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 2023-01-25 10:48 

New Statesman

Leader: What Germany gets wrong...

The war in Ukraine is among the biggest tests the EU has faced but instead of showing leadership, Olaf Scholz has floundered....

 2023-01-25 10:45 

Slate Magazine

Sometimes, Reality Itself Is a Little Too Woke...

Conservatives keep saying "voter suppression" is a hysterical, liberal myth. And then one of them goes and brags about it....

 2023-01-25 10:13 

New Statesman

Sunak is finding Tory MPs ungovernable...

The party has forced its latest victim of a prime minister into a succession of U-turns....

 2023-01-25 10:03 

The Daily Beast

'Extraordinary' Is a Superhero Show for People Tired of Superheroes...

A new Hulu comedy takes superpowers and brings them into the real world—where average people are still pretty average, even if they can control your mind....

 2023-01-25 10:00 

Washington Post

White House zeroes in on its next top economist...

The president plans to name Brainard, currently vice chair of the Federal Reserve, to head the National Economic Council....

 2023-01-25 10:00 

NY Times

Biden Leery of Involvement in Potential Plea Deal in Sept. 11 Case...

A proposal to end a decade-long attempt to seek the death penalty before a military tribunal carries political risks, but the Trump administration also decided the system failed....

 2023-01-25 10:00 

NY Times

2023's Biggest, Most Unusual Race Centers on Abortion and Democracy...

The election for a swing seat on Wisconsin's Supreme Court has huge policy stakes for the battleground state. Cash is pouring in, and some of the candidates have shed any pretense of judicial neutrality....

 2023-01-25 10:00 

Washington Post

Possible retirements before 2024 have Senate Democrats on edge...

Senate Democrats returned to Washington to wield their newly expanded majority this week, but the specter of potential retirements in their ranks is already raising anxiety....

 2023-01-25 10:00 

Slate Magazine

Addy the American Girl Is More Than a "Slave" Doll...

It seems like every six months another person brings this discourse back online....

 2023-01-25 10:00 

Slate Magazine

The "Other NRA" Fighting Restaurant Workers...

How restaurant workers' own money is used to lobby against increasing their wages....

 2023-01-25 10:00 

Slate Magazine

Women Are Talking, But is the Academy Listening?...

Plus, the new reality show Traitors, and the coming of the AI chat bots....

 2023-01-25 09:57 

The Daily Beast

Ron DeSantis' Secret Twitter Army of Far-Right Influencers...

Ron DeSantis' political operation has been recruiting conservative influencers. But the personalities DeSantis is attracting have plenty of problems....

 2023-01-25 09:57 

The Daily Beast

King Charles 'Will Not Want' Prince Andrew to Challenge Giuffre Case...

"I very much doubt Andrew will get this off the ground," a friend of Charles tells The Daily Beast. "There is no love lost between the brothers. There is no way back for Andrew."...

 2023-01-25 09:57 

The Daily Beast

Swarm of Tanks Is Just the Start of Putin's New Nightmare...

They just might tip the scales....

 2023-01-25 09:56 

The Daily Beast

Ex-'Canadian Idol' Star Is Obsessed with Helping You Start an Ant Farm...

His singing brought him fame—but his real passion is teaching people to raise insects....

 2023-01-25 09:56 

The Daily Beast

The Obscure New York Law That Could Dismantle Trump's Empire...

Trump's legal team has delayed actually arguing the facts. But now his family company is under threat of being dissolved, and he could have to pay up big....

 2023-01-25 09:56 

The Daily Beast

The Waterfall Capital of the World is Your Next Great Lakes Adventure...
 2023-01-25 09:55 

The Daily Beast

Inside the Democratic 'SWAT Team' Combating the GOP's Biden Probes...

Republicans are preparing to go after Biden in major ways. But Democrats have assembled outside groups to run interference and counterpunch....

 2023-01-25 09:55 

The Daily Beast

'Cat Person' Lights the Viral Short Story's Powerful Ending on Fire—Literally...

