In the immediate aftermath of the shooting in Allen, Texas, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) took to Twitter to blame anything but guns for the violent incident that left at least nine people, including the suspected gunman, dead. Instead of focusing on America’s gun culture, Greene blamed “mental illness, drugs, …
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A man who attacked police officers at the U.S. Capitol with pepper spray and a chair was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down to anyone convicted in relation with the Jan. 6 riot, according to AP. The man, Peter Schwartz, 49, was sentenced …
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If you thought there was a chance Kanye West was done associating with the far-right’s bottom-of-the-barrel personalities, dispel the notion from your mind. Despite having previously fired right-wing sleezebag Milo Yiannopoulos from his pseudo-presidential “campaign,” Ye has brought him back into the fold to serve as manager for his election …
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A conservative judicial activist urged there be “no mention of Ginni” in billing paperwork for consulting payments to Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Documents obtained by the Washington Post, reveal that in 2012 Leonard Leo — an advisor to the nonprofit Judicial Education Project — …
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Donald Trump hasn’t been mounting much of a defense in the defamation and battery case E. Jean Carroll brought against the former president. In fact, his lawyers told the court earlier this week they wouldn’t be presenting any defense at all, and that Trump would not be appearing at the …
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Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni raised Thomas’ grandnephew, Mark Martin, “as a son,” as the Supreme Court justice once put it. They sent him to a private boarding school in 2008 and, wouldn’t you know it, conservative billionaire Harlan Crow footed the bill, ProPublica reported on Thursday. “Harlan picked …
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The Republican presidential primary debates aren’t likely to play out in a neat and orderly fashion. The New York Times reported earlier this week that Donald Trump, as of now the overwhelming favorite to secure the nomination, is probably going to skip one or both of the first two debates. …
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Donald Trump took a break while golfing in Ireland on Thursday to complain to reporters that he, a “famous rich and political person that’s leading the polls by 40 points,” has to deal with a rape trial. While the former president has spent the last several days hitting the links …
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Kanye West has rehirednoxious right-wing troll Milo Yiannopoulos to help him with his 2024 presidential bid. In turn, Yiannopoulos has fired white nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes and political adviser Ali Alexander in an email, Rolling Stoneconfirmed Thursday. “As you may know, I have been in Los Angeles for …
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Montana Judge Mike Menahan rejected a request from Democratic State Rep. Zooey Zephyr to overturn a ban against her presence on the state’s House floor and legislative facilities. Menahan wrote in his decision Tuesday that Zephyr’s request would “require this Court to interfere with legislative authority in a manner that …
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