Jake Johnson

As Hurricane Florence Barrels Toward US, Document Reveals Trump Moved $10M From FEMA to ICE

“The administration transferred millions of dollars away from FEMA. And for what? To implement their profoundly misguided ‘zero tolerance’ policy.”

As Hurricane Florence Barrels Toward US, Document Reveals Trump Moved $10M From FEMA to ICE

As over a million Americans rush to evacuate their homes just days before Hurricane Florence is expected to slam into the Carolinas, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) released documents late Tuesday showing that the Trump administration transferred nearly $10 million away from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) just ahead of hurricane season

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Family of Mollie Tibbetts Tell Right-Wingers to Stop Exploiting Her Death for Racist, Anti-Immigrant Narrative

“We are not so fucking small-minded that we generalize a whole population based on some bad individuals. Now stop being a fucking snake and using my cousins death as political propaganda.”

Family of Mollie Tibbetts Tell Right-Wingers to Stop Exploiting Her Death for Racist, Anti-Immigrant Narrative

As Fox News, President Donald Trump, and right-wing commentators continue to shamelessly exploit the murder of 20-year-old Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts to advance their anti-immigrant narrative and cruel policy agenda, members of

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Jake Tapper Admits CNN’s “Fact Check” on Medicare for All Didn’t Include Facts

“Having now acknowledged the need for two corrections, he should consider whether he and the other people working on this understand the issue of Medicare for All well enough to appoint themselves as fact checkers.”

Jake Tapper Admits CNN’s “Fact Check” on Medicare for All Didn’t Include Facts

After nearly three days of constant pressure, clear explanations of basic facts, and bit of healthy shaming, CNN's Jake Tapper

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Shed Not a Tear for War Criminal John Brennan, Say Legal Experts

But also recognize the danger of Trump abusing his power to punish critics.

Shed Not a Tear for War Criminal John Brennan, Say Legal Experts

While Democratic senators, corporate talking heads, former national security officials, and Twitter pundits issued dire proclamations about the "

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Lawmakers Demand Answers About US Role in Saudi Slaughter of Yemeni Civilians

Noting that he served on active duty as a Judge Advocate General officer in the U.S. Air Force, Lieu wrote that “a number of the coalition’s airstrikes look like war crimes.”

Lawmakers Demand Answers About US Role in Saudi Slaughter of Yemeni Civilians

In the wake of the U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition's horrific bombing of a school bus last week that killed 40 Yemeni children and amid 

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In Private Meeting, Facebook Exec Warns News Outlets to Cooperate or Die

“Anyone who does care about news needs to understand Facebook as a fundamental threat.”

In Private Meeting, Facebook Exec Warns News Outlets to Cooperate or Die

During a closed-door and off-the-record meeting last week, top Facebook executive Campbell Brown reportedly warned news publishers that refusal to cooperate with the tech behemoth's efforts to "revitalize

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Saudi Government-Linked Account Tweets Threat of 9/11 Style Attack on Canada

“If you represent a kingdom which brought forth the majority of 9/11 attackers, don’t use a plane flying into a tower in North America when you have a disagreement with Canada. It doesn’t help.”

Saudi Government-Linked Account Tweets Threat of 9/11 Style Attack on Canada

As tensions between Saudi Arabia and Canada continue to soar after the Canadian Foreign Ministry dared to condemn the kingdom's imprisonment of dissidents and human rights activists, a verified Twitter

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