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'We Merely Need to Dampen Turnout': Leaked Docs Show Top Trump Allies' 2016 Plan to Suppress Black Voters
A shadowy group tied to Roger Stone and promoted by Erik Prince pushed a conspiracy theory about an illegitimate Clinton son to depress the black vote in 2016
Katherine Stewart
A group tied to Roger Stone and promoted by Erik Prince pushed a baseless conspiracy theory to depress the Black vote in 2016 rollingstone.com/politics/polit… via @RollingStone
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$80 million dark money group tied to Trump Supreme Court advisor, Leonard Leo - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
This new filing vastly increases the money known to be flowing into dark money groups tied to Federalist Society co-chairman Leonard Leo.
Church-State Separation Endangered With Amy Coney Barrett On The Supreme Court
“The Trump administration and Senate Republicans continued their assault on the constitutionally guaranteed right of religious freedom with the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court," said AU President and CEO Rachel Laser....
Documented publishes 59 internal videos from the highly secretive Council for national policy - Documented
For almost four decades, the Council for National Policy (CNP) has convened secret organizing meetings for leaders and donors on the right in U.S. politics. The members and meeting attendees include the leaders of groups like the Heritage...
Trump Will Have $900 Million Of Loans Coming Due In His Second Term If He’s Reelected
The president would likely have to engage in a series of high-stakes transactions that could produce unfathomable conflicts of interest.
Watchdog group accuses Amy Coney Barrett of “unconscionable cruelty” in teen rape case
Barrett decided to overturn a $6.7M jury award to a teen allegedly raped in a jail run by ex-Sheriff David Clarke
The Self-Dealing Administration
Just call it the Trump swamp.
Katherine Stewart
The president will be remembered for assembling a world-class team of grifters.
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Trump Campaign Lawyers Are Aiding a Leading Proponent of QAnon
A firm started by a group of Trump lawyers highlights the campaign’s connections to the false conspiracy theory and reinforces how deeply it has taken hold in the Republican Party.
Donald Trump Has At Least $1 Billion In Debt, More Than Twice The Amount He Suggested
The president’s liabilities are spelled out in dozens of documents, published here.
Trump Administration Rejects California’s Request for Wildfire Relief
The state had asked last month for federal aid to help recover from six of this year’s fires, including the Creek Fire, which is among the most destructive in state history.
Katherine Stewart
“He told us to stop giving money to people whose houses had burned down from a wildfire because he was so rageful that...politically it wasn’t a base for him.” In Rare Move, Trump Administration Rejects California’s Request for Wildfire Relief
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Inside the Fall of the CDC
How the world’s greatest public health organization was brought to its knees by a virus, the president and the capitulation of its own leaders, causing damage that could last much longer than the coronavirus.
The persecution of the Uyghurs is a crime against humanity
It is also the gravest example of a worldwide attack on human rights
Videos show conservative activists discussing limiting mail-in voting: report
As the Nov. 3 presidential election quickly approaches, videos obtained by The Washington Post show conservative activists discussing limiting mail-in voting.
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Katherine Stewart
Videos show conservative activists discussing limiting mail-in voting: report
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Charles Koch’s Big Bet on Barrett
For almost 50 years, the multibillionaire has been pushing for a court unfriendly to regulation of the market. He may be on the brink of victory.
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Katherine Stewart
Koch influence network is spending big to get Barrett confirmed. It's not about Roe (though that issue helps bring along the rank and file); it's about taking aim at regulatory power of government agencies and defending plutocratic interests.
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Revealed: Amy Coney Barrett supported group that said life begins at fertilization
Barrett signed newspaper ad in 2006 sponsored by St Joseph County Right to Life, an extreme anti-choice group
Katherine Stewart
It is really interesting to watch Barrett, under Blumenthal's questioning, try to weasel out of accountability for this.
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Bipartisan Christian group forms anti-Trump super PAC
A group of prominent Christians from both sides of the aisle is forming a political action committee to oppose President Trump.
The Swamp That Trump Built
A businessman-president transplanted favor-seeking in Washington to his family’s hotels and resorts — and earned millions as a gatekeeper to his own administration.
Trump made more than $200 million from foreign business interests since 2016
President Donald Trump is making hundreds of millions from foreign business deals during his time in the White House.
Trump's Christian Judges March On
The president has packed the courts with judges friendly to the Christian Right — and they could roll back LGBTQ rights as we know them