Donald Trump doesn’t seem too bothered that Kevin McCarthy privately trashed him after the attack on the Capitol. The former president and the House minority leader spoke last week after The New York Times reported on the latter’s post-Jan. 6 comments, with the former seeming more amused than anything, noting …
Read More »How to Become a MAGA Rap Kingpin (Without Believing What You're Saying)
P erhaps you’ve seen the music video for “Whiteboy,” which currently has more than 22 million views on YouTube and made a minor celebrity of a carpenter turned pro wrestler turned rapper named Tom MacDonald. It’s set in a Southern California classroom where the musician, who is white, wears blond …
Read More »'Cowards and Sycophants': Don Winslow Rails Against Republicans, Talks Gangster Novel 'City on Fire'
Don Winslow has had many careers: private investigator, safari guide, best-selling crime novelist, Hollywood screenwriter, and, in the last few years, political activist. On his social media feeds, Winslow regularly drops videos like #JoeManchinSenatorForSale or Trump is Lying to You. The videos — which Winslow writes and produces with his …
Read More »Trump Claims He Won't Rejoin Twitter Even if Elon Musk Welcomes Him Back
Donald Trump says he won’t rejoin Twitter even if the social media platform’s new owner, Elon Musk, reinstates his account. The news comes as the former president struggles to promote his own social media app, Truth Social, which has been beset by issues since its launch. “I am not going …
Read More »Trump Squeezes In J.D. Vance Endorsement Between Rants About Water Pressure in Ohio
DELAWARE, Ohio — The sun was setting behind Donald Trump, a blazing smear of bronze across the sky, piercing through the ethereal wisps of hair on his head and lighting them in brilliant gold. The 45th President was wrapping up a lengthy bit about Whirlpool washing machines and America’s great …
Read More »Leaked Audio: Kevin McCarthy Says Trump Admitted He Bore Some Responsibility for Capitol Attack
Kevin McCarthy said Donald Trump admitted that he bore some of the responsibility for the attack on the Capitol last Jan. 6. The revelation comes in audio Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin obtained while writing their new book This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for America’s Future.CNN …
Read More »Jan. 6 Cop Says Sen. Mike Lee 'Lied' After Pushing to Overturn Election
In May 2021, people who lived through the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol came to Republican lawmakers with a straightforward ask: Support the formation of an independent commission to investigate what happened that day and why. The group included several people who’d been personally — and tragically — affected …
Read More »Trump Sees New York Subway Shooting as Opportunity to Whine About Financial Investigation
Sixteen people were injured, 10 from gunshot wounds, last Tuesday morning after a man named Frank James allegedly opened fire in the New York City subway. The news of the attack and images of its bloody aftermath horrified New Yorkers. Donald Trump, no longer a New Yorker, took it as …
Read More »J.D. Vance Repeatedly Cited Racism as Reason Trump Drew So Much Support in 2016
It’s no secret that J.D. Vance, the Ohio Senate candidate Trump reportedly plans to endorse, wasn’t always a huge fan of the former president. His past objections to Trump went beyond what many remembered, however, according to new clips unearthed by CNN on Friday. Vance, who has been groveling for …
Read More »Give Send Riot: Jan. 6 Defendants Have Raised More than $3.5 Million Through Christian Crowdfunding Website
The rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 want the public’s help to pay their legal defense fees — and they’re getting it. Among the approximately 800 individuals who have been arrested and charged with participating in the Capitol riot, there are more than 100 crowdfunding campaigns that are …
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