Truth Social, the so-called anti-Big Tech, pro-free speech social media platform launched by Donald Trump, has already gone dark. It’s not because of hackers, either. It’s because the former president’s company allegedly violated the terms of its software agreement. The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) is calling out former President Trump’s …
Read More »Stephen Miller Wanted to Send a Quarter of a Million Troops to the Border. Trump Had an Even Dumber Idea
Trump’s immigration policy was unfathomably cruel. It was just as unfathomably stupid. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Stephen Miller, Trump’s unfathomably racist immigration guru, pressed the Department of Homeland Security to provide an estimate of the number of troops it would take to shut down and secure …
Read More »Capitol Police Officer Charged With Helping a Guy in His Facebook Fishing Groups Hide Insurrection Evidence
Federal prosecutors have charged a Capitol Police officer with obstruction of justice for helping a rioter hide evidence that he was at the Capitol on the day of the insurrection. The indictment claims that on January 7th, the day after the insurrection, Michael A. Riley contacted a man who participated …
Read More »Supreme Court Rulings Are Just 'Opinions,' Texas Argues in Defense of Abortion Ban
Lawyers for the state of Texas defended the state’s six-week abortion ban in federal appeals court by arguing that states have the right to interpret the Constitution however they please, regardless of what the Supreme Court says. “The Supreme Court’s interpretations of the Constitution are not the Constitution itself — …
Read More »Trump Disses DeSantis' Potential Presidential Bid: 'I'd Beat Him'
Even though former president Donald Trump has not publicly announced he will run in 2024, he is already trash-talking one of his potential opponents, Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor. Speaking about a possible campaign, Trump said in an interview with Yahoo Finance’s Adam Shapiro that he was confident he would …
Read More »Biden Promised a New Era for Immigration After Trump. How's That Going?
Back when George W. Bush was still president, Karim Golding was a 21-year-old music promoter in Queens, trying to get some traction for the rap group he repped. Instead, he ended up ensnared in an investigation by a federal task force targeting hip hop groups. His first prosecution ended in …
Read More »The Bannon Subpoena Is Just the Beginning. Congress's Jan. 6 Investigation Is Going Big
The House select committee investigating the January 6th attack fired a massive shot into the heart of former President Trump’s inner circle Thursday night, and the four subpoenas sent to former White House officials are likely just the beginning. A review of committee documents, including some obtained exclusively by Rolling …
Read More »More Indictments May Be Coming in Trump Org. Illegal Payments Scheme, Attorney Says
More indictments are likely on the way in a tax evasion case involving former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, his attorney said in court Monday. “We have strong reason to believe there could be other indictments coming,” attorney Bryan Skarlatos told the judge at a pre-trial hearing in …
Read More »Kevin McCarthy's Extreme MAGA Makeover
T he two men stand shoulder to shoulder, posing for the camera almost like father and son. On the left is former President Donald Trump, flashing that money grin, the light glinting off his golden-yellow tie. On the right is the Republican congressman who, more than any other, has hitched …
Read More »Biden on Afghanistan Drone Strike Against ISIS-K: 'This Was Not the Last'
President Biden warned ISIS-K members that the United States will continue to retaliate for a bombing near Kabul airport on Thursday that killed a number of people, including 13 U.S. troops. He also warned that military commanders believe another attack is “highly likely” in the next “24-36 hours.” “This strike …
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