Tag Archives: Trump cultists

Nevada County Renames Courthouse For Famous Liar

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports: A rural Nevada county has renamed its justice complex after former President Donald J. Trump. About 50 people attended the formal dedication of the Donald J. Trump Justice Complex in Yerington on Saturday, Lyon County Manager Jeff Page said. The complex, which opened in 2013, houses the sheriff’s office, jail, Third Judicial District Court and …

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Bannon’s Chief Financial Backer Hit With $134M Fine

The Daily Beast reports: The financier famed for bankrolling some of Steve Bannon’s best-known ventures, as well as the far-right strategist’s jet-setting lifestyle, is in deep trouble for steering a $28 million yacht—the same boat where federal agents arrested Bannon in 2020—out of American waters. A New York judge slapped Guo Wengui, who also uses the aliases Kwok Ho Wan …

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Minnesota AG Candidate Calls Capitol Rioters “Heroes”

Mediaite reports: A Republican candidate for attorney general in Minnesota bragged that people on her staff “were participants in January 6th” and called the Capitol rioters “heroes.” Lynne Torgerson is running to secure the GOP nomination on a very pro-insurrection platform. In a clip from a forum on Jan. 25 that was flagged by Heartland Signal on Thursday, she claimed …

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Cultist Rep Pathetically Pledges MAGA Fealty At Trump Tower After Trump Calls Her “Disloyal,” Backs Opponent

The Washington Post reports: Spurned by Donald Trump, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) traveled to New York on Thursday and stood on the sidewalk across from Trump Tower to pledge her fidelity to the former president — and warn against backing her primary rival. On Wednesday, Trump endorsed Katie Arrington, who is challenging Mace in the Charleston-based 1st Congressional District. Standing …

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Virginia Deputy AG Resigns Over Posts Praising Rioters

The Washington Post reports: A top deputy overseeing election issues for Virginia’s new Republican attorney general resigned Thursday after The Washington Post questioned the office about Facebook posts she had made praising Jan. 6, 2021, rioters and falsely claiming Donald Trump won the 2020 election. Former deputy attorney general Monique Miles also espoused unfounded conspiracy theories about voter fraud and …

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Franklin Graham Claims Anti-Vax Truckers Are Winning

Posted to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: The squeaky wheel always gets the grease. Go truckers go! Great news—Several provinces in Canada are beginning to pull back from mandates that have been weighing down the people. Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Quebec have all announced that they are going to back off on COVID restrictions. Alberta’s Premier Jason Kenney announced that the province’s …

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Son Of GOP Rep Charged With Slapping Miami Official

The Miami Herald reports: The son of U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez was arrested Wednesday after police say he slapped a Miami city commissioner earlier in the day at Morton’s Steakhouse in Coral Gables. What triggered the spat, the latest episode in the long-running telenovela of Miami politics, was not immediately clear. But the two men involved — Miami commissioner Alex …

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Carlson Suggests Harris Planted Pipe Bomb At DNC

The Daily Beast reports: Tucker Carlson spent his Fox News show Wednesday evening just asking lots of leading and conspiratorial questions about the planting of pipe bombs at the Washington, D.C. headquarters of both major political parties the night before the Jan. 6 insurrection, and the FBI’s subsequent investigation of it. He suggested that the FBI has been withholding information …

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TX AG Opens Investigation Into “Deceitful” GoFundMe

Houston’s ABC News affiliate reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he launched an investigation into GoFundMe over what he calls potential violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. “GoFundMe’s response to an anti-mandate, pro-liberty movement should ring alarm bells to anyone using the donation platform and, more broadly, any American wanting to protect their constitutional rights,” Paxton said …

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“Soup Nazi” Trends On Twitter After QAnon Rep Claims Nancy Pelosi Is Operating A “Gazpacho Police” [VIDEO]

