New Hampshire is a state that puts a lot of stock in the concept of freedom. “Live Free or Die” is stamped on its license plates; it’s home to the libertarian-baiting “Free State Project”; and just a few weeks ago, the governor celebrated its ranking as the “freest state” in …
Read More »Florida GOP Chair Accused of Rape Instructed Moms for Liberty: 'Apologizing Makes You Weak'
Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler trained members of his wife’s right-wing advocacy group Moms for Liberty on how to combat negative press during a June media training session. As of last week, Ziegler is under investigation regarding allegations of sexual assault brought forth by a woman involved in a long-term …
Read More »'Power at Any Cost': Jack Smith Reveals Plan to Paint Damning Portrait of Trump
A new filing to D.C.’s District Court has revealed Special Counsel Jack Smith’s strategy to convict former President Donald Trump in his upcoming 2020 election interference trial. Details contained in the Tuesday filing, a notice of evidence to be introduced in the trial, indicate that Smith and his team plan …
Read More »Comer Flops in Latest Attempt to Link Hunter Biden to Corruption
Oversight Committee ChairJames Comer (R-Ky.) has once again flopped in his latest attempt to link President Joe Biden and his son Hunter to purported business dealings with foreign entities. On Monday, the House Oversight Committee announced that Comer had released subpoenaed bank records allegedly “revealing Hunter Biden’s business entity, Owasco …
Read More »Trump Insists He Was 'Angry' and 'Eating Too Much' After Jan. 6
Liz Cheney’s claim that Donald Trump was so sad after Jan. 6 that he stopped eating is keeping him up at night. In a Truth Social rant published in the wee hours of Monday morning, Trump vehemently denied the anecdote, countering that he wasn’t eating too little, but was so …
Read More »George Santos Is Very Clearly Relishing His Unemployment
George Santos may have been expelled from Congress, but he plans to haunt the halls of the Capitol for a very long time. Santos, the self-described “Republican ‘It Girl,’” has an established flair for the dramatic. Examples include his habit of trolling the reporters regularly gathered outside his office, acquiring …
Read More »Things Are So Bad for DeSantis That His Top Propaganda Blog Is Shutting Down
The Florida Standard has gone belly up. The death of a low-circulation right-wing rag would normally be fairly unremarkable, except that this particular publication is a favorite propaganda outfit of Florida governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis. According to a report from The Floridian, the Standard, which has for months …
Read More »Trump Says if Jesus 'Came Down' He'd Win the Blue States in Unhinged Iowa Speech
Donald Trump was in Iowa on Saturday for two campaign stops, the first in Ankeny, followed by another in Cedar Rapids. And his obsession with the 2020 election continues to be a subject he seems to think is crucial as he campaigns to win the Republican presidential nomination, despite his …
Read More »The Dirty Tricks the GOP Is Using to Keep Abortion Off the Ballot in 2024
Tiffany Campbell used to describe herself as a “hardcore, church-going Republican.” That changed back in 2006, when she was still running an in-home daycare in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and learned she was pregnant with twins. The prognosis was dire: one twin’s heart was pumping blood for both of them …
Read More »COP28 Climate Host: There's 'No Science' Behind Calls to Eliminate Fossil Fuels
The host of the United Nations‘ COP28 climate change summit cast doubt on whether eliminating fossil fuels would help limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, saying there is “no science” behind it. Scientists told The Guardian, which first reported the comments, that his remarks are “incredibly concerning” and “verging …
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