Barney Frank, trailblazing gay former congressman, has died at 86

Barney Frank, the trailblazing Massachusetts congressman whose razor-sharp political instincts and unapologetic visibility helped reshape both American liberalism and LGBTQ+ representation in public life, has died at 86, according to The Boston Globe.

Frank died Tuesday night after recently entering hospice care at his home in Ogunquit, Maine, where he had been battling congestive heart…

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From Crockett to Willis: 8 Black Officials Who Have Clashed With Trump

During a memorial service for the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in 2025, President Donald Trump made a stunningly candid admission when he said, “I hate my opponents.” His opponents don’t exactly love him, either, and some of the Black members of Congress, fed up with the limits of respectability politics, are dropping it to fire […]

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Trump’s Treasury Secretary Caught in Blatant Lie to Congress

Democratic Representative Maxine Waters caught Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in a clear and obvious lie during a congressional hearing.

“Did you write a letter to investors raising concerns about the impact of tariffs, writing that ‘tariffs are inflationary?’ Did you say that at that time, yes or no?” Waters asked.

“Uh, no,” Bessent replied.

“OK … we have a _New York Times_ article that…

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