Trump cultists

Politico reports: Washington, D.C., bar investigators have filed disciplinary charges against three lawyers who aided Donald Trump ally Sidney Powell’s campaign to mount discredited legal challenges to the 2020 election results. Filings made public Friday accused attorneys Juli Haller, Lawrence Joseph and Brandon Johnson of making knowingly false representations to courts about a slew of lawsuits they filed. Joseph was …

“Yeah, I’ve never had a problem in general, you know there’s the whole bathroom thing and this and I’ve not been in a men’s room in eight years, okay? By the way, the women’s rooms are much nicer, okay? Yeah, they don’t have those urinals on the walls and smelly and all that. They got flowers in there. Usually nice …

The Insider reports: Former car dealership owner turned GOP candidate Bernie Moreno, whose Ohio Senate race could determine whether Republicans regain control of the chamber, settled over a dozen wage theft lawsuits in the months before launching his campaign last year, according to court documents reviewed by Business Insider. Those settlements came after a jury ordered Moreno to pay over …

First, a reminder about the head of the Log Cabin Republicans’ Colorado chapter, who earlier this month launched a bid for the US House: In a series of Facebook posts over the past month, Valdamar Archuleta, executive director of the Colorado Log Cabin Republicans, blames people his organization purports to represent for “increasing violence towards the LGBT community.” Just a …

Mediaite has the transcript: ERIC BOLLING: Chairman. I love you, brother. You and I are friends a long time. He already did enough to earn his contempt of Congress the first time. I think, call me crazy, but seeing Hunter Biden in handcuffs escorted out of the chamber the next time would go a long way for credibility for you …

The New York Times reports: Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina will endorse Donald J. Trump on Friday evening at a rally in New Hampshire, according to two people briefed on the matter. Mr. Scott was traveling to Florida on Friday so that he could fly with Mr. Trump to New Hampshire for the rally, the two people said. His …

Media Matters has the transcript: BECK: I don’t know what happens to our country if they do that [imprison Trump]. I mean, you — at least half of the country will feel this is a total set up. This is a banana republic. That this is not what we do in America. And they will feel as though they have …

Politico reports: Prosecutors say Peter Navarro — a former trade adviser to Donald Trump — should go to jail for six months and pay a $200,000 fine for defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 select committee. “The Defendant chose allegiance to former President Donald Trump over the rule of law,” argued Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Aloi in a …

Mediaite reports: Sean Strickland’s comments on the LGBTQ community have proven to be incredibly divisive, with some criticizing the UFC star and others – notably on the right – supporting him. Ahead of his Saturday bout against South African fighter Dricus Du Plessis, Strickland spoke at a press conference and became contentious toward a reporter. The reporter asked Strickland about …

Axios reports: Mike Pence’s former chief of staff Nick Ayers is endorsing former President Trump, Axios has learned. It’s a sign that after this week’s swift and decisive Iowa caucuses results, Trump is starting to pick up endorsements from Republicans who have previously stayed neutral. “What happened in Iowa was an overwhelming mandate that every dollar should be spent on …

The Messenger reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., were among 177 GOP members of Congress to sign their names to an amicus brief in support of Donald Trump ahead of a critical Supreme Court case. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, House Oversight Chair James Comer, R-Ky., and other Trump allies signed themselves to the …

NBC News reports: During a candlelit dinner with Mar-a-Lago members in late December, former President Donald Trump walked around the table as the conversation turned to one of the biggest decisions he’d have to make should he become the Republican nominee: Whom should he pick to be his running mate? At the thought of Rep. Elise Stefanik as a possible …

“House guests can only stay for so long before getting on your nerves. The migrants are now causing trouble in the communities that were forced to take them in. Migrants are turning their children into little bandits — banditos — sending them into stores to steal food and clothes. They’re also canvassing neighborhoods, going door-to-door to panhandle, using Biden phones …

The Baltimore Banner reports: In a tense, three-hour meeting with staff Tuesday afternoon, new Baltimore Sun owner David Smith told employees he has only read the paper four times in the past few months, insulted the quality of their journalism and encouraged them to emulate a TV station owned by his broadcasting company. Smith, whose acquisition of the paper from …

The New York Times reports: Representative Dan Goldman, Democrat of New York, on Wednesday announced he would file a formal censure of Representative Elise Stefanik, Republican of New York, accusing her of peddling voter fraud conspiracy theories that fueled the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol and supporting rioters who violently threatened members of Congress, referring to them as …

“MSNBC has hit its lowest moment. You have Joy Reid on there who’s literally having a race rant against white Christians. What is wrong with them being Christians and they happen to be white? Matter of fact, her hair is whiter than those Christians. “On the other hand, you look at Rachel Maddow. You know, she always bashing white men …

The Hill reports: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) voiced his skepticism of a deal being crafted in the Senate to pair border and migration policy changes with Ukraine aid, and said that now is not the time for comprehensive immigration reform. Johnson said in a press conference Wednesday morning that while there has been a lot of “thoughtful and deliberative discussion …

“I think in his speech yesterday, or the day before, that he took a more conciliatory turn and recognizes that the problems that face us right now are enormous, and we could spend a lot of time going after people, or we could address those problems. I think we’ve already seen that President Trump is not a highly vindictive individual, …

Raw Story reports: Alina Habba told a group of nearly 90,000 prayer warriors Sunday that the many court cases of Donald Trump were the work of Satan, new video shows. Habba appeared on the Arc of Grace Ministries’ live broadcast to detail her battle to save America’s justice system from what she described as a nefarious foe. “There’s God’s plan …

The Messenger reports: A day after dropping out of the race for the Republican nomination, Vivek Ramaswamy shared the stage with Donald Trump to deliver a full-throated endorsement of the former president. At a rally with hundreds of supporters packed inside a country club in southern New Hampshire, Ramaswamy wasted no time pivoting to his new role. “We are in …