Fox News has been hit with yet another massive lawsuit for peddling lies about fraud in the 2020 election. Dominion Voting Systems on Friday sued the right-wing cable channel for $1.6 billion, alleging that Fox News knew the voting machine company did not engage in any fraud, yet peddled those lies because it was losing viewers to other far-right cable channels that were also telling those lies...
Georgia civil rights groups sue over state’s new racist voting law
A trio of Georgia civil rights groups on Thursday filed a lawsuit against a new voter suppression law GOP Gov. Brian Kemp had signed just hours earlier. The groups alleged that the restrictions violate both the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act. The bill Kemp signed into law will require voters to provide identification to vote absentee, limit the use of...
GOP congressman claims shooting that killed 6 Asian women is ‘not a hate crime’
Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) on Thursday called it “disinformation” to describe the Atlanta mass shooting that targeted three Asian businesses as a hate crime. Eight people were killed following the shooting spree, six of whom were Asian women, after the shooter targeted Asian-owned spas. According to a report in the Korean-language newspaper Chosun Ilbo, one of the witnesses said the...
Here’s how scammers are targeting immigrants hoping to come to the US
With President Joe Biden’s decision to reverse his predecessor’s draconian and inhumane immigration policies, scammers are victimizing vulnerable immigrants who are trying to flee violence and poverty in their home countries. Experts and immigration activists, responding to that problem, have been working overtime to sound the alarm. On Thursday, the advocacy nonprofit Immigration Hub...
Scammers are trying to take advantage of your stimulus checks. Don’t fall for it.
It’s that time of year again: With an extended tax deadline of May 17 on the horizon, scammers are spreading disinformation to American taxpayers in order to obtain their personal and financial information. This time, they’re targeting them through their COVID stimulus checks — but experts say there are ways for filers to protect themselves. An Internal Revenue Service Criminal...
McCarthy demands answers on school reopening. They’re in the American Rescue Plan.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy demanded on Thursday that President Joe Biden lay out a plan to return students to in-person learning. The California Republican voted against such a plan just two weeks ago. As Biden prepared to hold his first formal press conference, McCarthy tweeted some “Qs for President Biden on education.” “1. Students deserve to be in school 5 days a...
Even as the economy shows signs of recovery, experts say ‘there’s a lot we have to do’
A new Labor Department report published Thursday found that jobless claims fell sharply to 684,000 this week. Experts say these lower numbers of unemployment claims could be one sign the economy is improving, but there are other measures that must be taken to ensure a full recovery. The report noted that the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped sharply from 781,000 last...
GOP renews racist push to force immigrants to take DNA tests
Several GOP lawmakers have introduced legislation that would force immigrants coming into the country at the U.S.-Mexico border to take DNA tests to prove that any children with them are related to them, a racist practice with roots in the Cold War, which was pushed previously by the Trump administration. On Wednesday, Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn introduced her version of the End Child...
Trump team’s first attempt to punish a pro-impeachment Republican fails
Wyoming’s Republican-controlled Senate killed a scheme by Donald Trump backers to make it harder for a pro-impeachment congresswoman to keep her seat. The state Senate voted on Wednesday to defeat a bill to require primary candidates in future elections to receive an outright majority or face a runoff. Supporters said such a bill would prevent unpopular candidates from winning with a narrow...
Gaetz attacks Pentagon for trying to root out right-wing extremists in the military
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Wednesday attacked the Pentagon’s efforts to root out extremists within the U.S. military and minimized concerns about the proliferation of antisemitic materials among members of the armed forces. The military is in the midst of a review of extremism in the ranks in all services in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump, who...