Noam Chomsky

• Former QAnon believer unloads daftly bizarre conspiracy theory about Biden
  A former QAnon believer who recently detailed one of the far-right group's most bizarre conspiracy theories about President Joe Biden shows just how deep the subterfuge goes. On Monday, March 1, CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota discussed the conspiracy theories with a panel of several former believers. As the group expressed concern about their friends and […]
  Meaghan Ellis
• Dem chairman corrects Ted Cruz after he repeatedly lies about Merrick Garland
  U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday voted with many of his Republican colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee against confirming Judge Merrick Garland to be the next Attorney General, and did so in a speech designed for the Fox News and OANN cameras – and the fact-checkers. In short, most of Cruz's claims were […]
  The New Civil Rights Movement
• GOP Congresswoman Greene publicly blasted Big Tech while quietly selling her own stock in their companies
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has publicly lambasted big tech companies for allegedly attempting to censure the free speech of Trump-supporting Republicans. But behind closed doors, she was quietly selling off stock, according to a new report. Shortly after Greene was elected to Congress, she found herself at the center of controversy for pushing dangerous […]
  Meaghan Ellis
• Biden criticized for lack of transparency after refusing to publicize virtual visitor logs
  While President Joe Biden has been less secretive than his immediate predecessor, watchdog groups—unimpressed by the president's ability to clear the low ethical bar set by former President Donald Trump and frustrated by the White House's refusal to release virtual visitor logs despite the ongoing need for online meetings—are criticizing the current administration for its […]
  Common Dreams
• Kamala Harris has a big role in Biden's administration — and a new report may explain why
  A new report from Politico this week tried to shed light on a phenomenon many observers have noticed in the White House. Vice President Kamala Harris seems to have a more central and emphasized role in the new administration than is typically afforded to her position — more significant than even Joe Biden's role in […]
  Cody Fenwick
• Here's the awkward way CNN's Chris Cuomo admitted he can't cover his brother's ballooning scandal
  Just as CNN host Chris Cuomo was starting his 9 p.m. show on Monday, his brother Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York faced greater political peril than he has ever yet seen. On top of the ongoing scandal over his handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent cover-up of these deaths, […]
  Cody Fenwick
• Trump's sad little spectacle at CPAC sent Republicans a warning shot
  With his trademark hair helmet a bit less brassy and his bronzer evenly applied, a rested and recharged former president Donald J. Trump made his triumphant return to the main stage at the annual CPAC convention on Sunday and it was like he never left. Delivering a patented 90-minute rally speech that could have been […]
  Heather Digby Parton
• America goes to war with itself
  "Are you okay?" asked a friend and military spouse in the voicemail she left me on the afternoon the mob of Trump supporters breached the Capitol so violently. At home with a new baby, her Navy reservist husband stationed in Germany, the thoughts running through her head that day would prove remarkably similar to mine. […]
  TomDispatch
• New York attorney general launches new probe of disturbing allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo
  New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Monday that she has received a referral letter to move forward with an independent investigation into sexual harassment allegations made against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo by former members of his staff. "This is not a responsibility we take lightly as allegations of sexual harassment should always […]
  Jon Skolnik
• How Biden can potentially freeze dozens of Trump's 'damaging' last-minute policies
  Public Citizen revealed Monday that President Joe Biden can potentially freeze—and more swiftly reverse—over two dozen more regulatory rollbacks forced through at the last minute by his predecessor's administration due to violations of federal law."The Trump administration's moves to lock-in last-minute regulatory rollbacks were plagued with unprecedented and unlawful legal tactics that make them much […]
  Common Dreams