The Republican Party descended into chaos this week as Matt Gaetz and a handful of rogue lawmakers voted to end Kevin McCarthy‘s fraught tenure as House Speaker. Donald Trump, the most prolific chaos agent in American politics, has been conspicuously absent from the hubbub surrounding McCarthy’s ouster. The most the …
Read More »Failed Authoritarian Endorses Aspiring Authoritarian
Donald Trump has handed out a slew of political endorsements ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. He delivered another big one on Monday, officially lending his support to … Hungarian Prime Minister and ascendant autocrat Viktor Orban. “Viktor Orban of Hungary truly loves his Country and wants safety for his …
Read More »RIP to Trump's Absurd Crusade to Mobilize the Government to Help Him Wash His 'Beautiful Hair Properly'
Donald Trump is not a fan of Mark Meadows’ new book The Chief’s Chief. The former president is reportedly mad at his former chief of staff for divulging a few damning details about his bout with Covid-19, most notably that he covered up a positive test result ahead one of …
Read More »Racist President Told Racist Joke Before Meeting Vietnam's Prime Minister: New Book
Donald Trump, the man who has described himself repeatedly as “the least racist person there is,” reportedly made an incredibly racist joke right before meeting the prime minister of Vietnam, Nguyen Xuân Phúc, who is now president of the country. The account of the incident comes from a new book …
Read More »The Trump Administration's Incompetence Extended to Accepting Fake White Tiger Fur
The Trump administration failed to properly handle foreign gifts, several of which were unaccounted for at the end of Trump’s term, The New York Times reported on Monday. The White House is understandably required to report anything gifted from foreign dignitaries in order to avoid suspicion of under-the-table dealing or …
Read More »'There Have to Be Consequences:' Judge Boosts Jan. 6 Rioter's Sentence from Home Confinement to Prison
Although federal prosecutors recommended home confinement for Capitol rioter Matthew Mazzocco, a judge went with a harsher sentence and is sending him to prison instead. “There have to be consequences for participating in an attempted violent overthrow of the government, beyond sitting at home,” U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said …
Read More »Trump's Covid-19 Illness Was Worse Than White House Let On, Report Says
According to multiple New York Times sources, when Trump contracted the coronavirus in October 2020, his condition was far more serious than what health officials or the White House told the public. The paper reported that Trump’s illness was so dire that at one point his blood oxygen sank into …
Read More »House Democrats Will Introduce Article of Impeachment Against Trump
House Democrats plan to introduce an article of impeachment against President Trump as soon as Monday to begin the process of attempting to remove him from office following his supporters’ violence at the Capitol. “It is the hope of Members that the President will immediately resign,” Pelosi said in a …
Read More »Biden: 'Don't Dare Call Them Protesters. They Were Domestic Terrorists'
President-elect Joe Biden blasted both the rioters who violently stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and Trump for encouraging them. “Yesterday, in my view was one of the darkest days in the history of our nation — an unprecedented assault on our democracy,” Biden said. The president-elect continued, “What we …
Read More »Warnock Makes History and Democrats Gain Senate Majority
Democrats will control the U.S. Senate thanks to voters in Georgia First, Rev. Raphael Warnock unseated incumbent appointee Sen. Kelly Loeffler to become the first black American ever elected to statewide office in Georgia and only the eleventh black senator in U.S. history. On Wednesday afternoon, amid the chaos at …
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