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Fox News Busted for Airing Blatant Election Lie Without Any Proof
Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo has repeatedly been saying this week that Democrats have been pushing to register “massive lines of illegals” to vote in Texas. As it turns out, she never did any actual reporting on the topic. The Texas Department of Public Safety debunked Bartiromo’s claims, with Sergeant William Lockridge, a spokesperson for the department, calling the claims “simply false” and “kind of racist” in a statement Tuesday to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Brady Gray, the chairman of the Parker County GOP, also said such reports were “erroneous” after investigating Bartiromo’s claims.Bartiromo first brought up the alleged voter...
RNC’s Latest Fundraising Is a Sign of How Much Trump Is Struggling
It’s been a tough month financially for the Republican Party, which may signal trouble for its presidential candidate, Donald Trump. The RNC reported that it had raised nearly $31 million in July, nearly half of the $61 million it reported raising the month before, according to its most recent FEC filing. The party’s disbursements over the same period were more than $33 million, meaning that the party ended the month of its convention slightly more cash-poor than it started. Trump’s campaign has said that it, and the Republican Party, had raised a combined $138 million in July. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris’s...
Former Trump Staffer Reveals How Putin Played Him Like a Puppet
Donald Trump was an easy mark for Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Trump’s former national security adviser. H.R. McMaster writes in his upcoming book, At War With Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House, that Putin used Trump’s “ego and insecurities” to influence Trump as president. The Guardian obtained an advance copy of the book, due to be released on August 27. Trump infamously praised Putin throughout his presidential term, dismissed criticism from his staff of the Russian autocrat, and would fire McMaster as a result in 2018. The now-retired general spoke about Trump’s incomprehensible defenses of...
Hulk Hogan Threatens to Body Slam Kamala Harris in Disgusting Rant
Oh, brother. At an event Tuesday night, professional wrestler Hulk Hogan threatened Kamala Harris while making fun of her biracial background. “Want me to body-slam Kamala Harris?” a noticeably drunk Hogan asked the crowd at an Ohio event promoting his new beer. “Want me to drop the weight on Kamala?” Threatening the sitting vice president with violence wasn’t enough for the WWE star as he then moved to racist comments. “Is Kamala a chameleon? Is she Indian?” he asked.Drunk ass Hulk Hogan “Want me to body slam Kamala Harris? I said, do you want me to body slam Kamala Harris?...
Harris Crushes Trump Among Key Voters in Stunning New Poll
When it comes to support from young voters, Kamala Harris is absolutely pummeling former President Donald Trump, according to new polling.Harris has surpassed Trump by a whopping 32 points among 18- to 29-years-olds living in seven battleground states as of Tuesday, according to polling from Voters of Tomorrow. The poll surveyed more than 1,500 young voters in Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, and Wisconsin between August 16 and August 20.When deciding which candidate to support, the majority of respondents said they cared most about jobs, the economy, and the cost of living. When asked which candidate they trusted...
Trump’s Desperate Move to Win Over Young Male Voters Gets Weirder
Donald Trump has been bleeding support since Vice President Kamala Harris entered the race, as some of his most loyal supporters turn the page on him. White supremacists have taken to Truth Social to brand the Republican nominee as a “coward” for initially backing out of a debate against Harris, while others have claimed that the Trump campaign is headed toward a “catastrophic loss” this November.So, in an apparent effort to regain the attention and possibly the favor of younger generations, Trump opted for an interview with one of the most unexpected personalities: comedian Theo Von. The combination came with...
Trump Abandons Interview After Question on His Favorite Talking Point
As Donald Trump returned to Michigan to speak about crime, he deliberately ignored the truth: Crime is down. Standing under a banner that read “Make America Safe Again” on Tuesday, Trump spoke about law and order and a so-called “Kamala crime wave” occurring at levels “nobody has ever seen before.” But when journalists tried to ask him about that claim, he got scared. According to The Detroit News, the Trump team had originally agreed to sit down for an interview with their newspaper Tuesday. However, after reporters pushed the former president about spreading lies about Michigan’s crime data, “a campaign...
Ex-Trump Staffer’s Support for Harris Sparks Furious MAGA Backlash
Far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer made shallow attacks against former Donald Trump aide Stephanie Grisham, who called the former president out at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night for mocking his base. But the failed politician couldn’t deny the truth of what Grisham was saying. Grisham, a former White House press secretary, revealed that Trump “mocks his supporters behind closed doors,” and claimed that Melania Trump had refused to call for peaceful protests as the January 6 riot was unfolding. Grisham also voiced her support for Vice President Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention. Loomer, ever the pro-Trump hate-poster,...
J.D. Vance Is Already Making a Boatload of Money Off His V.P. Run
No matter what happens in the 2024 elections, J.D. Vance will be making money. The Republican vice presidential nominee and Ohio senator is pulling in massive royalties from the sales of his first memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, which returned to the top spot on The New York Times bestseller list after Vance was named Donald Trump’s running mate. Meanwhile, he also has an $8 million deal for a book sequel, which he secured back in 2017, reports Variety. According to his financial disclosures, Vance made $823,132 in royalties from his first book’s sales in 2020 and 2021, but less than...
Obama Brutally Roasts Whiny Trump During DNC Speech
Night two of the Democratic National Convention was all about building a sense of unity among Americans. The star-studded lineup urged patience as people work out their political differences to rally behind presidential candidates who will fight for the good of the American people rather than for their own benefit. But it also included several memorable quips that didn’t land anywhere near the high road.During an impassioned speech formally endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Barack Obama cut Donald Trump down to size, referring to the Republican nominee’s act as “stale,” calling his unmoderated bloviating “dangerous,” and describing his...
