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Andrew Cuomo Gets Utterly Humiliated in NYC Mayoral Debate
Throwing barbs was the name of the game in New York City’s mayoral debate, but one major player left the scene more battered than bruised: Andrew Cuomo.The disgraced former...
How Chicago Is Standing Tough Against Trump’s Outrageous ICE Policies
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. Read the transcript of Perry’s interview with Representative...
Dem Leader Warns Stephen Miller Is Taking Advantage of Trump’s State
Texas Democratic Party Chairman Kendall Scudder accused Abbott of “suck[ing] up to Donald Trump,” saying, “We do not need an unnecessary display of force at the expense of taxpayers...
Transcript: Trump Boat Bombings Darken as Official Suddenly Resigns
I actually did a little video today—to self-promote for the moment—talking about, you know, how Mike Johnson is effectively dissolving Congress and drawing a meme to the Star Wars...
The Trump Family’s Ever-Expanding Portfolio of Corruption
There’s no specific English term to describe your son or daughter’s father-in-law, but in Spanish, Charles Kushner is the president’s consuegro. He is also America’s ambassador to France. Two...
After the Hunt Would Like to Touch a Nerve
Lean and lanky and given to casually draping himself across chairs and couches, as well as their occupants, Hank could be the evil twin to the milquetoast Harvard undergrad...
Trump’s Military Payroll Gambit Is a Baldly Illegal Seizure of Power
The Treasury is supposed to listen to Congress when deciding where that money goes. Musk, a South African-born billionaire with little evident understanding of American civics or political culture,...
Blue States Are Teaming Up to Counter RFK Jr.’s Policies. Can It Work?
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. works to dismantle the long-standing infrastructure for providing vaccine guidance, Democratic governors are working to build their own shadow public health systems, in order...
ICE Runs Its Mass Deportation Machine From America’s Bluest State
One of these facilities is the National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center, or NCATC, which serves as the nexus for intelligence that is sent to ICE’s 25 enforcement and...
The Ukrainian Anarchist Pacifist Writer Putin Drove to Take Up Arms
Maintaining this balance requires, in part, mobilizing enough soldiers to replenish its ranks, a task Ukraine has struggled with. Under martial law, soldiers cannot be demobilized, except in death...
