Tag: Political Violence

Trump Is Doubling Down on Those Unhinged “Bloodbath” Comments

Before Moreno took the lead, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose was expected to clinch the GOP nomination in the primary next week. LaRose, of course, suffered a humiliating defeat last year, when state residents voted to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. LaRose had pulled out all the stops to block the abortion […]

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Donald Trump Doubles Down on His Deranged “Bloodbath” Comments

Before Moreno took the lead, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose was expected to clinch the GOP nomination in the primary next week. LaRose, of course, suffered a humiliating defeat last year, when state residents voted to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. LaRose had pulled out all the stops to block the abortion […]

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“Bloodbath”-Gate: Yes, Trump Meant the Auto Industry. At First, Anyway

Still, maybe he only meant an economic bloodbath. In fact, that’s just typical Trump bluster—built as usual on lies. The Biden economy as we all know reeled from inflation in 2022 and 2023, and that overwhelmed the narrative. Beyond that, the 289,000 jobs gained per month during Biden’s term is the highest for any president […]

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GOP Candidate Who Called for Obama’s Execution Proceeds to Double Down

“If so-called reasons of national security can be used to arbitrarily suppress excellent companies from other countries, then there is no fairness and justice at all,” Wang said Thursday. “When someone sees a good thing another person has and tries to take it for themselves, this is entirely the logic of a bandit.” Mnuchin is […]

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Man Decapitates His Father, Calls for Uprising Against “Biden Regime”

But in his statement Tuesday, Schwerin said Biden had not been involved, either as a public official or a private citizen, in Hunter’s business dealings, nor had he ever been asked to take action on Hunter’s behalf. Schwerin said that in his role as Hunter’s business partner, he never asked Biden to get involved with […]

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Police Don’t Appear to Think Roger Stone’s Assassination Threats Were Just a Joke

“I think all of us know what this country was built on. And [racism] still exists,” Tony Duncan, a Black business owner in Bamberg who went to school with Haley’s older siblings, told NPR last year. “It exists. As people here in America, we have to deal with these things.” A 2023 Washington Post poll […]

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Last Day of Trump’s Fraud Trial Starts with a Bomb. Almost Literally.

The problems with ADL’s reporting methods have been obvious for some time to anyone paying close attention. As Eric Alterman wrote for The New Republic, the ADL has, since its founding, repeatedly changed its counting method—and then followed these periodic rejiggerings with reports asserting massive increases in antisemitic incidents. Even more troubling, the organization habitually […]

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Roger Stone Plotted Assassinating Democrats, Bombshell Report Says

As the situation grew worse, Scavino said he printed out potential tweets Trump could post to urge the rioters not to get violent. At 2:38 p.m., after many protesters had already breached the Capitol, Trump finally let Scavino post a message on Trump’s Twitter (now called X) account telling the mob to “stay peaceful.” Minutes […]

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Roger Stone Plotted Assassinating Democrats, Bombshell Report Says

As the situation grew worse, Scavino said he printed out potential tweets Trump could post to urge the rioters not to get violent. At 2:38 p.m., after many protesters had already breached the Capitol, Trump finally let Scavino post a message on Trump’s Twitter (now called X) account telling the mob to “stay peaceful.” Minutes […]

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The Media Is Giving Donald Trump a Dangerous New Pass

As The New Republic’s editor, Michael Tomasky, pointed out, the word “vermin” has a fairly noteworthy place in the history of political rhetoric. “To announce that the real enemy is domestic and then to speak of that enemy in subhuman terms is Fascism 101,” he wrote. “Especially that particular word.” Nevertheless, Trump’s dangerous new escalation […]

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George Santos Is a Sideshow. Pay Attention to the Real GOP Dangers.

“You know, some people are real strong behind a keypad, but when they get called out, it’s completely different,” Mullin said. “People’s asked me, too, ‘Is this becoming of a U.S. senator.’ And I’m like, man, I’m a guy from Oklahoma first. In Oklahoma, you don’t run your mouth like that, and if you do […]

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Uh, WTF? Michigan Republican Awards Two Men Acquitted in Whitmer Kidnapping Plot

Cooperman admitted he “reluctantly” voted for President Joe Biden in the 2020 election, but he has a long history of supporting the political ambitions of right-wing candidates, including the late Senator John McCain, Senator Marco Rubio, former President George W. Bush, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, according to OpenSecrets. Cooperman also said that both Biden […]

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The GOP’s Fetish for Political Violence Is Reaching Dangerous New Heights

Jordan’s gambit didn’t work, of course. On Friday, he lost a third vote for speaker and, not long after, lost his speaker-designate status in a secret ballot taken by the Republican caucus. It’s tempting to see this as just desserts. It is, at the very least, a very funny funny outcome; many in the House […]

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The Next Big Trend for Republican Lawmakers: Quitting

“If Congress does not pass a debt commission this year to move the needle on the crushing national debt and inflation, at least at the next debt ceiling increase at the end of 2024, I will not continue sacrificing my children for this circus with a complete absence of leadership, vision, and spine,” she warned. […]

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The Right-Wing Conspiracy-Fest Is More Openly Bloodthirsty Than Before

The racism, too, was more transparent than usual. “Big Fani. Big fat Fani. Big fat Black Fani Willis,” shouted Stew Peters as he launched into an attack on Fulton County DA Fani Willis and of the Georgia judge who is presiding over Trump’s criminal charges in that state. The Jews, or at least their cosmopolitan alter egos, […]

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Mike Huckabee, Republicans Threaten ‘Civil War’ Over Trump Indictments, 2024 Election

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Steven Ferdman / Getty Here’s a question: Why are today’s Republicans so violent? I’m not just talking about the MAGA constituency here, I’m talking about leading Republican officials and pundits. Why does it seem like “We’re headed to civil war” is their default hyperbolic mode? And is it even hyperbole? Are […]

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