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RFK Jr. Appointee Reviewing Vaccines Has No Medical Background

Mar 12, 2026Far Left

One expert said Kennedy's pick once met with her to discuss his research, but came with his own “agenda” instead.

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Restrictive Medication Abortion and HPV Vaccine Laws Take Effect in 3 States

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Restrictive Medication Abortion and HPV Vaccine Laws Take Effect in 3 States

In Hawaii, provisions strengthening the state’s existing shield laws also take effect July 1.

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Review: Gore Vidal's Burr Is the Anti-Hamilton

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Review: Gore Vidal's Burr Is the Anti-Hamilton

America's Founding through the eyes of the least popular Founding Father

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Conservative National Review slams MAGA for 'abuse of' Amy Coney Barrett

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Conservative National Review slams MAGA for 'abuse of' Amy Coney Barrett

Many MAGA Republicans exploded in anger when conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with Chief Justice John Roberts and three Democratic appointees — Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson — in Trump v. Barbara, which invalidated an executive order by President Donald Trump calling for an end to birthright citizenship. This wasn't the first time MAGA Republicans raged against Barrett, and an editorial by the conservative National Review calls out MAGA "abuse of" the Trump appointee.Barrett has a decidedly conservative resumé, describing herself as an "originalist" and an admirer of the late Justice Antonin Scalia. But her willingness to occasionally buck MAGA and vote with the Democratic justices is infuriating MAGA Republicans and Trump loyalists."Criticism comes, rightly, with the territory of being a Supreme Court justice," the National Review editors argue in their editorial. "Hysteria shouldn't. With the conclusion of the 2025–26 Supreme Court term and Donald Trump's defeat on birthright citizenship, we have been treated to another round of abuse from right-leaning commentators directed toward Justice Amy Coney Barrett. The immediate trigger of their ire is Barrett's joining the Trump v. Barbara majority (along with Chief Justice John Roberts and, on the outcome, Justice Brett Kavanaugh) striking down Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship."The Review editors continue, "Barrett critics also cite her majority opinion in Watson v. Republican National Committee, which allowed states to accept ballots postmarked by Election Day for up to five days later, as well as her vote, along with Roberts and Justice Neil Gorsuch, to strike down Trump's 'emergency' global tariffs and her rulings against Trump in a few of last summer's torrent of emergency decisions on deportations."On the MAGA far right, the conservative justice is often attacked as "Amy 'Commie' Barrett" — which is the type of rhetoric the Review is calling out."It's the intemperate vitriol of these attacks, and their utter lack of perspective, that appalls us," the Review editors lament. "Critics brand Barrett a traitor, a DEI hire and a left-winger who has doomed the country. They complain that she makes poor decisions because she is a woman and a mother of adopted children from Haiti. Perhaps more ominously, there is much muttering that future Republicans should fill judicial vacancies with fewer people devoted to the law and more who will be mere party apparatchiks, voting in the results-oriented fashion we traditionally associate with the liberal justices…. No, we don't always agree with her, or with the Court's decisions since her arrival in 2020 formed the current 6–3 majority."The Review editors continue, "Nor, for that matter, do we agree every single time with any of her distinguished colleagues. The Court's cases are often hard, and its justices fallible. That's why there are nine of them."

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Back in Congress, Tom Kean Jr. Faces a New Challenge: Staying There

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Back in Congress, Tom Kean Jr. Faces a New Challenge: Staying There

The New Jersey Republican has explained the reason for his long absence: depression. Now he must convince voters that he deserves another term.

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Lakers decline Nick Smith Jr.’s team option, making guard free agent

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Lakers decline Nick Smith Jr.’s team option, making guard free agent

The Lakers declined Nick Smith Jr.’s $2.5 million team option for the 2026-27 season, making the guard an unrestricted free agent. The decision, which was first reported by ESPN, will help give the Lakers over $50 million in cap space entering free agency on Tuesday. The Lakers declined Nick Smith Jr.’s $2.5 million team option...

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Clarence Thomas makes mysterious Capitol visit as medical rumors swirl: ' That's not good'

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Clarence Thomas makes mysterious Capitol visit as medical rumors swirl: ' That's not good'

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was spotted at the Capitol on Monday — and no one knows exactly why.This comes after a blockbuster day of Supreme Court opinions that included upholding current state mail ballot counting systems and a massive transformation of the administrative state in President Donald Trump's favor; it also comes as the court is set to deliver its final opinions of the term, including a landmark decision about whether Trump can abolish birthright citizenship.According to at least one reporter on Capitol Hill, Republicans believe the 78-year-old far-right jurist was there for medical reasons."Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was just in the Capitol," wrote Politico's Meredith Lee Hill. "He declined to answer questions about why he was here as he left the House side. He did not meet with House GOP leadership and Rs believe he was here for the House physician office, per sources."MS NOW reporter Mychael Schnell could not ascertain this, but confirmed the secretive nature of Thomas' presence on the Hill."Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas just walked through the House side of the Capitol," she said. "He didn’t say why he was here. But told me he was meeting with 'nobody.' I said tomorrow will be a big day at the court. 'I guess so,' he responded. Would he give a sneak peak of decisions? 'Nope,' he told me with a chuckle."The whole situation raised eyebrows among political observers, with former President Barack Obama spokesperson TJ Adams Falconer posting a GIF of "Veep" protagonist Selina Meyer saying, "Well, that's (expletive) ... not good."Thomas, who has served on the Supreme Court since 1991 and is currently its most senior justice, has thus far rebuffed all calls from Republican legal strategists to step down and allow Trump to replace him with someone younger.

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Trump says he will 'continue the fight' after Supreme Court declines to review Carroll abuse verdict

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Trump says he will 'continue the fight' after Supreme Court declines to review Carroll abuse verdict

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's appeal of a $5 million verdict finding he sexually abused and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll, leaving the judgement in place.

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Trump surprised by Supreme Court decision to not review E. Jean Carroll case

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Trump surprised by Supreme Court decision to not review E. Jean Carroll case

President Trump on Monday said he was surprised by the Supreme Court’s decision not to review the verdict in E. Jean Carroll’s suit against him, in which he was found liable for sexually abusing the writer inside a dressing room during the mid-1990s and defaming her. “Surprisingly, the Supreme Court declined to ‘review’ a Fake…

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