Conservative former federal Judge J. Michael Luttig on Sunday surprised MSNBC’s Ali Velshi with his argument that special counsel Jack Smith should definitely attempt to still bring Donald Trump to trial in the former president’s election subversion case before the 2024 election. On the eve of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on whether Trump is […]
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She cemented a conservative Supreme Court, but a ‘cautious’ Justice Barrett sometimes resists the far-right flank
WASHINGTON — Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett appeared to lose patience last week with the right-wing narrative that the Biden administration had unlawfully coerced social media companies to remove politically charged content. In authoring the Supreme Court’s ruling that threw out a lawsuit brought by Republican-led states and several disgruntled social media users, Barrett took […]
The Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security. By a 6-3 vote, the justices threw out lower-court rulings that favored Louisiana, Missouri and […]
Supreme Court sides with Biden administration over conservative states in dispute over social media posts
The Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration on Wednesday in a debate over whether it was a violation of the First Amendment for the federal government to police what they consider to be misinformation on social media, on topics including the 2020 election results and COVID-19 vaccines. The 6-3 vote reversed the Fifth Circuit […]
Conservative US lawmakers are pushing for an end to no-fault divorce
Some prominent conservative lawmakers and commentators are advocating for ending no-fault divorce, laws that exist in all 50 US states and allow a person to end a marriage without having to prove a spouse did something wrong, like commit adultery or domestic violence. The socially conservative, and often religious, rightwing opponents of such divorce laws […]
I’m the parent of a trans daughter. There’s nothing conservative about blocking her care.
I write as the proud father of a courageous, kind and empathetic 24-year-old transgender daughter to provide some insight into our family’s experience with gender-affirming care and hopefully to correct some of the most egregious misinformation about it. In the past year, there has been a tsunami of anti-transgender legislation in the United States, with […]
California school board president who led conservative culture war loses recall vote
Voters in Temecula, California, have ousted the local school board president who thrust the political body to the forefront of rightwing culture wars seeking to eliminate discussions of race and gender identity from the classroom. Joseph Komrosky on Thursday lost a recall vote with 51% of voters favoring his removal. Temecula – a predominantly white […]
Trump to address conservative Christian group that advocates for national abortion ban
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump will address attendees at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “2024 Road to Majority” conference in Washington on Saturday — an evangelical group whose advocacy for a national abortion ban conflicts with Trump’s policy statements on the issue. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has walked a tight rope in […]
Conservative billionaire Timothy Mellon gives $50 million to pro-Trump super PAC
By Jason Lange (Reuters) – Conservative billionaire Timothy Mellon, an heir of the Pittsburgh-based Mellon banking family, gave $50 million last month to a super PAC supporting Republican Donald Trump‘s presidential bid, according to a federal disclosure filed on Thursday. The super PAC, known as MAGA Inc, has been ramping up outlays on television ads […]
Conservative pastor’s abuse scandal doesn’t do Trump any favors
Robert Morris, the founding pastor of a prominent Texas megachurch, has spent years telling congregants that about a “moral failure” from his past. The evangelical Christian didn’t go into detail, but he conceded that it involved a sexual sin that he committed as a young minister. This week, as NBC News reported, the story took […]
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Boris Johnson ‘clearly an asset’ to Conservative election campaign
Boris Johnson is “clearly an asset” to the Tory election campaign, a British Cabinet minister has insisted, after it emerged the former UK prime minister is no longer expected to appear on the trail. UK work and pensions secretary Mel Stride said the former Conservative leader is offering support in the “modern way” by making […]