Watch as Joe Biden Mocks Obstructionist Mitch McConnell

When he first took office, Joe Biden promised to make a good faith effort to work with Republicans. And that effort has been made on numerous occasions over Biden’s first few months in office. Mitch McConnell, though, has often urged his senators against working with the president or supporting his legislation. This is the same …

TJ Ducklo will get new job at PR agency after quitting White Home amid scandal

White House deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo listens as press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Washington. Patrick Semansky | AP TJ Ducklo, President Joe Biden’s former deputy White House press secretary, is starting to work for an influential public relations and crisis communications …

Former Republican strategist Matthew Dowd explains why 1/6 was worse than 9/11

Horrible events often have the effect of uniting the country. The 9/11 attacks were a good example of this. Despite the strong partisanship in 2001, George W. Bush soon had an approval rating of 90%. 1/6 was another terrifying event in American history. But the country has certainly not come together since then. And because …

U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is greater than 90% full

Aerial porters work with maintainers to load a UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter into a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during the withdrawl of American forces in Afghanistan, June 16, 2021. US Army | via Reuters The U.S. military has withdrawn more than 90% of its troops and equipment from Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. The …

The US Supreme Courtroom Simply Licensed Extra Voter Suppression

The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) dealt several blows to the Voting Rights Act last week. In a majority conservative 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS upheld two Arizona restrictions. The first prohibits individuals other than close family members or caregivers from collecting mail-in ballots. The second requires elections officials to reject votes from people who report to incorrect precincts …

Bitcoin ETF ought to have been accepted a while in the past, says SEC regulator Peirce

Hester Peirce, Commissioner for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Center, listens during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, DC, the United States, on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hester Peirce is at a loss. For years, the Securities and Exchange Commission, of which Peirce is …

McCarthy can’t shield Republicans from getting concerned in Trump’s rebellion

Despite Trump’s January 6th seditious conspiracy was the worst attack on America by domestic terrorists since the civil war, ReCustoms officers are hell-bent on protecting people most responsible; and you have good reason to do so. House minority leathe Kevin McCarthy is just as guilty as Trump and his seditious cabal for the attempted coup …

Biden welcomes 21 new US residents to the White Home naturalization ceremony

United States President Joe Biden watches as people take the oath of allegiance during a naturalization ceremony for new citizens ahead of Independence Day in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on July 2, 2021. Almond Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden hosted a citizenship ceremony Friday to …

The trans girl improves prisons in New Jersey

An unnamed prisoner, Sonia Doe, recently won a settlement with the ACLU and the state of New Jersey. Her goal: safety and protection for other trans prisoners while imprisoned in America. Get to know our customer Sonia Doe. Sonia sued after being placed in male prisons despite @NJ_DOC knowing she was a woman. “I was …

The Mayor of Miami-Dade indicators the order to demolish the remainder of the constructing

An aerial view of the site during a rescue operation of the Champlain Tower, which partially collapsed on July 1, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Miami-Dade County’s Mayoress Daniella Levine Cava signed an emergency ordinance Friday approving the demolition of a 12-story condo building in Surfside, Florida that …