Homocons

NPR reports: President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he’s picked longtime foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell to serve as an envoy for special missions, tasking him with helping the incoming administration deal with some of the toughest foreign policy challenges. Grenell during Trump’s first term developed a reputation for employing a sometimes contentious approach to diplomacy that rankled allies and …

Newsweek reports: Expelled Congressman George Santos reappeared on Capitol Hill Thursday dressed in a Santa suit. Santos, ousted from Congress a year ago after a damning House Ethics report found that he engaged in fraud, was spotted at U.S. Representative Tim Burchett’s annual 15-minute Christmas party. Santos served as a congressman for 11 months before his expulsion. Burchett had hinted …

Politico reports: As Ric Grenell made a bid after the election to be Donald Trump’s secretary of State, a flurry of social media posts from MAGA influencers started popping up, advocating for the president-elect to pick him. Around the same time, an associate of Grenell had approached conservative social media influencers, according to two people with knowledge of the situation, …

Reuters reports: President-elect Donald Trump is considering tapping Richard Grenell, his former intelligence chief, to be a special envoy for the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to four sources familiar with the transition plans. Grenell, who served as Trump’s ambassador to Germany and was acting director of national intelligence during Trump’s 2017-2021 term, would play a key role in Trump’s efforts to …

“Look at the pattern. There’s a pattern and that pattern is broken. That pattern is salacious. They use it as a slap in the hand and a ‘Shame on you. You shouldn’t have done that.’ Like, ‘We caught you with the hand in the cookie jar’ kind of situation. That’s bullshit. “Someone who was accused and investigated for three years …

Los Angeles’s NBC affiliate reports: The grieving family of an 83-year-old woman who was killed in a crash last month in West Hollywood says the loss of the family matriarch has been too much to bear. Esther Abouab died in a car crash on Oct. 10 as she and her husband were traveling near the intersection of Fountain and Spaulding …

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to become the next U.S. president, but he didn’t do so with the help of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender voters. LGBT voters shifted even more solidly into the Democratic camp this year, according to the NBC News Exit Poll. Harris led President-elect Trump 86% to 12% among …

The New York Daily News reports: Democratic New York Rep. Pat Ryan won reelection Tuesday, defeating Republican challenger Alison Esposito in a race that focused heavily on criticizing President Biden’s administration. Ryan, whose 18th District includes all of Orange and most of Dutchess and Ulster Counties, was crowned the winner by The Associated Press as uncertified election results showed him …

Mother Jones reports: Musk offered people money to register to vote and then subsequently got sued by the Philadelphia district attorney and warned by the Justice Department that the scheme is likely illegal. And in late August, he made a $1 million donation to a political action committee founded by Scott Presler, a man who even the RNC has declined …

Save Jersey reports: New Jersey Republican U.S. Senate nominee Curtis Bashaw has signed the ‘Moms for Liberty’ Parent Pledge ahead of next week’s Election 2024 finale. “While I understand that some conservatives have questioned the stance of Mr. Bashaw on certain issues, my focus today was hearing his stance on the teaching of gender ideology in schools, the inclusion of …

NBC News reports: A gathering of roughly 100 Donald Trump supporters on Tuesday evening was intended to woo LGBTQ voters. But among the few gay men in attendance, LGBTQ issues were not a top priority. “I’m not voting because of marriage equality, LGBTQ rights,” said Gage West, 23. “I’m voting because I want more money in my wallet. I want …

The Guardian reports: The far-right website The Gateway Pundit acknowledged for the first time on Saturday that there was not any fraud during ballot counting in Atlanta in 2020 when Donald Trump lost the presidency, a significant concession from one of the most influential conservative sites that plays a key role in spreading election misinformation. The statement, the first acknowledgment …

The Guardian reports: The Gateway Pundit, the far-right news website that played a critical role in spreading false information about the 2020 election, has settled a defamation lawsuit with Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two Georgia election workers it falsely accused of wrongdoing. Notice of the settlement was filed in circuit court in Missouri, where Freeman and Moss had sued …

Media Matters reports: Right-wing media figures have amplified a conspiracy theory that Democrats are attempting to steal the 2024 election by weaponizing a longstanding law that allows Americans overseas to vote. As researchers at the University of Washington explained, right-wing junk site The Gateway Pundit appears to have originated the false claim in early September, and former President Donald Trump …

Courthouse News reports: It was early on a Friday evening. The onetime lawmaker was hauling uphill. He was attempting with some difficulty to rendezvous with his teammate, an avatar wearing a Buffalo Bills football kit emblazoned with the number of the late NFL running back O. J. Simpson. This all might sound like a fever dream — but not quite. …

“To our beautiful Amish in Lancaster and across the state, we will protect your raw milk, your dairy, your farm, your school choice, your religious freedom, your ability to afford to have ten beautiful children per family!” – Homocon cultist, QAnon nutbag, and Capitol riot attendee Scott Presler, speaking at Trump’s rally yesterday in Butler, Pennsylvania. Presler last appeared here …

“While he was leading the charge against me and calling me all these things, [D’Esposito] was actually stealing money from the American people and giving it to benefit his mistress in a no-show job ploy at the expense of taxpayer dollars. Tell me what that speaks about his character or the sheer hypocrisy of it all. “This shouldn’t be deemed …

CNN reports: The former first lady spoke at two political fundraisers for the Log Cabin Republicans this year, and she was paid $237,500 for an April event, according to Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosure form. Trump’s latest disclosure form said Melania Trump was paid by the Log Cabin Republicans for the April fundraiser. But it’s a mystery who actually cut …

Fox News reports: A watchdog group that aims to expose hypocrisy announced Monday that it would donate $1 million to “Queers for Palestine” or any U.S. LGBTQ advocacy organization to host a gay pride parade in Gaza or the West Bank. New Tolerance Campaign (NTC) President Gregory T. Angelo, who is gay and the former president of Log Cabin Republicans, …

“Elon Musk — who they hate — he saw that [endorsement] and he wrote this, ‘Fine Taylor, you win. I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life.’ So, he’s mocking, he’s exposing the ridiculousness. “It’s like, Taylor Swift, you are a young, pretty girl. Do you know what the gang members from Venezuela do to …