This is not the New Yorker story you remember, as the film adaptation warps it into a trashy, absurd, and bizarre thriller....

 2023-01-25 09:55 

The Daily Beast

George Santos' Latest Crisis Is Happening Inside His Office...

Puck reporter Tina Nguyen joins this week's Fever Dreams to discuss George Santos and the civil war brewing between his staffers and the far-right figures he's begun to consult....

 2023-01-25 09:50 

New Statesman

We can't ignore the pensions time bomb...

Younger workers could end up with higher taxes and poorer pensions while subsidising comfortable retirees....

 2023-01-25 08:00 

New Statesman

Labour thinks it has solved the Brexit conundrum, but will not rejoin the EU...

At Davos, Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves showed what a stable Britain that's safe for investors might look like....

 2023-01-25 08:00 

New Statesman

Labour considering plan to soften Brexit...

The party could embrace dynamic alignment with European regulations in a bid to boost economic growth....

 2023-01-25 08:00 

New Statesman

Labour considering plan to soften Brexit...

The party could embrace dynamic alignment with European regulations in a bid to boost economic growth....

 2023-01-25 08:00 

New Statesman

Why Labour thinks it has solved the Brexit conundrum...

If Keir Starmer's party wins, expect a slew of specific UK-EU treaties to be negotiated....

 2023-01-25 06:30 

MSNBC

U.S. classified document 'spillage' issue plain after Pence documents also discovered...

Bradley Moss, a national security attorney, talks with Alex Wagner about the difference in the cases of classified documents found at the properties of Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and Mike Pence, including the difference in how A.G. Garland will approach the...

 2023-01-25 06:12 

The Daily Beast

Stephen Colbert Exposes Tucker Carlson's Creepy M&Ms Fetish...

'The Late Show' host broke down just how bizarre it was that the candy company retired their "spokescandies" just because they no longer "turned on" the Fox News star....

 2023-01-25 05:57 

MSNBC

Why a Georgia D.A. investigating Trump wants to keep grand jury's report sealed...

Gwen Keyes Fleming, former DeKalb County, Georgia district attorney, and Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney, talk with Alex Wagner about why Fulton County, Georgia D.A. Fani Willis asked a judge to keep the report by the special grand jury investigatin...

 2023-01-25 05:48 

MSNBC

DA Willis hints at next moves in Trump probe...

As a judge considers whether to release the grand jury report on the Trump election probe in Georgia, the DA suggests indictment decisions are "imminent." Meantime, classified documents were found at former Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana ...

 2023-01-25 05:21 

Media Matters

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 2023-01-25 05:06 

The Daily Beast

DirecTV Officially Dumps Pro-Trump Channel Newsmax...

The conservative cable outlet was cut loose after the two sides failed to agree on terms, taking away a chunk of Newsmax's cable footprint....

 2023-01-25 05:04 

MSNBC

The Last Thing: "You do you"...

As Jacinda Ardern makes her final public appearance as New Zealand's Prime Minister, she shares advice for her successor Chris Hipkins....

 2023-01-25 04:58 

MSNBC

Shootings bring new terror to Asian-American community already facing racism, violence...

Alex Wagner looks at how a change in racist U.S. immigration policy allowed Asian immigrant communities to grow in California but discrimination and threats persisted and spiked through the Covid era, only to be compounded by the terror of recent mass sho...

 2023-01-25 04:56 

MSNBC

One-on-One with Philip Bump...

The future of Social Security and Medicare are in the spotlight as Republicans take aim at the bread and butter programs baby boomers rely on. Philip Bump weighs in on the post-war generation and its grip on politics....

 2023-01-25 04:50 

MSNBC

America's numbness to gun violence...

With 40 mass shootings so far in 2023, some have become numb to America's gun violence problem. Juanita Tolliver and Matthew Dowd talk about the dangers of doing so and why it's important to politicize gun violence....

 2023-01-25 04:31 

The Daily Beast

How Rupert Murdoch's Final Grasp for Power Failed So Spectacularly...

