New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, who was found hiding over $100,000 in gold bars during a federal raid at his home, has told his pals he will resign from his seat after being convicted of bribery earlier this week, NBC News reported Wednesday. Menendez, who is the first sitting member …
Read More »Trump's RNC Revels in Graphic Demonization of Migrants
The message from the second night of the Republican National Convention was clear — and brutal: Elect Donald Trump this November or the United States will be overrun with brown people and drugs that will kill you, your family, and everyone you care about. The GOP trotted out an array …
Read More »Jon Stewart on the RNC: 'Unity in the Streets, Divisive in the Sheets'
Jon Stewart took to the Daily Show news desk on Tuesday to roast hypocritical calls for unity at the Republican National Convention following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump last weekend. The host rolled clips of Republicans emphasizing the need to stop the “vitriol and hatred” and turn the “temperature …
Read More »Trump Site Launches Limited-Edition Assassination Attempt Sneakers
GetTrumpSneakers.com, a website owned by Donald Trump, is the go-to retailer to secure a pair of high-top sneakers printed with an image from the recent assassination attempt against the former president. The limited-edition 5,000-quantity run are going for $299 and have already sold out in a number of sizes. The …
Read More »Trump's Plan to End Taxes on Tips Isn't Fooling Labor Leaders
Last month, former President Donald Trump made a shiny promise to voters in Las Vegas, Nevada, home of one of the nation’s most prominent concentrations of service industry workers. He said he would eliminate taxes on tips. “For those hotel workers and people that get tips, you’re going to be …
Read More »Trump Campaign Vows to Pack Courts with Gun-Loving Judges at RNC Event
Milwaukee — A top Trump campaign official is pledging that a new Trump administration would stock the federal courts with pro-gun judges and fight for policies to allow “citizens the ability to carry their firearms and protect themselves.” The remarks were made by Chris LaCivita, one of the top honchos …
Read More »Move Over 'Unity,' Hello '1776'
Following Saturday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the former president and other conservative leaders have been tirelessly spinning the press and the public that the core message of the final four months of Trump’s 2024 campaign is now “unity” and “peace.” But by the time the ongoing Republican National Convention …
Read More »Union Twitter Account Goes Rogue After President Speaks at RNC
The Teamsters have yet to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, but the powerful union’s president sent a strong message by delivering a speech at the Republican National Convention on Monday. Sean O’Brien delivered an impassioned address about how big business and corporate lobbying groups are “waging a …
Read More »J.D. Vance Endorsed a National Abortion Ban in the Grossest Way Possible
In 2022, then-Senate candidate J.D. Vance sat down with Aimee Terese — a pundit and podcaster little known to the American public, but prominent in the sloppy trenches of hyper-online digital reactionaries — and removed his filter. “I certainly would like abortion to be illegal nationally,” Vance said in the …
Read More »Elon Says He's Giving Trump PAC $45 Million … Per Month: Report
Elon Musk is pledging to spend about $180 million between now and the election in the hopes of getting Donald Trump elected. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that Musk said he is planning to contribute around $45 million a month to a new pro-Trump super PAC, dubbed America …
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