A destroyed Russian tank, somewhere on the eastern Donbas front. Today, Ukraine liberated another town around Kharkiv, this one just to its north. But the main show is down in the Popasna-Severonetsk-Lyman area, where Russia continues to make costly incremental gains. Lyman is on the wrong side of the Donets River for Ukraine, and we … Read more
We interrupt this koscar VOTING diary for a special dk20a announcement THIS FRIDAY, MAY 20Cheres and JeersVirtual 20th Anniversary Party via zoom 4:00 PM PDT / 6:00 PM CDT / 7:00 PM EDT to rsvp: click here to send a kosmail to christopher reeves If you were at the 10th anniversary celebration during Netroots Nation … Read more
Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA) provided searing commentary on the latest assault on reproductive rights (of women, mind you – no one limits a man’s reproductive rights) during a Congressional hearing about the latest flurry of hate-filled forced birth laws sweeping the nation . While most Republicans (all white men) spent their allotted time asking absurd … Read more
On Tuesday, when asked by Wall Street Journal Reporter Lindsay Wise about Republicans’ endorsement, both explicit and implicit, of the “great replacement theory”—a vile fever dream that was all over the Buffalo shooter’s manifesto—RoJo feigned innocence, saying, “I’ve never heard of it, okay? I don’t know what you’re talking about. They’re just making this crap … Read more
A global index published Tuesday ranks the United States as the world’s leading perpetrator of financial secrecy, citing the country’s refusal to share key information with the tax authorities of other nations and its status as a generous tax haven for foreign oligarchs, rich executives, and other elites. The ranking comes despite US President Joe … Read more
From Hermes Int’l v. Rothschildan opinion issued today by Judge Jed Rakoff (SDNY): Around December 2021, defendant Mason Rothschild created digital images of faux-fur-covered versions of the luxury Birkin handbags of plaintiffs Hermes International and Hermes of Paris, Inc. (collectively, “Hermes”). Rothschild titled these images “MetaBirkins” and sold them using so-called “NFTs” (non-fungible tokens), explained … Read more
With 99 percent of the vote counted, Summer Lee had a 446-vote lead over lawyer and veteran Democratic insider Steve Irwin on Wednesday morning. (Photo: Summer Lee for Congress) Subscribe to The Nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for The Nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thank you for … Read more
Hernández’s murder by the state and anti-trans persecution in Central America should also serve as a clarion call for our nation’s leadership to strengthen, not decimate, the US asylum system. The Blade reports that more than 400 LGBTQ people have been murdered in Honduras since the year Hernández was killed. Washington state Sen. Emily Randall … Read more
“We are likely going to see a serious Democratic increase in our patient load from out-of-state patients within weeks,” Maryland Delegate Ariana Kelly, who sponsored legislation to expand care, told Politico. “We saw what was happening in states adjacent to Texas, the increased wait times for appointments, and we didn’t want that to be what … Read more
Central district of Mariupol, May 18, 2022. On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered his 84th daily update to the people of Ukraine. He also spoke on the phone with the president of the United Arab Emirates in an effort to get a new source of fuel, discussed a new assistance package with the president … Read more