Jon Stewart returned to The Daily Show on Monday for the first time since former President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts stemming from a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Stewart dug into both sides of the media, first mocking liberal outlets by …
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This story is being published in partnership with American Doom, a newsletter that focuses on right-wing extremism and other threats to democracy. A Republican election official in Georgia’s largest county who has worked for prominent election denial groups is now suing for the discretion to refuse to certify election results …
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Wisconsin on Tuesday became one of several critical swing states to have charged a group of Donald Trump’s allies with participating in the “fake elector” scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Wisconsin’s Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul filed felony forgery charges against Kenneth Chesebro, Jim Troupis, and …
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Over the past two decades, the Supreme Court has been captured by dark-money interests, and justices are reshaping our laws and society according to their reactionary, far-right vision. It’s a problem that would only be compounded with a second Donald Trump administration pursuing an extreme, right-wing policy agenda. Trump’s judicial …
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Donald Trump says he wants the Supreme Court to intervene in his upcoming sentencing on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. “The ‘Sentencing’ for not having done anything wrong will be, conveniently for the Fascists, 4 days before the Republican National Convention,” Trump wrote Sunday night on Truth Social, …
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In an interview on Fox & Friends, filmed 48 hours after he was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records, Donald Trump attempted to rewrite history. Now that he is facing legal consequences for paying hush money to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, the former president is denying he …
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Donald Trump is putting up a brave face and cashing in following his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records for a hush-money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. The former president said he is “OK” with potentially facing house arrest or a prison sentence — however unlikely …
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Donald Trump is officially on TikTok, an app he once tried to ban. The former president joined the China-based social media platform on Saturday night, posting a video of himself at an Ultimate Fighting Championship fight in New Jersey. “The president is now on TikTok,” UFC CEO Dana White said …
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Rep. Adam Schiff warned that Donald Trump is “inciting violence” when he said that the American public will reach a “breaking point” if he is put on house arrest or sentenced to prison. “I’m not sure the public would stand for it,” Trump said during a Fox News interview that …
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Noted respecter of the rule of law, Jason Aldean, expressed his displeasure with the rule of law after Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Doing his best impression of the flagpole outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s home, Aldean posted an upside down American …
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