r/politics • u/Politics_Knower • 9h ago

Indicting a Former President Should Always Have Been Fair Game | If a grand jury does indict Donald Trump, it will finally confirm, as the Founders expected, that ordinary citizens have the power to treat former commanders in chief like anyone else.

theatlantic.com

10.7k Upvotes

401 comments

r/politics • u/rubber-stunt-baby • 11h ago

Texas Republicans propose creation of vigilante group to hunt migrants at the border that will have immunity from prosecution

independent.co.uk

31.6k Upvotes

2.9k comments

r/politics • u/CapitalCourse • 5h ago

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Gets Death Threat Shortly After Trump’s Warning of “Death and Destruction”

vanityfair.com

1.9k Upvotes

109 comments

r/politics • u/Politics_Knower • 11h ago

John Fetterman has been hospitalized for depression for five weeks. His staff says he’ll be back soon. | A five-week hospital stay is considered somewhat long for inpatient depression care. But Fetterman's team has said they aren’t rushing the senator's return.

inquirer.com

7.4k Upvotes

1.0k comments

r/politics • u/unicyclecopilot • 10h ago

'Live free and die'? The sad state of U.S. life expectancy

npr.org

4.7k Upvotes

601 comments

r/politics • u/457655676 • 3h ago

The Justice Department investigated Jeffrey Epstein's death. Then it went silent.

businessinsider.com

1.1k Upvotes

117 comments

r/politics • u/RichKatz • 3h ago

Top Democrat Hakeem Jeffries warns Trump’s incendiary rhetoric might ‘get someone killed’

independent.co.uk

883 Upvotes

97 comments

r/politics • u/Picture-unrelated • 13h ago

The GOP is becoming more unhinged about LGBTQ people — which will only make them more unpopular | New research shows most Americans side with RuPaul and Kevin Bacon against Christian nationalists

salon.com

6.2k Upvotes

380 comments

r/politics • u/Politics_Knower • 11h ago

She lost her trans son to suicide. Can a Kentucky lawmaker make her colleagues care? | Eight weeks after the death of Karen Berg’s son, Henry, she’s fighting a flood of anti-transgender bills in the Kentucky Senate

washingtonpost.com

3.4k Upvotes

160 comments

r/politics • u/zeldestein • 3h ago

Sen. Warnock: ‘Insulin shouldn’t be expensive for anybody’

msnbc.com

623 Upvotes

34 comments

r/politics • u/marji80 • 4h ago

How a Single Democrat Stopped the Anti-Trans Wave

nymag.com

681 Upvotes

29 comments

r/politics • u/Boonzies • 9h ago

Rule By Law in Florida: Would President DeSantis be worse for American democracy than President Trump?

theatlantic.com

1.8k Upvotes

453 comments

r/politics • u/ladyem8 • 8h ago

Trump lawyer: Former president’s attack on Bragg was ‘ill-advised’

thehill.com

1.2k Upvotes

119 comments

r/politics • u/zeldestein • 3h ago

It’s clear I haven’t gotten through.’ After Silicon Valley Bank’s failure, Elizabeth Warren takes her criticism of Fed Chair Jerome Powell to another level.

bostonglobe.com

493 Upvotes

77 comments

r/politics • u/drumsallday • 12h ago

Trump describes 2024 election as ‘the final battle’ from podium in Waco

theguardian.com

2.3k Upvotes

490 comments

r/politics • u/Beckles28nz • 5h ago

Warner: FBI prepared for any violence over possible Trump indictment

axios.com

591 Upvotes

47 comments

r/politics • u/sherry_waseer • 5h ago

Trump warns of ‘death and destruction’ if charged with a crime

dawn.com

666 Upvotes

133 comments

r/politics • u/southpawFA • 4h ago

Principal forced to resign after students shown picture of Michelangelo’s David. One parent complained that a Renaissance art lesson was “pornographic.”

lgbtqnation.com

517 Upvotes

90 comments

r/politics • u/becidgreat • 4h ago

Hating the people who hate Trump is the only force that moves GOP voters

inquirer.com

429 Upvotes

65 comments

r/politics • u/Mogradal • 3h ago

Ohio church set to host drag story hour vandalized

cleveland.com

327 Upvotes

25 comments

r/politics • u/LocalChamp • 6h ago

Maryland House passes Trans Health Equity Act, advances price-gouging and data protections

marylandmatters.org

535 Upvotes

5 comments

r/politics • u/s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_ • 7h ago

Internet Archive to Appeal 'Chilling' Federal Ruling Against Digital Books

commondreams.org

572 Upvotes

29 comments

r/politics • u/Beckles28nz • 20h ago

Trump Says He’s ‘The Most Innocent Man in the History of Our Country’ at Lie-Filled Waco Rally

rollingstone.com

7.3k Upvotes

909 comments

r/politics • u/DoubleTFan • 4h ago

LA School Workers Win Historic Deal After 3-Day Strike

truthout.org

289 Upvotes

14 comments

r/politics • u/Witer1945 • 11h ago

DeSantis: State NAACP travel advisory proposal ‘a joke’

thegrio.com

1.1k Upvotes

179 comments

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