Trump cultists

Axios reports: A well-funded new super PAC to help former President Trump in the general election has been started by staunch allies in Florida — with Trump family insider Sergio Gor as CEO, Axios has learned. The first big donor to Right for America is billionaire Ike Perlmutter, former chairman of Marvel Entertainment, who’s friends with Trump and a Mar-a-Lago …

Politico reports: On Thursday, an ousted world leader went to a far-right political conference in the United States to rage about how they and the conservative movement were betrayed by enemies within. No, it wasn’t Donald Trump. It was Liz Truss. The former British prime minister who lasted just seven weeks in office spoke in a hotel conference room that …

“MAGA will govern for fifty years. President Trump will go down as the best president since Abraham Lincoln and will win in a massive frickin’ landslide. “We have these converging crises. I think the biggest crises may be the massive amount of debt that we have the $300 trillion of debt that we have globally, and that no one government …

The Hill reports: A virtual pinball game, created by entrepreneur Jonathan Linowes, features photos from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots, former President Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally earlier in the day, along with graphics of the U.S. Capitol and media networks MSNBC, Fox News and CNN. The game can be played on over five modes, including “Stop the Steal,” …

The New Republic reports: Senator Tommy Tuberville took aim at Joe Biden’s physical capabilities during the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday—conveniently forgetting his own recent struggles. During an onstage interview, Tuberville claimed Biden has declined so much that “he doesn’t know what day it is.” “I don’t think he’ll make it,” Tuberville said. “Just watched him yesterday walking on …

“Every time they try to say Trump, they try to stop him at a trial or they try to throw all of this, you know, sludge at him. He somehow survives, which must drive his opponents crazy, because even the sneaker thing. “I was on social media last night. Very interesting as you see Black support eroding from Joe Biden. …

Newsweek reports: With the likes of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones joining in, social media users shared content said to depict the boycott’s impact in action, with a photo of empty supermarket shelves allegedly taken at a grocery store in New York. A post on X, by user @Freight_Bandit, on February 21, 2024, viewed 1.4 million times, stated: “I’m at a …

The New Republic reports: House Republicans quietly deleted a reference to their epic fail of an FBI informant in a letter to a potential witness in the somehow-still-ongoing impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden. The original letter, which was obtained by The New Republic, included a section explaining the reason for the Biden investigation, with a paragraph that described a credible, …

Mediaite has the transcript: KEN BUCK: My colleagues went out and talk to the public about how this was credible and how it was damning and how it proved President Biden’s – at the time Vice President Biden’s – complicity in receiving bribes. It appears to absolutely be false and to really undercut the nature of the charges. We’ve always …

Reuters reports: Lara Trump, who Donald Trump has endorsed to be the new co-chair of the Republican National Committee, said on Wednesday that the organization needed to raise $500 million for the 2024 general election and did not rule out using raised funds to pay her father-in-law’s mounting legal fees. “We gotta make sure that people understand when they donate …

“Where is the $355 million gonna go if Trump owes the bank zero? The bank agreed he owes them nothing because he fulfilled the contract, he broke no laws. You know people, whenever they bring up Trump, they always say, ‘No one is above the law.’ “Well, what law? Apparently this is a first, as Kat Timpf pointed out yesterday. …

CBS News reports: Having issues with your Verizon, AT&T or T-Mobile service? Well you are not alone. Customers of numerous U.S. cell service providers were reporting outages early Thursday morning, according to the website downdetector.com, which tracks such reports. AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, US Cellular and Consumer Cellular were among the providers. Some municipalities reported issues with 911 service. The reports …

“Stumbling up the short staircase on Air Force One. Owned by China. Compromised by the sleazy deals of his greedy ne’er-do-well grifter son. So they seize on the story of one compromised informant, Alexander Smirnov, who has his own Russia ties and admits to lying in his Hunter Biden bribery allegations. “And then they wave the Russia collusion wand with …

The Associated Press reports: A federal judge on Wednesday affirmed a $5 million arbitration award against MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell in favor of a software engineer who challenged data that Lindell said proves China interfered in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Lindell, a prominent promoter of false claims that voting machines were manipulated to steal the 2020 election, launched …

The Daily Beast reports: Newsmax has joined the legions of conservative media outlets and figures who have trashed a pair of Florida GOP bills that ostensibly aim to curb so-called “liberal media” by loosening the definition of defamation. “Newsmax strongly opposes both bills and any proposed law that makes it easy to sue media companies,” Chris Ruddy, Newsmax’s CEO, said …

“What the hell is a Christian nationalist, right? Is that a Christian who loves America? And I guess the question I have is, what the hell is wrong with that? “As opposed to what? Third-world Marxist trash that Joe Biden is importing into our country? People who hate America, and hate everything we stand for and don’t want to assimilate? …

“So CPAC has a new rule. If you’re a propagandist, you can buy a ticket, like everyone else, but you’re not in the media, and we’re not going to credential you by saying you’re in the media. “Now, there’s plenty of left-wing people who are in the media who actually, you know, at least 20% of the time, or 25% …

Mediaite reports: Just when you think he can’t sink any lower, he plummets again. Fresh off of a charm offensive on behalf of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is pivoting back to domestic politics to champion the cause of the noxiously racist website VDARE. “People are just silent, like it’s not even happening. And again, …

“Guess who’s last? President Trump. This is a great example of the radical woke college professors and what they’re trying to teach our kids. They want to tell our kids that every conservative president was terrible and every left wing president was amazing. In Oklahoma, we’re going to make sure that our kids understand that presidential greatness is based on …

The Wrap reports: Tucker Carlson said Tuesday that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a staunch supporter of Ukraine’s defense against Russian invasion, agreed to an interview with the former Fox News host about it – for the price of $1 million. “Finally an adviser gets back to me and said, ‘He will talk to you, but it’s going to …