Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) is headed toward a runoff against fellow candidate for U.S. senator Katie Britt. Brooks, who aggressively aligned himself with Donald Trump in the days following the 2020 election, has seen his campaign for Senate stumble amid a tumultuous on-and-off alliance with the former president.
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President Biden began his national address with a deep breath, a heavy sigh.
Continue reading “Irate Biden Demands Reform: ‘When In God’s Name’ Will We ‘Stand Up To The Gun Lobby’”Kemp Easily Demolishes Perdue As Trump’s Revenge Crusade Flops
Incumbent Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) emerged victorious in the Republican gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, fending off an anemic challenge from former U.S. senator and Trump endorsee David Perdue.
Continue reading “Kemp Easily Demolishes Perdue As Trump’s Revenge Crusade Flops”The Cult of the Gun
I’ve said this before. It’s the only thing I can think to add to the conversation after yet another mass shooting.
The inability of the U.S. to do literally anything about the scourge of mass shootings is itself one of their greatest draws, the magnetic heart of their attraction. Mass shootings are fundamentally about losers, rage and the draw of total power. For a few minutes a school shooter holds the power of life and death. That power speaks for itself. But that’s only part of it. Nothing reinforces the power of the gun like the way a whole country remains in thrall to them. The gun — and all the fetishes and cultural baggage surrounding them — is the one totally unassailable, unchallengeable thing in American society.
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President Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks at 8:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday in response to a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. The President ordered all U.S. flags on federal property to be flown at half-staff until May 28 as a “mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence.”
Continue reading “Biden Will Deliver Address On Texas School Shooting As Nation Reels From Deaths”GOP Rep Offers Up Own Children In Anti-Trans Senate Campaign Ad
Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) is running in the Oklahoma GOP primary for U.S. Senate. To win, he’s taking aim at transgender people, and using his own kids in the process.
Continue reading “GOP Rep Offers Up Own Children In Anti-Trans Senate Campaign Ad”Where Things Stand: Abbott Says 14 Children And One Teacher Killed In School Shooting
Just days after New York state was rocked by a devastating mass shooting in Buffalo where 10 people were killed by a white gunman, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) confirmed this afternoon that more than a dozen children were murdered in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Continue reading “Where Things Stand: Abbott Says 14 Children And One Teacher Killed In School Shooting”Five Points On The Signature Forgery Scandal That’s Scrambling Michigan Politics
The crowded race for Michigan’s Republican gubernatorial nomination might thin out quite a bit by the end of the week.
Continue reading “Five Points On The Signature Forgery Scandal That’s Scrambling Michigan Politics”Trump Reminds Everyone That He Supports Perdue As Ex-GOP Senator Tanks In Polls
Former President Trump on Tuesday tried to pump some energy into former Sen. David Perdue’s (R-GA) campaign amid the Trump endorsee’s poor performance in polls heading into the Georgia gubernatorial Republican primary race against incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp (R).
Continue reading “Trump Reminds Everyone That He Supports Perdue As Ex-GOP Senator Tanks In Polls”Charges Filed In Gaetz-Linked Florida Ghost Candidate Scheme
Three Floridians were charged Tuesday in relation to an alleged 2020 scheme to run sham candidates in local elections, part of a convoluted plot with murky links to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).
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