New York Magazine reports: Have you ever heard two unfamiliar words, and assumed they’re different pronunciations of the same word? It has happened to all of us at some point. For most of us, though, it has not happened with a word like “Gestapo,” which is a very well-known term in politics and history. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, in the …

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Riot Panel Subpoenas Obnoxious Cultist Peter Navarro

NBC News reports: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol subpoenaed Peter Navarro, a top aide in former President Donald Trump’s White House, on Wednesday. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the committee chairman, announced the subpoena, which seeks records and testimony from Navarro. “Mr. Navarro appears to have information directly relevant to the Select Committee’s investigation into …

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“Fire Extinguisher” Rioter Pleads Guilty To Two Felonies

Law & Crime reports: A Maryland man who had previously argued that he was just following the orders of Donald Trump when he joined the Jan. 6 siege at the U.S. Capitol has pleaded guilty to two felonies. Matthew Ryan Miller, 23, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one charge of obstructing an official proceeding and one charge of assaulting, resisting, or …

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McCarthy Agrees That Riot Was “Violent Insurrection”

So this happened yesterday: The footage is striking. ABC congressional reporter Rachel Scott is trying to ask House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy about the Republican National Committee’s decision to censure two members of his conference. McCarthy is, um, running — or at least briskly walking — away. McCarthy tells Scott to make an appointment with his office and that it …

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Cawthorn Predicts Violence If He’s Disqualified [VIDEO]

Raw Story reports: Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) warned officials in North Carolina that they could face “dangerous” consequences if he is removed from the ballot for his role in inciting a failed insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. “This is only going to lead to one place if you want to try and take the right of the people away to …

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WaPo: Giuliani Tried To Seize Michigan Voting Machines

The Washington Post reports: In the weeks after the 2020 election, Rudolph W. Giuliani and other legal advisers to President Donald Trump asked a Republican prosecutor in northern Michigan to get his county’s voting machines and pass them to Trump’s team.  Antrim County prosecutor James Rossiter said in an interview that Giuliani and several colleagues made the request during a …

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Parler Announces “Special Arrangement” With Melania

The Hill reports: Parler announced on Wednesday that it is engaging in a social media “special arrangement” with former first lady Melania Trump where she will share “exclusive communications” on the social media network. Parler said that Trump would share “exclusive communications on Parler,” noting it is already powering her blockchain technology and non-fungible token (NFT) platform, MelaniaTrump.com. In a …

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GOP Rep Concocts Wild Story That Capitol Cops Illegally Entered His Office And Took Photos Of His Documents

Texas Tribune reports: The U.S. Capitol Police said Tuesday they were conducting a routine security check of U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls’ office three months ago, rejecting an accusation from the congressman that officers were using illegal tactics to investigate him as political retribution. Nehls, a Republican from Richmond, claimed without evidence on Twitter on Tuesday morning that U.S. Capitol Police …

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Children Of Accused Rioter Will Testify Against Him

Law & Crime reports: Family drama will be sure to pervade the debut trial for the Jan. 6 attack. Two children of accused militia member Guy Reffitt, including the son who flagged his father to the FBI, will be called as government witnesses, prosecutors confirmed in a filing on Monday. Linked to the Three Percenters militia group, Reffitt memorably told …

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Fox Guest Claims Capitol Police “Attacked Protesters”

“She [Nancy Pelosi] has been using the Capitol Police, she used them on January 6th. In some instances, they were attacking protesters. In other instances, they were letting hundreds of them into the building. “Congress doled over $2 billion to them in emergency supplemental funds that, now I guess they’re using to expand this intelligence unit. “But look, this is …

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Florida Surgeon General Refuses To Disclose Vax Status

The Associated Press reports: Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo on Tuesday declined to disclose whether he has received a coronavirus vaccine during a contentious confirmation hearing where Democrats pressed the state’s top doctor to promote the shots. Ladapo, appointed in September by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, has attracted national scrutiny over his close alignment with the Governor in opposing …

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