June 6, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Reuters reports: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will attend a fundraiser hosted by two tech venture capitalists in San Francisco on Thursday, a high-dollar event expected to draw Silicon Valley investors turned off by the Biden administration’s policies. Venture capitalists David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya, as well as Sacks’ wife Jacqueline, will host the reception and dinner with Trump, according …
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June 6, 2024 News, Politics
The Daily Beast reports: The former neighbor of Samuel Alito and his wife, Martha-Ann, told CNN in her first television interview Wednesday that the Supreme Court justice’s account of a dispute between her and his wife didn’t add up—and that he was “at best mistaken, but at worst he’s just outright lying.” On OutFront, Emily Baden said that a verbal …
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June 6, 2024 Extremists, Trump cultists
“President Trump, energized and pissed off by the sham trial, pissed off over the fact that we live in a Banana Republic, and we have this communist judge, Juan Merchan, who isn’t even from this country. “He’s an immigrant. He’s from Colombia. Right? So he fled a Third World country in Latin America to turn our country into a Third …
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June 5, 2024 JMG Community, Open Thread
Deadline reports: It was an emotional day at The View as Whoopi Goldberg reunited with the cast of Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit. The Oscar-winning star broke down in tears as she reunited with stars like Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, and Sheryl Lee Ralph, as well as crew members from the 1993 comedy. A recreation of the “Joyful, …
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June 5, 2024 Police, Republicans
“This is a pattern of embracing racist ideologies that we see time and again within the MAGA Republican Party. Rep. Donalds is playing his role as the mouthpiece who will say the quiet parts out loud that many will not say themselves. His comments were shameful and beneath the dignity of a member of the House of Representatives. He should …
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June 5, 2024 Christianists, Crackpots
The Daily Beast reports: A Moms for Liberty activist who caught heat last summer after her Indiana chapter quoted Adolf Hitler in a newsletter is back—and now she’s running for governor. Paige Miller, who leads Moms for Liberty (M4L)’s Hamilton County branch, has entered the race as an independent alongside her scripture-quoting running mate, Jamie Reitenour. On May 23, the …
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June 5, 2024 Covidiots, Extremists
Florida Politics reports: He made headlines during the pandemic for railing against COVID-19 lockdowns by leading protests, burning masks and suing Broward County. Now he wants to take over City Hall by replacing one of the elected officials he regularly criticizes. Chris Nelson, a DJ, activist and conservative writer who has dedicated much of his online activity to promoting Gov. …
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June 5, 2024 Crime, Trump cultists
ABC News reports: A retired NASCAR driver and his son were arrested Wednesday and charged along with two other Pennsylvania men for allegedly assaulting police during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Tighe Scott, 75, and his son Jarret Scott, 48, face two felony offenses each as well as a …
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June 5, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
CNN reports: The New York City Police Department is preparing to revoke former President Donald Trump’s license to carry a gun, a senior police official told CNN. Trump’s New York concealed carry license was quietly suspended on April 1, 2023, following his indictment on criminal charges in New York, the official said. Two of the three pistols he was licensed …
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June 5, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
CBS News reports: The Georgia Court of Appeals temporarily halted proceedings in the 2020 election case involving former President Donald Trump while it reviews a trial judge’s ruling that allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue prosecuting the case. The stay issued by the court applies only to Trump and the eight co-defendants who sought to have Willis …
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