Reading Time: < 1 minute CEOs gave Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) PAC a whopping $475 million last year. Do they have buyer’s remorse now that he’s warning them not to “become a vehicle for far-left mobs to hijack” the country?
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has done more than anyone to marry money and politics, helping free companies to spend as much as they please to influence elections. But when some CEOs came out against Republican-sponsored voter suppression laws he cried foul.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Simon & Schuster promises a “revelatory” memoir by the former VP.
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Trump campaign was a fraud in so many ways, but this scam hit supporters where it hurt. Small donors were fleeced of a whopping $64 million in just two months. And the con job hasn’t stopped.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Elon Musk’s net worth soared by $140 billion in 2020. Jeff Bezos added $75 billion and Bill Gates a mere $20 billion. By one calculation, the country’s billionaires pocketed $1.1 trillion! Think they can afford to start paying their fair share of taxes?
Reading Time: < 1 minute The growing ecstasy-fueled sex scandals of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) are just “another witch hunt,” says fellow Trumpist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).
Reading Time: < 1 minute If you listen to Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R), you might think God doesn’t want Black churches to be able to conduct voting drives on Sundays.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Most Democrats in Congress are ready to support reforms to protect voting rights, but it’s not only Republicans who stand in their way — three Democratic senators aren’t ready to kill the filibuster to make it happen.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) wrote a book boasting about his lessons for America dealing with COVID-19, but New York politics is in an uproar with ever-growing investigations into his conduct.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) threatens a “scorched earth” policy when the GOP regains Senate control if Democrats change filibuster rules to stop him from blocking key initiatives.