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At 1:31 a.m., in the dark of night on Jan. 13, the federal government executed Lisa Montgomery. She was the first woman executed by the federal government in almost 70 years and only the third woman executed by the Feds since 1900.For a short time in...

Bush’s supporters, on the other hand, praised her for being consistent on her anti-death penalty stance. Wait, she’s against the death penalty — regardless of the prisoner’s politics or crimes? Just as some sort of principled stand? Outrageous. “Wait, she’s against the death penalty — regardless of the prisoner’s politics or crimes? Just as some sort of principled stand? Outrageous,” another user apparently sarcastically tweeted. Many users particularly pointed out the horrif...

(AP Photo by Jim Salter) Freshman Rep. Cori Bush (D-BLM) is already earning her chops as a member of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-Clueless) “Squad” — in “splendid” fashion. Before we get to Bush’s latest effort, the following promo tells you all you need to know about Cori Bush. The Black Lives Matter organizer, who marched in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, to protest the legal police-shooting of Michael Brown, is scheduled to sit down with the geniuses of “The View�...

Freshman Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., is taking heat after urging her followers to "say their names" in reference to 13 inmates executed during President Trump's term, including a self-proclaimed White supremacist who murdered an Arkansas family in 1996.

SUNNY HOSTIN: Congresswoman, while watching the impeachment hearings I was really taken aback by how your Republican colleagues attempted to draw parallels between what we saw at the Capitol and the Black Lives Matter rallies and protests, we saw over the summer. You have been unrelenting in calling the insurrection an act of white supremacy, including on the House floor where you were actually booed by your colleagues. What was your reaction to hearing this comparison over and over again fr...

The first female vice president, and the first person of color to hold that office, will be sworn in by the first Latina named to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Supreme Justice Sonia Sotomayor issues a dissent regarding the federal execution of Dustin Higgs, the 13th inmate executed since July 2020 by the Trump administration.

Trump administration executes two more death row prisoners in pre-Inauguration Day killing spree The US government executed two prisoners Thursday night and early Saturday as the Trump administration continued its killing spree in advance of the inauguration of Joe Biden as president on January 20. The US Supreme Court allowed both executions to proceed. Federal death row inmate Corey Johnson, 52, was executed Thursday night at the federal prison facility in Terre Haute, Indiana. His execution ...

A stunning, unprecedented decision drew an incandescent rebuke from Sotomayor, the conscience of the court.

A stunning, unprecedented decision drew an incandescent rebuke from Sotomayor, the conscience of the court.