The Supreme Court heard arguments on Thursday pertaining to whether states can throw Donald Trump off the 2024 presidential ballots if they determine he violated the 14th Amendment —which essentially disqualifies insurrectionists from holding office. The former president shouldn’t be too worried, however, as the conservative-controlled court seems unlikely to …
Read More »White House Slams Special Counsel for 'Prejudicial' Jabs at Biden's Memory
A Justice Department probe has determined that President Joe Biden did not violate any laws in his handling of classified documents found at his home and office. In a 388-page report released on Thursday, Special Counsel Robert Hur revealed that the department had “uncovered evidence that President Biden willfully retained …
Read More »Ronna McDaniel, RNC Chairwoman, to Step Down Amid Pressure From Trump Allies
Republican National Committee ChairRonna McDanielplans to resign from her role, the New York Times reported on Tuesday night. Two sources familiar with the plans said that the chairwoman has told former President Trump that she intends to step down soon after the Feb. 24 South Carolina primary. Trump has plans …
Read More »Let Trump Be Dictator for a Day, 74 Percent of Republicans Say
The Joe Biden presidential campaign is positioning the 2024 election as a referendum on democracy. But a new poll suggests that defending America’s constitutional system of checks and balances is no longer an electoral slam dunk. A startling 39 percent of Americans, including 74 percent of Republicans, think it’s a …
Read More »This Evangelical Billionaire Family Wants to Convert You on Super Bowl Sunday
The Super Bowl will once again feature ads promoting Jesus, thanks in large part to the billionaire family that leads Hobby Lobby. He Gets Us, the billion-dollar campaign to further raise Jesus’ profile, will be back at the big game this year to spread the good word. According to Greg …
Read More »Kremlin All But Admits Tucker Carlson Is a Useful Idiot
The Kremlin’s first public response to Tucker Carlson’s announcement that he’s landed an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin was to fact-check the former Fox News host. On Wednesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Carlson had indeed interviewed Putin, but took issue with Carlson’s claim that “not a single …
Read More »Trump Says America Is Over 'As We Know It' if He Can't Do Crimes While in Office
Donald Trump isn’t happy that judges on a Washington, D.C., appeals court ruled that he’s not protected from prosecution in the Justice Department’s election interference case against him. The former president has long been claiming he should be immune from criminal repercussions for anything he did while in office — …
Read More »Tucker Carlson Announces Interview With Putin. He's Praised the Russian Leader for Years
Tucker Carlson confirmed on Tuesday that he will be interviewing Russian President Vladimir Putin during his ongoing trip to Moscow. Carlson, a longtime defender of Putin’s authoritarian regime, would be the first American journalist granted a one-on-one interview with the dictator since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. In the video …
Read More »Republican Push to Impeach DHS Secretary Goes Down in Flames
House Republicans opposing sweeping reforms to the nation’s immigration law tried — and failed — to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday over his handling of border security. Republicans, who hold a razor-slim majority over Democrats, could only afford to lose two votes on the resolution accusing Mayorkas …
Read More »Trump Says America Is 'Just So Pathetic' Before Touting Relationship With Autocrats
After denouncing a bipartisan deal that would impose new U.S. border restrictions, Donald Trump called America “pathetic” when claiming police and border patrol were not “allowed to do their work.” Last month, Rolling Stone reported that Trump wanted to kill the Biden-endorsed immigration reform package andprivately grumbled to his advisers …
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