Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that Cindy McCain, the wife of late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), will endorse him in the November presidential election in light of President Trump’s disparaging comments toward fallen soldiers reported in The Atlantic. Earlier this month, The Atlantic reported that Trump skipped a visit to the cemetery in France […] More
President Trump is holding a rally in Moon Township, Pennsylvania Tuesday evening. This is President Trump’s 4th trip to Pennsylvania this month! Trump’s “Great American Comeback” event will begin at 7 PM ET at the Atlantic Aviation, a private business near Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon Township. Thousands of supporters lined up as far as […] More
Tom Williams/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) announced his support to move forward with a Senate vote on President Donald Trump’s pick to replace the seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, essentially clearing the path […] More
The Trump administration’s decision to truncate the 2020 census “poses a myriad of risks” to the count’s accuracy and completeness, an inspector general report said Monday. Top Census Bureau officials, including its President Trump-appointed director Steve Dillingham, are still not sure who within the administration made the decision to speed up the count. Their “consensus” […] More
Maybe President Trump gave the citizens of the United States an indication on how he plans to stop the Democrats from stealing the 2020 election. No wonder Democrats are screaming and howling about not filling the Ginsburg seat. Far left Politico reported: President Donald Trump signaled Saturday night that he expects federal judges to play […] More
In a floor speech in July, Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, issued an ultimatum on future Supreme Court fights. “I will vote only for those Supreme Court nominees who have explicitly acknowledged that Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided,” Hawley said. He would require on-the-record evidence that the next Republican nominee “understands Roe to […] More
Some on the political right, however, are troubled by the fact that Judge Lagoa does not appear to have a record on any abortion cases. Leading anti-abortion activists say they would support Judge Lagoa’s nomination, but they favor Judge Amy Coney Barrett because of her clearer record on Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that […] More
Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado all but kissed his Senate seat goodbye on Monday as he pledged to confirm Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. “I have and will continue to support judicial nominees who will protect our Constitution … and uphold the law,” Gardner said in a statement. “Should a qualified nominee who meets […] More
During the 2018 midterms, the Democrats had a wave election, picking up 40 more House seats than Republicans. They won many of these seats because suburban women voted for them in record numbers. On Friday, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s granddaughter said her grandmother’s dying wish was to be replaced by a president other than Trump. On […] More
President Trump on Monday traveled to Ohio for two separate campaign events. The President will first campaign in Vandalia then he will head over to Swanton for a rally at the Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport. Advertisement – story continues below Thousands of supporters lined up several hours before President Trump was set to […] More
Chris Juhn/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter. The Judicial Crisis Network, the conservative dark money group that has spent millions to support or oppose judicial nominees, announced today that it will spend at least $2.2 million in ad buys to boost whoever […] More
Barrett herself has said that a “legal career is but a means to an end […] and that end is building the Kingdom of God.” So that’s fun. She’s also written that judges shouldn’t necessarily be held to upholding Supreme Court precedents like Roe v. Wade, which she almost certainly would vote to restrict out of […] More
