“You are no longer able to access TikTok on any device if you are connected to the university via its wired or WIFI networks.” So reads a notice that appears on the devices of students at the University of Texas at Austin after the school announced it would be blocking …
Read More »Marjorie Taylor Greene, Who Pushed 9/11 Conspiracies, Will Sit on Homeland Security Committee
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) received House committee assignments on Tuesday after the two representatives were stripped of their roles for suggesting violence against Democratic politicians. McCarthy also indicated that he will allow Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who is currently facing multiple investigations for lying to …
Read More »Matt Schlapp Sued for $9.4 Million After Allegedly Groping Man's Crotch
A former campaign staffer to Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker is seeking almost $9.4 million in damages in a lawsuit alleging that CPAC Chair Matt Schlapp groped him non-consensually in October. The suit alleges that Schlapp defamed him and committed sexual battery against the staffer when he “reached in between …
Read More »Joe Biden Uses MLK Day Church Speech to Call Out MAGA 'Insurrection'
During this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, Joe Biden traveled to the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where the president shared a stage with pastor and Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock. In his speech honoring Dr. King, President Biden said, in “what would’ve been Dr. King’s 94th …
Read More »Chuck Todd to Ron Johnson: 'You Can Go Back on Your Partisan Cable Cocoon'
Meet the Press host Chuck Todd got feisty with Republican Sen. Ron Johnson when the lawmaker accused him and the rest of the media of bias. The confrontation began when the two were discussing classified documents recently found in President Joe Biden‘s home and former office and Todd asked why …
Read More »GOP House Oversight Chair Can't Explain Why He's Investigating Biden Classified Docs But Not Trump's
Rep. James Comer, the Republican House’s incoming Oversight and Accountability Committee chair, failed to clearly articulate why the newly discovered classified documents found in President Joe Biden‘s home and former personal office were worth the committee investigating but not the classified documents found at former president Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. “Do …
Read More »Wyoming GOP Considers Declaring War on Electric Vehicles to Protect Fossil Fuels
Republicans in Wyoming‘s state senate are considering a resolution banning new electric vehicle sales in the state by 2035, an answer to California and New York states’ recent laws that would bar the sale of gas-powered vehicles in those states by the same year. “The Legislature would be saying, ‘If …
Read More »Oh Look, Republicans Suddenly Care About Classified Documents
Following the discovery of several classified documents at President Joe Biden’s Penn Center office and at Delaware residence, conservative lawmakers and media, who for months have attempted to provide cover for former President Donald Trump’s own document scandal, are suddenly extremely concerned about information security. The investigation into the hundreds …
Read More »'Stop the Steal' Founder Tipped Off Paul Gosar to Brewing Violence on Jan. 6
The founder of “Stop the Steal” delivered an early warning about the violence soon to overwhelm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in a text to the chief of staff of Rep. Paul Gosar, according to a deposition released by the Jan. 6 Committee. Ali Alexander is a far-right agitator …
Read More »Trump Org. Slapped With Maximum Fine for Tax Fraud Scheme
The Trump Organization was ordered to pay a $1.6 million criminal penalty for perpetrating a tax fraud scheme in which top executives were given an array of under-the-table perks. The fine comes after the former president’s companies were convicted of 17 charges related to the scheme last month, and just …
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