Kathleen Pittman has been the clinic administrator at Hope Medical Group in Shreveport, Louisiana, since 2010. Back when she first took the job, there were seven abortion clinics operating in the state. Today, there are three. Earlier this year, after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a law that …
Read More »'National Enquirer' Sale: Who Gets the Trove of Trump's Darkest Secrets?
The National Enquirer – the tabloid infamous for buying, then spiking, damaging stories about Donald Trump and reportedly keeping the evidence in a safe – is up for sale. Anthony Melchiorre, the hedge fund manager who owns the controlling interest in Enquirer parent company AMI, has reportedly grown tired of …
Read More »Let's Try to Make Sense of Trump's 50-Tweet Bender
President Trump tweeted 50 times over the weekend, posting 20 times on Saturday, and 30 times on Sunday. Between his first tweets on Saturday morning (clips of Lou Dobbs interviewing Diamond & Silk and a former ICE director) and his last on Sunday night (“MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”), Trump took …
Read More »One of Mueller's Lawyers Zeroes in on Foreign Lobbying
WASHINGTON — Eighty years ago, Congress became so alarmed by the rise of pro-Nazi propaganda in the United States that it passed the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), a law intended to shine a light on the activities and money spent by foreign countries and their representatives to lobby the …
Read More »Once Accused of Sexual Assault, Roy Moore Is 'Seriously Considering' Another Senate Run
Disgraced Republican Roy Moore told the Christian radio program Focal Point, on Friday, that he might make another run at a senate seat in Alabama in 2020, Reuters reported. The 72-year-old former judge lost his bid for the senate in 2017 after he was accused of sexual assault and numerous …
Read More »Sen. Chris Murphy on the Gun Debate: 'No Parent Can Hide From This Any Longer'
For the first time since the Clinton era, Congress has advanced gun control measures Last week, House Democrats passed legislation to require universal background checks for gun sales, closing loopholes that allow one-in-five guns to be sold without a completed check. After decades of frustration — and of free rein …
Read More »Roger Stone Gagged After Judge Dismisses His 'Hollow' Apology
Longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone appeared in court Thursday after posting an Instagram photo of Judge Amy Berman Jackson with what appeared to be a crosshairs near her head and text accusing her of conducting a “show trial” on behalf of the “Deep State.” The judge, unmoved by an apology …
Read More »Awaiting the Lead-Poisoning Tipping Point
Cleveland is the butt of jokes for any number of reasons, from its storied sports misfortune to its terrible weather. As a native still in love with the place, mentions of my hometown being the “Mistake on the Lake” usually get me clenching my jaw, if not my fist. Much …
Read More »An Undocumented Worker Fired From Trump's Golf Club Will Attend the State of the Union
Victorina Morales, an undocumented worker who was fired from President Trump’s New Jersey golf club after publicly revealing her immigration status, will attend his State of the Union address on February 5th as the guest of a Democratic congresswoman. The Washington Post reported that Morales received an invite from Rep. …
Read More »FBI Says the Shutdown Is Hurting Its Ability to Fight MS-13 and Terrorism
Though Democrats swiftly rejected President Trump’s latest “compromise” to re-open the government, Senate leaders have agreed to bring it to a vote this week, along with a Democrat-backed continuing resolution that passed through the House of Representatives earlier this year. The deal between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and …
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