Hillary Clinton blasted Donald Trump’s desire to run as a “moderate” on abortion in 2024 despite his instrumental role in securing the destruction of federal abortion rights in the United States. Earlier this week, Rolling Stone spoke to sources close to the former president, who has been conveying to advisers …
Read More »Paranoia, Feuds, and Revenge Fantasies: The Jan. 6 Hearings Have Thrown Team Trump into Chaos
For the past two weeks, a number of the twice-impeached former president’s staunchest apparatchiks and most faithful lieutenants were closely following the televised Jan. 6 committee hearings — not with Trumpian ire, but under the weight of their own sustained anxiety. They weren’t worried about the moral implications of the …
Read More »Trump Rambles About Toilets Not Flushing During Ohio Rally … Oh, and Also: Hijacking America's Election Systems
Donald Trump has been holding rallies to prop up his preferred 2022 congressional candidates for a while now. There isn’t much that differentiates one from another. He stirs up fear about immigrants. He rants about the 2020 election, claiming falsely that it was stolen. He bashes President Biden as incompetent. …
Read More »'Take Care of the Son of a Bitch': Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell Talked Tough About Trump After Jan. 6 … Then Cowered
A New York Times report published Thursday offers new details of a familiar storyline: Republicans who privately criticized Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection ultimately shying away from a public confrontation for fear of riling up or alienating his supporters. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who reportedly pushed …
Read More »Trump Endorses J.D. Vance — Who Once Called Him an 'Idiot,' 'Noxious,' and 'Reprehensible' — for Senate in Ohio
Donald Trump has officially endorsed J.D. Vance for Senate in Ohio, calling him the “most qualified candidate” who is “ready to win.” “This is not an easy endorsement for me to make because like and respect some of the other candidates in the race — they’ve said great things about …
Read More »Herschel Walker Appears to Have Been Lying About His Business Record, Too
The Associated Press reported last summer on “exaggerated claims of financial success” by Herschel Walker, the Trump-endorsed Georgia Senate candidate. The investigation found Walker inflated the earnings and size of his chicken business, Renaissance Man Food Services. The extent to which Walker owns his business as opposed to lending his …
Read More »Trump Says He Was 'Surprised' By Putin's Ukraine Invasion
Former President Donald Trump said he was “surprised” that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, according to an interview with theWashington Examiner, stating that Putin’s threats were a “smart way to negotiate.” “I’m surprised — I’m surprised. I thought he was negotiating when he sent his troops …
Read More »Bill Barr Says Trump Is 'Responsible' for Jan. 6 … and Also That He'd Still Vote for Him in 2024
William Barr, the former attorney general who did Trump’s bidding in the Justice Department for nearly two years, has joined the cavalcade of former Trump lackeys who have determined they can cash in by writing a book trashing the man they willingly, dutifully served. Barr’s entry into the canon, One …
Read More »Crowd Treats Trump the Way Trump Treats Fauci
It’s tough when you give people sound medical advice and in exchange they treat you like a pariah, but don’t cry too hard for Donald Trump. When the former president told a Dallas audience that he received a Covid-19 vaccine booster, anti-vaxxers in the crowd booed. Trump was in Texas …
Read More »Sham GOP Election 'Auditors' Want to See Your Ballot — But Hide Their Own Work
Robin Vos was defiant. The state Assembly had launched its own investigation into “election integrity” and the 2020 vote count in their state, and Vos, the speaker and Republican leader of the Assembly, had been asked when he would release documents related to the taxpayer-funded audit then underway. Doing so, …
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