On Monday night, Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys, was arrested in Washington, D.C. for allegedly burning a Black Lives Matter banner at a historically black church. He faces misdemeanor destruction of property charges for the alleged offense, which took place at a pro-Trump …
Read More »Trump's Lost Cause
The junior senator from Missouri announced Wednesday that he’ll contest the certification of Biden’s victory when the House and Senate convene on January 6th. Why do this? If you believe Sen. Josh Hawley’s office, it’s because the Americans who are lying about this fair and settled election being riddled with …
Read More »What You Missed if You Missed the Georgia Senate Debates
Georgians are poised this January to decide the balance of power in the Senate and shape the trajectory of the Biden presidency in a pair of wildly competitive Senate runoff races. On Sunday night in Georgia, three of the four candidates running showed up to debate: Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler …
Read More »'RS Interview: Special Edition' With Joe Walsh
Joe Walsh doesn’t cook much in quarantine — “You don’t want me to go there!” he cracks — but the rocker has kept busy as a ham radio operator. “That’s obsolete,” he admits. “We’re dinosaurs because of the internet. That’s pretty fun, because I’m not a rock star, I’m just …
Read More »How Many Electoral College Votes Will Joe Biden Win?
Former Vice President Joe Biden has defeated Donald Trump in Pennsylvania and Nevada — and, more importantly, in the 2020 election — according to calls by the Associated Press and the major networks. Read Rolling Stone‘s full Biden-victory coverage here. All that’s left now is the final counting. Biden is …
Read More »A Pro-Trump 'Stop the Steal' Group Rapidly Grew on Facebook
A massive Facebook group Stop the Steal, which spread misinformation about election fraud, accumulated more than 300,000 members in less than 48 hours, racking up hundreds of thousands of total impressions, according to CrowdTangle data. The page, which has been taken down by Facebook, was organized by a pro-Trump group …
Read More »Taylor Swift Encourages Fans to Get Out the Vote Before Election Day
Taylor Swift encouraged her American fans to vote in a new video posted to social media, one day ahead of Election Day on Tuesday, November 3rd. “Hey, so we are all stressed out about this election — rightfully so, I feel you — but allow me to be the one-millionth …
Read More »Trump's Chief of Staff: 'We Are Not Going to Control the Pandemic'
In a raising-the-white-flag-of-surrender moment, the White House Chief of Staff admitted on Sunday that Trump’s administration cannot “control the pandemic.” When pressed by CNN’s Jake Tapper and asked why not try, Meadows compared Covid-19 to the flu. The problem with that comparison is that the mortality rate of the coronavirus …
Read More »'$400 Million Is a Peanut': Trump Admits to, Downplays Massive Debt During Town Hall
After three straight nights of braying about his greatness and dancing to the Village People in front of his most devoted supporters, President Trump ran into a buzzsaw in Miami on Thursday. Unlike his rallies, the town hall event hosted by NBC took place in reality, and a confused, exceptionally …
Read More »Trump's Christian Judges March On
I n August, Justin Walker, a federal judge in Louisville, Kentucky, issued an unusual order in favor of Chelsey Nelson, a local wedding photographer and blogger. Nelson, a Southern Baptist, claimed in a lawsuit that her Christian faith dictates “that God ordained marriage to be a covenant between one man …
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