Let’s be real for a second. We know Republicans en masse have been downplaying school shootings — and on the whole the party has been allowing the fringe of nutjobs who deny them entirely to become the base they need to appeal to. It’s long been speculated that if the GOP in Congress actually suffered […]
[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] The aftermath of the attempted coup at the Capitol is still being felt. Many of the perpetrators of the attack have not been held accountable, and our own government officials who helped incite the violence have encouraged the country to simply “move on.” Progressive representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been one of […]
If you’ve been on the Internet at all the past 24 hours, you probably haven’t been able to avoid the buzz about GameStop stock. But… you know… what the serious eff is going on?! Reddit users bankrupting a huge hedge fund by buying stock in a failing video game store? How and why and huh?? Related: […]
One of the men who stormed the U.S. Capitol Building in the Washington, D.C.-based MAGA riot that took place earlier this month had apparently been making plans to try to assassinate Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. According to the Department of Justice, and reported on Saturday by TMZ among others, the New York Congresswoman was apparently being specifically targeted by […]
Amazon isn’t about to apologize for pulling the plug on Parler! Over the weekend, the tech giant suspended the pro-Donald Trump (who, btw, was impeached *again* on Wednesday!) social network from its web-hosting service, stating that Parler had violated its terms of service due to its lack of content moderation. Predictably, Parler didn’t go down […]
Nancy Pelosi was narrowly reelected Sunday as speaker, giving her the reins of Democrats’ slender House majority as she and President-elect Joe Biden set a challenging course of producing legislation to tackle the pandemic, revive the economy and address other party priorities. “We accept a responsibility as daunting and demanding as any that previous generations […]
When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) went live on Twitch in late October to play the multiplayer game Among Us and talk, game, and spar with users, it marked an inflection point in our society. If you were one of the 400,000 people who tuned in, you witnessed a moment in history. AOC and Rep. Ilhan […]