Special Counsel Jack Smith may have already charged Donald Trump for hoarding classified material, but the Mar-a-Lago probe is not the only Justice Department investigation into the former president. According to CNN, Smith has traded partial immunity for the testimony of two fake electors in the probe into the effort …
Read More »Kevin McCarthy, Who Bashed Trump After Jan. 6., Now Backs Effort To Expunge Impeachments
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is backing two resolutions introduced by Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) looking to expunge Donald Trump’s two impeachments by the House of Representatives. Speaking to reporters while exiting the Capitol on Friday, McCarthy said that he felt it was “appropriate” to …
Read More »Florida Judge Uses DeSantis' Own Law Against Him, Blocks Anti-Drag Bill
Federal Judge Gregory Presnell has placed a preliminary injunction on a Florida bill banning individuals under the age of 18 from attending drag performances. The law, dubbed the “Protection of Children Act,” would allow “the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to fine, suspend, or revoke the license of any …
Read More »McCarthy Heckled as He Read Republicans' Censure of Adam Schiff
On Wednesday, Republicans in the House of Representatives voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) over his role in the Russia investigation, and the first impeachment of former president Donald Trump. The vote passed on a party-line vote of 213-209. As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy took up the gavel to …
Read More »Mass Shootings, Firebombings, and Death Threats: The Anti-LGBTQ Hate Spike Revealed
LGBTQ+ hate is on the rise, and a startling joint report from GLAAD and ADL offers hard numbers that document an epidemic of intimidation and violence. The report charts 356 anti-LGBTQ+ incidents — ranging from harassment to mass shooting — in the period between June 2022 and April 2023. It …
Read More »Trump Melts Down as DOJ Turns Over Evidence It Plans to Use Against Him
Donald Trump fired off a series of desperate pleas on Truth Social, including multiple appeals to Congress to bail him out, hours after news broke that the Justice Department had turned over the first batch of evidence it plans to use against him. The former president was indicted earlier this …
Read More »Republicans Are Torching Democracy to Deny Women Abortions
Kierre Morgan has had an abortion, but it was the abortion she didn’t have that transformed her into an activist. She was 17 and in denial, at first, about being pregnant at all. Under Ohio law, she needed permission to terminate her pregnancy, and — after considering whether she could …
Read More »George Santos' Dad and Aunt Bailed Him Out of Jail
George Santos was arrested last month in New York, where he was slapped with 13 federal chargesincluding wire fraud, money laundering, and lying toCongress. The congressman and serial liar was released on a $500,000 bond, leading to speculation about the benefactors who guaranteed the money. The court revealed on Thursday …
Read More »House Republicans Pass on Lauren Boebert's Push to Impeach Biden
Lauren Boebert’s resolution to impeach President Joe Biden caused drama with fellow MAGA representative Marjorie Taylor Greene on Wednesday, and now Republican leadership has thrown a bucket of ice water on the ploy. Republicans punted the resolution to the House Judiciary and Homeland Security committees in a party-line vote on …
Read More »RFK Jr. Claims China and the US Are Developing Race-Based Bioweapons
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continued his right-wing media tour on Wednesday with an appearance on Newsmax, during which he claimed that the Chinese government is developing race-based biological weapons. “We know that the Chinese are developing ethnic bio-weapons. Bio-weapons that are designed to attack people of certain …
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