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In his first live interview since announcing that he tested positive for the coronavirus, President Trump called into Maria Bartiromo’s Fox program on Thursday and wasted no time in proving that he is still an awful human being. The president, with guidance from the Trump sycophant Fox host, hit many …

The first time I saw the Bay Bridge, it was ablaze. All the way from San Francisco to Oakland. As crowded as the Embarcadero was, I was the only one who saw the flames. It was early 2018 and it was my first time in the Bay Area. It was …

This is hard. The country lost one of its all-time greats tonight. A woman whodedicated almost every second of her professional lifeto making this country better, more just, more equal. She worked until the very end. And on her death bed,she dictated to her granddaughterthe following: “My most fervent wish …

In what CEO Mark Zuckerberg described as an effort to “protect our democracy,” Facebook on Thursday announced a series of meager safeguards aimed at preventing the spread of misinformation ahead of the election — or at least at insulating the company from criticism that it didn’t take sufficient action. In …

On Sunday, CNN’s Jake Tapper called out the president and scolded those in the media who’ve recently interviewed Trump while ignoring the explosive story that Russia was offering bounty payments to the Taliban for killing American soldiers in Afghanistan. Tapper began his editorial by playing video clips of some of …

John Lewis came by his preacher’s cadence naturally. During his childhood, his first congregation was the flock of chickens populating his family coop. As a boy, the Georgia Congressman had been inspired by the Bible that an uncle gave him when he was four, giving him both a love of …

In a blow to transgender civil rights, the Trump administration finalized a regulation that removed health care discrimination protections for transgender patients. Adding insult to injury, the rule was finalized in the middle of a global pandemic – when health care access is paramount – and on the fourth anniversary …

“If there is anyone who entertained any thought that they could make capital out of this unfortunate incident, I’m sure they will be greatly mistaken,” New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, broadcasted from police headquarters in Harlem on August 1st, 1943. This was the last time that New York City …

While discussing whether the U.S. economy might recover this fall after the coronavirus downturn, a Trump economic adviser referred to the American worker as “human capital stock.” Senior White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett made the wildly insensitive remark, first flagged by Aaron Rupar on Twitter, on Sunday after CNN’s …

In this week’s quarantine episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by Aaron Maté, host of Push Back, to talk about the resurfacing of the Russiagate story and how it’s helped Trump. Matt rants about the recent “leak” of Barack Obama talking to former members of …