After a failed attempt to unseat California Governor Gavin Newsom in a recall election, Republican commentator Larry Elder has announced that he’s set his sights on the White House. On Thursday’s episode of Tucker Carlson Tonight, Elder launched his campaign for President, joining a growing cohort of Republican contenders seeking …
Read More »Twitter Reinstates Nick Fuentes, Kanye's Hitler-Loving Muse
Twitter has reinstated the account of white nationalist Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. Fuentes was permanently banned from the platform in July 2021, and attempted to skirt the ban following Elon Musk’s October takeover of the social media platform. The decision to reinstate Fuentes is the latest digital pardon the billionaire …
Read More »Here's the Racism and Cruelty Fox News Rewarded When It Promoted Jesse Watters
In a just universe, someone would find Jesse Watters in his saddest moment, a time of crisis and sorrow, and mock him on camera before broadcasting the footage millions of giggling viewers — an indignity the longtime Fox News host once foisted upon homeless people living in New York’s Penn …
Read More »The Guy Behind the Anti-Democracy PowerPoint Is Now Giving Election Reform Advice at the State Level
Phil Waldron, the retired Army colonel who promoted an anti-democracy PowerPoint referenced in the material Mark Meadows turned over to the committee investigating Jan. 6, addressed a Louisiana voting commission this week. The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that the election fraud conspiracy theorist was welcomed as an “expert,” and …
Read More »Dr. Oz Sets a New, Nonsensical Low for Republicans Whining About Being 'Canceled'
Mehmet Oz, the quack doctor who last month announced he’s running for Senate in Pennsylvania, is none too pleased that the Philadelphia Inquirer is not going to refer to him as “Dr. Oz,” per the paper’s style guide. The TV doctor went on Fox & Friends Monday morning to air …
Read More »Abortion Providers in Texas Can Sue the State, Supreme Court Says
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that opponents of a Texas abortion law — the nation’s most restrictive — can sue the state in federal court. Texas had argued otherwise, claiming that abortion providers could only take legal action after being sued themselves for violating S.B. 8, which bans abortion …
Read More »White House Announces First Diplomatic Boycott of Olympics in Over 40 Years
The United States will stage a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest China’s human rights abuses, the White House announced on Monday. “The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the Beijing 2022 winter Olympics and Paralympic games given the PRC’s …
Read More »Ilhan Omar: Kevin McCarthy Is a 'Coward and a Liar' for Not Condemning Boebert's Islamophobic Comments
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) called Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy a “liar and a coward” for his refusal to condemn remarks by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) where she suggested that Omar, a Muslim who wears a hijab, was a terrorist who might detonate an explosive device in the Capitol. But, …
Read More »'A Bunch of Kooks': Michael Flynn Described QAnon as a 'Disinformation Campaign' in Recorded Call
Michael Flynn, who once filmed his family at a July 4 barbecue saying the QAnon oath, “Where we go one, we go all,” said in private that the Q conspiracy theory was “total nonsense” and a “disinformation campaign created by the left.” In a recording of a phone call purportedly …
Read More »Andrew Cuomo Criminally Charged With Groping a Former Aide
Andrew Cuomo has been criminally charged with groping a former aide, Lucian Chalfen, a spokesperson for the Albany City Court confirmed to several outlets on Thursday. “A misdemeanor complaint was filed in Albany City Court against the former governor this afternoon,” Chalfen said. Brittany Commisso filed a complaint with the …
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