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In an interview with Charlie Sykes’s “Bulwark Podcast” on Wednesday, anti-Trump Republican Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) said that he’s expecting a massive amount of his Republican colleagues to vote against accepting Joe Biden’s Electoral College certification on January 6th. Asked by Sykes to speculate on how many in the GOP House would take such a stance, Kinzinger could hardly keep the ...

In a stark indication that the new, mutated strain of COVID-19 that has been infecting the population of the UK has been in the United States for some time, Colorado officials confirmed Tuesday that they’ve identified the first official case of the virus in a patient with no history of travel. The strain, which is believed to be much more ...

Over the weekend, vandals smashed a sculpted bust of Breonna Taylor in Oakland, California, drawing scorn from its creator, who only installed the art a couple of weeks ago. In remarks to the local news, Leo Carson said the Black Lives Matter art was important to the community and that whoever destroyed it had only proven the need for BLM ...

In a virtual event last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said that Democrats would enjoy the power of the supermajority if they can win both Georgia Senate runoff races on January 5th. Though winning both races would only tie the Senate (giving Kamala Harris the tie-breaking vote), Pelosi said that Democrats can use the reconciliation process to pass legislation, ...

Reports began surfacing last week that there is a new strain of COVID-19 circulating within the United Kingdom that is even more contagious than the original version. While the new strain is not currently thought to be any more deadly or dangerous than the coronavirus we’ve been dealing with all year, its communicability has world leaders concerned. On Monday, the ...

Joe Biden promised on the campaign trail that he would begin dismantling President Trump’s immigration policies on the first day of his presidency, starting with the “Remain in Mexico” program that has done wonders to keep asylum-seekers on the other side of the border while their cases are being processed. Biden also promised that he would put a full-scale halt ...

Well, if you ever wanted a clear-eyed preview of what we can expect out of the next four years, we certainly got a taste of it on Monday. After Congress passed a massive $900 billion coronavirus stimulus package (unread by 100% of lawmakers, who were given the legislation six hours before the vote), Joe Biden hopped on social media to ...

At a press conference on Sunday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi went out of her way to avoid a CNN reporter who had one simple question: Why is it okay for Democrats to accept a $900 billion coronavirus stimulus package now when they rejected a much larger offer from the Senate earlier this year? This would seem like a sensible, reasonable ...

Remember that crisp September day in 2001 when white Christian nationalists hijacked airplanes and flew them into the Twin Towers? Remember back in 2016 when that white Christian nationalist walked into an Orlando nightclub to kill 49 people? Hmm, remember back in this very summer when cities like Minneapolis and Kenosha were destroyed by white Christian nationalists? Well, if you ...

Some public health experts are speaking out against the federal government’s proposal to put the elderly at the front of the line for the new coronavirus vaccine. While seniors are much more likely to suffer the worst effects of COVID and thus would seem to be reasonable candidates for the first doses, these experts argue that essential workers should jump ...