George Santos may very well be the first U.S. congressperson to have performed in drag before taking office. But his policies, lies, and alignment with a party that has villainized drag performers and transgender people are doing more to harm the LGBTQ+ community than help it, two drag queen politicians …
Read More »'Boy Meets World' Ben Savage to Run for Congress
Actor Ben Savage of nineties sitcom “Boy Meets World” is making a bid for Congress. According to his campaign filing with the Federal Election Commission Wednesday, Savage is running for the 30th District seat currently held by Rep.Adam Schiff, D-Burbank.Schiff is rumored to run for U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s seat, …
Read More »Trump Confused Rape Accuser for Ex-Wife During Deposition
Former President Donald Trump confused author E. Jean Carroll with his second wife Marla Maples during a deposition for the sexual assault case Carroll brought against Trump. According to a report from The Washington Post, Trump, who has long insisted Carroll is not his “type,” mistook his accuser for his …
Read More »Far-Right Blowhard Calls $50 Million Daily Wire Offer a 'Slave Contract'
Far-right YouTuber Steven Crowder has kicked off a public feud with The Daily Wire after the right-wing news outlet approached him with a measly four-year contract offer worth a pitiful $50 million, and some fiduciary obligations on his part. What began as a private contract proposal has devolved into a …
Read More »Pro-Trump Former Lawmaker Ordered to Pay $45,000 for Blocking Man on Facebook
Vernon Jones, aformer Democratic state representative-turned Trump Republican, has been ordered by a federal judge to pay $45,000 to a man he blocked on Facebook,accordingtoThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Jones blocked Tomas Miko, a DeKalb County resident from Georgia, from his social media page after they swapped political opinions online in March …
Read More »This Trump Judge Could Effectively Ban the Abortion Pill
The Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine does not have a robust online presence. Its website consists of a generic landing page that appeared in July, a month before the organization was legally incorporated in Amarillo, Texas. There’s no phone number, no email, no physical address, no board of directors listed. A …
Read More »Trump Now Claiming He Only Kept Classified Folders as 'Cool Keepsakes'
Former President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that federal investigators planted documents in empty classification folders he just so happened to be hoarding at Mar-a-Lago. Trump, who has repeatedly claimed that he legally retained and declassified more than 300 documents found in his home, is attempting to recast the controversy …
Read More »The Conspiracies Powering the GOP-Controlled House
Republicans launched their control of the House of Representatives with a sprawling, paranoid new initiative: The Select Committee on the Weaponization of Government, an interrogation of alleged efforts to silence and punish conservatives across federal agencies. The undertaking signaled the obvious political goal among Republican lawmakers to score points against …
Read More »Trump Bashes Evangelical Leaders Withholding Endorsements as 'Disloyal'
After long claiming that evangelicals would never abandon him, former President Donald Trump is now accusing one of his most prized voting blocs of “disloyalty.” In a Monday interview with Real America’s Voice, Trump called hesitance from evangelical leaders to endorse his campaign a “sign of disloyalty.” “Nobody has ever …
Read More »Students Can Carry Guns at the University of Texas — But They Can't Use TikTok
“You are no longer able to access TikTok on any device if you are connected to the university via its wired or WIFI networks.” So reads a notice that appears on the devices of students at the University of Texas at Austin after the school announced it would be blocking …
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