Former president Donald Trump, who opened his 2016 campaign declaring undocumented immigrants “rapists,” took the dehumanization even further this weekend, saying some immigrants are “not people … these are animals.” “I don’t know if you call them people. In some cases they’re not people, in my opinion,” Trump said at …
Read More »'I Hope You Die': Christine Blasey Ford Details Death Threats She Received After Kavanaugh Hearings
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Christine Blasey Ford— the psychology professor who testified at Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh‘s confirmation hearing alleging he assaulted her when they were both teenagers— is speaking out …
Read More »Trump Says There Will Be a 'Bloodbath' and Elections Will End if He Isn't Reelected
Donald Trump appeared at a rally hosted by super PAC Buckeye Values in Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday supporting Bernie Moreno, the Senate candidate vying for the GOP primary who Trump endorsed. Moreno is competing with state Senator Matt Dolan and Secretary of State Frank LaRose in the Republican primary, the …
Read More »Mike Pence Won't Endorse Guy Who Sent an Angry Mob After Him
Donald Trump’s vice president won’t be endorsing the former president’s 2024 run to reclaim the White House. On Friday, Mike Pence told Fox News that it should be “no surprise” that he’s not backing the man who said he should be hanged on Jan. 6, 2021. “It should come as …
Read More »Judge Lets Fani Willis Stay on Trump Case Despite 'Lapse in Judgement'
For weeks now, Georgia’s prosecution of the case against former President Donald Trump and his allies has been stalled over ethical questions regarding Georgia Prosecutor Fani Willis’ relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade. On Friday, a judge ruled that Willis can remain in charge of the case — if Wade …
Read More »Lara Trump Wants to Hire a QAnon-Pushing Election Denier to the RNC
Donald Trump’s takeover of the Republican National Committee is going about as expected. In the week since Michael Whatley, an election denier, and Lara Trump, the former president’s daughter-in-law, were elected as chair and co-chair, the RNC has slashed 60 staffers while hiring Christina Bobb, a former Trump lawyer who …
Read More »'No Labels' Co-Chair Quits Day Before Spoiler Candidate Committee Launch
As RFK Jr. ponders which celebrity to tap as his VP, another third-party presidential ticket seems to be running out of steam. No Labels, the self-proclaimed centrist organization with dark money funding, had one of its national leaders abruptly resign Wednesday. Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R), who served …
Read More »Aaron Rodgers Insists He's Not a Sandy Hook Truther
Aaron Rodgers’ storied NFL career has recently been overshadowed by his headfirst dive into vaccine conspiracy theories. The backlash to the prospective Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vice presidential pick reached a fever pitch this week in the wake of a report that the Jets quarterback is also a Sandy Hook …
Read More »Trump's Upcoming New York Criminal Trial May Be Pushed Back
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has agreed to a 30-day delay on Trump’s upcoming hush money trial in New York. In a Thursday filing, Bragg wrote that his office had received “approximately 31,000 pages of additional records” from the US Attorney’s Office (USAO) and would “not oppose a brief adjournment …
Read More »Joe Biden: After Nex Benedict's Death, We Must 'Recommit' to Supporting Trans Youth
President Joe Biden shared a statement Thursday reacting to the news that Nex Benedict, the nonbinary teen whose death sparked outrage last month, died by suicide. “Jill and I are heartbroken by the recent loss of Nex Benedict,” Biden said in a statement. “Every young person deserves to have the …
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