A Republican lawmaker who told Raw Story he’d like to “f—ing punch someone in the face” responded to subsequent reporting by publicly shaming a former school teacher.Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) took to X at 4:35 a.m. ET to lash out at Rachel La Due for sharing Raw Story reporter Matt Laslo’s vid…
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A United Nations investigation found “reasonable grounds” that the United States had likely committed war crimes in its war against Iran, and the report is scheduled to be submitted to the international body on Monday — just one day before President Donald Trump is expected to address the UN and its…
Kash Patel had the most bizarre Capitol Hill grilling this week — and it left even MAGA bewildered.Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.
I heard once, not sure where, but it sticks in my head, that a junior writer asked legendary Chicago-based columnist Mike Royko how he was able to write a column every single day. He replied something to the effect of, “Write about what makes you angry.”I think about that anecdote often — actually, …
CNN anchor Jake Tapper had to apologize to his panel after a debate about a controversial left-wing streamer became too heated.On Thursday, Tapper had a segment about Hasan Piker and his interview with Axios that led to Piker walking off. Tapper had on Democratic political operative Karen Finney and…
President Donald Trump won’t live forever. But a generation of MAGA faithful shaped by his ideology very well could, warned longtime Republican pollster and focus grouper Sarah Longwell — and their “dark plans” for this country are beyond what anyone is prepared for.Longwell, a frequent critic of th…
Republican door-knockers are encountering a “huge concern” as the party struggles to energize voters ahead of November, according to CNN senior White House correspondent Kristen Holmes.Leaders of multiple get-out-the-vote groups told Holmes their canvassers are finding “no enthusiasm” among Republic…
Companies and lobbyists with business before Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy have poured cash into his son-in-law’s congressional campaign.In a Thursday article, The Bulwark reported that Michael Alfonso, a Republican running for Congress in Wisconsin, has collected donations from transportation…
National Republican Senatorial Committee chair Tim Scott (R-SC) was caught by reporters asking him for comment on Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA), currently running in the Georgia Senate race, being linked to white nationalists.His response was to make his escape.”Are you worried about Mike Collins’ white …
A video is grossing people out as it shows a golf club owned by President Donald Trump dumping live fish into a pool with children.On Thursday, a video circulated on social media of Trump’s golf club in Virginia putting small fish in a chlorinated pool full of children, according to PatriotTakes, a …