October 2019 feels like a lifetime ago. Covid-19 didn’t exist yet. Donald Trump was president. George Floyd was alive.
And on a sunny, brisk fall day in Queens, New York, in a baseball field under a bridge across the street from the country’s biggest public housing project (Queensbridge, which birthed rap legends like Nas and Mobb Deep), a balding U.S. senator from Vermont held a rally.
Bernie Sanders had just had a heart attack earlier that month, declaring “I am back!” to the crowd of 26,000 who had turned...
And on a sunny, brisk fall day in Queens, New York, in a baseball field under a bridge across the street from the country’s biggest public housing project (Queensbridge, which birthed rap legends like Nas and Mobb Deep), a balding U.S. senator from Vermont held a rally.
Bernie Sanders had just had a heart attack earlier that month, declaring “I am back!” to the crowd of 26,000 who had turned...
- 5/20/2021
- by Reed Dunlea
- Rollingstone.com
“‘Trump money’ is what we call it,’ Missouri farmer Robert Henry told NPR of the taxpayer-funded subsidies sent to him and other farmers by the Department of Agriculture.
Farm subsidies have now hit a 14-year high after the Usda sent out payments of approximately $16 billion in aid in 2019 and $12 billion in 2018. The two-year total of $28 billion paid to American farmers tops the auto-industry bailout following the 2008 financial crisis by billions.
The other key differences between the auto bailout and the recent farm subsidies, NPR points out, are the lack of...
Farm subsidies have now hit a 14-year high after the Usda sent out payments of approximately $16 billion in aid in 2019 and $12 billion in 2018. The two-year total of $28 billion paid to American farmers tops the auto-industry bailout following the 2008 financial crisis by billions.
The other key differences between the auto bailout and the recent farm subsidies, NPR points out, are the lack of...
- 1/2/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
A day after a televised confrontation with President Trump underscored why she’s the only woman for the job, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-ca) appears to be a lock to return as the Speaker of the House in January.
Many of the leaders of an insurgency to deny her the gavel reversed their position Wednesday, citing an agreement for the House to vote on term limits for top Democratic leadership.
The agreement could spur turnover among senior party positions. The rule to be voted on creates a three-term (six-year) limit for top House leaders,...
Many of the leaders of an insurgency to deny her the gavel reversed their position Wednesday, citing an agreement for the House to vote on term limits for top Democratic leadership.
The agreement could spur turnover among senior party positions. The rule to be voted on creates a three-term (six-year) limit for top House leaders,...
- 12/13/2018
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
President Trump didn't fork over hush money to Stormy Daniels to keep their sexual liaison from his wife, because Melania knows his "history" with women ... so says U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge. The Ohio congresswoman scoffed at the notion Trump might argue his motivation for the Stormy pact was saving his marriage. As for whether it was a cover-up for election purposes ... Fudge says it's not definitive one way or the other. For the record...
- 12/10/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Washington — Nancy Pelosi can’t be stopped.
In a private vote on Wednesday, House Democrats reelected Pelosi as speaker for the upcoming 116th Congress, which begins early next year. The vote was 203 to 32, with three blanks and one absent. She wasn’t expected to face any trouble within the confines of the Democratic caucus, especially given that no other Democrat publicly stepped up to challenge her in time for Wednesday’s vote.
“It was so inspiring to hear my colleagues place my name and nomination, once again, for speaker of the House.
In a private vote on Wednesday, House Democrats reelected Pelosi as speaker for the upcoming 116th Congress, which begins early next year. The vote was 203 to 32, with three blanks and one absent. She wasn’t expected to face any trouble within the confines of the Democratic caucus, especially given that no other Democrat publicly stepped up to challenge her in time for Wednesday’s vote.
“It was so inspiring to hear my colleagues place my name and nomination, once again, for speaker of the House.
- 11/28/2018
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
Nancy Pelosi appears to be safe. The Democrats opposing her bid to resume her role as Speaker of the House — specifically Reps. Tim Ryan (D-oh) and Seth Moulton (D-ma) — keep stepping on rakes. Everyone from freshman member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to former president Barack Obama have given Pelosi their full-throated endorsement. Yes, 16 Democrats signed a letter earlier this week rebuking her, but 16 donors published one of their own that implied they would suddenly become awfully frugal were Pelosi replaced as leader.
But the most significant indicator that this may be over...
But the most significant indicator that this may be over...
- 11/21/2018
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
Kate McKinnon skewered Laura Ingraham for the second time this month in a Saturday Night Live cold open that challenged Fox News’ voter fraud claims, a conspiracy theory also pushed by Donald Trump.
In the sketch, McKinnon’s host began by commentating on this week’s current events like “celebrities in California are whining about a little fire, while the President is under constant attack from rain.”
Before attacking the segment’s main topic of voter fraud, McKinnon’s Ingraham also created a listicle of things that “sound true but...
In the sketch, McKinnon’s host began by commentating on this week’s current events like “celebrities in California are whining about a little fire, while the President is under constant attack from rain.”
Before attacking the segment’s main topic of voter fraud, McKinnon’s Ingraham also created a listicle of things that “sound true but...
- 11/18/2018
- by Ilana Kaplan
- Rollingstone.com
It was Kate McKinnon’s turn for the Saturday Night Live cold open, reprising her sketch on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show The Ingraham Angle as she attacked some of the recent news of the week. Or, as she put it, “Celebrities in California are whining about a little fire, while the President is under constant attack from rain.”
“Ingraham” rolled through some Fox schtick, including a list of things that “sound true but can’t be dismissed just because it isn’t true and sounds insane.” Among the listicle facts: “Latinos have a baby every three months,” and “If the earth is so warm, then why are my feet cold?”
