Had Saturday’s assassination attempt been carried out against President Joe Biden, we have no doubt we would have read about how the right’s dangerous rhetoric was behind it. We are old enough to remember more than a decade back when former Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s use of crosshairs imagery to identify congressional districts—or, as the
We the people were recently treated to a masterclass in political debate courtesy of the House Oversight Committee. “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R., Ga.) told Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D., Texas). Rising to the challenge of her rival, and demonstrating a truly remarkable talent for
Marching Proud Boys wearing black Fred Perry polos and getting into fisticuffs with Antifa. Anonymous hacktivists wearing creepy, plastic Guy Fawkes masks and messing with the computers of law enforcement and other organizations they think corrupt or cruel. Oath Keepers proclaiming to be “Guardians of the Republic” and traveling to the U.S. Capitol with paramilitary
As a Zoomer who grew up glued to shows like Big Brother and Keeping Up With the Kardashians, it’s hard to imagine a time that reality TV even tried to be ethical. Not that that matters to me. In fact, one of the reasons I most enjoy binge-watching Bravo is, to put it simply, watching
Biden told donors this week, ‘It’s time to put Trump in a bullseye’ Donald Trump just before being escorted off the stage in Butler, Pennsylvania. In the weeks preceding the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump Saturday evening, President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders heightened their rhetoric against the former president, warning that Trump
Just last month, Rep. Bennie Thompson mocked GOP criticisms of his effort to strip Trump’s Secret Service detail Rep. Bennie Thompson / Getty Images Secret Service agents shielded Donald Trump with their own bodies after a shooter opened fire on the former president during a Pennsylvania campaign rally Saturday. But if a group of powerful
Former president whisked off stage after sounds of multiple shots heard at Pennsylvania rally Multiple shots rang out at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, with the Republican presidential candidate grimacing and raising his right hand to his right ear as shots rang out, video footage showed. The former president had just started his