Former Trump National Security Advisor and retired US. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn is suing the U.S. government on grounds of wrongful prosecution, according to a new legal filing obtained by Rolling Stone. He is seeking $50 million in damages. The lawsuit stems from a 2016 FBI investigation during the …
Read More »Tucker Carlson on Trump: 'I Hate Him Passionately'
New text messages released through Dominion Voting Systems’ lawsuit against Fox News reveal just how much Tucker Carlson despised Donald Trump and his allies, despite publicly going to the mat for the former president’s election lies. “I hate him passionately,” Carlson wrote in a text message to an unknown recipient …
Read More »Trump Privately Proposes Wave of High-Level Jan. 6 Pardons
Donald Trump has privately told confidants that, should he be re-elected president, he could pardon any of his allies if they face charges from the Biden-era Justice Department in two major probes, two people familiar with the matter tell Rolling Stone. Since last summer, the former president has been telling …
Read More »Mike Lindell's Plan to Sue Kevin McCarthy Just Fell Apart
Late last month, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was busy working with staunchly pro-Trump lawyers on a plan to sue House speaker Kevin McCarthy. On Monday afternoon, the plan collapsed entirely, a “very disappointed” Lindell tells Rolling Stone. “The lawyers came back this afternoon and said after working on this and …
Read More »CPAC Speaker Calls for Eradication of 'Transgenderism' — and Somehow Claims He's Not Calling for Elimination of Transgender People
The right’s war on queer and trans people took center stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference as Daily Wire host Michael Knowles on Saturday called for the eradication of “transgenderism.” During his speech on Saturday, Knowles told the crowd, “For the good of society … transgenderism must be eradicated …
Read More »Trump Promises to Continue Presidential Campaign if Indicted, Then Delivers a Snoozy CPAC Speech
At a press conference ahead of Donald Trump‘s speech to the Conservative Political Action Coalition’s annual event, Newsmax’s James Rosen asked whether he would drop out of the presidential race if he is indicted on criminal charges. “I wouldn’t even think of leaving [the race],” Trump responded. “Probably it will …
Read More »CPAC 2023 Is Low Energy
As it entered its third day near Washington on Friday, CPAC 23 wasn’t exactly a ghost town — but it had the feel of one where uneasy residents are starting to question why the railroad isn’t passing through anymore. Who wouldn’t be interested in panels like “The Biden Crime Family” …
Read More »Inside Jim Jordan's Disastrous Search for a 'Deep State' Whistleblower
In early February, Republicans brought an FBI veteran to Capitol Hill whom they hoped would expose a “deep state conspiracy” among Democrats and their accomplices in the intelligence community. The GOP witness was part of a network of “whistleblowers” —funneled to congressional Republicans’ new Weaponization of Government panel by allies …
Read More »Trump, Jan. 6 Prisoners Collaborate on Cringe
In the grift that keeps on grifting, Donald Trump and inmates incarcerated for their alleged roles in the Capitol riots have recorded a song that will release Thursday at midnight, according to Forbes. The former president reportedly recorded the Pledge of Allegiance at Mar-a-Lago to play over “The Star-Spangled Banner,” …
Read More »Conor Oberst Teams Up With the So So Glos to Lament Our Forever War
Eight years ago, Conor Oberst‘s Desaparecidos played the sweatiest, rowdiest show ever at Brooklyn’s Shea Stadium with the local punk bank the So So Glos. It was a simpler time in some respects; Obama was president, the DIY scene in New York was thriving, and no one batted an eye …
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