Tennessee state Rep. Scotty Campbell resigned on Thursday after it was revealed that the state’s House Ethics Committee had secretly convicted him of sexually harassing at least one legislative intern, a violation of the chamber’s rules. Campbell’s resignation comes on the heels of his vote to expel three of his …
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The upper ranks of Donald Trump’s campaign and political operation exploded in jubilation on Tuesday, mocking Ron DeSantis’ staff as a bunch of “amateurs,” with multiple officials belly-laughing with one another over how much Trump had — in their verbiage — “cuck[ed]” the Florida governor on securing endorsements from the …
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Fox News agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million in a last-minute settlement on Tuesday that spared the network the humiliation of a publicized defamation trial. If you get your news coverage from Fox’s prime-time stars, however, you’d have no idea it happened. The outcome of the lawsuit was …
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The Ron DeSantis megadonor meltdown is accelerating. On a group chat of wealthy DeSantis donors, images of which were reviewed by Rolling Stone, participants exploded with alarm last week over the Florida governor’s presidential prospects —and his primary chances against Donald Trump. “What the fuck is wrong with RD?” one …
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Donald Trump‘s 2024 presidential campaign was off to a rocky start when he announced last December that he’d soon be making a “MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT.” The big news turned out to be the release of a genuinely bizarre superhero-themed NFT collection featuring digital renderings of the former president dressed up as …
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Fox News has settled with Dominion Voting Systems, which sued the network for defamation after it repeatedly aired false claims about the voting-machine company rigging the 2020 presidential election. The settlement is a landmark moment in political media, with the primary news source for millions of Americans admitting it lied …
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No one knows humiliating Fox News settlements better than disgraced cable star Bill O’Reilly. The former Fox host — who was ousted from the network in 2017 after revelations that the network had secretly settled a series of sexual harassment lawsuits against him — has weighed in on his former …
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It was only a matter of time. Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk finally linked up on Monday night for the first installment of what is shaping up to be a two-night self-ingratiating fest on Fox News. The pair have long been on converging paths. Carlson has been Musk’s number one …
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A British research group that typically investigates war crimes and human rights abuses has turned its spotlight on Portland law enforcement, releasing a damning report on the use of chemicals against demonstrators by the Portland Police Bureau during the 2020 George Floyd protests. The international investigation is yet another black …
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Fox News is in trouble. The network’s prospects to fend off a $1.6 billion lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems are so grim that it’s now reportedly trying to settle with the company after falsely pushing on air that it may have rigged the 2020 presidential election. Thankfully for Fox News, …
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