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This Trump scheme is burning up middle-class Americans — and now they're mad
44+ min ago (1054+ words) The president is burning up the American middle class with the largest tax increase since the early 1990s, which itself is snowballing the price of everything from coffee to clothes to carpets to car parts. Yet this isn't a major, ongoing,…...
'Incredibly shocking': Ex-Prince Andrew’s arrest generates global aftershocks
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (190+ words) On MS NOW's "Morning Joe," British reporter Katty Kay (well-known for her work with the BBC in the past) told conservative host Joe Scarborough, "No one in the royal family has ever been in this position. This is incredibly shocking....
Another private company capitulates to Trump — without even fighting back
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (439+ words) Note to the decision-makers at the Gallup Organization, which for nearly 90 years has tracked presidential approval ratings: Capitulation never works. I learned this the hard way as a teen playing basketball on D.C. playgrounds. I regretted my fecklessness. Gallup last week…...
Clementine Barnabet: The Black woman blamed for serial murders in the Jim Crow South
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (1297+ words) In April 1912, a young Black woman named Clementine Barnabet confessed to murdering four families in and around Lafayette, Louisiana. The widespread news coverage at the time effectively branded her a serial killer. Her confession, however, did not align with the…...
Why ‘The West Wing’ went from a bipartisan hit to a polarized streaming comfort watch
2+ hour, 52+ min ago (1077+ words) If like the many viewers who have binge-watched the series multiple times, you know who all these cast members of "The West Wing" are. James Sorensen/NBC/Newsmakers, Hulton Archive When the early 2000s hit series "The West Wing" returned on…...
DC insider warns there's only one solution to America's economic crisis
3+ hour, 23+ min ago (932+ words) I was secretary of labor 30 years ago when the U.S. economy was producing an average of 200,000 new jobs a month. I remember holding news conferences on "jobs days" each month. I felt confident about the strength of the economy. What worried…...
Resentment mounts over baby boomers depleting the U.S. budget
3+ hour, 47+ min ago (262+ words) The Wall Street Journal reports the U.S. government is lavishing spending on people over 65, while giving working adults and children the very minimum of help. Retirees have much lower incomes than people with paychecks, but thanks to programs such as Social…...
Top red state Republican in hot-seat after 'profane tirade' against the GOP
6+ hour, 14+ min ago (478+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump reacts as he attends the premiere of the documentary film Melania at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, recently renamed to include U.S. President Donald Trump's name (REUTERS) A candidate for Republican House speaker in Alabama…...
New research shows high-IQ men reject conservative politics: report
11+ hour, 50+ min ago (385+ words) PsyPost reports a new study is revealing that average-intelligence men have a more conservative mentality, while gifted men and women tend to be more varied. The study, "Exploring exceptional minds: Political orientations of gifted adults," authored by Maximilian Krolo, J'rn…...
Conservative Supreme Court clerk lights up 'outrageous' Trump
12+ hour, 48+ min ago (144+ words) Conservatives, including a former clerk for Republican Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, are attacking President Donald Trump as he sues the government he controls for up to $10 billion" all of which would come out of taxpayers' pockets. "Two hundred thirty…...