Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk strengthened his support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, calling the group the country’s “last spark of hope” in an opinion piece published Saturday. Musk, who spent more than a quarter billion dollars supporting Donald Trump‘s election in the U.S., wrote that AfD “can …
Read More »The 15 Most Memorable Political Quotes of 2024
Politicians talk a lot. They say moving things, insightful things, and incredibly dumb things. Whether it was a meticulously prepared speech, an off-the-cuff retort, or a late night social media post, 2024 was a year of dissecting, analyzing, mocking, and feeling the impact of political speech. Amid a heated contest …
Read More »GOP Gov. Claims Musk Is Too Rich to Be Corrupted by Conflicts of Interest
Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said that Elon Musk is “so rich” that he is “removed from the potential financial influence” when it comes to conflicts of interest related to his future work in government. In other words, Musk is too wealthy to possibly use his forthcoming government position to further …
Read More »Trump Pleads With Supreme Court to Let Him 'Save' TikTok
President-elect Donald Trump, who signed an executive order in 2020 that threatened to ban the use of TikTok, urged the Supreme Court to let him “save” the social media platform. A nationwide TikTok ban is set to go into effect starting Jan. 19, if its Chinese parent company doesn’t sell …
Read More »Does Trump Jan. 6 Pardon Plan Include the Seditionists?
With Donald Trump winning back the White House, his Big Lie that Jan. 6 was just an enthusiastic rally that got out of hand, rather than an insurrectionist mob he unleashed to disrupt the count of the 2020 electoral college, has new currency. A new congressional Republican report, spearheaded by …
Read More »Supreme Court Poised to Gut Bedrock Environmental Law in Oil-Train Case
On the morning of December 10, a rare thick white fog enveloped Washington, D.C., creating an ominous tenor for the day. As I disembarked from the metro at Union Station, I followed a group of young Capitol Hill staffers up the hill and into the gloom. Some broke off to …
Read More »Trump Ally Laura Loomer Says Elon Musk Is 'Silencing' Her Amid Immigration Spat
MAGA world is fighting, and it’s getting ugly. As Donald Trump supporters raged at Elon Musk for arguing that Big Tech needs to bring in foreign workers, Musk’s X platform apparently removed Trump ally Laura Loomer’s blue checkmark and deactivated her subscriptions. Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who are set to …
Read More »Trump Threatens to Take Over Canada, Panama Canal, Greenland in Christmas Day Message
President-elect Donald Trump has once again repeated his desires for U.S. territorial expansion. In a message delivered on Christmas Day, Trump took aim at the Panama Canal and Greenland, while also addressing Canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeaudirectly. “Merry Christmas to all, including to the wonderful soldiers of China, who are lovingly, …
Read More »Trump's Immigration Shutdown Could Create a Dystopian Humanitarian Crisis
Genesis Bonilla keeps several hundred dollars hidden in her ponytail, tucked behind a layer of hair between the rubber band and her scalp. Along her journey through Mexico, Bonilla has been robbed on multiple occasions, including by Mexican immigration agents who patted her down looking for hidden cash. “But they …
Read More »Trump 'Border Czar' Plans to Separate Families or Let Them Leave Together
President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration plan will give families the choice of leaving the country together or being separated, Tom Homan, who is slated to become Trump’s “Border Czar,” told The Washington Post. The administration plans to reinstate policies that President Joe Biden had ended, he said. Homan said that U.S. …
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