“Six weeks is, quite simply, not a reasonable period of time,” the majority held, in an opinion authored by Justice Kaye Hearn. In January, South Carolina’s Supreme Court struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban as unconstitutional. The 3-2 majority explained that, while the state has the authority to impose …
Read More »Trumpworld Rages at McCarthy: 'Kevin's in Trouble Now'
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sent Donald Trump’s allies into a rage Tuesday when he questioned whether the twice-impeached, twice-indicted former president was “the strongest” candidate to beat President Biden in 2024. “Can he win that election? Yeah he can,” McCarthy said of Trump on CNBC. “The question is, ‘Is he …
Read More »Donald Trump Did Not Have a Great Day in Court. Again
Donald Trump’s legal team and Manhattan state prosecutors squared off in a New York City courtroom Tuesday over the ex-president’s push to move his hush money criminal case into federal court. It didn’t go well for Trump. Both sides effectively wrangled over whether Trump’s alleged handling of an October 2016 …
Read More »Top Trump Adviser Pushed for Drone Strikes on Migrants, New Book Claims
Stephen Miller, one of Donald Trump’s top immigration advisers, advocated using U.S. predator drones in 2018 to blow up migrant boats full of unarmed civilians, according to an upcoming book by a former administration official. In a passage reviewed by Rolling Stone, former Trump Department of Homeland Security appointee Miles …
Read More »Audio: Trump Caught Showing Off Classified Doc He's Said He Didn't Have
“These are the papers… this is secret information” Trump can be heard saying in a recording of a 2021 meeting held at his Bedminster, New Jersey resort, audio of which was obtained by CNN on Monday. CNN first reported on the existence of such a recording in May, just days …
Read More »Trump Honored as 'Man of Decade,' Tells Crowd: 'I'm Being Indicted for You'
While accepting the Oakland County GOP’s “Man of the Decade” award, Donald Trump spoke of a different honor: being indicted. “Every time the radical left Democrats, Marxists, communists, and fascists indict me, I consider it a great badge of honor and badge of courage. I consider it both. Essentially, I’m …
Read More »Sarah McBride Announces Bid to Become First Trans Member of Congress
It isn’t uncommon for state lawmakers to launch campaigns to level up and join the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride‘s announcement on Monday morning is particularly notable, though, as if her campaign is successfully she will become the first trans person to serve …
Read More »Don Lemon Says He Refused to Platform 'Liars and Bigots' on CNN in First Interview Since Exit
Don Lemon spoke about his responsibility as a journalist and American to “tell the truth” in his first interview since his ousting from CNN after 17 years earlier this year. “I have a responsibility, not only as a journalist but as an American, to tell the truth, and to abide …
Read More »Fox News Tries to Appease Angry Viewers With Off-Brand Tuckers
After a little more than two months of auditioning potential replacements for Tucker Carlson, Fox News has decided to simply reshuffle the deck. In the face of a network crisis, Fox is sticking with a game plan that had been in the works years before it decided to part ways …
Read More »Newsmax Staffers Hit With Subpoenas in 2020 Election Defamation Suit
Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News laid bare how the network communicated behind the scenes about broadcasting 2020 election misinformation, ultimately leading the network to fork over a massive settlement. Newsmax could be next, as voting-technology company Smartmatic has subpoenaed several of the right-wing cable network’s current and …
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