenager after strangling him unconscious is now in and out of consciousness" himself, according to the clergyman's defense attorney, who is seeking to postpone a trial date in the case.The assistant district attorney who is leading the prosecution of Lawrence Hecker said on Friday he was ready to roll [the defendant] in on a gurney" to keep a 25 March trial date in the case. But a lawyer for Hecker's accuser said they were growing increasingly worried that the suspected serial predator's trial would be delayed - and that he may not live long enough to ever stand judgment in a criminal court. Continue reading...
Facing rising rents and rapid development, Black small-business owners are mourning the loss of community spacesThe smell of burning incense filled the room as Asha Grant, the owner of the Salt Eaters Bookshop, greeted folks who entered to attend Black Queer Speed Dating, one of many events put on in the community space.Attendees could grab name tags and enjoy a table spread filled with assorted fruits, meats and cheeses. To a visitor, the bookshop in Inglewood, California, is beautifully curated, with a memorial painting of Latasha Harlins, a Black girl who was killed by a Korean store clerk in 1991, contributing to the onset of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The Salt Eaters Bookshop also hosts a community board filled with Black-centered events and businesses, and bright colors that catch the eye. Continue reading...
Republican hopeful frames candidacy as moral imperative but defeat in home state of South Carolina raises critical questionsNikki Haley will travel to Michigan on Sunday after suffering a decisive loss in her home state of South Carolina, marking her fourth straight defeat in the Republican presidential primary. Donald Trump continued his undefeated streak with a double-digit win in South Carolina, further cementing his hold on the Republican party and raising more questions about Haley's decision to remain in the primary.As she addressed supporters at an election night party in Charleston on Saturday, Haley deftly framed her candidacy as a moral imperative for the many voters who express dissatisfaction with a potential rematch between Trump and Joe Biden in November.Trump soundly defeats HaleyKey dates for the 2024 electionWho's running for president? Continue reading...
Gathering has effectively become The Trump Show as the fringe has moved to the center of the Republican partyA digital pinball game defending the January 6 insurrection. A panel discussion called Putting Our Heads in the Gas Stove. An eager crowd watching agent provocateur Steve Bannon interview former British prime minister Liz Truss for a tiny online audience.Every year the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, conjures a theatre of the absurd beside the Potomac River. This week something else slowly came into focus: three pillars of a Republican agenda that the party believes will provide a winning formula in the 2024 elections. Continue reading...
The right to demonstrate is vital in a democracy. But protests outside my house put me at immense riskLast week, someone didn't just wish me to feel pain now. Their hope was that in the afterlife I would experience eternal suffering. Ten out of 10 for flair. Someone once sent me an email about which of my orifices they would like to pour molten metal into - it was all of them, described in glorious detail.I have a special file of restraining orders - I felt weird putting them with my other important documents. It didn't seem fitting to file them next to my sons' birth certificates. Multiple men have served time in prison for attacks or threats of attacks on me. One remains in prison today, serving a 10-year sentence for various crimes against me and others. Continue reading...
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