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‘Total politicization’ of FBI: Tim Miller slams Cornyn tracking Dems who left Texas
MSNBC· 2025-08-07 17:56
Apparently, it's happening. Texas Senator John Cornin is now confirming that the FBI is officially on board to track down the Texas Democrats who left the state in an attempt to block Republicans redistricting efforts. It's only the latest escalation in a fight that's now reaching a national boiling point.Democrats have faced bomb scares, a threat from the president himself, and a new investigation from the state's attorney general, but they are holding the line. What we're going to have to do is go into bl ...
Arrest warrants issued targeting Democrats who fled state in effort to stall GOP redistricting plans
NBC News· 2025-08-05 04:00
Let's take it down to Texas with a major escalation in a political battle there. Civil arrest warrants issued against Democrats in that state who are trying to block a redistricting push that could shape the balance of power here in Washington for years to come. It could affect you no matter where you live.Here's the deal. Dozens of Democrats skipped town to make sure Republicans couldn't bring up a vote to redraw congressional maps in the GOP's favor. The redistricting, of course, something that could give ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-01 17:50
Still politically influential, Álvaro Uribe’s conviction will further polarise a country that under Gustavo Petro, its current leftist and populist president, already suffers from dangerous political confrontation https://t.co/gYJ56E5j8q ...
Trump's adversaries at home are not just wrong, but 'EVIL': NYT
MSNBC· 2025-07-18 16:54
Let's turn to your latest piece of the New York Times which carries the headline for Trump. Domestic adversaries are not just wrong, they are evil. And you write in part this.Evil is a word getting a lot of airtime in the second Trump term. It is not enough anymore to dislike a journalistic inquiry or disagree with an opposing philosophy. Anyone viewed as critical of the president or insuffic insufficiently differential is wicked.The Trump administration's efforts to achieve its policy goals are not just an ...
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Elon Musk· 2025-07-13 05:49
RT Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal)ELON CALLED IT: AI IS DRUNK ON LEFT-WING CONTENTA massive study tested 24 chatbots with political questions.The result? 23 bots sounded like they’d been binging progressive TikToks.Only 1 dared give right-leaning answers, but it was literally built to.Left-wing parties scored +0.71 for niceness, right-wing parties limped in at +0.15.Far-right ideas got roasted (-0.77), while far-left ones barely raised an eyebrow (+0.06).Even world leaders weren’t safe: lefties got kinder words ...
How social media hijacks our political perception | Luna Fast & Helin Turhan | TEDxBerlin
TEDx Talks· 2025-06-18 16:50
Hey Helen, do you remember back in CO when Trump made that weird statement suggesting that injecting disinfectant might be a potential cure to the pandemic. Yeah, Luna, I vividly remember how people actually believed him. I mean, looking back at the absurdity, it's easy to laugh, but at the time, it had serious consequences that could have been disastrous.Public confusion, media frenzy, and even cases of poisoning. We can all agree that the CO 19 pandemic was a time of fear. It was a time of hysteria and es ...