• Croissants aren’t French and pizza sauce isn’t Italian – the national dishes that aren’t from where you think

    A food historian has kicked up controversy after claiming that there is ‘no such thing’ as Italian cuisine, sparking debate over the origins and ownership of food. But perhaps we should reconsider our ideas about so-called ‘national dishes’, suggests Hannah Twiggs

  • Pro-Trump super PAC fined for election law violation

    A Donald Trump-connected super PAC has been fined by the Federal Election Commission for failing to disclose $150,600 of in-kind donations in a 2022 public financial report, according to a review of federal records by Raw Story.Make America Great Again, Again! agreed to pay a $6,075 fine and to distribute a policy to its staff on identifying in-kind contributions. The super PAC agreed to do both by May 24.Representatives of the super PAC told the FEC that the error was discovered during an...

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    These voters in key state aren’t sure about Biden or Trump

    CNN’s John King talks to voters in Georgia, which President Joe Biden won in 2020, about who they will vote for in the 2024 presidential election.

  • Powerful conservative funds hand out millions to pro-Trump far-right groups

    Groups led by Stephen Miller and Charlie Kirk among recipients of large sums from Bradley Foundation and Bradley Impact FundTwo powerful conservative non-profits have donated millions of dollars to a number of pro-Trump groups led by the key far-right allies Stephen Miller, Charlie Kirk and others that have promoted election denialism, extremist anti-immigrant policies and legal challenges to bolster the Maga movement.Based in Wisconsin, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and the Bradley...

  • Letitia James may start 'seizing Trump's properties' as he sits in criminal trial: expert

    As Donald Trump sits in criminal court facing 34 felony charges for purported financial records violations stemming from an attempt to bury a story about an alleged affair with an adult film actress, he may also face a separate prosecutor seizing his real estate holdings, according to a legal expert. Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner published a "Justice Matters" video on Saturday in which he covers a recent filing by New York A.G. Letitia James, who sued Trump in a civil case for...

  • ‘Aren’t Going Anywhere’: NBC Praises Resolve of Anti-Semitic, Pro-Hamas Columbia Students

    NBC’s Today kicked off their show Thursday by hyping up and lionizing the anti-Semitic, pro-Hamas extremists calling for the murder of Jews at Columbia University. Completely ignoring the video evidence of the crowd chanting their “love” of Hamas and the signs saying Jewish counter-protesters should be murdered, NBC correspondent Stephanie Gosk boasted of their resolve to stay encamped on campus “until their demands are met.” “Columbia University extended the deadline from the tent encampment...

  • ‘Aren’t Going Anywhere’: NBC Praises Resolve of Anti-Semitic, Pro-Hamas Columbia Students

    NBC’s Today kicked off their show Thursday by hyping up and lionizing the anti-Semitic, pro-Hamas extremists calling for the murder of Jews at Columbia University. Completely ignoring the video evidence of the crowd chanting their “love” of Hamas and the signs saying Jewish counter-protesters should be murdered, NBC correspondent Stephanie Gosk boasted of their resolve to stay encamped on campus “until their demands are met.” “Columbia University extended the deadline from the tent encampment...

  • RFK Jr. on Defense After Pro-Trump Super PAC Launches 'Radical F cking Kennedy' Website

    The pro-Trump MAGA Inc. super PAC has launched a website branding independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "Radical F ing Kennedy" and highlighting progressive and leftist positions he has taken on various policy issues.

  • Letter: Don’t believe the lies, Trump is a criminal

    Perhaps the author of a recent letter understands how Donald Trump’s attorney general, Bill Barr, put his finger on the scales of justice numerous times and that Trump has promised to do so if reelected, since he believes that’s what presidents do (“Biden is a dictator using agencies to ruin Trump,” Star-Advertiser, April 16). Of course, he laughingly denies Trump ever did it. See the Mueller report or Michael Cohen or Geoffrey Berman as proof of the fact.

  • Democratic prosecutors aren’t even popular in California

    “Reform prosecutors” are starting to flounder in California, exposing just how unpopular criminal justice reform is in reality once it moves past the half-baked platitudes of the campaign cycle. Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price will soon be facing a recall election, with the Alameda Registrar of Voters confirming that recall supporters secured enough signatures. […]

  • Trump is right on abortion — pro-lifers should realize he's their lifeline

    Donald Trump’s position on abortion is the only politically sensible one in the fight for life. Pro-life advocates must realize that or face loss after loss after loss.