Tag Archives: MAGA

The Independent reports: The active-duty Green Beret who was driving a Tesla Cybertruck that blew up outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on New Year’s Day “was a 100 percent patriot,” his bewildered uncle said Thursday. Matthew Livelsberger, 37, was “like a Rambo-type, for lack of a better word,” Dean Livelsberger told The Independent. Dean, whose older brother is …

“The reason I’m in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B. Take a big step back and FUCK YOURSELF in the face. I will go to war on this issue the likes of which you cannot possibly comprehend.” – Elon Musk, after days …

Axios reports: Elon Musk condemned a segment of the MAGA movement as “contemptible fools” who should be purged from the Republican Party in a social media post Friday. A virtual right-wing civil war has broken out over race, class, immigration and the future of President-elect Trump’s movement, and Musk is increasingly at odds with Trump’s historic base. The schism may …

First, a remind from our post on Monday… Indianapolis’s Fox affiliate reports: A current central Indiana county commissioner has pleaded guilty in a Nevada sexual assault case, days after being elected to his local County Council. John D. Jessup – a current Commissioner for Hancock County’s District 1 – pled guilty this week in a Las Vegas court to one …

Columbia’s NBC affiliate reports: State authorities are investigating after a fight broke out at an early voting location Wednesday in Orangeburg County. The fight was between a man wearing a hat and poll workers. According to video sent to WIS News 10 and sources, the man was wearing a “Let‘s go Brandon” hat. He was cursing at a poll worker …

Boise Public Radio reports: A bipartisan forum in a small Latah County community took a turn when Republican Senate incumbent Dan Foreman stormed out of the event, following a racist outburst directed at a Native American candidate. When asked if discrimination existed in Idaho, conservative Sen. Dan Foreman said no. In a statement released Wednesday, Democratic candidate for House Seat …

The Nevada Independent reports: Former Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore was convicted of federal fraud charges Thursday after she used donations intended for a fallen police officer’s memorial for her personal gain, marking a downfall for the firebrand conservative who nearly became Nevada’s treasurer two years ago. A Las Vegas jury convicted Fiore, 54, of six counts of wire …

PolitiFact reports: You know what they say: Beware of “breaking” news on X. It’s not always what it seems. “BREAKING: Pete Buttigieg reveals that he is HIV-positive” read an Oct. 1 X post that garnered millions of views. The self-proclaimed parody account @Breaking911OnX shared the claim. The account regularly posts unsubstantiated claims. For some, the joke is obvious, such as …

Tom McGrath writes for Politico: If you really want to understand Trump’s appeal, you need to go back a few decades to examine the social forces that shaped his rise as a real estate developer and remade American politics in the 1980s. Specifically, you need to wind back the tape to the 1984 Democratic primary, the almost-pulled-it-off candidacy of Colorado …

“I think the problem right now is everybody gets their news sources in silos and they just keep getting reinforced with certain ideas. I went to a neighbor’s house the day after the 2020 election, their flag was upside down. “There’s a lot of life out there besides arguing about nothing and telling lies, and so I made a choice …

“I would not at all be surprised if the Democrats somehow try to use this phantom threat of MAGA violence as a pretext to demand maybe universal mail-in ballots in some jurisdictions or at least expand the mail-in voting and early voting in key districts or swing states. “But, they want to provoke you. They want to provoke Americans to …

“We’ve gone from a time when the Tea Party stood for conservative principles for constitutional principles, to a time where the populists have taken over the Republican Party and are really advocating things that I believe are very dangerous. “The MAGA crowd ran a primary against me last time I won 75-25. I’m not concerned about primary, I’m not concerned …

The Hill reports: GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has joined House Republicans’ calls to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “Yes, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas should be impeached,” DeSantis posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Saturday. House Republicans kicked off a series of impeachment hearings against Mayorkas last week. A Homeland Security Committee hearing last Wednesday focused on …

“We are going to start the largest deportation program in history. All 10 million must leave. This movement is ascendant and it’s going to go on long after Donald Trump is even more powerful and broader. Even if a Democrat was to win. There’s no compromise here. We are far to the right of Trump. President Trump is a moderate …

“You saw the number of Republicans who voted along with Democrats to keep the government open, so there’s clearly a common sense, sane part of the Republican caucus in the House. But I think they are intimidated. “They oftentimes, you know, say and do things which they know better than to say or do, and it will require us defeating …

“Hello, folks. Here. Here I am. I’m in Palestine, in Ohio, here with the train derailment. Had great meetings with Norfolk Southern, had an opportunity to speak with the mayor, EPA officials. We talked about the issues that the people that the 4,800 residents are faced with here in East Palestine as it relates to water and or air quality. …

Mediaite reports: In a panel on ABC’s This Week, George Stephanopoulos asked Christie if he thought Congressional Republicans made a “mistake” by yelling at Biden during his speech. The former governor agreed — calling it a “big mistake,” and saying “you don’t want to rise to the bait, and they did. A number of them did.” “The better response would …

PolitiZoom reports: We began our week with Donald Trump holding forth on history, specifically the invention of transgenderism a few years ago and the state of the Mexican border in 1023. We end our week with Donald Trump, Jr. giving scientific and military advice. It won’t surprise you that the apple has not fallen far from the tree and Junior’s …

The Texas Tribune reports: A Conroe brewery said Friday that it has canceled an upcoming “Rally Against Censorship” featuring Kyle Rittenhouse, who was famously acquitted of fatally shooting two people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020. The Jan. 26 event was also set to include a leader of TEXIT, a group that advocates for Texas …

Media Matters has the transcript: It is a fact that 200,000 people more or less decided not to show up. OK, 200,000 people said I have something better to do. Now, you might say, Charlie, isn’t it fraud? Well, I’m talking about people who didn’t show up at all. They didn’t check into a voting booth, they didn’t even attempt …