California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week made what could either be considered a bold pledge or a shameless grandstand: He announced that the state was reevaluating the planned renewal of a contract with Walgreens, after the pharmacy chain assured 21 Republican attorneys general that it would not dispense mifepristone in …
Read More »Man Seeks $1 Million Each From Ex-Wife's Friends After They Allegedly Helped Her Find Abortion Pills
A Texas man is suing his ex-wife’s friends for $1,000,000 each, accusing the women of conspiracy and wrongful death after they allegedly helped their friend procure pills to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. The lawsuit —the first that is believed to have been filed in Texas since abortion was criminalized in …
Read More »An Alleged Boogaloo Boi — and Confirmed Porn Star — Is on the Run From the FBI
An alleged adherent of the Boogaloo militia movement — who is also an aspiring porn star — is on the run from federal authorities following a mid-January raid on his home. The FBI was tipped off that the fugitive was sitting on an illegal cache of weapons, originally stockpiled “in …
Read More »Trump Privately Proposes Wave of High-Level Jan. 6 Pardons
Donald Trump has privately told confidants that, should he be re-elected president, he could pardon any of his allies if they face charges from the Biden-era Justice Department in two major probes, two people familiar with the matter tell Rolling Stone. Since last summer, the former president has been telling …
Read More »Gang Members Hold Positions at 'Highest Levels' of LA Sheriff's Department, Investigation Reveals
A blistering new official investigation decries violent, lawless “deputy gangs” that continue to wield extraordinary power within the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. The report delivers a call to action for new Sheriff Robert Luna: “It is time to eradicate this 50-year plague upon the County of Los Angeles.” The report …
Read More »The Right Is Big Mad at Big Tech But Can't Quite Figure Out Why
The MAGA movement still had Big Tech in its sights at CPAC 2023 — but they aren’t sure how or when to pull the trigger, or if the gun is even loaded. The ultra-conservative conference has long been captured by Donald Trump, serving as a perennial opportunity for the president’s …
Read More »Young Republicans Are Begging Party Elders To Stop Saying 'Woke'
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. — To attend the Conservative Political Action Conference is to find oneself on the front lines of the war against woke. During her speech on Friday, 2024 hopeful Nikki Haley deemed “wokeness” a “virus more dangerous than any pandemic.” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) argued Americans ought not …
Read More »The Iraq War Unleashed an Age of Grift. We're Still Living in It
T he quote that would secure Jim Mattis’ reputation as the most celebrated Marine general of his generation came during meetings he hadn’t wanted to attend. It was April 2004, a half-mile east of the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which had exploded in an insurrection that threatened to doom the …
Read More »CPAC 2023 Is Low Energy
As it entered its third day near Washington on Friday, CPAC 23 wasn’t exactly a ghost town — but it had the feel of one where uneasy residents are starting to question why the railroad isn’t passing through anymore. Who wouldn’t be interested in panels like “The Biden Crime Family” …
Read More »Inside Jim Jordan's Disastrous Search for a 'Deep State' Whistleblower
In early February, Republicans brought an FBI veteran to Capitol Hill whom they hoped would expose a “deep state conspiracy” among Democrats and their accomplices in the intelligence community. The GOP witness was part of a network of “whistleblowers” —funneled to congressional Republicans’ new Weaponization of Government panel by allies …
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