Two muscle cars pulled up to the corner of Marietta Street and Centennial Park Drive in the middle of the Atlanta protest Wednesday, to do burnouts across from CNN Center. Clouds of smoke covered protesters, screening them instantly from the… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Politics’
Trump Built His Own Green Zone. He Got the Wall He Deserves.
Concrete barricades are placed behind fencing outside of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House, following a night of protests near the White House in Washington, D.C., June 4, 2020. Photo: Tom Brenner/Reuters An array of what might… Read More ›
Big Pharma Attacks Efforts to Guard Against Coronavirus Price Gouging
After House Democrats announced a plan to ensure that drugs and vaccines for Covid-19 are affordable and accessible to all, a coalition of conservative groups began quietly working to undermine that effort. On April 15, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., along… Read More ›
Right-Wing Group Seeks to Purge Up to 800,000 Voters in Pennsylvania, a Key Battleground State
Six states are facing federal lawsuits and threats of litigation from the ultra-conservative nonprofit Judicial Watch that could jeopardize the integrity of upcoming primary and general elections. The suits claim that states are not properly maintaining voter rolls as required… Read More ›
Left-Right Alliance Takes Aim at Surveillance Bill
President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a rare veto threat, promising to reject a renewal of his surveillance authorities if approved by the House of Representatives. If the FISA Bill is passed tonight on the House floor, I will quickly… Read More ›
Inside the Influential Evangelical Group Mobilizing to Reelect Trump
“The Covid virus has been a gift from God,” began Ken Eldred. “The kingdom of God advances through a series of glorious victories, cleverly disguised as disasters.” In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Eldred noted, millions of Americans are turning… Read More ›
Trump Hails "Good Bloodlines" of Henry Ford, Whose Anti-Semitism Inspired Hitler
Donald Trump’s campaign to change the subject from the coronavirus pandemic took a bizarre turn on Thursday, as the president paused during a speech at a Ford Motor Company plant in Michigan to praise the “good bloodlines” of the family… Read More ›
“The Jungle” and the Pandemic: The Meat Industry, Coronavirus, and an Economy in Crisis
Subscribe to the Intercepted podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Radio Public, and other platforms. New to podcasting? Click here. The presidency of Donald Trump has placed a mirror in front of the harsh realities of the United… Read More ›
Alarm and Confusion at Fox News as Trump Says He Takes Hydroxychloroquine
Fox News viewers were warned on Monday not to take medical advice from the president, following Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that he takes the drug hydroxychloroquine, based on his belief that it could prevent him from becoming infected with Covid-19… Read More ›
Ben Smith's NYT Critique of Ronan Farrow Describes a Toxic, Corrosive, and Still-Vibrant Trump-Era Pathology: "Resistance Journalism"
The New York Times’ recently hired media columnist Ben Smith, who spent the previous nine years as editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed as it grew into a media behemoth, did something Sunday night that very few other U.S. journalists would be willing to do:… Read More ›