Disgraced Former Justice Roy Moore Leads Poll For GOP Senate Nomination In Alabama

Roy Moore, the former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court who was twice removed from the bench due to his willful failure to follow the orders of a Federal District Court, is leading in a new poll of the Republican primary for the Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore leads the crowded Republican primary field in the state's Senate race, according to a new poll. Moore has 30 percent support in the JMC Analytics and Polling survey.

No, MSNBC, Limbaugh is not to blame for Trump

Joy Reid, MSNBC's hostess with the mostest on all things race-baiting - who, for example, recently expressed reserved and "delicate" hope for Rep. Steve Scalise's gun wound recovery because of his record "on race" - blamed voter racism and anger, fueled by talk show powerhouse Rush Limbaugh, for the rise of President Donald Trump. Reid, in the context of discussing Sen. Jeff Flake's RINOey new book, "Conscience of a Conservative," which basically takes pot shots at Trump, told her TV host Chuck Todd that "right-wing talk radio over the last 20 something years" has spawned the anger that's spawned the "vulgarity" that's spawned, ultimately, the Trump White House.

Bachelor ‘villain’ Elizabeth’s pals forced her to audition

One dead and seven hurt as thrill ride called 'The Fireball' breaks and throws people through the air in disaster at the Ohio State Fair Scaramucci DENIES accusing Reince Priebus of leaking his financial details - and DELETES cryptic late-night tweet that seemed to point the finger at White House Chief of Staff over report he's worth $85m Man is sentenced to 42 years in prison for the shocking kidnap and rape of a four-year-old girl that left her with an incurable STD Amazon plans to hire 50,000 people in ONE WEEK with massive job fair in which candidates across 12 states will be offered jobs 'on the spot' Republican senators including John McCain kill off full repeal of Obamacare - leaving only a 'skinny' abolition on the table - but Trump says 'we're doing okay' 'She did not deserve what I did to her': Man who raped and killed his girlfriend's three-year-old daughter is executed in ... (more)

Steve Scalise, congressman wounded in shootout, back in intensive care

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who was injured last month in a shooting during a congressional baseball team practice, was readmitted to intensive care Wednesday night because of new concerns about infection, according to The Associated Press. The Louisiana Republican was among five people injured in June when a lone gunman opened fire on a ballfield where Republicans were practicing near Alexandria, Va.

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US soldier, 36, on vacation in Belarus is 'thrown to his death from the 10th floor balcony of his hotel room after telling his family "they are out for blood" following an argument in a casino' Republican whip Steve Scalise is readmitted to ICU in a serious condition after an infection following his shooting at baseball practice last month US is ready to use 'considerable military forces if we must' to stop North Korea's nuclear program, UN ambassador warns Attorney files ethics complaint against Chris Christie and demands the New Jersey governor pay the 'fair market value of renting a private beach during July Fourth weekend' after Beachgate EXCLUSIVE: You're not welcome here! Hot felon Jeremy Meeks is confronted by his furious wife as he returns home for first time since kissing billionaire's daughter on Mediterranean yacht Princeton anthropology professor and mother-of-one, 61, dies ... (more)

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise Readmitted To Intensive Care Unit

Republican Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, who was wounded last month when a gunman opened fire on a Republican baseball practice in Alexandria, Va., is back in intensive care because of concerns for infection. Congressman Steve Scalise has been readmitted to the Intensive Care Unit at MedStar Washington Hospital Center due to new concerns for infection.

US lawmaker shot by anti-Trump gunman back in intensive care

Top US Republican lawmaker Steve Scalise, recovering from being shot by a gunman angry about US President Donald Trump, has been moved back into intensive care because of concerns over infection, doctors said Wednesday. Scalise and three other people were shot in mid June at a park in suburban Washington as they practiced for a congressional charity baseball game.

Wounded Rep. Scalise readmitted to intensive care

The Washington hospital where House Majority Whip Steve Scalise is recuperating from a gunshot wound says he has been readmitted to the intensive care unit. MedStar Washington Hospital Center says the Louisiana congressman is back in intensive care because of new concerns for infection.

‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’ Frederick Douglass, Revisited

"What to the slave is the Fourth of July?" posed Frederick Douglass to a gathering of 500-600 abolitionists in Rochester, N.Y., in 1852. Admission to the speech was 12 cents, and the crowd at the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society was enthusiastic, voting unanimously to endorse the speech at its end.

The Most Abused President in History

There's no doubt that President Trump is the most abused president in modern history more so than George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Richard Nixon, all of whom caught their share of flak. That's the judgment of Fox News's Brit Hume, who sees today's partisanship as "the most intensely hostile political atmosphere" in memory in his case, a memory stretching back almost 50 years.

Top StoryMSNBC ‘Morning Joe’ hosts fire back at Trump Twitter blasts

In this April 22, 2013 file photo, MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, right, attend the 2013 Matrix New York Women in Communications Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. President Donald Trump has used a series of tweets to go after Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, who've criticized Trump on their MSNBC show "Morning Joe."

MSNBC ‘Morning Joe’ hosts fire back at Trump Twitter blasts

In this April 22, 2013 file photo, MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, right, attend the 2013 Matrix New York Women in Communications Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. President Donald Trump has used a series of tweets to go after Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, who've criticized Trump on their MSNBC show "Morning Joe."

‘Actual malice’ and The New York Times

For Sarah Palin to prevail in her libel action against the New York Times , she must prove that the Times knew that the following statement in a June 15, 2017 editorial was false, or was published "with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not: "...Sarah Palin's political action committee circulated a map of targeted election districts that put [Congresswoman Gabrielle] Giffords and 19 other Democrats under stylized cross hairs." The editorial went on to suggest that there was direct incitement "in the Giffords attack".

White nationalists find Lincoln Memorial, and opposing voices

Richard Spencer addresses a rally of white nationalists and right-wing activists on Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. A group of white nationalists and right-wing activists descended on one of America's greatest venues for political speech Sunday - the area in front of the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial, near where Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of his dream - and it was essentially just another day in Washington.

Can we lose the liberal jingoism? Loose talk about…

After James Hodgkinson shot Republican congressman Steve Scalise and four other people at the Republican congressional baseball team practice last week in Virginia, it did not take long for right-wingers to start blaming the left. Hodgkinson, who had an anger management problem and a history of violence - yet no trouble getting his hands on an assault rifle and handgun - had also been a supporter of Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign, which was more than enough for partisans on the right to denounce the entire left for violence.