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1d ago
The right-wing outrage machine is firing on all cylinders over the vicious mistreatment of their dear leader, Donald Trump , as he faces the music for his hush money scandal.
Yesterday Fox News host Jesse Watters expressed his deepest sympathies for the plight of the former president being forced to sit in a courtroom during his criminal trial. — Read the rest
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1d ago
"Why would you think that these nine people are the best people to judge and weigh those policy judgments?" Chief Justice Roberts's question is a good one!
Happy to make decisions about women's health care, this non-expert panel of the country's supreme experts on cruel and unusual punishment seems not to understand their role. — Read the rest
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Boing Boing » Politics
2d ago
Arizona loser Kari Lake's quest to overturn her electorial defeat in the 2022 gubernatorial election was turned away Monday by the Supreme Court. He lawsuit, challenging electronic voting machines, was already dismissed by two lower courts, which found that neither Lake nor fellow Republican Mark Finchem were harmed. — Read the rest
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2d ago
Judge Engoron closed the loopholes and removed opportunities that Donald Trump's folks built to disappear the collateral and approved the $175 million bond.
The $175 million bond that Trump and his friend, Don Hankey, posted to stave off collections in his civil fraud judgment is good enough for Judge Engoron. — Read the rest
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Boing Boing » Politics
4d ago
Indiana man Andrew Wilhoite, 41, won a primary election for a township board position after killing his estranged wife and being charged with murder. He was ultimately convicted of manslaughter this week after admitting he struck her with a flowerpot and dumping her body in a creek. — Read the rest
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Boing Boing » Politics
5d ago
No one will be surprised that Stinky Donald's Bible is a cheap ripoff, perfectly representing his grift.
YouTuber Tim Wildsmith got a copy of Trump's "patriotic" Bible. The typeface is hard to read, the paper is cheap, the cover is low quality, and all in all, it is a perfect representation of the salesperson. — Read the rest
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Boing Boing » Politics
5d ago
Marjorie Taylor Greene's destructive mission to oust Republican Speaker Mike Johnson picked up steam today with fellow Congress-conspiracist Paul Gosar. This comes after MAGA Rep. Thomas Massie joined her cause on Tuesday.
"I have added my name in support of the motion to vacate the Speaker," announced the extremist who spoke at Nick Fuentes' white nationalist convention with Greene in 2022. — Read the rest
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Boing Boing » Politics
5d ago
When GOP leaders tried pushing more Ukraine aid through the House, Moscow's loudest MAGA mouthpiece, Marjorie Taylor Greene, tossed an extremely suspect word salad demanding Kyiv roll over for Putin's oppressive ethnic policies before getting a cent.
As Politico reported, MTG's noxious amendment said: "No funding shall be made available to Ukraine unless restrictions on ethnic minorities', including Hungarians in Transcarpathia, right to use their native languages in schools are lifted." — Read the rest
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5d ago
Cow fighter and Trump Media CEO "Devin Nunes is the proverbial loser who tries to blame 'naked short selling' for his falling stock price," said Citadel Securities.
Trying to explain why DJT's stock price was in free fall, CEO Devin Nunes blamed "naked short selling." — Read the rest
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Boing Boing » Politics
5d ago
The horrifying allegations against creepy Congressman Matt Gaetz keep coming.
ABC News reports that a 20-year-old woman said in a sworn statement that Gaetz attended a 2017 drug-fueled party where an underage girl was naked. The statement was obtained by the House Ethics Committee investigating Gaetz's trail of slime. — Read the rest
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