Teamsters Perfectly Roast Trump and Their Boss in Bold DNC Move
A group of retired Teamsters took the stage at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night, in a move that both signaled their support for Kamala Harris and a subtle snub to their leader, who had backed Donald Trump last month. Senator Gary Peters from Michigan initially appeared on stage, but he was just the opening act. “On the other hand, we have Donald Trump and J.D. Vance,” Peters said, comparing the Republican ticket to Harris and Tim Walz. “And let’s be clear. If they win, if they win, working people like my friends here from the Teamsters will pay the...
The Convention That Almost Wasn’t
If Maryland Governor Wes Moore was tired as he got to work on Tuesday morning, he didn’t show it. The Democratic National Convention had ended late—very late—Monday night, with President Joe Biden wrapping up his valedictory address at around midnight Central time. But when Moore arrived at the Hilton Chicago on Tuesday morning, sans necktie but with a pocket square and pin of his state’s iconic flag, he was ready to fire up the sleepy delegates from swing states enjoying free bagels and weak coffee.Moore made his rounds, delivering similar—but tailored—five-minute-or-so speeches to the Michigan and Arizona state delegations at...
The Case for Hypochondria
“The able and the disabled aren’t two different kinds of people but the same people at different times,” the journalist Tom Scocca wrote in a recent article in New York magazine. Whoever has health one day can be deprived of it the next. Scocca was writing at the time about stunning changes to his own health. Sickness, even when easily or quickly healed, brings with it suffering or pain; prolonged illness stirs up uncertainty, loss, and grief. One can so easily cross from the realm of the healthy and able-bodied into that of the sick and impaired. And what goes...
The Man Who Saved France From Marine Le Pen
This week, French President Emmanuel Macron returns to the mundane task of forming a government as he gathers all of the parties together to hash out a compromise to replace his caretaker government. He had postponed this task to preside over the Olympics, and now that it is upon him, it will no doubt be a difficult set of negotiations, since no party has a majority in the new parliament, not to mention that his own party had a dismal showing.After his rash decision to hold national elections at the end of June, he was flatly rejected in third place...
The Democrats Just Erased All of Their Progress on Foreign Policy
In 2020, the Democrats released a platform whose foreign policy section was greeted with cautious optimism by the party’s progressive wing. The document called for an end to “forever wars,” a reinvigoration of congressional war powers, a strategic cut to the Pentagon budget, and an end to the Trump-era “blank check” policy toward Gulf countries, among other priorities. It was, in the words of The Intercept, “a sign of how far the party’s center of gravity has shifted in four years.” Four years later, the center of gravity appears to have shifted almost as far—right back to where it had...
GOPers Now Openly Admit Trump’s Flailing Could Cost Them Senate
According to a new report in The Hill, GOP aides and strategists fear that Donald Trump’s inability to adjust to Kamala Harris’s surge is shifting the Senate map against them. That’s striking, given how heavily the Senate map is tilted toward Republicans. So we checked in with Justin Barasky, a veteran Democratic operative who has worked on many Senate races over the years and is now involved in contests in Ohio and Arizona. He helps us break down the map and assesses how realistic these GOP fears are, as well as what all this says about the true nature of Harris’s surge and Trump’s struggles. Listen to this episode here.
Ex-Trump Staffer Reveals What Trump Really Thinks of His Supporters
Former Trump White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham had a lot to say about Donald Trump at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday. Taking the podium, Grisham who described herself as an original “true believer” and one of Trump’s closest advisers, said that “behind closed doors Trump mocks his supporters” and calls them “basement dwellers.” It also seems like Trump believes his followers aren’t too bright either. “He used to tell me ‘it doesn’t matter what you say, Stephanie, just say it enough and people will believe you.’” NEW Here are Stephanie Grisham’s full remarks at the Democratic National Convention....
Trump’s RNC Applauds Georgia’s Dark Rewriting of Election Law
The Georgia state elections board is making changes to its voter certification process, and the Republican National Committee is in full support. On Monday, the Georgia board approved a new rule by a 3–2 vote to allow local officials to investigate vote totals after Election Day, opening the door for new obstacles in certifying election results. Now, any member on a county’s board of elections can “examine all election related documentation created during the conduct of elections prior to certification of results,” which could create chaos after an election. The Republican National Committee’s co-chair, Michael Whatley, praised the measure in...
Trump Derails Weird Speech on Crime to Complain Women Hate Him
Donald Trump gave his second sleepy address in as many days Tuesday during a stop in Howell, Michigan, diverting from his winding rant about crime to complain that women don’t seem to like him very much. During Trump’s low-energy speech, which was hosted in a shiny white garage at the Livingston County Sheriff’s office in front of parked police SUVs, the convicted felon candidate desperately attempted to frame his opponent, a former prosecutor, as being too lenient on crime. Trump alleged that Kamala Harris was “the ringleader for this pro-crime and anti-police crusade. It’s a real anti-police crusade. They just have it...
Trump Takes Fascist Threat to Next Level With New Proposal on Judges
Donald Trump thinks it should be “illegal” for the public to criticize the Supreme Court justices who rule in his favor. In a bizarre speech over the weekend, between a bad Emmanuel Macron impression and claiming that he is better looking than Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump made a frightening declaration: He believes that those who criticize his judges should be punished.“I really think it’s illegal what they do, with judges and justices. They’re playing the ref,” Trump said at a Saturday rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. “Remember the term. Playing the ref with our judges and justices should be punishable...
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