Despite his begging that they “nominate me or at least vote for me,” the Libertarian Convention has rejected Donald Trump for the party’s nomination. The party’s chair ruled the former president is ineligible because he failed to submit the proper paperwork, according to CNN. Libertarian Party Chair Angela McArdle determined …
Read More »Trump Pressures Republicans to Pass a Law to Keep Him Out of Jail Forever
Donald Trump likes to tell anyone who will listen that he’s absolutely convinced he will win his 2024 rematch against President Joe Biden. And, according to people who’ve spoken to the ex-president about this, Trump also seems convinced that if he wins another four years in the White House, state …
Read More »Robert De Niro Narrates Joe Biden Ad: 'Trump Wants Revenge'
If he can’t “punch [Trump] in the face,” as he once attempted to manifest by speaking it out loud, Robert De Niro will jab an upper cut at Trump with words. The actor has narrated a new half-minute ad spot for President Joe Biden‘s campaign, which posted it to its …
Read More »Trump Lawyers Send Cease-and-Desist Letter to 'The Apprentice' Producers to Block Sale
Lawyers for Donald Trump have sent a cease-and-desist letter to the producers of the biopic The Apprentice in an effort to prevent the sale and distribution of the film. After the movie — which stars Sebastian Stan as the then-young real estate scion alongside Jeremy Strong as infamous Trump lawyer …
Read More »'Ready for Civil War': Illinois Man Arrested With Bombs Posted Right-Wing Content
This story is being published in partnership with American Doom, a newsletter that focuses on right-wing extremism and other threats to democracy. Just after 3 a.m. last Friday, in a small Central Illinois city infamous in the area for being a former sundowner town, a Pekin police officer pulled over …
Read More »Are There Insurrectionist Sympathizers on the Supreme Court?
Picture two protests involving the American flag. In one of them, a star NFL quarterback kneels during the singing of the national anthem. The reason? To call attention to the true, real plight of Black Americans whose lives seem not to matter as much as white ones — part of …
Read More »No, Biden Did Not Order the FBI to Assassinate Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Donald Trump’s attorneys recently argued in court that the former president should be shielded from all criminal prosecution — even if they order the assassination of a political opponent. While no president has yet to test that bold legal theory, Trump and his MAGA allies are now baselessly attempting to …
Read More »GOP Blocks Democrat From Mentioning Trump's Indictments on House Floor
Republican lawmakers in the House have recently been skirting their legislative duties to make unholy pilgrimages to Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York. They’re now using whatever time they do spend legislating to silence references to the former president’s many ongoing legal issues on the House floor. On Tuesday, …
Read More »Nikki Haley Called Trump 'Unstable and Unhinged.' Now She's Voting for Him
Nikki Haley spent the 2024 primary season railing against Donald Trump, but now she’s pledging her vote to him, tail between her legs. Haley made the admission during her first speaking event since suspending her campaign Wednesday afternoon at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank where she wasrecently appointed …
Read More »Trump Campaign Threatens Lawsuit Over 'The Apprentice' Film
After the film The Apprentice debuted at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday, the Trump Campaign threatened to sue over the controversial depiction of the ex-president during his early days in real estate and his marriage to his first wife, Ivana. Among scenes of Trump taking amphetamine pills and getting …
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