Rupert Murdoch is a mogul who's never backed down, stockholders be damned. But now he's finally buckled, setting his succession into chaos....

 2023-01-25 04:29 

MSNBC

Lawrence on why Andrea Joy Campbell is a 'miracle'...

Sixty years after MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell's father and Andrea Campbell's father made Supreme Court history, Attorney General Andrea Campbell and Lawrence discuss the history she made as the first Black woman to serve as Massachusetts...

 2023-01-25 04:21 

MSNBC

Sen. Cortez Masto: Democrats are key to stopping 'extremist' abortion bans...

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell is joined by Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada to discuss legislation she co-sponsored safeguarding the right to cross state lines to access reproductive healthcare services as House Republicans continu...

 2023-01-25 04:18 

MSNBC

Glenn Kirschner: I believe Donald Trump must be indicted to save our democracy...

When it comes to the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol and the attempt to subvert our democracy the wheels of justice are apparently turning. In the two years since the insurrection, the DOJ has made more than 950 arrests. Now critical convictions are being h...

 2023-01-25 04:00 

Crooks and Liars

McCarthy's GOP Or Real Housewives Of DC?...

Randy Rainbow performs a parody of "Master of the House" from Les Miserables while doing a number on the spineless Figurehead of the House Kevin McQarthy. Personally, I think that Randy was being too kind. Open thread below... read more...

 2023-01-25 03:59 

The Daily Beast

Paris Hilton Announces Birth of Secret Baby With Husband Carter Reum...

The heiress and reality TV star stunned fans with the announcement on social media....

 2023-01-25 03:54 

MSNBC

'She's for sale': How Ruben Gallego plans to defeat Kyrsten Sinema in potential three-way race...

Arizonans who voted for Democrat Kyrsten Sinema in 2018 are plenty fed up with the now Independent Senator Sinema, especially the progressive and Latino activists who worked tirelessly to get her elected. This has made Sinema ripe for a Democratic challen...

 2023-01-25 03:30 

Crooks and Liars

Rudy Giuliani Is Playing The Martyr Because He 'Couldn't Stop' Biden's Election...

Rudy Giuliani, a personal attorney for former President Donald Trump, said he is suffering a "tremendous burden" because he couldn't stop President Joe Biden from being elected. On his Sunday radio show, Giuliani complained that Biden does not...

 2023-01-25 03:16 

Media Matters

Sean Hannity: "Vaccines and boosters do not work as they have told us"...
 2023-01-25 02:44 

MSNBC

Pompeo dismisses 'faux outrage' over murder of Khashoggi...

"I personally did not think Mike Pompeo could sink any lower. But he has now surpassed my already low expectations of him," says Chris Hayes on the Trump Secretary of State's new remarks about murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi....

 2023-01-25 02:26 

The Daily Beast

Jesse Watters' Response to Classified Docs Searches: Just Destroy Them...

It was a rare moment of bipartisanship from the Fox News host, who suggested that both Joe Biden and Mike Pence should have just shredded any documents they found....

 2023-01-25 02:16 

MSNBC

Elizabeth Warren: Republicans are running a con game on the debt ceiling...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the national debt conversation: "What we say as Democrats is, 'Look, we're not going to talk about spending cuts so long as you guys are out here just talking about how to protect the billionaires and the giant corpora...

 2023-01-25 02:04 

The Daily Beast

Fox News Flips Out Over 'Woke' Xbox Because Everything Is Stupid...

"They're going after the children," one Fox News host breathlessly warned viewers about a new power-saving function on the video game console....

 2023-01-25 02:03 

NBC

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AP African American Studies course rejected by Florida to undergo revision, College Board says...

The College Board said it would release a new framework for the Advanced Placement course in African American Studies blocked by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis....

 2023-01-25 02:01 

The Daily Beast

Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom's Pissing Contest Is Culture War Idiocy...

Most Americans don't live in Florida or California, but those states' governors are trying to nationalize politics. And that'll make America worse....

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