Steve Bannon has been teaching a civics class to fellow inmates in federal lockup
Former Trump aide and soon-to-be-released convicted felon Steve Bannon has reportedly been teaching behind bars. Bannon is being held at FCI Danbury, where he has been holding a weekly civics class for fellow inmates ahead of his release on Tuesday, Rolling Stone reported. He has been behind bars after his contempt of Congress conviction for refusing to testify before the House panel’s January 6 Committee.He has taught his class every Tuesday this fall, sometimes employing the Socratic method, to a crowd of roughly 50 fellow prisoners at the suburban Connecticut prison, multiple sources told the outlet.One Tuesday afternoon, Bannon...
'Blind embrace': Investigation finds alarming pattern linking criminals pardoned by Trump
A new analysis of Donald Trump's presidential pardons exposes an alarming pattern of tit for conspiracy theory-laden tat, a new political analysis contends. Slate staff writer Molly Olmstead on Monday revealed the findings of her deep-dive investigation into 237 people Trump has spared from serving time on crimes that include drug dealing, domestic abuse, refusing to stop discriminating against Latinos and Ponzi scheming. "There’s a category of recipient that stands out: his own people," wrote Olmstead. "If Trump wins in November, this is a cohort that stands ready to return to power, and once...
"Twisted game": Woman says she was sexually assaulted after Jeffrey Epstein took her to Trump Tower
Steve Bannon assured the convicted sex offender that he was coming across great. “You’re engaging, you’re not threatening, you’re natural, you’re friendly,” the far-right provocateur told the 66-year-old financier Jeffrey Epstein. “[Y]ou don’t look at all creepy, you’re a sympathetic figure.”. That...
Vance calls ex-Marine John Kelly ‘disgruntled’ over general’s claim Trump praised Hitler
Republican vice president nominee JD Vance sparred with moderators on two networks this Sunday as his running mate increasingly shies away from facing questions posed by mainstream journalists and instead tours the comparatively friendlier podcast circuit.On CNN, Vance battled with Jake Tapper of State of the Union over new assertions made by John Kelly, Trump’s former White House chief of staff. Kelly told news outlets this month that his former boss praised Adolf Hitler and commented that he wanted loyal generals like the Nazi generals who served the Third Reich.Tapper questioned Vance about Kelly’s retelling of events, and Vance...
'Plundering and degrading': NY Times columnist sounds bleakest warning about Trump allies
Former President Donald Trump will allow a cadre of "nihilists, destructionists and even criminals" to take over every level of the federal government if he is allowed back into power, Frank Bruni wrote for The New York Times Thursday. In Trump's first administration, the government was rocked by scandal after scandal, with a long series of resignations by various high-ranking officials for abuse of public office. All of this will play out again on an even larger scale, wrote Bruni — and to see this, you need only look at the kind of people gravitating toward Trump's campaign now. Want more br...