The new indictment of Donald Trump on conspiracy charges related to his attempts to subvert the results of the 2020 election makes clear that the then-president not only made false claims about who won the presidency, but “knew that they were false.” Trump’s tortured relationship with the truth is highlighted …
Read More »Rudy Giuliani Is Trump's 'Co-Conspirator 1' in Jan. 6 Indictment
Donald Trump was the star of the indictment handed down by a federal grand jury on Tuesday but Rudy Giuliani, appearing in the document as “co-conspirator 1,” played the biggest supporting role in the narrative of Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Jack Smith mentioned Giuliani — always as …
Read More »Fox News Host Calls Trump Indictment 'Political War Crimes,' Compares It to 'Nuclear Bomb'
On Tuesday, minutes after Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he was to be indicted for a third time, Fox News took on the role of spin room on behalf of the former president. As panelists on The Five reacted to the announcement, Jesse Watters gave a gut check …
Read More »Team Trump's Plan: Weaponize the 'Insurrection Act' Against Democracy
Donald Trump‘s team was aware that, if he refused to leave office after the 2020 election, it could spark a mass wave of civil unrest. But the man Trump sought to appoint as attorney general had an easy answer for that, according to the new indictment of the former president: …
Read More »DeSantis Donors Want Him to Stop 'Blowing Money on F-cking Memes'
If cratering polling and campaign finance woes weren’t enough, the Florida governor’s run for the Republican 2024 presidential nomination was also marred in recent weeks by two instances of poorly thought-out posting. Leaked chat messages obtained by Semafor have revealed members of Ron DeSantis’ campaign staff discussing the creation and …
Read More »RFK Jr.'s Super PAC Got More Than 50% of Its Funding From Trump Megadonor
Conservative billionaire Timothy Mellon is the largest single donor to Democratic 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s super PAC, American Values 2024. According to campaign finance disclosures provided to the Federal Election Commission, the billionaire single-handedly contributed $5 million of the $9.8 million raised by the PAC in the …
Read More »Trump's PAC Is Just About Broke
Save America PAC is out of money. Donald Trump‘s biggest fundraising arm outside his campaign has just over $3.6 million on hand after burning through millions on legal fees for the former president and his allies. The revelation comes through Federal Election Commission filings released on Monday. Save America money …
Read More »DeSantis' Donors Want More Than a Reboot. They Want Him to 'Clean House'
During a “reboot” that Ron DeSantis’ allies had hoped would prove his terminally online campaign could change its ways, the governor has pivoted to more of the same —and key allies and donors are threatening to jump ship. Various big DeSantis donors have been furious that the campaign seemed to …
Read More »DeSantis Says Trump Humiliating Him Repeatedly Is a Good Thing, Actually
Ron DeSantis‘ bid to unseat Donald Trump atop the Republican Party hasn’t been going well. The Florida governor had to “reboot” his campaign last week, firing a third of his staff. It’s been so bad, however, that donors want him to take it a step further and “clean house,” as …
Read More »Georgia Rejects Trump's Bid to Kill Meddling Probe. DA Says She's 'Ready to Go'
Donald Trump is widely expected to be indicted by Special Counsel Jack Smith on charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis may be next in line. Willis, who has long been investigating meddling in Georgia’s election results, said over the weekend …
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