Joe Jervis

Homocon Peter Thiel Is Spending Big On The Midterms

Mother Jones reports: In 2023, Peter Thiel, the billionaire tech titan and investor, issued a proclamation: He would not make political donations in 2024 to any candidate, including Donald Trump, whom he had backed in 2016. Now, after sitting out the 2024 election cycle, Thiel is back in the game. He has quietly donated more than $850,000 this year to …

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Trump Loses Appeal On Birthright Citizenship Order

The Associated Press reports: A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, affirming a lower-court decision that blocked its enforcement nationwide. The ruling from a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes after Trump’s plan was also blocked by a federal judge in …

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Uber To Allow Female Riders To Select Female Drivers

CNBC reports: Uber announced a new feature Wednesday that pairs women drivers and riders, in its latest move to address safety on the ride-hailing platform. The new tool, which the platform will begin piloting next month in the U.S., allows women passengers to match with women drivers when booking or pre-booking rides, and create a preference in their app settings. …

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Columbia U Settles With Trump Admin For $221M

ABC News reports: Columbia University has agreed to pay $200 million over the next three years to resolve claims it discriminated against Jewish students — an agreement the university said will restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants the Trump administration had terminated or paused earlier this year. “While Columbia does not admit to wrongdoing with this resolution …

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RNC Chair To Run For Senate, Lara Trump Will Not

Politico reports: Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley will run for Senate in North Carolina and will have the blessing of President Donald Trump after his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, opted not to seek the seat, two people familiar with the decision told POLITICO. Whatley’s entry into the race sets up the prospect of a highly-competitive and well-funded election in a …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports: Sacha Baron Cohen is shocking fans with his Men’s Fitness U.K. cover story, which includes photos of the muscular body transformation he underwent before filming scenes as Mephisto in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The “Borat” creator debuted as the infamous comic book villain in the Disney+ series “Ironheart” earlier this summer. “Some celebs use Ozempic and some use …

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Vaseline Woman Moves Against Top VOA Officials

The Washington Post reports: Kari Lake, the Arizona Republican politician tasked with overseeing the Trump administration’s dismantling of Voice of America, has taken new steps to consolidate power at the agency. On Tuesday, Lake had Victor Morales — the acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, VOA’s parent agency — locked out of his email and electronic systems, …

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Rand Paul Blocks Vote On Waltz As UN Ambassador

Axios reports: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is standing in the way of Mike Waltz’s nomination as ambassador to the United Nations, dealing a serious setback to Trump’s former national security adviser, sources familiar with the matter tell Axios. Paul’s resistance to Waltz forced the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to delay an expected Wednesday vote on the nomination. The committee is …

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Bannon: “WSJ Is A True Enemy Of The United States”

“The Wall Street Journal and the Murdochs, as I have warned for years, are true enemies of this movement, true enemies of MAGA, true enemies of the United States, and particularly, true enemies of President Trump. “The other day, the half-baked story where they dropped it because Tulsi was releasing the first information on Friday to bigfoot the story with …

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House Committee Votes 8-2 To Subpoena Epstein Files

The Associated Press reports: Democrats on a subcommittee of the powerful House Committee on Oversight made a motion for the subpoena Wednesday afternoon, just hours before the House was scheduled to end its July work session and depart Washington for a monthlong break. Three Republicans on the panel voted with Democrats for the subpoena, sending it through on an 8-2 …

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Man Freed In Trump’s Prisoner Swap Is Triple-Murderer

The New York Times reports: When the State Department secured the release of 10 Americans and permanent legal residents from a Venezuela prison last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed the action as part of an effort to safeguard the well-being of Americans unjustly held abroad. But one of the men released from the prison, an American-Venezuelan dual national …

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When Gabbard Said Putin Interfered To Help Trump

An inconvenient flashback from 2018… TULSI GABBARD: “When you’re talking about these Russian troll farms that you mentioned, what is missing from all of the news coverage around this and all of the outrage about how this foreign country is trying to influence our elections, which is wrong and which the American people need to be aware of, where this …

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Army: Trump’s Poorly Attended Parade Cost $30 Million

The Hill reports: The Army spent around $30 million on the military parade to mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, which also fell on the day of President Trump’s 79th birthday. “I can confirm the total for the Army festival and parade cost approximately $30 million,” an Army spokesperson told The Hill on Wednesday. The initial cost of …

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Comer Subpoenas Ghislaine Maxwell For Jail Deposition

Just in via press release: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued a subpoena to Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition to occur at Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee on August 11, 2025. The Department of Justice is cooperating and will help facilitate the deposition at the prison. Yesterday, Representative Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) made a motion …

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SCOTUS: Trump Can Fire Product Safety Commissioners

NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump to fire members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a federal agency set up by Congress to be independent of political pressures. The justices, granting an emergency request filed by the Trump administration, blocked a Maryland-based federal judge’s ruling that reinstated Mary Boyle, Alexander Hoehn-Saric and Richard Trumka …

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WH Calls WSJ Trump/Epstein Files Report “Fake News”

“The fact is that The President kicked him out of his club for being a creep. This is nothing more than a continuation of the fake news stories concocted by the Democrats and the liberal media, just like the Obama Russiagate scandal, which President Trump was right about.” – White House communications director Steven Cheung, on the latest Wall Street …

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MO AG Sues Planned Parenthood Over Abortion Pills

Just in via press release: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his Office has filed a lawsuit against the national Planned Parenthood Federation of America for violating the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act. The suit alleges that Planned Parenthood has systematically misled women about the dangers of chemical abortions in order to cut costs and drive up revenue at …

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WSJ: DOJ Told Trump In May He’s In The Epstein Files

The Independent reports: Justice Department officials told President Donald Trump earlier this year that his name, among others, appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein documents, known as the so-called Epstein files, according to a report. Attorney General Pam Bondi informed the president back in May that his name appeared in the documents, senior officials told the Wall Street Journal. His name …

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Gabbard Goes Full QAnon On Hillary At WH Presser

Mediaite reports: Tulsi Gabbard listed off a series of Hillary Clinton conspiracy theories Tuesday — as part of her breifing appearance to discuss newly-declassified documents targeting the Obama administration. Gabbard released a report Friday that the House Intelligence Committee originally drafted in 2017, which she says proves Russia favored Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election — going against the Obama …

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Axios: Roy Cooper To Launch US Senate Bid Next Week

Axios reports: Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) is preparing to launch his Senate campaign next week, multiple sources told Axios. Cooper is the Democratic Party’s top recruit in 2026, bolstering their chances of flipping a critical seat from Republicans. Cooper, a popular former governor, will instantly become the Democratic favorite to challenge the GOP for the open Senate …

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