Pennsylvania Legislators Push Looser Gun Laws While Decrying Gun Violence
As gun deaths climb in rural Pennsylvania, state lawmakers take aim at a familiar foe: Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner.
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Rashida Tlaib Is Trying to Fix the Espionage Act, but Whistleblowers Are Probably Out of Luck
The antiquated measure is an abuse of the legal system, but the Justice Department has no incentive to stop using it.
After Bucking AIPAC Line, Rep. Sean Casten Returned $50,000 to Right-Leaning Pro-Israel Donors
The refunds indicate the Illinois House member has a strained relationship with pro-Israel groups that supported his reelection.
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Anti-Abortion Zealots Were Precursor to Donald Trump's Right-Wing Shock Troops
The two camps merged during the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Rhode Island Progressives Push for Takeover of State Democratic Party
Progressive slates offer a state-level model for the left to overcome the stagnation of Biden’s presidency and the national Democratic Party.
Ron Johnson Campaign Scrambled to Pull “Mass Murder” Ad After July 4 Mass Shooting
“The latest mass murder in America didn’t involve guns,” began the senator’s radio ad that became incorrect before it even hit the air.
Biden Administration Pushes More Ocean Drilling Amid Record Oil and Gas Profits
With new drilling permits proposed in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska, a Public Citizen study finds that low royalties let fossil fuel producers maximize earnings.
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Democrats' Cowardice and Complicity in the Post-Roe World
The liberal establishment refuses to take any sort of risk in the service of women’s and other pregnant people’s lives.
The End of Roe
Democrats Don’t Have a Plan, but Abortion Rights Activists Do: “We Will Primary Everybody"
Worried the Democratic establishment is failing heed the urgency of the moment, a once-pacified left faces down arrests to send a message.
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The Supreme Court's Shock-and-Awe Judicial Coup
The rolling judicial coup coming from this court is by no means over.