Donald Trump defended his mental fitness during a campaign rally in South Carolina Wednesday, claiming he was “sarcastic” when confusing Republican rivalNikki Haley with Rep.Nancy Pelosi in January. “I’s very hard to be sarcastic when I interpose. I’m not a Nicki fan, and I’m not a Pelosi fan. And when …
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Bethany Mandel, the controversial right-wing pundit, home-schooling advocate, and prolific social media poster, is running for county school board — as a Democrat. Though the school board race in deep-blue Montgomery County, Maryland, is technically nonpartisan, Mandel’s campaign published a graphic on Tuesday listing her as a Democrat. The move …
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Donald Trump‘s first criminal trial is slated to begin in March 25. A Manhattan judge on Thursday rejected Trump’s bid to toss out District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s criminal case accusing the former president of fraudulently paying off a porn star ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Judge Juan Merchan followed …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin was apparently itching for a verbal wrestling match with Tucker Carlson when the former Fox News host interviewed him earlier this month. He was disappointed not to get one. Speaking to Russian state TV anchor Pavel Zarubin earlier this week, Putin said that he “thought he …
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade began years before Willis hired Wade to work on Georgia’s election interference case against Donald Trump, according to testimony given by Willis’ former co-worker Robin Yeartie. Willis vehemently disagreed during tense testimony before the court later on Thursday …
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The Department of Justice has charged a former FBI informant — whose claims Republicans used to bolster allegations of a corrupt bribery scheme involving Hunter Biden and the Ukrainian energy company Burisma — with two counts of making false statements to federal authorities. The indictment, announced Thursday by Special Counsel …
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The Kansas City Chiefs became back-to-back Super Bowl champions on Sunday. The victory solidified Taylor Swift’s status as chief right-wing anti-hero. For weeks now, conservatives have been floating unhinged conspiracy theories accusing Swift of dating Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce as part of a deep-state plot to help President Joe …
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Last night on Long Island a relatively inoffensive, centrist establishment Democrat triumphed over the charismatic political newcomer in a swingy suburban district in a race that was dominated by a debate over immigration. Tom Suozzi’s victory in New York’s 3rd Congressional District over Republican Mazi Melesa Pilip is a balm …
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Ever since 2012, when Donald Trump wrote a string of tweets about how Robert Pattinson should dump her, Kristen Stewart has occupied a curious space in the conservative imagination. It was being reminded of those comments, as she revealed in Rolling Stone‘s March cover story, that inspired Stewart to come …
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Data broker company Near Intelligence has been accused of tracking user visits to 600 Planned Parenthood locations and handing over that data to an anti-abortion ad campaign. In a letter from Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) to the Federal Trade Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission, Wyden demanded that federal regulators …
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