Congressman Robert Garcia (D-Cal.) criticized his Republican colleagues for treating Jan. 6 inmates held in pre-trial detention like “celebrities” during a congressional visit to the D.C. jail. “The Republicans rushed to [the inmates] like they were celebrities, talking to them, patting them on the back,” Garcia said on MSNBC Friday …
Read More »Intel Bulletins Warn of Surge in Violent Threats Over Trump Arrest
The U.S. Capitol Police and other law enforcement agencies are reporting a surge in online threats of violence in the run-up to a possible arrest of Donald Trump, according to three governmentintelligence bulletins obtained by Rolling Stone and interviews with senior officials. U.S. Capitol Police, the D.C. Fusion Center, and …
Read More »Jan. 6 Footage Aired by Tucker Carlson Without Review, Say Capitol Police
Lawyers for D.C.’s Capitol Police say House Republicans ignored multiple requests from the department to review footage released to the public by Fox News. According to a sworn affidavit released Friday, Capitol Police general counsel Thomas DiBiase “was shown only one” of the nearly 40 clips aired by Fox host …
Read More »Donald Trump's Latest Failure: Music!
Donald Trump has failed at so much in his life that it may seem unfair to say his recent foray into music is unique in its badness. After all, the former president has bankrupted a casino, defaulted on an airline, and flubbed ownership of a professional football team, to name …
Read More »Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 Propaganda Bomb Was a Giant Dud
For the second night this week, Tucker Carlson devoted the majority of his broadcast to his long standing campaign to re-write the history of Jan. 6. Tuesday night’s broadcast features virtually none of the 44,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage to which House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy granted Carlson and …
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 »Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 Footage Dump Delivers the Sloppy Propaganda Kevin McCarthy Wanted
Last month, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson was granted exclusive access to the trove of more than 44,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. On Monday night Carlson released the first installment of his analysis of the tapes, telling viewers that the vast majority of the protestors …
Read More »Two Jan. 6 Defendants Disappear Before Trial Dates
A Florida woman who was scheduled to stand trial on federal charges related to the Jan. 6 riots did not show up to court in Washington, DC, on Monday, according to the Associated Press. The FBI is searching for both Olivia Pollock and Joseph Hutchinson III after a federal judge …
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 »Even Republicans Are Bashing Tucker Carlson for Lying About Jan. 6 Violence
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last month gave Tucker Carlson exclusive access to tens of thousands of hours of surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. The Fox News host cherry-picked clips as part of an effort to cast the rioters as “orderly and meek” sightseers, as he put it …
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