“This judge treated him viciously, telling him either you cooperate or I’m putting you in jail for 15 years,” Trump continued. “He pled, and went to jail for very minor offenses, highly unusual, served 4 months in Rikers, and now they are after him again, this time for allegedly lying (doesn’t look like a lie […]
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What Is NBC News Even Thinking Hiring Ronna McDaniel?
The former president has until Monday to pay off the half-billion-dollar disgorgement—and if he doesn’t, James can begin taking steps to seize his assets to cover the debt, including 40 Wall Street and Trump Tower. But Trump is juggling more than the fine deadline. Paying out of pocket could potentially put a major Wall Street […]
Read MoreWannabe Conservative Influencer Arrested on January 6 Charges
The companies are also likely loath to subject themselves to the scrutiny that has fallen on the Chubb Corporation, the insurance group that backed Trump’s $91.6 million bond in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit. Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg, whom Trump appointed in 2018 to a White House advisory committee for trade policy and negotiations, had […]
Read MorePass the Popcorn: Ron DeSantis and Libs of TikTok Are Going At It!
Janice Schakowsky (IL) David Schweikert (AZ) Greg Steube (FL) Eric Swalwell (CA) Norma Torres (CA) Juan Vargas (CA) Nydia Velazquez (NY) Nikema Williams (GA) The bill stipulates that ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, must sell TikTok to an American company within six months. Otherwise, TikTok will be banned from U.S. app stores. A company associated […]
Read MoreDeSantis Is in a Feud With Libs of TikTok, in Funniest Twist of Events
Janice Schakowsky (IL) David Schweikert (AZ) Greg Steube (FL) Eric Swalwell (CA) Norma Torres (CA) Juan Vargas (CA) Nydia Velazquez (NY) Nikema Williams (GA) The bill stipulates that ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, must sell TikTok to an American company within six months. Otherwise, TikTok will be banned from U.S. app stores. A company associated […]
Read MoreAfter Republican Fearmongering, Michelle Obama’s Office Says She’s Not Running For President In 2024
NewsOne Featured Video Source: COREY SIPKIN / Gett On Tuesday, the office of former First Lady Michelle Obama made an announcement that is sure to shock voters, pundits and legislators across America: Michele Obama will not be running for president in 2024. (NewsOne would like to apologize to anyone who wasn’t sitting down when they […]
Read MoreA Year of Republicans Lying About Abortion
As Brian Beutler pointed out in his Off Message newsletter, this was worthy of alarm bells: “The question of whether elites, particularly center-right elites, choose to abide fascism is central to the survival of democracy.” In a later post, Beutler dove deeper into Dimon’s rhetoric, and found evidence that whatever ties that might have bound […]
Read MoreYou Will Not Believe—We Mean Not Believe—This James Comer Quote
Screenshot So despite what Cooper said Tuesday evening, it is actually critical to talk about Gaza in any analysis of Michigan’s results. Talking about Israel’s bombing of Gaza—and how Biden is backing that bombing—is the actual politics of the issue. “I think sometimes as we’re talking about this issue, we are centering President Biden, we […]
Read MoreIn Leaked Audio, Texas Judge Whines About “Brainwashed” Republicans
Trump Jr.’s gross and wholly unnecessary comment is just the latest in one the GOP’s favorite refrains on Biden. Republicans have repeatedly argued (and some Democrats worry) that Biden, who at age 81 is the oldest president ever, is mentally and physically unfit to hold office. But those attacks ignore the fact that Trump, at […]
Read MoreDonald Trump Stereotypes African Americans At Black Conservative Event With Largely White Audience
NewsOne Featured Video Source: Anadolu / Getty Last week, I wrote about MAGA Republicans banking on racist Black stereotypes to attract Black voters for Donald Trump. It started with Fox News hosts and other assorted white conservative Black friend solicitors speculating that Trump’s mugshot from his RICO indictment in Georgia would attract Black support because […]
Read More‘SNL’ Cold Open Dragged Republican Wimps For Surrendering The Party To Trump Again
Remember when Donald Trump was toast? He’d dined with anti-Semites, his business was found guilty of fraud, he’d launched a scammy line of NFTs. The Republican Party thought they could finally move on. What a difference a year and change makes. Now he’s improbably back on top, spewing nonsense and dodgy garbage like it was […]
Read MoreRepublicans Are Counting On Racist Stereotypes To Attract Black Voters For Trump
NewsOne Featured Video Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump carries a pair of his new signature shoes before taking the stage at Sneaker Con at the Philadelphia Convention Center on February 17, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Last year, after Donald Trump’s mugshot went viral following his arrest […]
Read MoreMatt Schlapp Sex Scandal Takes New Turn Just as CPAC Conference Opens
Biden summarized his various business ventures over the past couple decades, which included a few partnerships with his nephew Hunter. But Joe Biden “played no role, was not involved with, and received no benefits,” his brother said. Republicans have also seized on two checks that James Biden gave his older brother, one for $200,000 labeled […]
Read MoreCPAC Kicks Off With New Round of Legal Troubles in Matt Schlapp Scandal
Biden summarized his various business ventures over the past couple decades, which included a few partnerships with his nephew Hunter. But Joe Biden “played no role, was not involved with, and received no benefits,” his brother said. Republicans have also seized on two checks that James Biden gave his older brother, one for $200,000 labeled […]
Read MoreMatt Gaetz Goes Full Racist After GOP’s Brutal Defeat in New York
“I can tell you from everything I know about it, he’s going to be found guilty,” Cohen, the former Trump lawyer, said during The New Republic’s Stop Trump Summit in October. “This is the Al Capone theory,” he added. “They didn’t get him on murder, extortion, racketeering, prostitution, etc., they got him on tax evasion. […]
Read MoreQuit Hating on California
