Donald Trump took a break while golfing in Ireland on Thursday to complain to reporters that he, a “famous rich and political person that’s leading the polls by 40 points,” has to deal with a rape trial. While the former president has spent the last several days hitting the links …
Read More »Kanye West Rehires Far-Right 'Troll' Milo Yiannopoulos in Run-Up to Presidential Bid
Kanye West has rehirednoxious right-wing troll Milo Yiannopoulos to help him with his 2024 presidential bid. In turn, Yiannopoulos has fired white nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes and political adviser Ali Alexander in an email, Rolling Stoneconfirmed Thursday. “As you may know, I have been in Los Angeles for …
Read More »GOP Megadonor Paid Tuition for Kid Clarence Thomas Was Raising
Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni raised Thomas’ grandnephew, Mark Martin, “as a son,” as the Supreme Court justice once put it. They sent him to a private boarding school in 2008 and, wouldn’t you know it, conservative billionaire Harlan Crow footed the bill, ProPublica reported on Thursday. “Harlan picked …
Read More »Proud Boys Found Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy Over Role in Jan. 6 Insurrection
After a trial that stretched nearly four months, four Proud Boys have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy in connection to the insurrection of Jan. 6. The jury delivered guilty verdicts for Enrique Tarrio, the former chairman of Proud Boys; Ethan Nordean, who was the leader on the ground in …
Read More »Judge Rejects Rep. Zooey Zephyr's Challenge on Montana House Floor Ban
Montana Judge Mike Menahan rejected a request from Democratic State Rep. Zooey Zephyr to overturn a ban against her presence on the state’s House floor and legislative facilities. Menahan wrote in his decision Tuesday that Zephyr’s request would “require this Court to interfere with legislative authority in a manner that …
Read More »Trump Vows to Empower Political Pastors on Christian Nationalist Broadcast
In an interview on a Christian nationalist broadcast, Donald Trump vowed to empower religious leaders politically, by permanently ending restrictions against churches that weigh in on elections. “They’ve silenced you,” said Trump. “Christianity, I believe is being hit much harder than any other religion is.” In his comments, aired Tuesday …
Read More »Fox Host Claims He Can Identify Undocumented People Just by Looking at Them
As Fox holds auditions for its recently vacated 8 p.m. timeslot, some hosts are pulling out all the stops to show the network that they are a worthy successor to former primetime racist Tucker Carlson. On Tuesday afternoon, host Jesse Watters, appearing on The Five, claimed that he could “just …
Read More »Tucker's Racist Text That Freaked Out Fox: 'It's Not How White Men Fight'
A text message obtained by The New York Times shows Tucker Carlson describing a video depicting a “group of Trump guys” beating an “Antifa kid,” and stating that “It’s not how white men fight.” The message, discovered on the eve of the jury trial for Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit …
Read More »Pro-China Internet Trolls Just Got Busted for Doing Something Wild
Calls to protest George Soros and refugees. Far-right Twitter screeds about immigrants. New Europe Observation sounds like a far-right extremely online news outlet. But it’s actually a front group for a Chinese propaganda network that’s borrowing tactics from Russia’s infamous 2016 troll farm. Social media giant Meta announced on Wednesday …
Read More »Biden Wants to Tax the Hell Out of Crypto Mining
Cryptocurrency mining is wreaking havoc on America’s efforts to take on the climate crisis. President Biden wants to crack down. The White House announced on Tuesday that the president’s proposed 2024 budget includes the Digital Asset Mining Energy (DAME) tax, which would tax crypto firms at 30 percent of the …
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