GOP tensions boil over Trump's fundraising tactics  —  Donald Trump's spamming of Republican donors could kneecap party efforts to build a steady funding stream for future elections and compete with Democratic fundraising, top GOP officials are privately warning.

My Pillow's Mike Lindell barred from entering Canada to support convoy protestors  —  Lindell, as well as a truck full of 10,000 pillows destined for protesters, were denied entry into Canada Tuesday evening  —  OTTAWA - My Pillow CEO and staunch Donald Trump supporter Mike Lindell …

Ryan Zinke broke ethics rules while leading Trump's Interior Dept., keeping improper ties with land developers, watchdog finds … While serving as Interior Department secretary under Donald Trump, Ryan Zinke broke federal ethics rules repeatedly by improperly participating in real estate negotiations …

Trump Makes New Claims About His Wealth After Accountants Drop Him  —  The former president has spent decades inventing facts and figures to suit his needs.  Now, dropped by his accountants, he is making new claims.  —  On Tuesday evening, former President Donald J. Trump …

Biden Rejects Trump's Claim of Privilege for White House Visitor Logs  —  The president informed the National Archives that it should turn over the logs sought by the Jan. 6 committee within 15 days.  —  President Biden is opposing another effort by former President Donald J. Trump …

From liberal San Francisco, school board recall is a three-alarm warning for Democrats  —  San Francisco is quite familiar with earthquakes and what happened Tuesday — the ouster of three extreme lefties from the Board of Education — was not one of those.  —  Earthquakes are sudden and unexpected.

‘Do we want to live in a world where Putin calls the shots?’  —  Patriots say no. Rightwingers say maybe.  —  Americans used to worry about communists.  We thought they were under and behind every bush and tree.  Our anxiety came in two waves.  Red Scare 1 (the early 1920s) and Red Scare 2 (the early 1950s).

US says Russia has added 7,000 troops along Ukraine border, despite claims of pullback  —  Russian Ministry of Defense releases video of armor crossing Crimea bridge  —  (CNN)Russian forces massed along Ukraine's borders have increased by approximately 7,000 troops in recent days …

Twitter allows hacked info of Canadian Freedom Convoy donors after suppressing Hunter Biden laptop story  —  The tech giant has yet to enforce its own policies on those sharing the hacked data  —  ‘Freedom Convoy’ is dangerous to liberals because it 'doesn't fit the narrative': Terrell

Right-wing media said it was exposing a scandal.  What it really revealed is how bad information spreads in MAGA world  —  New York (CNN Business)On Saturday night former President Donald Trump declared that he was the victim of a scandal “far greater” than Watergate.  He called for criminal prosecutions and “reparations.”

The Millions of People Stuck in Pandemic Limbo  —  When the coronavirus pandemic began, Emily Landon thought about her own risk only in rare quiet moments.  An infectious-disease doctor at the University of Chicago Medicine, she was cramming months of work into days, preparing her institution …

A Vibe Shift Is Coming Will any of us survive it?  —  One morning in June, while I was puffing away on my stationary bike — fine, a Peloton — pretending I had enough time to get my body ready for the “hot vaxx summer” that never really was, my friend Ellen messaged me: “Okay, please let me know if this person is dumb.

We asked all 143 Texas GOP congressional candidates about Biden's win.  Only 13 call it legitimate.  —  The debate had been underway for less than 10 minutes before the top Republican candidates in a MAGA-friendly Houston congressional district reached a consensus: each believed the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.

Pandemics disable people — the history lesson that policymakers ignore … Laura Spinney is the author of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World.  She writes about science, medicine and history from Paris.  —  You can also search for this author in  —  PubMed Google Scholar

The ranting 2022 version of Sen. Ron Johnson has created a mess of his own making  —  In prior election cycles, I was a fan of Sen. Ron Johnson.  He came to office in 2010 as a plain-speaking, pro-market, budget-conscious business leader.  Unfortunately, today a lot of people no longer recognize him.

Wary of Economic Neoliberalism, Groups Fund Research on Alternatives  —  Two foundations committed funding for economic and policy research focused on alternatives to traditional economic thinking.  —  Wages have been stagnant for most Americans for decades.  Inequality has increased sharply.

State judges across the U.S. face growing GOP pushback against rulings in election cases  —  In mid-December, Texas' highest criminal court revoked the state attorney general's ability to use his office to prosecute election-related cases without the request of a district or county attorney.

NFL Taps Ex-Attorney General Loretta Lynch to Fight Flores' Race Bias Suit  —  The National Football League has hired former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to defend it in a high-profile race discrimination case filed earlier this month by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores.

Money That Won Melania Trump NFT Came From Melania Trump Wallet  —  The source of funds for the winning bid in Melania Trump's first NFT auction appears to be the creators of the project themselves.  —  A series of blockchain transactions show that the cryptocurrency used …

LEAKED AUDIO: Amazon Union Buster Warns Workers ‘Things Could Become Worse’  —  An Amazon union avoidance official told unionizing workers in New York City that it is possible negotiations would begin with minimum wage pay as a starting point.  —  An Amazon union avoidance official told employees at JFK8 …

In his first budget, Adams unveils ‘radically practical’ $98.5B spending plan  —  Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday proposed his first spending plan for New York City, a $98.5 billion preliminary budget that he said tracks with his political vision of prioritizing public safety and government efficiency …

Scoop: House GOP moves to tank Biden's Iran diplomacy  —  Nearly 200 House Republicans have written to President Biden warning any nuclear deal made with Iran without Congress' approval “will meet the same fate” as the 2015 agreement by President Obama later abandoned by President Trump.

U.S., Russian Aircraft Flew Perilously Close to Each Other Amid Ukraine Tensions  —  Pentagon says it expressed concern to Russian officials through diplomatic channels  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. and Russian military aircraft flew dangerously close to each other in three separate weekend incidents …

Ken Kurson, Kushner Ally Pardoned by Trump, Takes Plea Deal  —  Mr. Kurson, a former newspaper editor, was accused of cyberstalking his former wife both before and after their 2016 divorce.  —  Ken Kurson, a former editor of The New York Observer who was charged with unlawfully spying on his former wife …

Justin Trudeau Has Disgraced His Office  —  He's also exposed a massive flaw in Canada's constitutional order.  —  n a famous 1889 letter to A. S. Gruzinsky, the playwright Anton Chekhov proposed that “one must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn't going to go off” at some point later in the play.

How Kathy Hochul Went From Unexpected Governor to Clear Front-Runner  —  New York's first female governor, who quickly and quietly assembled a campaign juggernaut, will get the Democratic Party's backing in her re-election campaign on Thursday.  —  When Kathy Hochul unexpectedly ascended …

Missouri Senate poll alarms GOP  —  The poll appears to validate party fears that former GOP Gov. Eric Greitens would be a risky nominee.  —  Newly released polling in Missouri bolsters an argument Senate Republican leadership has made for months: Former Gov. Eric Greitens could be an unusually weak red-state nominee.