People in Steve Bannon‘s “immediate circle” have received subpoenas in recent weeks requesting that they testify before a New York state grand jury about the former Trump adviser’s fundraising for a private border wall, CNN reported Friday. Bannon was charged for the alleged fraud in 2020, only to be pardoned …
Read More »Peter Navarro Calls Contempt Arrest 'Terrorism' in Post-Court Meltdown
Peter Navarro, the former Trump trade adviser who has spoken openly about his plans to overturn the 2020 election, was arrested on Friday on charges of contempt of Congress. The indictment came down on Friday as Navarro has refused to cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee. The committee voted in …
Read More »Ron DeSantis Bullied the Special Olympics Into Dropping Its Vaccine Requirement
Florida Gov. Ron Desantis and his administration have used their authority to essentially punish organizations he deems to be insufficiently conservative. One of their latest targets is the Special Olympics. Jay O’Brien of ABC News reported on Friday that the governor threatened to levy an eight-figure fine against the Special …
Read More »Dr. Oz Wins Pennsylvania GOP Senate Primary After Challenger Concedes
Mehmet Oz won the Pennsylvania Republican primary for U.S. Senate Friday after former hedge fund manager David McCormick conceded the hotly tipped race in the midst of a state-mandated recount. “It’s now clear to me with the recount now largely complete that we have a nominee,” McCormick told supporters at …
Read More »A Sandy Hook Mom on How to Fight for Victims of Gun Violence — Without Traumatizing Their Families
The news that 19 children had been murdered at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, sent Nelba Márquez-Greene into a deep shock. Then came the requests that shattered her: Would you release the photographs of your daughter’s autopsy? Márquez-Greene’s six-year-old daughter Ana was one of 20 children murdered at Sandy …
Read More »Republican Pulls Out a Bunch of Guns During Hearing on Curbing Gun Violence
The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday debated recently introduced legislation called the Protecting Our Kids Act, which would prohibit people under 21 years old from buying semiautomatic guns and put restrictions on high capacity magazines, among other things. Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.), who attended the hearing from his home by …
Read More »Republicans Defend AR-15s Because There Are Pesky Varmints That Need Killing
AR-15-style rifles are designed to kill human beings, and their rise in popularity coinciding with a rise in mass shootings is probably not a coincidence. Republicans want to ensure Americans are able to obtain these killing machines as easily as possible, even in the wake of a string of mass …
Read More »Leaked Tapes Reveal Republican Plan to Stock Polling Places With Activists
Donald Trump called for supporters to head to the polls and “watch very carefully” ahead of the 2020 election. He lost, badly, and the former president and the Republican Party are now taking a far more aggressive approach ahead of the 2022 and 2024 elections. Trump has been working to …
Read More »Republicans Are Doing Backflips Over Johnny Depp Winning His Defamation Case
Johnny Depp won his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard on Wednesday, bringing an end to a lengthy trial chock-full of allegations of abuse against both the Pirates of the Caribbean actor and Heard. The trial was ugly both inside and outside the courtroom, and, over the course of nearly …
Read More »The DOJ's Jan. 6 Investigation Appears to Be Closing in on Trump
Peter Navarro, the former adviser to former President Donald Trump who helped devise a failed scheme to override the results of the 2020 presidential election, disclosed on Monday that he has been served with a subpoena by a federal grand jury, according to The New York Times. Navarro says the …
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