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Fiery feud erupts on The View over Mike Pence's homophobic joke
Mike Pence's homophobic joke about Pete Buttigieg sparked a brief clash on "The View."The former vice president mocked the transportation secretary for taking "maternity" leave while U.S. airline travelers faced delays and other issues after he and his husband adopted twins, which Pence said caused ... → Read More
Matt Gaetz hires self-described 'raging misogynist' who jokes about punching women
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) hired a self-described “raging misogynist” who questioned the notion of consent and jokes about domestic violence, even after going to work in the congressman's office.Andrew Kloster has a years-long trail of offensive online comments before Gaetz hired him as congressional co... → Read More
'Trump shredding the GOP' and setting off 'full-on civil war': Morning Joe
Donald Trump trashed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a preview of their Republican presidential primary battle, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said it could drag the party's 2024 chances down.The former president unleashed his insults during a speech in the same Iowa city where DeSantis had promoted his b... → Read More
Grand jury witness says Trump probe goes beyond Stormy Daniels: 'It's bigger than money'
A Manhattan grand jury heard from the former daughter-in-law of Donald Trump's longtime accountant Allen Weisselberg.Jennifer Weisselberg testified Monday behind closed doors along with former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, and she told The Daily Beast that she explained to investigators how the form... → Read More
'Just gross' Ron DeSantis boasts visibly disgust Morning Joe hosts
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were visibly disgusted by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis boating about sending migrants to Martha's Vineyard.The Florida Republican visited Iowa over the weekend to promote his book -- and his presumptive 2024 presidential campaign -- and received a raucous res... → Read More
The View's audience bursts out laughing as Trump's words come back to haunt him
Donald Trump famously warned that Hillary Clinton could drag the country into uncharted waters if she was elected president, but now those words may come back to haunt him. The ex-president claimed on the campaign trail in 2016 that Clinton could be indicted and even face a criminal trial as pre... → Read More
Christians clash as extremists move into Idaho – and 'very frightened population' moves out
Idaho residents are pushing back against the Christian nationalist takeover in their state.An influx of right-wing Christians fleeing liberal states has tilted the already conservative state even further to the right, and faith leaders are worried that their neighbors are being sucked into extremism... → Read More
Trump allies' 'conspiracy' to steal voting data is being ignored by DOJ: Watchdogs
Election experts are baffled that the Department of Justice still hasn't indicated whether it's investigating reports that Donald Trump's supporters accessed federally protected voting machines.The DOJ hasn't made clear if it intends to investigate reported breaches where Trump allies allegedly copi... → Read More
Proud Boy throws 'dishonest' new legal Hail Mary: reporter
Footage aired on Tucker Carlson's Fox News was cited in a new court filing from a Proud Boy accused of leading the breach of the U.S. Capitol.Attorneys for Dominic Pezzola argued the footage, which was provided to the conservative broadcaster by House speaker Kevin McCarthy, shows the U.S. Congress ... → Read More
Trump may press 'delete' on DOJ probes with second-term pardons if re-elected: sources
Donald Trump intends to wipe away the Department of Justice investigations into his allies if he returns to the White House, according to a pair of sources.Two sources familiar with the matter told Rolling Stone the former president has been telling confidantes he would pardon any allies charged by ... → Read More
'We will go to war': Boogaloo Bois regrouping to seek vengeance for Mar-a-Lago raid
The anti-government Boogaloo Bois are regrouping ahead of next year's presidential elections after law enforcement nearly wiped out the militant movement, according to a new report.Hawaiian shirt-wearing members of the loosely organized group were implicated in a number of shootings, particularly ar... → Read More
Ohio's secretary of state shredded for palling around with Trump election deniers
Ohio's Republican secretary of state was shamed by a veteran political columnist for associating himself with Donald Trump's election lies.Frank LaRose, who oversees the state's elections, likes to boast that Ohio's rules make it easy to vote and hard to cheat, but WVXU-FM's Howard Wilkinson said th... → Read More
Popular prayer app pushes 'fringe elements on the Catholic right' into mainstream
A popular Catholic prayer app with financial backing from Peter Thiel and J.D. Vance is helping to push fringe figures into the religious mainstream.The Hallow app, which has been touted by actor Mark Wahlberg and classical singer Andrea Bocelli, is the first faith-based app to break into the top 10... → Read More
Arkansas Republicans 'outwitted' by local high school students: report
A group of quick-witted teenagers managed to insert their objections to an Arkansas education bill over the repeated attempts by a Republican legislator to shut down their arguments.The state Senate ultimately approved Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' education bill, known as the LEARNS Act, which would... → Read More
Revealed: Kushner was conduit between Murdoch and Trump campaign
Newly unsealed documents from the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit shows Fox News chief Rupert Murdoch helped Donald Trump's campaign with unreported contributions.Delaware superior court judge Eric M. Davis unsealed evidence, including Murdoch's deposition, showing the network patriarch g... → Read More
Road-raging Republican hits woman with SUV after 'angry and abusive' reaction to flat tire
A Virginia Republican state delegate was arrested on two felony charges after he lost his temper over a flat tire and struck a woman with his SUV.According to the woman, who had been riding in the SUV's passenger seat, Del. Matt Fariss (R-Campbell County) was driving "excessively fast" on Thursday a... → Read More
Former Republican sounds alarm about 'radicalized' GOP base
A conservative offered a news flash about the "completely radicalized" state of the Republican Party Tuesday.Former Republican congressman Joe Walsh watched in shock and horror at the rantings and ravings of Donald Trump and others at last weekend's Conservative Political Action Conference, and whil... → Read More
Mike Lindell's home state looks to ban election lies aimed at suppressing voters
Minnesota could prohibit the intentional spread of false claims about elections with the intent to stop voters from casting ballots.The Democracy for the People Act currently under discussion in the statehouse includes a provision outlining gross misdemeanor charges for knowingly spreading false inf... → Read More
Trump's 'screwed-up, twisted reality' about Jan. 6 shredded by Morning Joe
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough recoiled from the "twisted reality" Donald Trump is sketching out for his presidential campaign.The former president promised "retribution" against his political enemies -- which the "Morning Joe" host defined as anyone who fails to go along with his election lies -- in an om... → Read More
A dramatic pause during Murdaugh’s sentencing drove home a haunting fact about capital punishment: legal expert
Alex Murdaugh got two consecutive life sentences for the murders of his wife and son, but he might well have gotten the death penalty in many states.South Carolina attorney general Alan Wilson announced in December he would not seek the death penalty in the disgraced lawyer's case, but offered littl... → Read More