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Rand Paul grills Biden’s education nominee with transphobic questions

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Rand Paul was the picture of bitterness as he repeatedly pushed questions on transgender student athletes to Joe Biden’s education secretary nominee, Miguel Cardona. President Biden signed an executive order on his first day in office allowing trans students to participate in the sporting events that match their gender identity. This inclusive order seemed baffling to Rand, who was determined to press the matter during Cardona’s confirmation hearing in the Senate on Wednesday (3 February). “If you’re confirmed, will you enforce that Office of Civil Rights opinion?” he asked the nominee. “I understand that there are a lot of concerns about that,” Cardona replied neutrally. […]

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Trump Eviscerated by Lesbian Niece Mary for ‘Orchestrating’ Riots

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As violent white supremacists attacked the US Capitol, and democracy itself, on Wednesday (6 January), Mary Trump called out her uncle for ‘orchestrating’ the insurrection. An armed, extremist mob of Donald Trump supporters breached the US Capitol, storming the rotunda and breaking into the Senate chamber to fire tear gas at senators in a bid to overturn the US election result as the Electoral College votes were counted by Congress. The election has now been certified by Congress as a win for Democratic president-elect Joe Biden and his vice president-elect Kamala Harris. The pro-Trump rioters descended on the Capitol on the president’s instructions, moving from the […]