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fromEsquire
4 days ago

Lindsey Graham Is, to No One's Surprise, Still the Most Ridiculous Man in Congress

Senator Lindsey Graham shifted from Never Trump to a pro-Trump posture, pushing sanctuary-city crackdowns and backing GOP efforts over January 6 targeting claims.
#january-6
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fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Trump's Slippery Definition of 'Patriots' and 'Terrorists'

The administration defends violent supporters as patriotic while portraying opponents as terrorists, normalizing state violence and excusing lethal force against civilians.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

CNN's Kaitlan Collins Confronts Ex-VP With Trump Accusation of Cowardice' Draws Chippy Response

Mike Pence rejected accusations on the White House's January 6 website, condemned taxpayer-funded blame-shifting, and defended his lawful certification of the 2020 election.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago

Trump nominated anti-LGBTQ+ Jan 6 protestor for US attorney. Senate Dems are sounding the alarm. - LGBTQ Nation

Darin Smith, a Family Research Council staffer and MAGA loyalist with no litigation experience, is poised to become Wyoming's U.S. Attorney and opposes LGBTQ+ rights.
#trump-lawsuit
fromFuturism
1 month ago
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"I Guess They Used AI or Something": Trump Says BBC Journalists Deepfaked "Words in My Mouth, Literally"

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1 month ago
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Trump's BBC lawsuit: A botched report, BritBox, and porn

President Trump filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama edit that allegedly doctored his Jan. 6 remarks, claiming election interference.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago
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Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation over Jan. 6 speech edit

Donald Trump sued the BBC for $10 billion alleging defamation and deceptive practices over an edited January 6 speech depiction.
fromFuturism
1 month ago
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"I Guess They Used AI or Something": Trump Says BBC Journalists Deepfaked "Words in My Mouth, Literally"

fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

You Sick B*stard!' Capitol Cop Gets Right in the Face of Jan. 6 Supporter in Wild Scene at Jack Smith Hearing

At Thursday's hearing, Fanone, who was at the Capitol on duty during the January 6 riot, was filmed during a break confronting Ivan Raiklin. At one point, Fanone was held back by multiple people, including fellow former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn. Raiklin is a 2020 election conspiracy theorist and a vocal supporter of the January 6 Capitol rioters. Footage from multiple angles on Thursday found Fanone and Raiklin exchanging words before Fanone walked towards Raiklin and called him a traitor to this country.
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#jack-smith
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago
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Eric Swalwell Launches Haymaker on Fellow Lawmakers During Jack Smith Hearing: My Republican Colleagues Are a Joke!'

fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago
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Eric Swalwell Launches Haymaker on Fellow Lawmakers During Jack Smith Hearing: My Republican Colleagues Are a Joke!'

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fromsfist.com
3 weeks ago

Protesters Target North Bay Venue Over Show With Ex-Misfits Singer and Proud Boys Supporter

Michale Graves, a vocal Trump and Proud Boys supporter and former Misfits frontman, will perform in Novato Jan 31, triggering planned protests and online backlash.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago

Calmes: The president celebrates our nation's founding while imitating tyrant King George III

Donald Trump publicly praises foreign protesters while condemning U.S. demonstrators, revealing glaring hypocrisy and support for paramilitary enforcement like ICE.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Jan. 6 Cop Harry Dunn Praises CNN's Jake Tapper For Smackdown With Trump DHS Chief Noem

Like, platforming people and giving them the space to say their point, and just that is problematic. But when you go up there and you let somebody basically say all the dumb sh*t out their mouth, and then you tell them why you're 100% wrong, that's good. I like action. That's what I think I feel like you're modeling good behavior.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

No Baby You're Done!' House Hearing Goes Way Off The Rails As Dem Gets Mic Cut

Rep. Ayanna Pressley had her microphone cut off while questioning GOP witnesses about alleged fraud, Trump's pardons of convicted fraudsters, and January 6 pardons.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene Defends Trump on January 6 and Earns Literal Groans From Her New Friends at The View

Marjorie Taylor Greene defended and criticized Trump, initially blamed Antifa for January 6, later recanted that claim, and argued rioters faced unequal prosecution.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

We Let Bad People Go!' Republican Senator Rages At Trump's J6 Pardons

President Donald Trump pardoned January 6 rioters, including violent attackers of police; Senator Thom Tillis condemned the pardons and demanded accountability.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Crooked as Hell!' Trump Goes on Rigged Election Rant on January 6 Anniversary

The 2020 presidential election was described as stolen and allegations were made about extensive autopen use and lack of voter ID in certain jurisdictions.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Trump Busts Out Weird Sound Effects in Autopen Rant And Admits to Having Used Autopen

Donald Trump accused Biden aides of illegal autopen use while admitting limited autopen use himself and used sound effects during a speech repeating election-fraud claims.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

QAnon Shaman' Officially Breaks Up With Trump and Here's Why

Jacob Chansley, the pardoned QAnon Shaman, renounced support for Donald Trump, citing Trump's refusal to release the Epstein client list and expressing conspiratorial accusations.
fromLGBTQ Nation
7 months ago

