Time to reset the clock:after dozens of empty threats, Donald Trump has made good on a promise to sue a journalist — or, in this case, three: the trio of Pulitzer Prize-winningNew York Times reporters who revealed, back in 2018, decades of tax dodges and even instances of “outright fraud” …
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Half of Republicans believe the lie that the January 6th attack on the Capitol was “mostly peaceful” and “largely a non-violent protest,” according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday. Delusional Republican respondents also told pollsters that left-wing activists were to blame for the insurrection and were “trying to …
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In the latest socially distanced episode of our Useful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by friend-of-the-podcast Shahid Buttar, a constitutional lawyer and 2020 challenger of Nancy Pelosi. For this week’s “Republicans Suck,” Matt and Katie take a look at a Tennessee GOP push to prohibit kneeling during …
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Donald Trump was a negligent and corrupt president who, by his own standards, got rolled in his bid for re-election. He then instigated a deadly attack upon the seat of federal democracy as part of a months-long attempted coup. You might think Republicans would want to take the off ramp …
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WASHINGTON — I pulled up to the small gymnasium in the town of Sumter, South Carolina, to take the measure of Joe Biden. This was about a year ago, and he was just a candidate then, a beloved former vice president, darling of The Onion, and twice-failed presidential contender who, …
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Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska called on President Trump to resign and said she is questioning her future with the Republican Party days after a riotous mob of Trump supporters violently stormed the Capitol. “I want him to resign. I want him out. He has caused enough damage,” she …
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There’s a photo from the riots at the U.S. Capitol of a man in a fur headdress and full warpaint, presiding over the dais on the congressional floor. The man is named Jake Angeli, and he is an aspiring actor from Arizona, but he is perhaps best known as the …
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The United States’ sorest loser, soon-to-be ex-president Donald Trump, threatened Georgia‘s secretary of state in an attempt to badger him to “find” the votes that would overturn the state’s presidential election results. In the call, audio of which was obtained by the Washington Post, Trump told Georgia’s Republican Secretary of …
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WASHINGTON — The raw numbers are staggering. As of Tuesday afternoon, at least 69 million Americans had already voted in the 2020 election. With six days left until polls close on the night of November 3rd, experts estimate about 40 percent of the votes are already in. So what does …
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On Thursday, the president continued his post-Walter Reed call-in interview tour with Trump-friendly hosts who offer no pushback to his lies, attacks and boasts. Today’s stooge, Fox Business’ Stuart Varney, allowed Trump to ramble for most of the 42-minute interview, making sure that when he did interject it was only …
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