politics
A few Florida Democrats have Dwyane Wade and Grant Hill at the top of their list of hopeful Senate candidates in 2024. According to NBC News, Democrat donors believe they need a “moonshot-type” candidate to defeat Rick Scott, who has held the seat since winning the 2018 election. The Republican stronghold on the state extends to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who easily beat Charlie Crist […]
Fresh off being unceremoniously ousted by Fox News, Tucker Carlson is boasting about a resurgence. The right-wing pundit and amplifier of white nationalism said in a video tweeted on Tuesday, “Amazingly, as of tonight, there aren’t many platforms left that allow free speech. The last big one remaining in the world, the only one, is Twitter, […]
An amended version of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) 2021 minimum wage bill that didn’t pass is being pushed once more, hoping to make it this time. If it does, the country will raise working wages to $17 an hour. In 2021, 8 Senate Democrats voted along with every house Republican to shoot down Sanders’ proposal—originally […]
Prakazrel Michel, better known as Pras, was found guilty Wednesday for his involvement in an international conspiracy scheme in which millions of dollars in foreign money was used for the purpose of influencing U.S. government officials. According to TMZ, Pras, who was deemed guilty on all 10 counts, faces up to 20 years in prison. His attorney […]
Afroman has officially launched his bid for the nation’s highest office. According to TMZ, the “Because I Got High” artist has filed the necessary paperwork to run in the 2024 presidential race against a growing pool of both Democrat and Republican candidates. The documents were apparently submitted to the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday, just days before Afroman—legal name Joseph Edgar […]
A veteran GOP attorney has devised a plan to give her party an edge in the 2024 election: make the voting process much more difficult. Longtime legal strategist Cleta Mitchell outlined the scheme Saturday during the Republican National Committee donor retreat in Nashville, where she presented a 50-slide PowerPoint titled, “A Level Playing Field for 2024.” The Washington Post obtained audio from the […]
Matt Barnes might just be your next mayor. In a new interview with Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel, the former NBA player revealed his next career goal is to run for office. “I just turned 43 yesterday, and I gave myself a goal back in my 30s that by the time I turn 50, I […]
Mexico’s president deems the country safer than the U.S. amid various kidnappings of Americans south of the border. On Monday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador specifically argued that “Mexico is safer than the United States.” “There is no issue with traveling safely through Mexico. That’s something the U.S. citizens also know, just like our fellow Mexicans that live […]
U.S. states have taken legal action in an effort to expand abortion pill access. According to Reuters, attorneys general in 12 Democratic-led states are suing the Food and Drug Administration over the restricted distribution of mifepristone. The medication is part of a two-pill regimen that’s used to terminate pregnancies within the first 10 weeks. While the second […]
A Georgia grand jury determined one or more witnesses may have lied under oath during an election-meddling probe involving Donald Trump. The revelation came Thursday, after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney released portions of the much-anticipated jury report. The documents were published after a two-year investigation into Trump’s conduct following the 2020 presidential election, and […]
