Tag: 2024 election
How 300 billionaires poured $3 billion into the 2024 elections
A tiny fraction of donors supplied nearly one-fifth of all federal campaign spending as billionaire influence surged to unprecedented levels.
Majority of Democrats want party leaders replaced as DNC turmoil deepens
New polling reveals growing discontent with Democratic leadership as base pushes for stronger opposition to Trump and support for progressive policies.
Elon Musk’s quarter-billion dollar influence: How his spending helped elect Trump
Elon Musk spent over $250 million to support Trump’s 2024 election, raising questions about billionaire influence in democracy.
How we take back the Supreme Court
Wherever you imagine yourself and your family forty years from now, you will still be feeling the effects of this year’s election.
Harris and Sanders sound alarms on Trump’s ‘fascist’ threat as 2024...
As Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders label Trump a “fascist,” warnings mount over his potential second term and its threat to democratic norms.
The empire is going down
In some fashion, we now seem to be on a post-imperial planet in which—if only—the best approach would be: chill, baby, chill.
Walz calls out Trump’s economic failures in Fox News interview, emphasizes...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz defends the Democratic economic plan on Fox News, drawing sharp contrasts with Donald Trump’s tax policies and calling out corporate price gouging.
MAGA-allied Georgia Election Board votes to hand-count ballots: Move could throw...
Voting rights advocates say hand-counting ballots is more time-consuming and could also introduce errors compared to the use of standard voting machines.
Vance cockups sabotage Trump’s core pitch: that his smarts guarantee hiring...
Vance has pushed beyond tone-dead and as a campaigner into brain-dead territory.
10 worst things about the Trump presidency
We cannot afford to forget just how terrible Trump’s time in the White House was for this nation.
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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Speeding up the ‘kill chain’: Pentagon bombs thousands of targets in Iran using Palantir...
The system, known as Project Maven, relies on technology by Palantir and also incorporates the AI model Claude built by Anthropic. Israel has used similar AI targeting programs in Iran, as well as in Gaza and Lebanon.
Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Searching for solace in a nuclearized world
The nightmare of Fukushima 15 years later.
Big Oil profits surge as Democrats push windfall tax tied to Iran war
Lawmakers and advocacy groups propose taxing fossil fuel windfalls as war-driven price spikes hit American households and deepen inequality.