House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is making the rounds touting his debt ceiling agreement with the Biden administration, but the die-hard Trump wing of the party is very unhappy with the deal. Even though the final text of the agreement has yet to be released, GOP Rep. Chip Roy called the …
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The FBI has arrested exiled Chinese billionaire — and close Steve Bannon associate — Guo Wengui on federal charges that he masterminded a $1 billion fraud scheme, ABC News and other outlets report. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil charges against Guo and business associate Kin Ming Je on …
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The MAGA cryptocurrency $FJB, (officially Freedom Jobs Business, unofficially shorthand for “Fuck Joe Biden”) has fallen 95 percent in value in the past 13 months despite a relentless push by owners Steve Bannon and Boris Epshteyn to keep it afloat, according to an investigation by ABC News. The devalued digital …
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On Sunday, thousands of supporters of Brazil’s right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in the capital of Brasília in opposition to the results of its October runoff election, which they falsely believe was stolen. In a scene terrifyingly echoing the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, …
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Donald Trump’s latest cash grab has even his most reliable allies rolling their eyes. The former president launched a series of digital NFT trading cards on Thursday to much mockery from opponents, and clear frustration from some of his most prominent supporters who think he should be focusing on politics …
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) reportedly believes that if she and Steve Bannon had organized the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, they would have executed a successful coup. And they would have “been armed.” “I want to tell you something, if Steve Bannon and I had organized that, we …
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Kari Lake lost her bid to become Arizona’s governor to Democrat Katie Hobbs, reiterating the national rebuke Republicans received from voters in last Tuesday’s midterms. Despite a poor showing by conservatives in Arizona, Lake, an avowed election denier, is insinuating foul play is responsible for her loss, and MAGA pundits …
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Steven Bannon has been sentenced to four months in prison and ordered to pay a $6,500 for criminal contempt of Congress after refusing to comply with a subpoena issued by the Jan. 6 committee. Judge Carl Nichols, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, said on Friday that Bannon …
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The federal government wants a six-month prison sentence and a $200,000 fine for Steve Bannon, the longtime Trump ally who has been convicted of contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee. “For his sustained, bad-faith contempt of Congress, the Defendant should be …
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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy.) said at the top of the Jan. 6 committee’s final public hearing that former President Trump had a “premeditated” plan to contest the election results, before he even lost. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) expounded on those plans, plans of which former Trump adviser Steve Bannon seemed …
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