Sunday, December 22, 2024

Tag: Republicans

‘Race to the bottom’: GOP has introduced 72 educational gag orders...

"They have outdone one another in a race to the bottom, finding new, more extreme, and more conspiratorial ways to impose censorious government dictates on teaching and learning."

GOP readies ‘shameful’ vote to oust Omar from House Committee

"The GOP is riddled with white nationalists and antisemites. It is infuriating and absurd that they are trying to distract from the bigoted hatred in their own party by attacking a progressive woman of color."

Utah passes bill banning transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming health care

The bill "prohibits surgery for all transgender youth and disallows hormone treatment for transgender minors who have not been professionally diagnosed with gender dysphoria."

Advocates say ‘hell no’ as Manchin pitches Social Security deal with...

"Manchin is providing cover for Republican attacks on Social Security and Medicare."

Can careening House misfits double down what made Trump unelectable—and dodge...

How do two failed House years, after the wildly absurd kick-off, not wreck the right, not the left?

The myth of the ‘moderate Republican’—and why it’s so dangerous

Those “moderates” and “centrists” are actively supporting neofascist leadership.

The rise of self-hating politicians

All self-hating politicians dream of coups.

Big Pharma and GOP allies aim to sabotage Medicare drug price...

"Patients fought hard for the reforms in the Inflation Reduction Act—and we won't let Big Pharma and its allies' fearmongering scare us."

The code behind the far right’s success

Forget the deplorables and focus instead on the persuadables.

Behold the cult marriage made in hell: party can’t win with...

When does the GOP declare the obvious – that Trump is the monumentally flawed cancer at the center, his and the party’s worst enemy?

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Teamsters launch largest strike against Amazon in US history to demand fair wages and...

Amazon workers launch historic nationwide strike, demanding better wages, safer conditions, and union recognition from the $2 trillion corporation.

Israeli soldiers enforce kill zone in Gaza, targeting civilians and leaving bodies to rot

Israeli forces implement open-fire policies in Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor, targeting civilians and leaving corpses uncollected as a warning to others.

Pregnant woman in labor cited under Kentucky anti-homelessness law

Pregnant homeless woman in labor ticketed under Kentucky’s anti-camping law, sparking national outrage over the criminalization of homelessness.

Syria’s new fundamentalist government: Women ‘biologically’ unsuited to politics, universities to be segregated

The comments provoked a firestorm of protest among Syrian women and, well, non-fundamentalists.

Elon Musk for Speaker of the House? Republicans float billionaire amid spending bill fight

Republicans propose Elon Musk as Speaker of the House after his role in sinking a spending bill, raising unprecedented ethical and governance concerns.