One reason people stopped making fun of California three decades ago was that it got displaced as the butt of national jokes by a place where people were said to be weirder even than people in California. That was, of course, Florida. I’d guess the wildly popular novelists Carl Hiassen and Elmore Leonard kickstarted this […]
Read MoreConservatives’ Newfound Hatred of California Is Wrong—and Sad
One reason people stopped making fun of California three decades ago was that it got displaced as the butt of national jokes by a place where people were said to be weirder even than people in California. That was, of course, Florida. I’d guess the wildly popular novelists Carl Hiassen and Elmore Leonard kick-started this […]
Read MoreTrump Is Posting His Own Fake News—Under an Actual News Outlet’s Name
Pilip’s loss, meanwhile, comes after months spent skirting the limelight rather than courting it, avoiding media presence and refusing debates with the seasoned politician until just five days before election night, when she finally faced off against Suozzi to lackluster reception. “I can explain why she didn’t want to debate, and I can explain why […]
Read MorePoll: Shocking Number of Republicans Believe Taylor Swift Is a Psyop
Pilip’s loss, meanwhile, comes after months spent skirting the limelight rather than courting it, avoiding media presence and refusing debates with the seasoned politician until just five days before election night, when she finally faced off against Suozzi to lackluster reception. “I can explain why she didn’t want to debate, and I can explain why […]
Read MoreAlarmingly High Number of Republicans Think Taylor Swift Is a Psyop
Pilip’s loss, meanwhile, comes after months spent skirting the limelight rather than courting it, avoiding media presence and refusing debates with the seasoned politician until just five days before election night, when she finally faced off against Suozzi to lackluster reception. “I can explain why she didn’t want to debate, and I can explain why […]
Read MoreAngry White Conservatives Just Can’t Accept The Black National Anthem Being Sung At The Super Bowl
NewsOne Featured Video Andra Day performs Lift Every Voice and Sing prior to Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. | Source: Perry Knotts / Getty At this point, it’s just kind of amusing to watch white conservatives […]
Read MoreGOP Elections Commissioner Says He’s ‘Done More For The Black Community’ Than Any Other White Republican
NewsOne Featured Video The State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin. | Source: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / Getty Here’s a question: Why is it that whenever white Republicans are accused of doing harm to Black people, they suddenly turn into Miss Millie from The Color Purple and start trotting out their largely fictional resumes regarding how they’ve “always […]
Read MoreGOP Conspiracy Theorists Think Michelle Obama Will Replace Biden On 2024 Ballot In Latest Republican Fearmongering
NewsOne Featured Video Source: COREY SIPKIN / Getty If there’s one thing we can depend on Republicans for, it’s a good old-fashioned fearmongering conspiracy theory that dabbles in racism. As such, one particular conspiracy theory is gaining renewed momentum on social media after Joe Biden reacted angrily to a special counsel suggesting the president innocently […]
Read MoreRepublicans Reveal Their Endgame in the Fight Over Trans Kids
In the past three years, Republican legislators have proposed and passed a dizzying series of laws prohibiting gender-affirming care for trans kids. Due to these efforts, an estimated 36 percent of trans minors live in states where such care is now banned. Now, lawmakers are opening up about their “endgame” in this crusade: banning gender-affirming […]
Read MoreRepublicans Are Using The Proposed Menthol Cigarettes Ban To Court Black Voters. Here’s Why That’s Racist
NewsOne Featured Video Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Ahead of the Republican primary in South Carolina, a group of conservatives are looking to field-test a strategy to help steer Black people away from the Democratic party. Their plan? To convince Black people that President Joe Biden will ban menthol cigarettes. As previously reported, the […]
Read MoreRon DeSantis Was Never Going To Be President Because GOP Voters Want Donald Trump
NewsOne Featured Video Florida Governor and now-former 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis listened to an audience member’s question at a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa, on January 13, 2024. | Source: CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA / Getty Florida governor Ron DeSantis announced he was dropping out of the presidential race on Sunday, and he endorsed his […]
Read MoreNew Transcript Blows Up James Comer’s Entire Hunter Biden Argument
“And they calmly walk to us, and ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.… They’ve only got 17 seconds to figure this whole thing out. Boom. OK. Missile launch. Woosh. Boom,” he added. The former president provides an elaborate description of missile defense technology: Ding ding ding ding boom whoosh boom pic.twitter.com/PgWRVJh8xI — Acyn (@Acyn) January […]
Read MoreHouse Republicans’ Majority Just Shrank Even More. Let the Chaos Begin.
It’s also a little premature to call Trump the GOP’s nominee. There’s still another Republican in the 2024 presidential primary: former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who staunchly supported Mace in her 2022 congressional bid. Meanwhile, Trump endorsed her primary opponent, and called Mace an “absolutely terrible candidate,” “crazy,” and a “terrible person.” That wasn’t […]
Read MoreIt’s Time for Democrats to Make Some Enemies
That brings us to the other commodity with which Democrats need to fill the space left by the absent primary: derogatory information about Republicans. This is one area where Democrats simply don’t seem to be on the same page. As The New Republic’s Greg Sargent reported this week, Representative Jamie Raskin and his colleagues on […]
Read MoreFox News Offers Bonkers Proof of Why Taylor Swift Is a Psy-op
For what it’s worth, 35,000 new voters registered on Vote.org as a result of Swift’s Instagram post in September. It is hardly forbidden knowledge that the Democratic Party has made celebrity endorsements of its candidates part of its campaigning strategy. The 2020 and 2016 Democratic National Conventions were, to mixed reviews, studded with the stars […]
Read MoreFox News Offers Bonkers Proof of Why Taylor Swift Is a Psyop
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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