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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As Fox holds auditions for its recently vacated 8 p.m. timeslot, some hosts are pulling out all the stops to show the network that they are a worthy successor to former primetime racist Tucker Carlson. On Tuesday afternoon, host Jesse Watters, appearing on The Five, claimed that he could “just …
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A text message obtained by The New York Times shows Tucker Carlson describing a video depicting a “group of Trump guys” beating an “Antifa kid,” and stating that “It’s not how white men fight.” The message, discovered on the eve of the jury trial for Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit …
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Cryptocurrency mining is wreaking havoc on America’s efforts to take on the climate crisis. President Biden wants to crack down. The White House announced on Tuesday that the president’s proposed 2024 budget includes the Digital Asset Mining Energy (DAME) tax, which would tax crypto firms at 30 percent of the …
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On Monday, President Joe Biden’s administration announced that it will temporarily deploy 1,500 U.S. troops to support operations at the U.S.-Mexico border. Republican lawmakers who have been clamoring for hardline action at the border for months are outraged. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) declared the deployment “ridiculous theater” while speaking to …
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Donald Trump will not take the stand or have his attorneys present a defense in the defamation and battery trial brought against him by author E. Jean Carroll. Attorneys for the former president told U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan on Wednesday that they would be declining to present witnesses …
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Derrick Peterson — a top candidate for the Portland school board whose ties to prominent Christian nationalists Rolling Stone uncovered this week, is withdrawing his candidacy. In a statement to supporters Wednesday afternoon, Peterson wrote, “Over the past week my affiliations with various churches have been presented in the media. …
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While Donald Trump may be prospective 2024 candidate Ron DeSantis’ greatest political rival, the Florida Governor’s mind is currently consumed by a much wilier foe: Mickey Mouse. DeSantis’ feud with the Walt Disney Company has escalated into a full first amendment lawsuit brought by the company against the governor. The …
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Newsmax has been working overtime to capitalize on cable viewers outraged over competitor Fox’s firing of headline host Tucker Carlson. In their eagerness to tear down the conservative media giant, their claims about the network have now boiled over into the outright conspiratorial. On Monday night host Eric Bolling, himself …
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The drip-drip-drip of revelations about Tucker Carlson‘s questionable conduct at Fox News continued on Tuesday, with Media Matters publishing leaked, behind-the-scenes video of the recently ousted host making a series of sexual comments on set. “If we’re going to talk about sex, I’d love to hit some of the fine …
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