The Bari Weiss Era at CBS Is Already a Complete Embarrassment
The legendary newsroom has become a laughingstock under its new editor in chief.
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Scott Adams’ Life and Death Is a Cautionary Tale for the MAGA Age
While generations of fans may have loved “Dilbert,” its creator devolved into something unrecognizable as he embraced the MAGA age.
Why Is Trump So Determined to Completely Break America’s Economy?
The president’s feud with the Fed chair has crossed a dangerous line—and it could unravel America’s economy.
Grok is Gross
Lizzie O’Leary joins to break down the story of the disturbing deepfakes being created by X’s AI chatbot.
Trump jettisons the GOP’s corporate allies in health care plan
The president pointed the finger at insurers and pharma in calling for price cuts to help stressed voters.
Democrats make pitch to keep no-premium Obamacare plans
While Republicans believe the plans encourage fraud, Democrats worry that raising premiums will prompt lower-income enrollees to drop coverage.
Abortion opponents threaten to withhold midterm support amid rift with Trump
Amid concerns about the president’s actions, abortion opponents are threatening to redirect or withhold campaign spending and withdraw their volunteer armies in the midterms.
HHS terminates, then reinstates, thousands of grants for substance use, mental health
The Department of Health and Human Services told grantees their projects were no longer aligned with agency priorities, then backtracked under pressure.
When Church Was a Queer Space
Outward’s hosts sit down with the host and co-creator of When We All Get to Heaven.
Remembering, with the People of MCC San Francisco, AIDS Still Isn’t Over.
The neighborhood changes, the church moves, people forget and remember “the AIDS years,” but AIDS isn’t over.
What Happens When You Organize Church Around AIDS – and AIDS Changes?
The AIDS cocktail opens new possibilities. And MCC San Francisco tries to use the experience of AIDS to make bigger social change.
The Church’s Pastor Gets Diagnosed with AIDS. And the Church Wonders How Much They Might Lose.
The church’s minister gets sick and everyone knows it.
A Church Romance Between a Hula Dancer and a Lumbersexual Blossoms in a Dangerous Time.
The church’s “it couple” faces AIDS, caregiving, and loss as part of a pair, part of families, and part of a community.
Americans give Trump low marks on handling of economy as midterms likely to center on affordability
Sixty-one percent of voters told a CNN poll released Friday that they disapprove of the way Trump is handling the economy.
Vance tries to thread affordability needle in Rust Belt
The vice president fine-tunes Trump’s economic message, but he’s only got so much wiggle room.
Ex-Trump voters swung hard to Democrats over costs in NJ & VA, new research shows
Voters who backed Donald Trump in 2024 and swung to Democrats in this year’s Virginia and New Jersey elections did so over economic concerns, according to focus groups conducted by a Democratic pollster and obtained by POLITICO.
Democrats think they’ve found their 2026 message — and Miami just backed it up
In races across the country, Democrats focused on promises to make life more affordable — even as they offered contrasting approaches.
“All That’s Left of You”: Oscar-Shortlisted Film Traces Palestinian Family’s Love & Loss Since 1948
All That’s Left of You is a new feature film that looks at 70 years of Palestinian history through the lens of one family’s experience over three generations. Democracy Now! speaks with Palestinian American director and actress Cherien Dabis, who says the film is about “looking for meaning in grief and choosing humanity even in the most difficult of circumstances, which Palestinians have done and do every single day.
Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Speaks Out as New Ruling Could Lead to His Rearrest, Deportation
A federal appeals court on Thursday delivered the Trump administration a victory in its efforts to deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, opening the door for his rearrest. Khalil was a graduate student at Columbia University when he was arrested in March and detained for months. He missed the birth of his son, Deen, while in detention.
“Autocratic Power Grab”: Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act, Deploy Troops to Minnesota
Following Minneapolis protests in response to the ICE killing of Renee Good, President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act Thursday, a move that would allow him to send military forces to the city. Trump’s comments came after a second person was shot by ICE following a traffic stop. “Trump probably sees this as a civil war,” says Baher Azmy, legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights. “This, as we all know, is being leveraged as part of an autocratic power grab.
ICE Arresting U.S. Citizens, Using Banned Chokeholds: Explosive ProPublica Report
A new investigation by ProPublica finds over 40 cases of immigration agents using potentially fatal chokeholds and other moves that can cut off breathing. “These arrests are playing out around the country, and often in full view of cameras and witnesses,” says ProPublica reporter Nicole Foy. She also reports that at least 170 U.S. citizens have been arrested by immigration agents.
James Carville Shares ‘Wipeout’ Midterms Prediction With Stunned Fox News Host
Kayleigh McEnany appeared genuinely taken aback by the Democratic strategist’s take.
Why conservatives hate civil rights
Explaining the Right is a weekly series that looks at what the right wing is currently obsessing over, how it influences politics—and why you need to know.
In December, the Trump administration quietly removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth as holidays where visitors would be given free admission to national parks.
Cartoon: The Epstein files
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More than 40 cases of immigration agents using banned chokeholds and other moves
By Nicole Foy and McKenzie Funk for ProPublica
Immigration agents have put civilians’ lives at risk using more than their guns.
An agent in Houston put a teenage citizen into a chokehold, wrapping his arm around the boy’s neck, choking him so hard that his neck had red welts hours later. A black-masked agent in Los Angeles pressed his knee into a woman’s neck while she was handcuffed; she then appeared to pass out.
CNN Host Picks Apart Pundit’s Defense Of Walz, Frey Investigation: ‘You Can’t Do It’
Jennings argued that Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) made statements that could be considered “threats.” Host Abby Phillip wasn’t having it.
Trump’s Justice Department is more lawless than ever
Injustice for All is a weekly series about how the Trump administration is trying to weaponize the justice system—and the people who are fighting back.
Welcome back to another week of the Trump administration’s war on America—led by one of its most loyal soldiers, Attorney General Pam Bondi.
The Department of Justice has been a busy little bee as of late, what with all the suing and being sued. Oh, and let’s not forget the terrorizing of Minnesota, of course.
Cartoon: Human cost
A cartoon by Pedro Molina.
Abigail Spanberger Makes History, Sworn In As Virginia’s 1st Female Governor
Since Virginia first became a commonwealth in 1776, only men have held the post.
Trump Gives Himself A New Royal Nickname, Then Doubles Down In Late-Night Post
He also immediately began talking about himself in the third person.