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Writing in The Atlantic this Tuesday, Yascha Mounk contends that after President Trump leaves the White House, Americans will soon grow tired of his quest to stay in the limelight. While it’s understandable that many think Trump will succeed at keeping people’s attention, a sign of what’s to come is manifesting itself in the fading […]

An attorney who says he is representing President Donald Trump encouraged a group of angry supporters to target Gov. Brian Kemp (R) at a “Stop the Steal” rally in Georgia on Wednesday. “We’re going to send them a message!” Lin Wood shouted, referring to Georgia officials. “And the message is this. It’s 1776 in America […]

The UK has become the first country to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for widespread use. The government has ordered 40 million doses and the first batch of 800,000 doses is expected to be shipped from Belgium – where the vaccine is being made – in the next couple of days. It will be enough to […]

In yet another example from the bottomless pit of Trump administration hypocrisy, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday blasted two Democratic elected officials and a CNN anchor who, over a period of months, were each caught violating coronavirus restrictions. All of them were duly criticized by Democrats. McEnany and most White House officials, from […]

Donald Trump is still pretending he’ll be able to successfully steal himself a second term as president, probably because it’s such a lucrative lie. Mitch McConnell, however, appears to be moving on to his next mission: kneecapping Joe Biden. The Senate majority leader is doing what everyone who actually learns from history predicted he would, […]

Eighty years ago, as Nazi Germany’s military might amassed along the French coast, small groups of highly trained British killers bade farewell to their families and made their way underground for what could well have been their last, lethal mission. Known as “scallywags”, these individuals – many of them gamekeepers, landowners and poachers with an […]

The Trump administration is finalizing a rule change on protecting migratory birds that is a drastic pullback from policies in force for the past 100 years. The final rule is open for public comment through December 28, 2020. In 1916, amid the chaos of World War I, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and King George V […]

After fattening the pockets of wealthy Americans and big corporations with tax cuts and deregulation during his four years in the White House, President Donald Trump is ramping up his assault on workers on his way out the door by backing the Senate GOP’s attempt to freeze the pay of civilian federal employees in 2021. […]

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) says he plans to challenge the Electoral College votes from the 2020 election when Congress certifies Joe Biden’s victory on January 6, accusing Biden of being “the largest beneficiary of illegally cast votes in the history of the United States.” But in a tweet this Tuesday, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) questioned […]

On the same day that U.S. Attorney General William Barr said the Justice Department had found no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election, nine Texas Republicans in Congress signed a letter chastising Barr for a “shocking lack of action” in response to unproven allegations that fraud occurred. “We appreciate an Attorney General who […]

Kayleigh McEnany, in a rare appearance at the White House podium in her official capacity as press secretary, is working to improve President Donald Trump’s legacy. It is now administration policy, apparently, that coronavirus vaccines, even those like Pfizer’s – developed without support from the White House’s Operation Warp Speed – should be named after […]

Rudy Giuliani’s public debasement and zeal for overturning democracy can be easily explained, according to a former federal prosecutor who once served under him. The former New York City mayor and U.S. Attorney appears to have recently learned that he’s under investigation, and he’s stalling that probe by perpetuating a myth that the election still […]

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday defended the Trump White House’s decision to hold a Christmas party during the novel coronavirus pandemic by comparing it to people who loot businesses. When asked about why the White House is flouting its own coronavirus task force’s recommendations by holding a large Christmas gathering, McEnany snapped […]

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday defended President Donald Trump’s silence on COVID-19 following his loss in the 2020 election. At a White House press conference, one reporter pointed out that Trump has not participated in a Coronavirus Task Force meeting in weeks. “He’s created the greatest testing system in the world,” McEnany […]

Liberal economist Paul Krugman, in his New York Times column as well as his Twitter posts, has often stressed that Republicans in Congress have a double standard when it comes to the federal deficit — which they are silent amount under GOP presidential administrations but suddenly become obsessed with after a Democratic president is sworn […]

A Black woman from Boston, Massachusetts shared a racist letter she said she had received from a neighbor that admonished her for “loud” sex and using a blender at 10 a.m. The woman, who uses the Twitter handle @earthyari_, posted an image of the letter on Tuesday. “You seem to have no respect for others […]

President Donald Trump pardoning his three eldest children would be a form of obstruction of justice, according to a former high-ranking FBI official. Frank Figliuzzi, the former FBI assistant director, told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell that pardons for Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Rudy Giuliani could be considered obstruction if any […]

Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the United States Department of Homeland Security, has once again affirmed the integrity of the 2020 election. Despite backlash from President Donald Trump, along with his campaign, legal team, and allies, Krebs defended his work within the federal agency in an editorial published Tuesday […]

U.S. Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) questioned Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin over coronavirus funds on Wednesday. It did not go well for him. Secretary Mnuchin is trying to return hundreds of billions of dollars Congress approved to address the COVID-19 crisis back to the Treasury’s general fund – which means states could no longer use those […]

With President-elect Joe Biden due to be sworn in next month, Republicans in Congress have once again been making noises about lowering the nation’s national budget deficit, despite the fact that they let the deficit explode under President Donald Trump. The American Conservative’s Matt Purple largely agrees with the GOP’s newfound love of fiscal prudence, […]

A Craiglist ad posted by someone claiming to be a member of antifa under the heading “Protesters Needed” to “cause as much chaos and destruction as possible” sparked an investigation by Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office. As it turns out, the man who posted the ad is a 33-year-old registered Republican, the Lincoln Journal Star reports. After […]

U.S. District Judge Pamela Pepper this week admonished attorney Sidney Powell after she filed a motion seeking to undo a win for President-elect Joe Biden in Wisconsin. In her court order, Pepper pointed out numerous deficiencies with Powell’s initial motion. “There was no indication that the plaintiffs gave notice to the adverse parties of the […]

Many Americans were shocked to wake up Wednesday to see former Trump National Security Adviser Mike Flynn calling for martial law so the U.S. military can hold a “do-over” election. Flynn is not alone, there is a large number of people promoting this lawless and unconstitutional behavior, all in service to Donald Trump. Flynn and […]

“The View” host Whoopi Goldberg wondered if she was losing her mind over Republicans shrugging their shoulders at death threats against election officials as President Donald Trump tries to overturn his loss. An attorney for the Trump campaign called for Chris Krebs, a former cybersecurity official who was fired for declaring the election to be […]

Newly released documents show that businesses with addresses at properties owned by President Donald Trump and the family of son-in-law Jared Kushner raked in millions of dollars from a program intended to save American jobs during the novel coronavirus pandemic. NBC News reports that businesses at properties owned by the Trump Organization or Kushner Companies […]