Defense of Nixon’s Watergate Crimes Is JD Vance ‘Telling on Himself,’ Say Critics

Defense of Nixon’s Watergate Crimes Is JD Vance ‘Telling on Himself,’ Say Critics

  “He’s insinuating that his own regime has so normalized corruption and lawlessness that past corruption and lawbreaking schemes now seem minor.”  At an event for the Richard Nixon Foundation on Thursday, Vice President JD Vance suggested that if the 37th president’s Watergate scandal had happened today, it would barely make the news, let alone destroy a presidency. […]

Unhinged Trump Calls US Progressives Communist ‘Animals’ Who Will ‘Close Your Churches’ and ‘Kill Your People’

Unhinged Trump Calls US Progressives Communist ‘Animals’ Who Will ‘Close Your Churches’ and ‘Kill Your People’

  The president complained about primary victories of progressives backed by New York City’s democratic socialist mayor, who this week secured a rent freeze for a million units and put $15 million toward gender-affirming care.  After a series of electoral victories for democratic socialists and legal blows to President Donald Trump’s authoritarian agenda this […]

AOC to Johnson and Trump: ‘If You Don’t Want to Be Prosecuted for Crimes, Don’t Do Crimes’

AOC to Johnson and Trump: ‘If You Don’t Want to Be Prosecuted for Crimes, Don’t Do Crimes’

  The New York Democrat’s comments came in response to the Republican Speaker of the House telling a group of right-wing supporters he “runs the protection program” for the president. Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York ripped into Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on Friday night for saying that Republican control of Congress is the only […]

Trump Holds Bipartisan Housing Bill Hostage to Push Evisceration of Voting Rights

Trump Holds Bipartisan Housing Bill Hostage to Push Evisceration of Voting Rights

  “Trump just threw a tantrum,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. “He’s refusing to sign bipartisan legislation to make housing more affordable in a bizarre effort to try to rig the elections.” Congress this week passed a bipartisan bill “to build more housing, lower costs, and stop private equity’s housing grab,” as US Sen. Elizabeth Warren highlighted after the […]