Somewhere in Tallahassee, at the turn of the millennia, a young Byron Donalds stood in the parking lot of his local Cracker Barrel — then his place of employment — and contemplated the man atop the wood-and-whimsy pancake palace. It was in that moment, staring into the gold and brown …
Read More »Trump Mobile Is the First Family's Latest Effort to Cash In on the White House
President Donald Trump’s family has launched yet another unscrupulous cash grab attempting to profit off the current president’s name and public image: Trump Mobile, a wireless phone service. If the crypto companies, branded bibles, social media platforms, colognes, sneakers, and other grifty products branded with the face of President Donald …
Read More »Trump Mobile Is the First Family's Latest Effort to Cash In on the White House
President Donald Trump’s family has launched yet another unscrupulous cash grab attempting to profit off the current president’s name and public image: Trump Mobile, a wireless phone service. If the crypto companies, branded bibles, social media platforms, colognes, sneakers, and other grifty products branded with the face of President Donald …
Read More »Crypto Bros Celebrate Themselves at Bitcoin's Most MAGA Convention Yet
In another time, the Bitcoin 2025 convention at Las Vegas’ Venetian hotel casino last week might have been most memorable for its cringeworthy moments. There was a group that wore shirts with the slogan “Jesus Loves Bitcoin” on the back. David Bailey, CEO of the parent company of conference host …
Read More »MAGA Responds to Biden's Cancer Diagnosis With Mockery and Speculation
News that former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive prostate cancer came as a surprise on Sunday, adding fuel to conversation about the state of the former president’s health in the waning months of his presidency. While well wishes, speculation, and clamor for more details abound, some …
Read More »Don Jr.'s Firm Reportedly Invests $50 Million in Elon's Companies
Elon Musk is using his position within the Trump administration to funnel lucrative federal contracts to his companies. The president’s family is reportedly cashing in, too. According to a Monday report from Bloomberg, Donald Trump Jr. — the president’s eldest son — has invested $50 million into SpaceX and xAI …
Read More »Right-Wingers Are Fantasizing About Elon Musk Buying MSNBC
In the two years since Elon Musk bought Twitter, he managed to kill its value, hemorrhage huge swaths of revenue, alienated its advertisers, and triggered a user exodus to alternative platforms. Today, users on X — the artist formerly known as Twitter — can expect to encounter a right-wing sinkhole …
Read More »Trump Makes RFK Jr. Pose With McDonald's Meal
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is Donald Trump’s pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services, recently called Trump’s diet “poison.” On Saturday, he was photographed on Trump’s plane eating McDonald’s with the president-elect and his inner circle. RFK Jr., who says he wants to operate under the …
Read More »A Witness Made Up Epstein 'Sex Tapes.' The Right Ran With It Anyway
Monday brought another round of unsealed documents in the ongoing disclosure of files related to the sex-trafficking operation run by Jeffrey Epstein and his convicted co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell. And once again, right-wingers pounced on damning accusations against former president Bill Clinton. But the alleged Epstein victim who made those claims …
Read More »Trump Warns He Could 'Certainly' Indict Political Opponents if He's Reelected
Donald Trump gave his first interview to Univision on Thursday and reminded the nation that should he resume the presidency, he could very well embark on a revenge tour against his political enemies. The next morning his son, Don Jr., floated installing an acting attorney general who wants to unleash …
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