Noam Chomsky

• Biden has been welcomed by Pope Francis — but shunned by right-wing US Catholics: report
  President Joe Biden, a devout Catholic, has been welcomed by Pope Francis. But reporter Kathryn Joyce, in an article published by Mother Jones on November 26, stresses that while Biden is on friendly terms with the Pope, some right-wing bishops in the United States remain openly hostile to him.“Once Biden won, many right-wing Catholics shifted […]
  Alex Henderson
• Lauren Boebert apologizes for comparing Ilhan Omar to a suicide bomber in bigoted rant
  Controversial Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) on Friday apologized after she likened Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) to a suicide bomber. "So I was getting into an elevator with one of my staffers," Boebert said. "He and I, we're leaving the Capitol, we're going back to my office and we get an elevator and I see a […]
  Raw Story
• Anti-vaxxers are pushing unscientific and 'potentially dangerous' ways to de-vaccinate' Americans: report
  While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for U.S.-based adults of all ages, anti-vaxxers continue to spread lies and misinformation about the effectiveness of vaccines. And some of those anti-vaxxers, according to Business Insider’s Tom Porter, are promoting fake and dangerous ways for people who have received COVID-19 vaccines […]
  Alex Henderson
• US Rep. Louie Gohmert joins Texas Republicans running against Attorney General Ken Paxton
  Nov. 22, 2021 "U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert joins Texas Republicans running against Attorney General Ken Paxton" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps […]
  The Texas Tribune
• Ilhan Omar fact-checks 'buffoon' Lauren Boebert — and calls her out for promoting 'anti-Muslim bigotry'
  Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, a far-right MAGA Republican and conspiracy theorist with pro-QAnon views, hasn’t been shy about promoting Islamophobia — especially when it comes to progressive Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. And Omar is calling her out, slamming Boebert as both a “bigot” and a “buffoon.”Boebert has been describing Omar, who is a […]
  Alex Henderson
• Here’s how Trump accidentally helped Pennsylvania’s attorney general destroy his election fraud lies
  Pennsylvania attorney general Josh Shapiro beat back at least 40 legal challenges to Donald Trump's election loss, and he explained how the twice-impeached one-term president undermined his own case.The Democratic attorney general told The Daily Beast's "New Abnormal" podcast that his office started making preparations for the challenges as soon as Trump trotted out his […]
  Travis Gettys
• 'Psychological ownership': Expert explains why Black Friday shoppers throw punches over bargains
  Colleen P. Kirk, New York Institute of Technology Black Friday, the most celebrated shopping day of the year, abounds with tales of fistfights over discounted televisions or even stampedes as consumers rush to get that low-priced sweater they saw in an ad. Many people chalk it up to bad behavior. But marketers like me have […]
  The Conversation
• Anthony Fauci breaks down why a new COVID-19 variant is 'raising some concern'
  Medical experts have been fearing that a new COVID-19 variant would emerge that is even more infectious than the Delta variant, and a new mutation that has emerged in South Africa has some doctors expressing concerns. One of them is 80-year-old expert immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s top White House medical adviser. Fauci […]
  Alex Henderson
• This judge may have just set a devastating precedent for Trump and his allies: columnist
  A Colorado judge slapped two attorneys with a substantial penalty for pursuing Donald Trump's election lies in court, and provided a blueprint for punishing the twice-impeached one-term president's legal enablers.Magistrate judge N. Reid Neureiter ordered attorneys Gary D. Fielder and Ernest John Walker to pay nearly $190,000 to the defendants they sued in baseless election […]
  Travis Gettys
• 'Entirely avoidable': Rich countries blamed as new COVID variant sparks global alarm
  The detection of a new, heavily mutated, and potentially vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant in Botswana and other nations is sending shockwaves worldwide as public health officials rush to understand the strain and its possible impact on the global pandemic response. For vaccine equity campaigners and epidemiologists, the emergence of another highly contagious coronavirus mutation is far […]
  Common Dreams