Lauren Boebert roasted for thinking she could outsmart a Democratic governor - LGBTQ Nation

I find it hard to believe that you're lecturing us about peaceful protest," he said. "Look at what happened, January 6, here at the Capitol. The attack on our democracy, that is an insurrection.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt': Jack Smith Testifies to Congress Trump Engaged in a Criminal Scheme'

Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power, Smith told the House, adding: Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed that President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January of 2021, storing them at his social club, including in a ballroom and
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#fbi
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago
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Thomas Massie Cites Blaze Reporters Who Smeared Capitol Police Officer as Pipe Bomber While Promoting Conspiracy Theory

fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago
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Thomas Massie Cites Blaze Reporters Who Smeared Capitol Police Officer as Pipe Bomber While Promoting Conspiracy Theory

#pipe-bombs
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fromIndependent
1 month ago

Peter Vandermeersch: Donald Trump's playbook - how a lawsuit becomes a weapon against the free press

A US president filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC, marking the first time an American president sued a European news organisation.
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Trump sues the BBC for $5 billion, alleging defamation over January 6 documentary

President Donald Trump sued the BBC for defamation. On Monday night, Trump's lawyers filed a civil complaint in a federal court in Florida and are seeking at least $5 billion in damages from the British broadcaster.
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fromemptywheel
2 months ago

Trump's Terrorists - emptywheel

Taylor Taranto, pardoned for his January 6 trespass, stalked Barack Obama after Trump posted an address and received time served amid concealed sentencing records.
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fromWashingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
2 months ago

Trump's Latest Attempt to Prosecute Letitia James Fails Spectacularly, His FIFA Adventure Begins, and an Alexandria Man Was Rescued From a Sewer - Washingtonian

The Supreme Court allowed Texas's gerrymandered congressional map to stand, potentially giving Republicans up to five House seats, amid multiple court rulings and arrests.
#misinformation
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fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Last Criminal Case Against Trump Has Been Dropped

A Georgia judge dismissed the racketeering case against Trump and associates after a prosecutor found legal and practical weaknesses following the indictment.
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Brendan Carr's FCC launches probe into BBC's Trump edit

'We're gonna walk down to the Capitol and I'll be there with you,' Trump appeared to say. 'And we fight, we fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell you're not gonna have a country any more.' In fact the footage was made up of content from three separate sections of the speech, with the mention of fighting coming 54 minutes later during a segment on 'corrupt' elections.
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#department-of-justice
fromwww.esquire.com
2 months ago
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The Justice Department Simply Can't Be Trusted with the Epstein Files Transparency Act

The Department of Justice's Public Integrity Section was dismantled, shrinking from 38 to two prosecutors after pardons and leadership moves that eroded prosecutions and morale.
fromAbove the Law
3 months ago
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Trump DOJ Has HAD It With Prosecutors Who Think Showing Up At Barack Obama's House With Guns And A Machete Is Some Kind Of 'Crime' - Above the Law

Two DOJ prosecutors were placed on leave after describing January 6 as a riot while recommending 27 months for Taylor Taranto.
fromAbove the Law
3 months ago
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Trump DOJ Has HAD It With Prosecutors Who Think Showing Up At Barack Obama's House With Guns And A Machete Is Some Kind Of 'Crime' - Above the Law

fromTruthout
2 months ago

Trump's BBC Lawsuit Seeks to Bully International Newsrooms Into Servility

For years, he has used lawsuits to intimidate major newspapers and broadcasters, in the process getting major outlets such as and to repeatedly bend the knee. Under his watch, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reportedly pushed broadcasters to fire personalities, such as Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert, whom he disapproves of and has threatened to withhold broadcast licenses and to stymie lucrative mergers should those broadcasters not fall into line.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Trump says will sue BBC for up to $5bn over edited video

We will sue them for anywhere between a billion and five billion dollars, probably sometime next week. I think I have to do it. They have even admitted that they cheated," Trump told reporters on board Air Force One late on Friday.
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fromWIRED
2 months ago

Stewart Rhodes Relaunched the Oath Keepers. Even Old Oath Keepers Don't Care

Stewart Rhodes relaunches the Oath Keepers despite limited support, prior arrests related to January 6, and active fundraising appeals.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Truth Social's New AI Tool Hammers Trump Over Tariffs, January 6, and Affordability

Truth Social's AI delivers blunt, critical answers about Donald Trump's policies, election claims, January 6 involvement, and economic performance.
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fromwww.ocregister.com
2 months ago

Pardon is early Christmas present' for former California university law dean

Trump pardoned John Eastman, accused as architect of a coup; supporters raised funds and used religious rhetoric while critics decry erosion of rule of law.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

Trump threatens BBC with $1bn lawsuit over edited January 6 speech

Donald Trump demands a full retraction and $1bn or legal action after alleging the BBC edited a Panorama documentary to misrepresent his January 6 remarks.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

Why have BBC bosses resigned over a Trump speech edit?

