It’s clear why Trump blames DEI for everything | Judith Levine

Everyone but the credulous media seems to understand what’s behind Trump’s attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion It took fewer than 12 hours after Wednesday’s disastrous plane collision at DC’s Reagan National airport for Donald Trump to display his most powerful instinct: blaming others, whether the real guilty party is himself, one of his cronies, … Read more

New York Gov. Hochul signs law protecting abortion pill prescribers after doctor indicted in Louisiana

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, signed a bill Monday aimed at shielding the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion drugs after a New York physician was indicted for prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor in Louisiana. The new law, which is effective immediately, allows for doctors’ names to be omitted from abortion … Read more

Tulsi Gabbard confirmation fate to be tested with key committee vote

Tulsi Gabbard is set to test her odds of Senate confirmation on Tuesday as the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence considers her nomination by President Donald Trump.  Gabbard, a former Democrat congresswoman who has been tapped as the nominee for director of national intelligence (DNI), went before the committee last week. During her confirmation hearing, … Read more

Threatened by populist superpowers, Europe too needs a dose of patriotism | Lorenzo Marsili

In this unsettling world order, polite, middle-size democracies are easy prey for bullies. It is time to reassert European power Squeezed between US oligarchy and Russian and Chinese autocracy, Europe’s democracies stand out like a relic from a bygone age. The euphoria and sheepish groupthink on display at Donald Trump’s inauguration last month may well … Read more