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“What’s more American,” the Carl’s Jr. narrator asks in a 2015 advertisement for the Most American Thickburger, “than a girl [swimsuit model Samantha Hoopes, biting into a potato-chip-stuffed cheeseburger that’s topped with a grilled hot dog] in a bikini [camera zooms out to reveal she’s wearing a stars-and-stripes string bikini] in a hot tub [covered…
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jeff Sessions as the next attorney general, following a bitter debate in the chamber that saw Republicans formally rebuke Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for the manner in which she criticized her colleague from Alabama. Sessions, a four-term U.S. senator, was the first senator to endorse Trump in February 2016, and…
END scald=5215111 Pro-choice campaigners rally in defence of abortion rights Getty A pregnant woman’s husband will have the power to stop her from having an abortion, even in cases of spousal rape, under a new law introduced in the US state of Arkansas. Most second trimester abortions will also be banned by Act 45 – the Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act –…
It’s tough being a heroic anti-Nazi street fighter when you’re the closest thing to a Nazi around. Last week, anti-fascist protesters showed up in Berkeley, California, to courageously battle the Nazi supporters of alt-right figure Milo Yiannopoulos. Soon after, they likewise put it all on the line to tussle with the right-wing mob supporting radical…
At a protest at NYU on Thursday, antifa activists ripped a Donald Trump hat from a man’s head and set it on fire.DNAinfo/Noah Hurowitz NEW YORK CITY — A movement seeking to take down fascists has taken the spotlight since Donald Trump’s inauguration — smashing windows, clashing at the University of California in Berkeley and…
Banner Image In stark contrast with many liberals, antifa activists refuse any dialogue with Trumpism. Anti-Racist Action protesting neo-Nazis holding anti-immigration rally in Smith County, Texas. (AP Photo / Tyler Morning Telegraph, Tom Turner) To call Trumpism fascist is to suggest that it demands from us a unique response. We can deploy the “fascism” moniker…
Rep. Don Beyer rocking a “Keep the EPA Great” hat. IMAGE: Twitter A Congressional hearing held Tuesday, “Making EPA Great Again,” condemned the Environmental Protection Agency before it even began. Among those slated testify on “how EPA can pursue environmental protection and protect public health by relying on sound science” was a coal lawyer, a…
Overnight on Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren read a letter by Coretta Scott King — widow of Martin Luther King Jr. — opposing Jeff Sessions’ nomination for a federal judgeship in 1986 during a debate over the Alabama senator’s nomination to be attorney general. View this image › Carolyn Kaster / AP ID: 10488514 However, she…
Hide CM floating unit Thousands of Yemeni-Americans perform evening prayers as part of a Brooklyn protest against Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim travel ban.CreditPhotograph by Mohammed Elshamy / Anadolu Agency / Getty Barrier Status: ‘none’ On Thursday, thousands of Yemeni-Americans turned out at a rally in Brooklyn, outside Borough Hall, to protest President Trump’s anti-Muslim travel ban….
The White House said Wednesday that anyone who questions the success of last week’s deadly U.S.-led raid in Yemen “owes an apology” to the Navy SEAL who was killed there. Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s comments came shortly after Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he would not…