West Virginia’s governor is switching parties tonight at a rally with Trump

(AP Photo/Steve Helber) West Virginia’s Democratic governor is leaving the Democratic Party and joining the Republican party on Thursday. The New York Times reported that Jim Justice, the Democratic former businessman, will join President Donald Trump at a rally tonight in Huntington, where he will announce that he is switching parties. This isn’t the first […]

‘It’s just been so painful’: Woman warns against lip-filler house parties after medical crisis

A young woman is warning others about the dangers of home lip augmentation and lip-filler parties after a complication left her temporarily disfigured, in excruciating pain and at risk for even more serious side-effects. CBC | Health News

Not So Supreme — Why Parties Will Gerrymander, No Matter What the Highest Court Says

The Supreme Court’s decision to hear Gill v. Whitford — a case that claims Wisconsin’s congressional districts are unfairly drawn to favor Republican candidates — has people all over the country speculating about whether partisan gerrymandering will finally be ruled unconstitutional. Democrats are excited because current congressional maps are drawn to favor the GOP. But […]

Raven's Home Extended Trailer Spices Things Up With Dance Parties, Drones

Raven Baxter’s psychic abilities prove to be as imperfect as ever in the extended trailer for Disney Channel’s Raven’s Home. The latest footage from the That’s So Raven spinoff (premiering Friday, July 21 at 10/9c) offers Raven a chance to give everyone living under her roof a proper introduction, including son Booker, who also has visions. Booker […]

Will Both Parties Ever Agree on Redistricting? It Could Happen Here

They were fighting words, and last month Pennsylvania Democrat Lisa Boscola, a state senator, delivered them from the steps of the capitol in Harrisburg, where a rally was held in support of two bills designed to take the politics out of redistricting: “These bills are a way to slay the gerrymander once and for all.” […]

The moderate parties that helped bring peace to Northern Ireland have been wiped out in the UK general election

AP Photo/Bjoern Sigurdson NTB Pluss A small political party entirely based in Northern Ireland that has been out of the spotlight for years could emerge as a decisive force in allowing the Conservative Party to form a majority in the House of Commons after Theresa May’s disastrous campaign result in the 2017 general election. The […]

DOJ bans Holder-era settlement payouts to 'slush fund' third parties

The US Justice Department will no longer pay settlements to third parties that were “neither the victims nor the parties of the lawsuit.” The funds were meant for community organizations but conservatives said only liberal organizations benefitted. On Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Justice Department would no longer allow federal prosecutors to […]

‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’ Teasers: They Must Be From California

Neil Gaiman‘s comic book How to Talk to Girl at Parties is a fun read. It’s also a very short read. If adapted faithfully, it’d probably be a great short film. The director behind Rabbit Hole and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, John Cameron Mitchell, had the freedom of adapting the story into a narrative […]

‘Take more refugees,’ UN tells British political parties

The United Nations (UN) is urging Prime Minister Theresa May’s government and the country’s leading opposition parties to pledge to take in more refugees from war-torn areas amid the largest human displacement since WWII. Writing in the Times, Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, the UNHCR representative to the UK, said Britain should “do the right thing” to […]

‘The game is rigged’: Elizabeth Warren explains why political parties are changing in the US

Screenshot via CNN/YouTube The concept of political parties is changing in the US, and grassroots progressives are leading the charge. That’s according to Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic senator from Massachusetts who has been an unabashed critic of President Donald Trump. Sen. Warren said in an interview on CNN Monday night that “the notion of parties […]