Tag: political opponents
GOP split over how to respond to racist texts
NEW YORK — When POLITICO approached Rep. Elise Stefanik this month with hate-filled messages from the same Young…
Pressure, Prosecutions, and Political Interference
The indictment of John Bolton comes as new details emerge about political pressure DOJ staffers are facing from…
Maddow Blog | After denying prosecutorial abuses, JD Vance backs case against Illinois’ JB Pritzker
For those concerned about the integrity of the rule of law and the increasingly brazen politicization of the…
Maddow Blog | GOP’s Josh Hawley tries and fails to make a ‘weaponization’ argument against Joe Biden
There are certain myths that the Republican Party embraces as fact, reality be damned. Many GOP officials just…
Funding for Democratic states frozen as president uses shutdown to punish opponents
Donald Trump’s administration froze $26bn for Democratic-leaning states, following through on a threat to use the government shutdown…
US removes senior leaders over airline passenger watch list screening program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration said Tuesday it is removing five senior leaders over the canceled Transportation Security…
Trump issues promised ‘terrorist organization’ designation for antifa
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday designating antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, formalizing his threatened…
‘We can’t delay any longer’
President Trump is publicly directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute his political opponents, saying "we can't delay…
Trump WH prepares crackdown on political opponents
As Trump enjoys his second state visit to the U.K., there's new reporting about his administration's plans to…
Trump says he will label antifa as a terrorist organization
President Donald Trump said he plans to designate the left-wing ideology known as antifa as a “major terrorist…
‘Not getting the leadership that we need to bring this country together’
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said the Trump administration is not providing the “leadership that we need…
Online behaviour under scrutiny as Russia hunts ‘extremists’
Just like his peers, Russian teenager Artyom spends "half his life" online -- something that could soon become…