Trump’s legal team claims the former president has no materials matching the description of a classified document he claimed he had in a 2021 recording that has been obtained by the Justice Department. The document, reportedly classified as “SECRET,” allegedly contains descriptions of an attack plan against Iran proposed by …
Read More »House Overwhelmingly Approves Biden-McCarthy Debt Ceiling Bill
In a 314-117 majority vote on Wednesday night, the House approved a bill to suspend the federal debt ceiling through January of 2025. The vote took place just days before the June 5 deadline for the government to free up funds lest the United States be unable to pay off …
Read More »The Forum Built for Stanning Trump Has Pivoted to Hating Gay People
The Donald’s cultish devotion to its namesake has verged on the comical. Billing itself as a “high-energy” online “rally” for “serious supporters of President Trump,” the infamous Reddit-like forum’s front page features a portrait of the former president in generalissimo garb, replete with war medals and golden epaulets. Posts about …
Read More »Pentagon Kicks Off Pride Month by Caving to Matt Gaetz, Canceling Drag Show
It’s been little more than a decade since the Department of Defense officially repealed “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” allowing LGBTQ service members to be open about their identities, families, and lives. Today, progress is being threatened by a vitriolic anti-LGBTQ backlash from the right — and the Pentagon is starting …
Read More »Trump Admits Republicans Don't Even Know What 'Woke' Means
During a Thursday campaign event in Iowa, former President Donald Trump admitted what we all know: Republicans have no idea what “woke” actually means. “I don’t like the term ‘woke,’” Trump said while answering questions from the audience, “because I hear the term ‘woke woke woke’ — it’s just a …
Read More »Not Even Chick-fil-A Is Safe From Anti-'Woke' Right Wingers
Fresh off a siege against Target for the crime of releasing a Pride collection, far-right influencers have been roving the digital countryside looking for the subject of their next meltdown and have landed on a surprising choice: fast food chain Chick-fil-A. Why are conservative accounts attempting to gin up outrage …
Read More »Nikki Haley Wants To Ban Foreign Lobbying (Except When She's Campaigning)
During an April town hall in Iowa, 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley declared her intent to “outlaw all foreign lobbying whatsoever.” “Ban all foreign lobbying,” she wrote on Twitter shortly after. But behind the scenes, Haley had given herself a hall pass when it comes to accepting campaign donations …
Read More »Trump Caught On Tape Admitting He Kept Classified Docs: Report
Donald Trump’s claim that he had declassified the massive trove of government documents he took to Mar-a-Lago was dubious from the start. Well, CNN reported on Wednesday that federal prosecutors overseeing the probe into the documents have obtained a recording of the former president admitting that he kept a classified …
Read More »Project Veritas Sues Founder James O'Keefe, Accusing Him of Wooing Donors for Rival Company
Right-wing action group Project Veritas filed a lawsuit Wednesday against its founder, James O’Keefe, alleging he bullied staff, and violated his employment agreement by establishing a rival organization while still on Project Veritas’ payroll. “Being known as the founder of an organization does not entitle that person to run amok …
Read More »The DOJ Has Questions About Trump Firing an Election Security Expert Days After the Election
The special counsel investigating Donald Trump‘s efforts to overturn the 2020 election has subpoenaed members of the former president’s White House staff believed to be involved in the firing of the administration’s top election security expert, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. Trump fired former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security …
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