Biden Wants Mexico To Do More To Stop Immigrants Trying To Cross The US Border

June 4, 2021
Ahead of a planned visit by Vice President Kamala Harris, the Biden administration wants Mexico to send back more immigrants turned around by the US, take back additional families expelled by border agents, and do more to prevent Mexican airports from being used as pit stops for migration routes, according to government documents obtained by

How Much Do Americans Really Care About Bipartisanship?

June 4, 2021
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Poll(s) of the week Despite the country’s deeply polarized politics, President Biden has suggested he can get the GOP to work with him. But he and his fellow Democrats have struggled to garner Republican support in Congress on big-ticket items, even though polls have shown at least some

Rachel Maddow Warns What May Come Next From Donald Trump’s Supporters

June 4, 2021
One centers on Republicans’ state-by-state voter suppression efforts.  The other is the wild belief among Trump’s supporters that he’ll be reinstated as president this summer. Maddow pondered the next steps for Trump voters who “truly, earnestly believe this nonsense” that Trump is the rightful president. She asked if they will heed his call to fight for

‘Kneel Before Trump’: George P. Bush Mocked For ‘Selling Out His Own Family’

June 4, 2021
Texas land commissioner George P. Bush was mocked on social media this week for desperately trying to link himself to former President Donald Trump, who has attacked much of Bush’s famous family. “Like President Trump, I will not sit idly by while our freedoms are under attack,” Bush said in a video announcing his bid for

National Review Confirms ‘Startling’ Report On Trump’s Current Grasp Of Reality

June 4, 2021
A conservative writer has confirmed a report that former President Donald Trump is telling associates that he expects to be reinstalled as president this summer.  “The scale of Trump’s delusion is quite startling,” National Review senior writer Charles C.W. Cooke wrote on the magazine’s website. Cooke said “an array of different sources” confirmed a report

Biden Is Planning To Make Big Changes To How The US Handles Asylum-Seekers At The Border

May 28, 2021
The Biden administration is planning to dramatically reshape how asylum-seekers are processed in order to prevent an increase to the backlog of immigration court cases, potentially cutting the waiting period for some applicants by years, according to government documents obtained by BuzzFeed News. The policy, which has been months in the making and was first

Matt Gaetz Suggests Shooting People In Silicon Valley For ‘Cancel’ Culture

May 28, 2021
Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican under federal investigation for alleged sex trafficking, suggested Thursday that followers should use their Second Amendment rights against social media companies that silence conservatives. “The internet’s hall monitors out in Silicon Valley, they think they can suppress us, discourage us,” he said at a rally in Dalton, Georgia, co-hosted

Someone Unfurled A Huuuuge ‘Trump Won’ Banner At Yankee Stadium. It Didn’t Last Long.

May 28, 2021
A massive banner pushing ex-President Donald Trump’s election lies was unfurled during the New York Yankees-Toronto Blue Jays game on Thursday. But the sign — which falsely declared that “Trump Won” and urged people to “Save America” — didn’t stay in place for long. Security staff at Yankees Stadium swiftly confiscated the banner and hauled off

The New York Mayoral Election Is No Longer Andrew Yang’s To Lose

May 28, 2021
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. The race for New York City mayor is tightening Let me take you back to 2013. Everyone had “Get Lucky” stuck in their heads, TikToks were called Vines, and former Rep. Anthony Weiner and then-City Council Speaker Christine Quinn led in early polls of the Democratic primary for

Twitter Erupts After Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Breaks Out ‘Mexican Accent’

May 28, 2021
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.) broke out what she called her “really bad Mexican accent” during a speech on Thursday night in Dalton, Georgia, and many on social media agreed: It was really bad.  Greene, who has promoted QAnon conspiracy theories, claimed President Joe Biden and other Democrats were “in business of helping the cartels” in