If he wins a second term in November, Donald Trump wants to covertly deploy American assassination squads into Mexico soon after he’s sworn into office again, according to three people who’ve discussed the matter with the former U.S. president. Both during and after his presidency, the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee …
Read More »Trump Found in Contempt, Threatened With Jail for Violating Gag Order (Again)
“I find you in criminal contempt for the 10th time.” The fourth week of Trump’s hush-money trial kicked off on Monday with Judge Juan Merchan once again ruling that the former president violated his court-imposed gag order, fining him $1,000 and warning him that continued violations could result in jail …
Read More »Columbia Cancels Graduation Ceremony Amid Pro-Palestine Protests
Columbia University has canceled this year’s main commencement ceremony days after calling on New York City police to arrest dozens of students and faculty participating in pro-Palestinian protests. “We have decided to make the centerpiece of our Commencement activities our Class Days and school-level ceremonies, where students are honored individually …
Read More »Kristi Noem Keeps Refusing to Admit She Never Met Kim Jong Un
The publisher behind Kristi Noem’s new political memoir, No Going Back, may be wishing they could take it all back. On Monday, Noem again ducked questions about her claims of meeting North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, once again refusing to discuss her interactions with world leaders when questioned by …
Read More »RFK Jr. Lands Coveted Kevin Spacey Endorsement
While Joe Biden and Donald Trump have kept their in-person campaigning to a minimum so far this election cycle, third-party candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has done everything he can do steal the spotlight, holding event after event with celebrity supporters. Now he can add another to the roster: actor …
Read More »Lawmakers Admit They Want to Ban TikTok Over Pro-Palestinian Content
Now that a potential TikTok ban has been passed by Congress and signed by President Biden, some lawmakers are getting more comfortable saying what exactly the ban would help them accomplish. In recent days, at least two prominent Republican lawmakers have linked the possible ban to their concerns that content …
Read More »Despite Cease-Fire Talks, Israeli Officials Cast Doubt on War's End: Reports
As representatives for Hamas arrived in Cairo to continue peacemaking negotiations on Saturday, Israeli officials appeared to reject the impending end of the war, according to several reports. Israeli newspaper Haaretz spoke with an anonymous Israeli official Saturday who said “Israel will, under no circumstances, agree to end the war …
Read More »How the Oil and Gas Industry Smuggles Corporate Propaganda Into Schools
This story is being published in partnership with Drilled, an independent investigative climate newsroom, and was supported by the Pulitzer Center. The lesson plan, which is intended for the 3-5 grade level, is titled “A Day Without.” It instructs teachers to explain to their classes how petroleum and natural gas …
Read More »Kristi Noem Is Gunning for Biden's Dog
After shooting her own dog, Kristi Noem now seems to be gunning for Joe Biden‘s pooch, Commander. In a trainwreck of an interview, Noem defended a passage where she seems to suggest Commander should be shot. She also defended her decision to remove a part of the book where she …
Read More »Angry Trump Calls Biden Admin the 'Gestapo,' Predicts 'World War Three, and Everything Else!'
Donald Trump unleashed his anger against President Joe Biden at a closed door GOP fundraiser on Saturday where he made a speech that was “frustrated and often obscene,” according to The New York Times. In a Truth Social post the following morning, Trump attacked Biden as “a very dishonest man, …
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