BBC Director-General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness resigned after a leaked memo alleged edited Panorama footage misrepresented Donald Trump's January 6 speech.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Trump Threatens Legal Action Against BBC Over Edited Jan 6. Speech

President Trump threatened legal action against the BBC over an edited January 6 clip, leading to the director general and head of news resignations.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Trump Takes Victory Lap Over BBC Bosses Resigning Over 'Doctored' Footage: 'They Were Caught!'

Tim Davie and Deborah Turness resigned after a report found BBC Panorama edited Trump's January 6 speech to imply he urged violence.
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fromAbove the Law
3 months ago

Expert Sues Jan. 6 Lawyers For Attaching Her Publicly Filed Report Without Paying $30K - Above the Law

A paid expert report entered the public docket, losing exclusivity and prompting reuse by lawyers and subsequent copyright lawsuits over its public posting.
fromTruthout
3 months ago

How Biden's Justice Department Failed to Investigate Trump's First Term Crimes

which looks at how the DOJ during the Biden administration was overly cautious in pursuing cases against Trump and his allies over 2020 election interference, the January 6 riot and more. Attorney General Merrick Garland felt it was important to "turn the page from Donald Trump" and not look too closely at abuses of power, says Leonnig, who also stresses many "stubbornly brave people ... tried to do the right thing and could not succeed in this institution."
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Morning Joe Crew Hails Dick Cheney's Third Act' Warning Trump Can Never Be Trusted'

The host defended Cheney's post-9/11 legacy and said it showed he was determined from that moment on, after 9/11, there would never be another 9/11 again. And he was going to do whatever he could to stop it. But he also is seeing reports day in and day out that would have scared the absolute hell out of any American that had access to all the threats, he continued.
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fromBusiness Insider
3 months ago

Grokipedia vs. Wikipedia: See how Elon Musk's encyclopedia describes 5 hot-button topics

Grokipedia and Wikipedia differ markedly on contentious topics, with Grokipedia frequently reframing events, highlighting controversies, and attributing criticism to media or left-leaning institutions.
fromemptywheel
3 months ago

Jeanine Pirro Covers Up Donald Trump's Doxing Conspiracy - emptywheel

As ABC and Politico have written, two AUSAs who've been prosecuting Taranto, Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White, submitted a sentencing memo documenting how the Navy veteran with long-standing mental health issues first participated in January 6 and then, years later, drove his van containing guns and ammunition to stalk Kalorama, looking for Obama while ranting, "Gotta get the shot, stop at nothing to get the shot. This is where other people come to get the shot;"
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#political-violence
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fromThe Atlantic
3 months ago

Trump to DOJ: Pay Up

Donald Trump has leveraged settlements and lawsuits to extract tens of millions and now seeks roughly $230 million from the federal government.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Shut Up!' Nancy Pelosi Loses Her Cool On Pro-Trump Influencer Asking About Jan. 6th

Nancy Pelosi denied refusing the National Guard on January 6, saying the president did not send troops and rebuked a pro-Trump influencer's questions.
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 months ago

Crockett Refuses To Walk Back Comparing Trump to Hitler When Confronted by CNN's Dana Bash: Accurate Language'

I think that my responsibility is to be transparent and to be honest, and the reality is that we are living in a time in which this administration and this regime is not interested in making sure that people understand history, Crockett said. We need to understand why they are so problematic. And so I am using that language because it is accurate language.
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fromThe Atlantic
4 months ago

The Proud Boys Love Cancel Culture Now

Over the past several days, Tarrio told me, he has activated an "extremely effective" network of Proud Boys to scour the social web, find posts celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk, identify the individuals involved, and persuade their employers to fire them. In many of these groups, people celebrate over growing tallies of firings, which they refer to as "scalps," he told me.
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fromemptywheel
4 months ago

Todd Blanche Exposes Trump's Pardon Auto-Pen Scandal - emptywheel

DOJ footnote asserts January 6 defendants with pending cases received pardons and were eligible for certificates without submitting declarations to substantiate the assertion.
fromwww.mediaite.com
5 months ago

You Are a Disgrace!' Alex Jones Loses It On Former Employee Who Split With Him

Jones raged at Shroyer and mocked his complaints about him. He would try to control the show.' He wouldwhatever, total lie. And then as all the articles come out, Jones censored Shroyer on Trump criticism and Israel.' So let's see if Shroyer comes out and apologizes, Jones said in a clip of his own, adding: Oh no, he's gonna say, I didn't really exactly say that.
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fromAdvocate.com
5 months ago

Air Force grants honors to insurrectionist Ashli Babbitt while denying trans troops' retirement benefits

The Air Force retroactively granted full military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt, sparking outrage while the administration forces transgender service members out and rescinds benefits.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
5 months ago

Fox Panel Erupts After Democrat Brings Up January 6 in Heated DC Crime Debate

Criticism of Trump's federalization of D.C. police and National Guard deployment as performative measures that do not address crime.
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