There have been a dozen or so books published on Joe Biden‘s presidential campaign and another dozen or so on his time in the White House. Roadblocked is the first and only book focused on that tumultuous time between the campaign and inauguration, a period when over a thousand people, …
Read More »Extremists Fantasize of Violence After Trump Guilty Verdict
Extremists are reacting to Donald Trump’s guilty verdicts in the New York hush-money trial with calls to violence — both overt and covert. The news that the former president was found guilty on 34 different felony counts did not sit well with Stew Peters, a far-right shock jock who has …
Read More »Donald Trump Is a Convicted Criminal. Will He Still Be President?
For the first time in history, a former president and current presidential candidate has been convicted of a felony. But will he still win the election? How very 2024: Donald Trump shatters all precedents, breaks all boundaries for what a president can do or say, and yet here we are …
Read More »RFK Jr., Parrots Trump, Says Guilty Verdict Is 'Weaponizing the Courts'
After the hush money verdict was announced Thursday, Donald Trump was not the only presidential candidate to criticize the court’s decision — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took a jab, too. “The Democratic Party’s strategy is to beat President Trump in the courtroom rather than the ballot box,” Kennedy said in …
Read More »Jewish Leaders Condemn Josh Hawley for Backing Harrison Butker
Nearly 90 Jewish leaders in Missouri have signed an open letter to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) urging him to drop his support for Harrison Butker, after the Kansas City Chiefs kicker spread “one of the world’s oldest and most recognizable antisemitic lies” in his controversial commencement speech at Benedictine College. …
Read More »Trump Is Cashing in on His Criminal Conviction
Donald Trump has been cashing in on his new title of convicted felon. Rolling Stone reported earlier this week that the former president’s team expected a guilty verdict in the hush-money trial and were preparing a fundraising blitz as soon as the jury handed down a decision. The blitz came …
Read More »Trump Rambles Through Grievances in Train Wreck Post-Conviction Speech
A lot has happened in the nearly eight years since Donald Trump descended the golden escalator at Trump Tower and announced that he was running for president. He won, he lost, he tried to overthrow the government, and on Thursday, he became — for the first time in the history …
Read More »Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama's Mother, Dead at 86
Marian Robinson, the mother of former First Lady Michelle Obama, has died at the age of 86. Robinson’s death was confirmed by the former First Lady on social media Friday. “My mom Marian Robinson was my rock, always there for whatever I needed,” wrote Michelle. “She was the same steady …
Read More »Donald Trump Is Now a Convicted Felon
A jury in New York City found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records stemming from a payment to keep adult film actress Stormy Daniels quiet about an alleged affair out of fear that it would hurt his chances of winning the 2016 election. The jury …
Read More »Trump Has Been Convicted in His Hush-Money Case. Now What?
A jury on Thursday found Donald Trumpguilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records stemming from a payment to keep adult film actress Stormy Daniels quiet about an alleged affair before the 2016 election. Such a verdict is unprecedented, just as it was unprecedented when the former president first …
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