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The Supreme Court Splinters in an Important Climate CaseThe Supreme Court appeared to be splintered over how to decide a major climate litigation case from Colorado at oral arguments on Monday. The eight justices who heard the case—the first of its new term—signaled no clear consensus on how they will resolve the case, though most of them were more skeptical of the fossil fuel companies that asked the court…
Another MAGA Candidate Scrubs Mentions of Trump From His WebsiteRick Jackson, the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Georgia, is the latest MAGA candidate to delete mentions of President Donald Trump from his campaign website. A version of Jackson’s website from June stated that he “will work with President Trump to protect Georgians from the consequences of Washington’s failures.” As of Monday, the mention had been…
JD Vance Says Trump’s Weird Midterm Ads Are “Not Partisan”Vice President JD Vance claimed Monday that Donald Trump’s taxpayer-funded propaganda videos are actually “not partisan.” The Trump administration has used at least 5.6 million taxpayer dollars to buy a series of at least 15 campaign-style advertisements touting the president’s agenda ahead of November’s midterm elections—even though it’s illegal to use…
Guess Who Gives Kash Patel His Orders? Hint: It’s Not Just Trump.America’s FBI directors are expected to be fiercely independent. Kash Patel is not. Instead, Patel appears to be completely under the thumb of the White House, bending over backward to enact the president’s retribution campaign, according to a new report by The Atlantic . Whereas Patel’s predecessors have historically tried to create distance between…
Pathetic Republicans “Trans”-ition to Their Vile Closing ArgumentWell, we’ve entered that time-honored phase of the campaign that we’ve come to know so well: when Republicans turn to their closing argument about the issue that is keeping Americans up at night. Gas prices? The cost of a pound of ground beef? The war in Iran? The cost of health care, or the closing of so many rural hospitals? No, no, no, and no. The…