The dawn of the second Trump age has been marked by corporate fawning. Tech executives and obsequious media companies are making lavish donations to Trump’s inauguration; concluding horseshit lawsuits with settlements that look suspiciously like protection money; placing MAGA cronies on their corporate boards; or even shelling out tens of …
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After months of delay, legal sparring, and constitutional uncertainty, President-elect Donald Trump today was sentenced to an “unconditional discharge” over his felony conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels. The “unconditional discharge” sentence — which is what the prosecution …
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TikTok could be banned in the United States in a little over a week. Its last hope to stay in app stores is the Supreme Court, which on Friday heard oral arguments in the massively popular platform’s case to block the law that could lead to its digital excommunication. The …
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The man who fired his rifle into a pizza shop in Washington, D.C. in 2016 was fatally shot by North Carolina police over the weekend. He allegedly pulled a gun on officers during a traffic stop, according to a statement. Edgar Maddison Welch walked into family-friendly Comet Ping Pong with …
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Donald Trump’s winning streak at the Supreme Court has come to an end. Today, the conservative-dominated panel announced it won’t block the president-elect’s sentencing in his New York criminal trial. Trump was convicted in his hush-money case in May. He was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business …
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Donald Trump will soon start his second term as president. Don’t expect a strong opposition party or healthy “resistance” movement this time, at least not in Washington during the “shock and awe” start of his new administration. With 10 days before the president-elect is sworn in, Democrats in Congress are …
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said he spoke with President-elect Donald Trump on the phone about an ex-law clerk a day before Trump asked the Supreme Court to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case. Alito confirmed the news to ABC News on Wednesday. “William Levi, one of …
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I used to hate Jimmy Carter more than anything else in this world. Let me explain. It’s November 1979 in Oak Harbor, Washington, and I’m counting days. 24, 23, 22. I’m in the eighth grade. After school, I fold and then deliver the Seattle Times on Whidbey Island, the second-largest …
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President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans will soon have control of the government — and they’re coming into power with a list of targets. Among the GOP’s plans for mass deportations, eroding reproductive rights, and taking over Greenland is continuing its crusade against the LGBTQ community, particularly trans Americans As Democrats …
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A series of powerful wildfires has turned large swaths of Los Angeles into smoldering ruins. As first responders attempt to control the blazes, heavy winds are quite literally fanning the flames —to the point that the fires have now been ravaging the city for days. There is a clear link …
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