Next up was Judge Jeanine Pirro (Cecily Strong), who voiced her suspicions on a variety of voter fraud conspiracies. She saw a man vote twice in Atlanta and that a single man...
“Ingraham” rolled through some Fox schtick, including a list of things that “sound true but can’t be dismissed just because it isn’t true and sounds insane.” Among the listicle facts: “Latinos have a baby every three months,” and “If the earth is so warm, then why are my feet cold?”
Next up was Judge Jeanine Pirro (Cecily Strong), who voiced her suspicions on a variety of voter fraud conspiracies. She saw a man vote twice in Atlanta and that a single man...
- 11/18/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The midterm elections were held two weeks ago, and as votes are still being counted in some parts of the country, voter fraud is still a hot topic. “Saturday Night Live” got in on the discussion with its Nov. 17 episode cold open that saw Kate McKinnon return to “The Ingraham Angle” desk as Laura Ingraham. But the sketch hardly stopped there — also taking shots at Facebook, Nancy Pelosi and the Vape God, who McKinnon as Ingraham pointed out was “a real person I had on my show.”
McKinnon as Ingraham started the sketch by claiming rampant voter fraud “allowed Democrats to literally steal the election.”
“Some have claimed that suburban women revolted against the Republican party, but doesn’t it feel more true that all Hispanics voted twice? You can’t dismiss that idea simply because it isn’t true and sounds insane,” she said.
That led her to introduce “feel fact,...
McKinnon as Ingraham started the sketch by claiming rampant voter fraud “allowed Democrats to literally steal the election.”
“Some have claimed that suburban women revolted against the Republican party, but doesn’t it feel more true that all Hispanics voted twice? You can’t dismiss that idea simply because it isn’t true and sounds insane,” she said.
That led her to introduce “feel fact,...
- 11/18/2018
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
The cold open sketch on this week’s “SNL” saw Kate McKinnon once again portray Fox News host Laura Ingraham on her show “The Ingraham Angle.” This time the ersatz Ingraham brought back Cecily Strong as “Judge” Jeanine Pirro, as well as Leslie Jones playing Democratic congresswoman Marcia Fudge and Pete Davidson as someone called the Vape God.
McKinnon’s Ingraham kicked off her show by bemoaning the fact that celebrities are “whining” about the wildfires in California while “our president is being attacked by rain” — a reference to Trump’s recent trip to France in which he opted out of a World War I memorial ceremony.
Then, Ingraham took issue with the idea that white women rebelled against republican leadership in the midterm elections — instead, she said, the issue is that all Latinos voted multiple times.
“You can’t dismiss that idea simply because it isn’t true and sounds insane,...
McKinnon’s Ingraham kicked off her show by bemoaning the fact that celebrities are “whining” about the wildfires in California while “our president is being attacked by rain” — a reference to Trump’s recent trip to France in which he opted out of a World War I memorial ceremony.
Then, Ingraham took issue with the idea that white women rebelled against republican leadership in the midterm elections — instead, she said, the issue is that all Latinos voted multiple times.
“You can’t dismiss that idea simply because it isn’t true and sounds insane,...
- 11/18/2018
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
A record 102 women were elected to the House of Representatives this cycle — close to half of them women of color — and Democrats made massive gains, many in close elections that were decided by female voters. 2018 is, indisputably, the year of the woman — you just wouldn’t know it by looking at the Democratic House leadership where the lone woman, Nancy Pelosi, is fending off calls to pass the torch to a younger generation while the men she’s groomed or installed around her — Steny Hoyer, Jim Clyburn, Ben Ray Luján...
- 11/16/2018
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
There’s an insurrection brewing in the House of Pelosi.
An intractable group on the Democratic Party’s center flank is working to deny Nancy Pelosi the speaker’s gavel. The leaders of the block-Pelosi effort — which roughly mirrors the right-wing Freedom Caucus’ play to oust Republican Speaker John Boehner in 2015 — include Reps. Seth Moulton (D-ma), a 40-year-old former Marine officer, and Tim Ryan (D-oh) a 45-year-old former college quarterback who ran against Pelosi for the minority leader post in 2016 and lost badly, 134–63.
Their gambit is complex; here’s a...
An intractable group on the Democratic Party’s center flank is working to deny Nancy Pelosi the speaker’s gavel. The leaders of the block-Pelosi effort — which roughly mirrors the right-wing Freedom Caucus’ play to oust Republican Speaker John Boehner in 2015 — include Reps. Seth Moulton (D-ma), a 40-year-old former Marine officer, and Tim Ryan (D-oh) a 45-year-old former college quarterback who ran against Pelosi for the minority leader post in 2016 and lost badly, 134–63.
Their gambit is complex; here’s a...
- 11/16/2018
- by Tim Dickinson and Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
It’s easy in this era of Trump’s America — and particularly in the last couple weeks — to focus all our energies on the loud issues. Which usually revolves around whatever Donald Trump himself is doing and saying. But it’s just as important to keep track of what’s going on behind Trump, as Seth Meyers noted in a new edition of “The Check In” on Tuesday’s episode of “Late Night.”
“It is important to note that while the media focuses on Trump’s daily tweets and scandals, outbursts and distractions, the government he installed is hard at work making policy that affects our lives,” Meyers said to begin the segment. “And one of those installations, secretary of education Betsy DeVos, has been quietly overseeing a massive rollback of civil rights regulations in her department.”
“The Check In,” for those who aren’t familiar with this segment, is...
“It is important to note that while the media focuses on Trump’s daily tweets and scandals, outbursts and distractions, the government he installed is hard at work making policy that affects our lives,” Meyers said to begin the segment. “And one of those installations, secretary of education Betsy DeVos, has been quietly overseeing a massive rollback of civil rights regulations in her department.”
“The Check In,” for those who aren’t familiar with this segment, is...
- 7/25/2018
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
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