Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., says it is 'time to put an end to this nonsense'
On Monday, traffic stalled in San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle and New York as protesters blocked roads to call for a cease-fire in Gaza.
Sometimes a teenage boy watches Clint Eastwood movies and temporarily adopts it as his whole personality. Sometimes that boy never grows out of it, and grows up to become a U.S. senator.
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton is facing backlash for a post on X that appears to encourage people to carry out violence against pro-Palestinian demonstrators. Since Israel initiated its bombardment of Gaza, following a Hamas-led terrorist attack on Oct. 7, Cotton has had no qualms airing his illiberal bigotry on the subject. The senator has advocated for Israel to “bounce the rubble” in Gaza, endorsing an indiscriminate bombing campaign by suggesting "anything that happens in Gaza is the...
New York Attorney General Letitia James is urging New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron to void the $175 million bond that the ex-president posted to appeal his New York civil lawsuit.Trump was found liable for committing business fraud by illegally manipulating the value of assets for financial benefit and ordered to pay over $450 million earlier this year. The former president continues to deny any wrongdoing and says that he is the victim of a politically motivated "witch...
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., must have trouble tracking his views on public protest. In a 2020 New York Times op-ed, the Arkansas Republican senator called for the military to be mobilized to crush the “orgy of violence” he said was engulfing the country during the protests following George Floyd’s murder (in fact, the overwhelming majority of those protests were peaceful). Four years on, Cotton has decided that law enforcement and the military are insufficient tools to deal with protesters. It’s...
During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) stated that “there should be criticism of administrations on both sides of the aisle” over how they handled Iran, and Iran has
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) has been a fan of violence against protesters for some time. Interestingly, it's only the demonstrators who have certain causes — like Black Lives Matter or Gaza, as opposed to
Outcry as Cotton says those inconvenienced by protesters blocking roads and airports should ‘take matters into own hands’The Republican senator Tom Cotton has urged Americans to “take matters into their own hands” when encountering pro-Palestine supporters, an apparent call to vigilantism as Israel’s military strikes in Gaza continued despite global calls for a ceasefire.Demonstrations on Monday by supporters of Palestine blocked roads in major US cities, including New York and Philadelphia;...
Blocking roads is not a legitimate way to protest and is not protected by the First Amendment; not only is impeding traffic inconvenient for citizens, but it may well be dangerous in that it could prevent an emergency vehicle (or a private vehicle carrying a person suffering from a medical emergency) from proceeding or that it may result in an accident due to a driver who may not have expected the road being blocked by idiots.
Watford manager Tom Cleverley was fuming to see his side concede in the 99th-minute against Southampton on Saturday, despite seeing seven minutes of extra-time added. Southampton gained yet more ground on their automatic promotion rivals over the weekend, beating Watford 3-2 after seeing all of Leicester City, Leeds United and Ipswich Town drop points. Russell Martin’s side threw away a two-goal lead at St. Mary’s but won it in dramatic fashion through Flynn Downes. Downes appeared to handle the...
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