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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s recent freezes in front of cameras, in conjunction with the comparatively advanced ages of the two presidential front-runners, has American voters thinking about politicians’ ages. Drew Angerer / Getty Images Presidents are getting older and older. Former President Donald Trump was the oldest person to assume office when he …
As Brian Beutler pointed out in his Off Message newsletter, this was worthy of alarm bells: “The question of whether elites, particularly center-right elites, choose to abide fascism is central to the survival of democracy.” In a later post, Beutler dove deeper into Dimon’s rhetoric, and found evidence that whatever ties that might have …
Don McGahn in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York on January 9, 2017Albin Lohr-Jones/DPA via ZUMA Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Donald McGahn, like all White House counsels who have served before him, has a broad portfolio but one …
In a little-known mountainous area called Hunza Valley, located far north of Pakistan, people seem to defy all medical odds. It is primarily home to the Burusho and Wakhi people, who for centuries have survived and thrived in remote villages — with minimal amenities and rudimentary health facilities. Studies have found that the average …
Antioch mayoral candidate Ron Bernal called it a ‘sad day.’ Source link
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips took to social media Friday to reveal significant layoffs within his 2024 presidential campaign team. Phillips attributed the decision to financial constraints but, despite the setback, said he remains committed to his presidential bid and is determined to persevere in the race. “Today, sadly, I had to announce layoffs …
French police shot and killed a Sudanese national who had attempted to attack passengers on a Paris tram with a butcher knife in the early hours of Saturday morning. A 40-year-old man from the nation of Sudan dressed in a North African djellaba robe and carrying a “notebook with Arabic inscriptions” in one hand …
TV host Wade Stotts examines what politics actually is and how "friend-enemy dynamics" trump liberal discourse and the marketplace of ideas. Full transcript: Source link
Donald Trump’s legal debts might now exceed a half-billion dollars. Source link
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