Two different notable Republicans are urging Ohio to vote Tim Ryan over JD Vance

On Wednesday morning, two other notable Republicans, David L. Hobson and John M. Bridgeland, took the floor to support Democrat Tim Ryan’s run for the US Senate in an op-ed piece ominously titled, “A republic, if You Can Keep Them” on Cleveland.com. They began with a reminder from history of what is at stake: When …

The nation’s 12 largest employers have laid off 1000’s through the pandemic

The country’s largest employers have collectively laid off more than 100,000 workers during the Covid pandemic, according to a report released Tuesday by a House subcommittee. Hourly workers were hit particularly hard. Not only were they more likely to be fired than employees in 2019, 2020 and 2021, but they were also more likely to …

Clarence Thomas simply corruptly prevented Lindsey Graham from testifying in Georgia

Judge Clarence Thomas intervened on his own initiative, temporarily blocking an order ordering Senator Lindsey Graham to testify in a Georgia criminal case. CNN reported: Judge Clarence Thomas on Monday agreed to temporarily freeze a lower court order calling for Republican Senator Lindsey Graham to testify before a special jury in the Atlanta area investigating …

Jan 6 Capitol Riot Committee will not let Trump flip testimony right into a “circus,” says Cheney

Representative Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, during a hearing of the Special Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., on Thursday, July 21, 2022. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images The House special committee investigating the Jan. 6 riots in the U.S. Capitol subpoenaed former President Donald …

After Steve Bannon’s conviction, sends a harmful message

The only justification for Bannon’s bitterness right now is that he thinks laws either shouldn’t exist or shouldn’t apply to him. Yesterday, Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison, sixty days less than prosecutors requested, and a fine of $6,500, or $193,500 less than prosecutors requested. All of this could have been avoided if …

Crypto PACs backed by Scaramucci, Bankman-Fried are planning advertisements

Samuel Bankman-Fried, Founder and CEO of FTX, speaks during a Senate Agriculture, Food and Forestry Committee hearing on “Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation and Innovation” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2022 out . Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images According to one of the group’s chief strategists, a network of …

Trump takes harmful motion in opposition to judges and jury after Key Durham acquitted

MAGA’s reaction to Igor Danchenko’s acquittal came as a surprise to many of us on the left. Very few of us followed the Durham Inquiry (there wasn’t much to follow), few of us thought that much was going to come of it, and most of us believed that the FBI could not and would not …

Iran has denied allegations that it provided drones to Russia

A drone flies over Kyiv during an attack October 17, 2022 amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Sergey Supinsky | AFP | Getty Images UNITED NATIONS – Iran’s UN official has sharply dismissed Western claims that Tehran has supplied Moscow with a fleet of drones for use in Ukraine. “The Islamic Republic of Iran has …

Ship DNA kits house to folks to determine their kids’s our bodies

In Greg Abbott’s Republican Texas, public schools sent children home with a DNA kit so their parents could identify them after a mass shooting or other emergency. “The state of Texas is sending public school students home with DNA kits to help their parents identify their children ‘in an emergency,’” Today reported. “After the mass …

Midterms 2022 prime Senate races: Fetterman, Walker, Vance, Kelly

The battle for control of the U.S. Senate could hinge on a single race. A handful of make-or-break Senate elections in key states are only growing more competitive as candidates barrel toward the Nov. 8 midterm elections. Only a few contests could determine how the Senate handles policy — and President Joe Biden’s nominees for …