JusticeClarence Thomas took the opportunity during a judicial conference in Alabama on Friday to criticize the “nastiness” and “lies” he’s faced following bombshell reports that conservative megadonor Harlan Crow had funded the justice’s lavish lifestyle for decades. According to Politico, while addressing a room of judges, attorneys and other court …
Read More »Virginia School District Votes to Re-Rename Schools After Confederate Officers
A Virginia school district voted on Friday to undo a 2020 decision that removed the names of three Confederate military officers from schools in the district. The Shenandoah County school board voted to rename Honey Run and Mountain View, two schools under their purview, Ashby-Lee Elementary and Stonewall Jackson High. …
Read More »Seventeen Cop Cars Burned. Are Portland Anarchists to Blame?
PORTLAND, Ore. — An arsonist cut through the fence of the gated back lot of a Portland Police Bureau training facility and began setting fire to cop cars. The destruction — occurring in the early morning of May 2 — was brazen: The assailant set fires that engulfed 17 vehicles, …
Read More »Court Upholds Steve Bannon's Criminal Conviction
Former White House adviser Steve Bannon’s bid to avoid prison time over his defiance of a congressional subpoena has been rejected by D.C.’s Circuit Court of Appeals. On Friday, the court ruled that Bannon’s conviction stands, and rejected arguments from the far-right media personality that he did not “willfully” flout …
Read More »Rudy Guliani's Radio Show Cancelled Over His Election Conspiracies
Rudy Giuliani’s refusal to stop pushing election conspiracies has already cost him plenty, and on Friday the former New York City mayor and Trump sycophant was dealt another blow — this time through the cancellation of his radio program. WABC, the radio station that hosted Giuliani’s program Rudy Giuliani, suspended …
Read More »Barron Trump Declines Offer to Be Delegate at Dad's Nomination
Barron Trump, Donald Trump‘s youngest son, will not be making his political debut at this summer’s Republican National Convention (RNC). “While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully declines to participate due to prior commitments,” former first ladyMelania Trump’soffice said …
Read More »Barron Trump Is Officially Entering Politics
Donald Trump’s youngest son is officially making his foray into his family’s political mafia. The Republican National Convention has selected Barron Trump, the 18-year-old son of the former president, to serve as a delegate for the state of Florida at this year’s GOP presidential nomination convention this summer— where he …
Read More »The Oil Industry Is Licking Its Chops Over a Potential Trump Win
As hundreds of international climate scientists predict global warming will blaze past a dangerous threshold, the oil and gas industry is preparing for a potential second Donald Trump presidency with a slate of executive orders ready to be signed on Day One. Trump seems ready to play ball. The Washington …
Read More »Stormy Daniels Defends Herself — and Clarifies 'Orange Turd' Post — in Tense Cross-Examination
Donald Trump’s hush money trial once again veered into uncharted waters on Thursday, this time in the form of a debate over who’s an “orange turd.” The answer, according to Stormy Daniels is Trump, which may partially explain why at the end of the day Trump’s team requested Judge Juan …
Read More »Rick Scott Suggests He Was 'Persecuted' Over Giant Medicare Fraud
Standing outside Donald Trump’s criminal trial, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) suggested he, like Trump, was the victim of unfair political persecution — pointing to the Justice Department’s inquiry into his hospital chain, which paid $1.7 billion to resolve Medicare fraud charges. “I’m fed up,” Scott said Thursday. “I watched what …
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