Status reports that it has uncovered the reason behind Fox News’ firing of veteran entertainer Maria Bartiromo, the business journalist who became a source of right-wing conspiracies.The Rupert Murdoch-controlled network offered no explanation for her removal, but hours after her dismissal, Status b…
In his 1513 political treatise “The Prince,” Italian philosopher and statesman Niccolò Machiavelli wrote that truly great leaders surround themselves with the best and brightest advisers they can find. Indeed, he famously summed up his perspective by saying that “the first method for estimating the …
Liberals have a bad habit of putting the views and values of Republicans at the center of their attention. We do it without thinking about it, because it’s normal. And it’s normal, because I think we tacitly accept the argument that our views and values can’t be broadly persuasive on their own. Maki…
In an AlterNet exclusive, Harvard’s Theda Skocpol explains how an inability to connect with working-class networks is stalling the road back to power.
House Speaker Mike Johnson already knows what the Republican-dominated Supreme Court is in for when Democrats get big-enough control of Congress and the White House, writes Slate’s Alexis Romero. That’s why Johnson tried to pass a new law out of the House to stop it.“Johnson … led an effort Wednesda…
Controversial former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was arrested Thursday by the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office, according to two dispatchers at the Paris-Bourbon County 911, according to Louisville Public Media.“Bevin was reportedly arrested while playing an extra on the set of a Christian film producti…
A new report reveals that Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) snubbed disabled veterans and poor people, so he could instead pander to Republicans, right-wing media and pro-Israel groups.”One morning in June, three paralyzed military veterans in wheelchairs from rural Pennsylvania arrived at the office of Se…
President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Ty Cobb, believes that the Republican will not stop fouling up the White House and other major American institutions “until he’s gone.””Trump is like no other president,” Cobb told MS NOW host Ari Melber on Thursday when asked about Trump releasing a $250 coin…
Critics allege Trump is “stealing the money” from his own party to cover future legal fees and post-presidency travel.
Never Trump conservative David French warns that “snowflake” President Donald Trump is going to increasingly “absurd” extremes to silence or punish viewpoints he disagrees with.