House progressives call for ceasefire In a first sign of pushback, progressives call for "diplomatic push" with Putin to reach a "realistic" ceasefire Salon · Oct 25, 2022
Protesters interrupt Ted Cruz's interview on 'The View' The protesters repeatedly yelled, "Vote for climate now!" while Cruz spoke about inflation in the United States. WEKU · Oct 25, 2022
Kim Kardashian condemns Kanye West’s antisemitic remarks, stands with Jewish community Kim Kardashian has added her voice to the growing list of those condemning her ex-husband Kanye West for his recent antisemitic remarks. Los Angeles Times · Oct 24, 2022
Conservatives rally around Tucker Carlson’s son Buckley amid nepotism allegations Fox host reportedly once asked Hunter Biden to help son get into college The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022
Fox host confronts Mike Lee over Jan. 6 Host Shannon Bream challenged the Utah Republican over his texts to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows Salon · Oct 24, 2022
Suburban Democrats spend big to hold two U.S. House seats in newly redrawn districts: ‘We are running to win’ Democrats Lauren Underwood and Sean Casten flipped Republican seats to blue four years ago. But now, Republicans Scott Gryder and Keith Pekau are aiming to flip them back to the red team. Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 24, 2022
Arizona voters are facing harassment at the polls by armed intimidators, DOJ investigates The individuals who allegedly harassed a voter accused them of being ‘mules’ The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022
Newsmax bans Lara Logan after QAnon-tinged on-air tirade Rightwing networks says war correspondent turned pundit will not be invited back in view of ‘reprehensible statements’ The Guardian - US · Oct 21, 2022
Murdoch’s succession: who wins from move to reunite Fox and News Corp? Deal would seal legacy with favoured heirs, but markets question whether companies should merge in the first place The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2022
Lachlan Murdoch’s legal team loses bid to have parts of Crikey’s defamation defence dismissed Australian independent publisher’s application to strike out parts of Murdoch’s reply also failed ahead of defamation trial The Guardian - AU · Oct 21, 2022
FACT FOCUS: States, not CDC, set school vaccine requirements A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee on Thursday voted that the agency should update its recommended immunization schedules to add the COVID-19 vaccine, including to the schedule for children The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022
Friday essay: George Orwell is everywhere, but Nineteen Eighty-Four is not a reliable guide to contemporary politics In January 2017, Donald Trump’s advisor Kellyanne Conway was quizzed on White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s false claims about the number of attendees at the president’s inauguration. When pressed on why Spicer would “utter a provable falsehood”, Conway said that Spicer was offering “alternative facts”. The Conversation · Oct 20, 2022
Texas school administrator caught throwing student against wall: ‘My mind just kind of went blank’ The school official no longer works at that campus, but does still work for the organisation The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022
CDC admonishes Tucker Carlson for falsely claiming it will require Covid shots for public school children The Fox News host attacked the CDC after being indirectly called out on Twitter The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022
Salon · Oct 20, 2022 Walker faces angry crowd in Atlanta "This is all a stunt. He's nothing but a house n-----," one man in the crowd was allegedly heard saying
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022 Biden snaps at Fox News reporter for asking him his top priority for US ‘Multiple issues and they’re all important and we ought to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time,’ says Biden
The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022 Mike Pence caught sighing when asked about Kevin McCarthy pledge to limit Ukraine aid if GOP win midterms The House minority leader said he supported Ukraine, but was concerned by the national debt
The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022 Trump news – live: Judge finds Trump likely conspired to defraud US, handing Eastman emails to Jan 6 panel Judge David Carter says Trump knew voter fraud numbers were wrong but ‘continued to tout those numbers, both in court and to the public’
Salon · Oct 19, 2022 Kanye's on the misogyny-to-fascism path The road to Christian nationalism often starts with anger over women's freedom — in this case, Kim Kardashian's
Chicago Tribune · Oct 19, 2022 Commentary: With America so divided and threatened, who are we really? Our Constitution opens with the claim “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union ...” But does this “we the people” claim hold true today? Our political parties across our history have contested fiercely for election victories. But now we face a set…
The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022 Fox News suggests Trump’s Russia case ‘imploding’ after Steele dossier source acquitted ‘You have to wonder if this is Durham’s swan song. There was great expectation here. It’s just fizzled’
The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022 Trump defends Kanye West amid deepening antisemitism controversy: ‘He was great to me’ “He was great, really, to MAGA, to the MAGA movement, which was very impressive.” Trump said this week.
Salon · Oct 18, 2022 Fox News freakout over Kanye West leak "The network is closing in on the 'mole' who was the source of the embarrassing breach," The Daily Beast reports
Reason · Oct 18, 2022 'Pro-Democracy' Journalism's Problem With the Facts Influential media critic Margaret Sullivan demonstrates the perils of letting narrative get ahead of verification.
Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022 New footage shows Gabby Petito in supermarket with fiancé hours before she was killed Gabby's remains were found in a swampy area of Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming, not far from where they were last spotted with Laundry taking his own life weeks later