Former President Donald Trump unleashed a frenzy of posts on Truth Social, his social media app, following the explosive testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, before the Jan. 6 Committee. The testimony revealed the chaos behind the scenes of the Trump administration in …
Read More »As Grieving Parkland Families Waited for Trump, He Ranted About How to 'Stick It to the Mexicans'
Donald Trump posted about the need for “real solutions and real leadership” on Wednesday in response to the school mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and he’ll likely make a similar call on Friday, when he travels to Houston to address the National Rifle Association. But when there was another mass …
Read More »Even Trump Is 'Completely Weirded Out By' Madison Cawthorn's Antics
Donald Trump helped make Rep. Madison Cawthorn a star of the MAGA movement, but now the lawmaker risks falling out of The Donald’s good graces. Just a month after he invited Cawthorn to speak at a North Carolina rally, Trump has grown increasingly annoyed and disappointed with his MAGA apprentice. …
Read More »A MAGA Rapper Who Painted His Lawn for Trump Won a Republican Primary for Congress
Donald Trump was in Delaware, Ohio, late last month for a rally to promote his preferred candidates in the Buckeye State — most notably J.D. Vance, who on Tuesday night won the Republican Party’s nomination for U.S. Senate. Trump strayed from his prepared remarks at several points during his speech, …
Read More »Leonardo DiCaprio, Covid Masks, and God: An Incomplete List of Who and What the Right Is Blaming for Russia's Invasion
Republican politicians and conservative media pundits have been a little confused about how to respond to Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine. The GOP, once known for its hawkishness toward Russia, softened its stance toward the murderous authoritarian as Donald Trump praised him incessantly throughout his time in office. He continued to …
Read More »Nothing Resembling Fraud Detected in Initial Findings of Texas Election Audit Trump Pushed for Desperately
Texas‘ audit of the 2020 election results thus far hasn’t unveiled anything out of the ordinary, despite former President Donald Trump pushing for an examination of what he dubbed a “scam” election in the state he won comfortably. The Texas secretary of state’s office on New Year’s Eve released the …
Read More »Trump Adviser Worried He's Not Getting Enough Credit for Trying to Ruin American Democracy
For most patriotic Americans, Jan. 6 represents a day of national shame and terror at what could have been the end of our democracy. But when former Trump economic adviser Peter Navarro reflects on that day, what he dwells on is that he doesn’t get nearly enough credit. Navarro recently …
Read More »Big Law Firms Promised to Punish Republicans Who Voted to Overthrow Democracy. Now They're Donating to Their Campaigns
WASHINGTON — In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection, some of the country’s biggest law firms joined blue-chip corporations and other industry trade groups by halting all political donations and rethinking their giving strategy altogether. In a few cases, law firms vowed they wouldn’t give money to any of …
Read More »Trump Loyalist Mark Meadows Now Cooperating with Committee Investigating Jan. 6, Chair Says
Looks like the Justice Department indicting Steve Bannon for not cooperating with the Jan. 6 committee may have scared some sense into Mark Meadows. The former Trump chief of staff is now “engaging” with the committee and providing documents, the panel’s chair said. “Mr. Meadows has been engaging with the …
Read More »Is Biden Running in 2024? He's Telling Allies That's the Plan
President Joe Biden is telling his aides and allies that he intends to run for re-election in 2024, The Washington Post reported Saturday. “The only thing I’ve heard him say is he’s planning on running again,” former senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), who is friends with Biden, told The Post. “And …
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