MILWAUKEE — On the floor of Donald Trump’s nominating convention Thursday night, a woman from Illinois in a cowboy hat handed out fake bandages for attendees to affix to their ears in solidarity with the former president who was grazed by an assassin’s bullet. These “bandages” weren’t the bright white …
Read More »Jason Aldean, Golfing Buddy of Trump, Joins Former President at the RNC
Jason Aldean, who famously railed against crime in his song “Try That in a Small Town,” joined convicted felon Donald Trump in the former president’s box at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night. Aldean, in a gray T-shirt and white hat adorned with an American flag logo, was seated …
Read More »Melania Shows Up at RNC to Remind Everyone That Trump Has a Wife
After months of conspicuous absence from public life, former First Lady Melania Trump made a rare appearance at the Republican National Convention on Thursday. In a break with longstanding precedent among former first ladies and the wives of presidential hopefuls, Melania did not address the convention — as she did …
Read More »Trump Promises Unity, Delivers Division in Low-Energy RNC Speech
MILWAUKEE — Former President Donald Trump — who left the White House only after an unprecedented campaign to undermine the results of his 2020 election defeat, culminating in a deadly insurgency at the U.S. Capitol — has completed one of the most disturbing comeback stories in American politics, accepting the …
Read More »J.D. Vance Tries to Put a Polished Spin on Trumpism in RNC Speech
J.D. Vance spoke to the nation for the first time as former President Donald Trump’s running mate on Wednesday, headlining the third night of the Republican National Convention. Vance began his speech by praising Trump’s resilience following the assassination attempt against him on Saturday, suggesting as he did then that …
Read More »Hulk Hogan to Speak Before Trump at RNC
Hulk Hogan will speak on the last night of the Republican National Convention before Donald Trump formally accepts the Republican presidential nomination, multiple outlets reported on Thursday. The former wrestler, born Terry Gene Bollea, has had a penchant for making political remarks in recent years. He told the hosts of …
Read More »Trump's RNC Revels in Graphic Demonization of Migrants
The message from the second night of the Republican National Convention was clear — and brutal: Elect Donald Trump this November or the United States will be overrun with brown people and drugs that will kill you, your family, and everyone you care about. The GOP trotted out an array …
Read More »Jon Stewart on the RNC: 'Unity in the Streets, Divisive in the Sheets'
Jon Stewart took to the Daily Show news desk on Tuesday to roast hypocritical calls for unity at the Republican National Convention following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump last weekend. The host rolled clips of Republicans emphasizing the need to stop the “vitriol and hatred” and turn the “temperature …
Read More »Trump's Plan to End Taxes on Tips Isn't Fooling Labor Leaders
Last month, former President Donald Trump made a shiny promise to voters in Las Vegas, Nevada, home of one of the nation’s most prominent concentrations of service industry workers. He said he would eliminate taxes on tips. “For those hotel workers and people that get tips, you’re going to be …
Read More »Move Over 'Unity,' Hello '1776'
Following Saturday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the former president and other conservative leaders have been tirelessly spinning the press and the public that the core message of the final four months of Trump’s 2024 campaign is now “unity” and “peace.” But by the time the ongoing Republican National Convention …
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