Republican opposition to the two most sensible and ways to mitigate the spread of Covid-19, vaccines and masks, has led lawmakers to recommend a variety of quack treatments for the disease that has killed nearly a million Americans. There’s ivermectin. There’s hydroxychloroquine. There’s, as Trump floated last spring, injecting oneself …
Read More »Trump Just Wanted to Remind America that He Committed Obstruction of Justice
Former President Trump went on Mark Levin’s show on Sunday to promote his new picture book, a MAGA holiday essential you can get your hands on for a mere $74.99 (or $229.99 if you want one autographed by the “author” himself). The provides a glossy overview of Trump’s four years …
Read More »Rittenhouse Continues to Bash 'Fraud' Lawyer Lin Wood on Right-Wing Media Martyr Tour
Conservative darling Kyle Rittenhouse continues to make the rounds on right-wing talk shows following his acquittal last month, and he continues to blast his former attorney, Trump ally Lin Wood, for what the teen claims was poor legal representation. Wood, meanwhile, is denying Rittenhouse’s accusations and posting increasingly unhinged messages …
Read More »Glenn Youngkin Rides Culture War to Victory Over Feckless Dems
Glenn Youngkin will be the next governor of Virginia. The Associated Press reported early Wednesday morning that the 54-year-old Republican defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the high-profile, high-stakes election. Youngkin’s triumph is a huge boost for the GOP ahead of the 2022 midterms as Republicans try to determine how to …
Read More »Trump Literally Phoned In His Support for Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Glenn Youngkin
Donald Trump phoned in his support for Glenn Youngkin on Monday night. Literally. After teasing a rally appearance on the eve of the Virginia gubernatorial election, the former president instead made a brief, bizarre call into a closed-press “tele-rally” for Youngkin, who did not appear at the rally himself. “He’s …
Read More »Trump Is Waging a War on Democracy. A New Poll Says He's Winning
It’s been about a year now since Donald Trump started ramping up what had been an already-simmering campaign to destroy the public’s faith in U.S. elections. He’s certainly convinced his followers that the 2020 election was flat-out stolen by pro-Biden communists, but maybe even more concerning is the degree to …
Read More »Judge Ordered Jan. 6 Rioter Not to Associate with Proud Boys. He Then Spoke at Rally Attended by Proud Boys
Even though a judge ordered a Jan. 6 defendant not to associate with the extremist group the Proud Boys, he spoke at the Justice for J6 rally in September where more than a dozen members of the group were in attendance. Micajah Jackson, a Marine veteran who admitted to the …
Read More »U.S. Offers to Compensate Families of Afghans Killed in Drone Strikes
The United States has offered “ex gratia condolence payments” to family members of Afghan civilians who were killed mistakenly in an August 29th drone strike, the Pentagon said in a statement late Friday. The strike killed 10 Afghan civilians, including one aid worker and seven children, and occurred as the …
Read More »Republicans Pledge Allegiance to Flag Carried on Jan. 6 at Rally Trump Called In To
The insurrection was good, actually. This was the message sent last night at a high-profile rally for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin, where attendees stood up and said the Pledge of Allegiance to a flag that was carried during what was described as “the peaceful rally with Donald J. Trump …
Read More »Fox News and OAN Were Deeper in the Bag for Trump Than Anyone Realized
It’s no secret that right-wing media was in the bag for Trump throughout his time in office, but their devotion to the the former president seems to have been more coordinated than they’d probably like people to believe. This is at least according to a couple of revelations to emerge …
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