Tag Archives: Trump cultists

Mediaite reports: Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) suggested that a group of migrants who flipped off reporters should be thrown out of helicopters via “Pinochet Air.” Collins responded to a tweet from Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (D-NY), who demanded the migrants be sent back to Mexico, by stating, “Or we could buy him a ticket on Pinochet Air for a free helicopter …

The Meidas Touch reports: Most people on social media got a great laugh over the idea that Kid Rock, Ted Nugent and Jon Voight could come even remotely close to the influence of Swift on an election since they only appeal to a tiny segment of the population that is already very much in the MAGA camp. But Donald Trump …

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: MAGA broadcaster, “life coach,” and Trump campaign troll Brenden Dilley addressed the possibility that Swift may endorse Biden on his program yesterday, urging his fellow Trump cultists to hold their fire until Swift actually makes a decision. “I’m gonna be straight up blunt with you,” Dilley said. “As long as Taylor Swift remains, …

NewsNation reports: A convoy of protestors calling themselves “God’s Army” was in Texas Thursday as the group made their way to California. It’s day four of a two-week-long protest to raise awareness about the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border. Supporters have traveled from all areas of the country — from states like New Jersey, Missouri and Georgia — to be …

“The man she’s dating, Mr. Pfizer himself, Travis Kelce, not only is he a Pfizer spokesperson, but he’s also a Bud Light spokesperson. Two for two. Let’s not forget Tay Tay’s boyfriend is also on record kneeling during the National Anthem. “This is who the establishment media, including conservatives, have cozied up to for the last four months for the …

“By the way, alligators in the Rio Grande would be safer than it would be now because they wouldn’t get in the water with alligators, and now, they get in the water, and they are drowning every single day. And put the alligators in the water because you would save lives.” – Fox News late night anchor Trace Gallagher, speaking …

NBC News reports: Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, cast doubt Wednesday on passing a bipartisan tax bill, saying it could make President Joe Biden “look good” and improve Democrats’ chances of holding the White House in the 2024 election. Grassley said re-electing Biden could hurt Republican hopes of extending Trump-era tax cuts. “Passing a tax bill that makes the president look …

CNN reports: The House voted on Wednesday evening to pass a $78 billion bipartisan tax package that would temporarily expand the child tax credit and restore a number of business tax benefits. The bill will next go to the Senate. House Speaker Mike Johnson currently oversees a razor-thin majority, but the bill passed with rare bipartisan support. The vote was …

From a coming book about the 2020 election: The idea was to tap ex-intel operatives who would break into election offices in swing states and seize Dominion voting machines and servers so they could prove the equipment had been hacked by foreign powers. The operatives would need hunting licenses in order to fulfill their mission. “Hunting licenses? What in the …

NBC News reports: A New Jersey man who wore a throwback Philadelphia Eagles beanie to the Jan. 6 riot was arrested by the FBI this week after online “sedition hunters” identified him with the help of facial recognition and Facebook photos from a 2020 family trip to the pumpkin patch. Lee Giobbie, a 40-year-old financial adviser from Eastampton, New Jersey, …

Courthouse News reports: National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre told a Manhattan jury on Tuesday that his all-expenses-paid hunting trips to Botswana and Mozambique were “all business.” He spent much of Tuesday trying to justify the many miscellaneous expenses he billed back to the NRA throughout his tenure as its chief executive, many of which violated the group’s internal policies. …

The Messenger reports: State lawmakers in Georgia on Wednesday introduced legislation to void the racketeering charges former President Donald Trump is facing in the state. The lawmakers say they seek to prevent “current and future politically-motivated prosecutions commenced” in Georgia. The former president and several co-defendants face racketeering charges in Georgia over their attempts to overturn the results of the …

Reuters reports: Washington lawyer and Republican operative Jack Burkman is poised to lose his law license after pleading guilty to telecommunications fraud in Ohio. The D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility said Tuesday that Burkman earlier this month consented to disbarment. Burkman and his associate, Jacob Wohl, pleaded guilty in October 2022 to telecommunications fraud after using robocalls to intimidate people …

“If folks like me, the highest advisers to the president, can’t provide the president with confidential information without worry of having it leaked over to a partisan legislature, he won’t get the best information, and he has to be protected too. “So, I have said from the outset on this show that I fully expect this case to go to …

The Guardian reports: Rightwing activist Christopher Rufo has links to a self-styled “sociobiology magazine” that is focused on the supposed relationships between race, intelligence and criminality, and which experts have characterized as an outlet for scientific racism. At the time of reporting, Aporia was one of 19 Substack newsletters Rufo links to in the “recommended” section on his own newsletter, …

Philadelphia’s ABC affiliate reports: A Pennsylvania man has been charged after his father was found beheaded inside their family home Tuesday night in Middletown Township, Bucks County. The victim’s son, identified as 32-year-old Justin Mohn, has been charged with murder and abuse of a corpse, among other charges, according to police. Mohn is accused of not only beheading his father, …

The Texas Tribune reports: The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily halted depositions that were scheduled to begin Thursday in the whistleblower case against Attorney General Ken Paxton. The all-GOP court issued an order Tuesday staying the depositions and giving the parties until Feb. 29 to respond with their broader legal arguments. The decision was made public within hours of Paxton’s …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) reacted to news of the federal investigation into Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) by calling her “loud” and describing her husband as a “thug.” “She doesn’t even support the police,” he said, referring to Bush’s support for defunding the police. “But the idea to pay her thug money to try to help protect her this …

“Does Taylor realize the guy that they want her to endorse is a kind of stumbling, bumbling mess, doesn’t have the energy to give a 30 minute speech, let alone perform a three hour concert like she does? He also is kind of very creepy. She may want to check out those creepy videos, they’re online. “Or maybe she just …

CNN reports: House Republicans voted early Wednesday to advance their impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, moving closer to taking the rare step of impeaching a Cabinet official. The move sets up a vote on the articles by the full House of Representatives, though the date of that vote has not yet been set. The House …