US politicians react to Trump’s expletive-laden threat to Iran

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bernie Sanders among those responding with alarm to Trump writing 'open the fuckin' strait, you crazy bastards'…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/05/trump-iran-threats-politician-reactions

 

Who Takes Palantir’s Money? A New Tracker Finds Out. – Mother Jones

The top six Palantir-funded politicians—via the company's corporate PAC or individual contributors employed there—are Donald Trump, Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.)…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/purge-palantir-donation-tracker-ice-congress/ 

Threats to political leaders surge and haunt U.S. democracy as 2024 begins - The Washington Post

'I believe people when they say that they want to hurt us or kill us. I don't think they're idle threats,' a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/09/public-officials-death-threats-swatting-surge/

One Woman Is Holding Politicians Accountable for Nasty Speech. It’s Changing Politics. - POLITICO

"People need to be held accountable for what they say and how they say it," Luntz says. "It is long overdue, and no one's tried this before. It has the potential to be incredibly impactful."…

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/01/20/tami-pyfer-dignify-politics-00078409

Corruptible by Brian Klaas - Q&A (Allison Gill; Mueller, She Wrote Book Club podcast)

Author Brian Klaas answers questions about his book and the research behind it, including comments about Putin and other world leaders and politicians.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-h8gf9-12e0aab0

How Threats Against Politicians Are Surging - The New York Times

…Patrick W. Carlineo Jr., who had been gorging himself on right-wing talk radio before making the call to threaten Ms. Omar, also expressed regret when he appeared before a judge in 2019. 

"I was listening to the Glenn Beck show, then I listened to Rush Limbaugh, and they were talking about her on both shows, and I get a little carried away with the coffee in the morning," Mr. Carlineo said. "I just got all fired up."…

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/us/politics/politician-death-threats.html

More than 1,000 US public figures aided Trump’s effort to overturn election

"Our call to action is about voting, not doxing," she said, pointing out that no private information is included on the index. "The call to action is not to show up at this person's house or chase their child to school, but to allow every registered voter to have an educated way to cast their vote."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/05/trump-capitol-attack-democracy-election-insurrection-index

How These Ultrawealthy Politicians Avoided Paying Taxes — ProPublica

IRS records reveal how Gov. Jim Justice, Gov. Jared Polis, former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and other wealthy political figures slashed their taxes using strategies unavailable to most of their constituents...

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-these-ultrawealthy-politicians-avoided-paying-taxes

Revealed: neo-Confederate group includes military officers and politicians

Leaked data shows other high-profile members have overlapping membership in more explicitly racist or violent groups…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/28/neo-confederate-group-members-politicians-military-officers

Not criminal is not good enough - The Hill

Our nation deserves better than the questionable activities carried our by our elected leaders. .....
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/424100-not-criminal-is-not-good-enough

6 dumbest ideas politicians have about science

From rape preventing pregnancy.... to vaccines causing autism.... to God controlling the climate.... Here is my list of the stupidest and whackiest scientific misconceptions held by politicians.
https://youtu.be/IBIET-uEbXA

Jeff Sessions Jokes About Family Separations Amid Controversy Over U.S. Border Policy -- HuffPost

“We hear views on television today that are on the lunatic fringe, frankly.”....
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-sessions-family-separations-joke_us_5b32f207e4b0cb56051d1f12

Time to find out - PoliticalHumor

https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/7n7ydw/time_to_find_out/

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