Mike Pence dedicated a good five years of his life to smiling serenely as former President Trump raved incoherently at a nearby podium. He’d then, at a later time but with the same serene smile, explain why Trump’s incoherent ravings were actually good, and strong, and patriotic. It was a …
Read More »How the Christian Right Helped Foment Insurrection
This story was produced by Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit news organization. Get their investigations emailed to you directly by signing up at RevealNews.org/newsletter. The January 6th Save America March, where then-President Donald Trump incited a crowd to attack the U.S. Capitol, opened with a prayer. …
Read More »'Useful Idiots': The Scary End of Trump's Reign
In the latest socially distanced episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by Andre Damon, writer and editor for World Socialist Web Site. First on this week’s docket is a discussion of the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol. “For the first time in the …
Read More »In Third Georgia Call, Trump Told Election Investigator to Look for the 'Dishonesty'
Correction: On March 11, 2021, the Washington Post issued a correction to a story that Rolling Stone quoted in this article. The Post’s original story, based on an anonymous source, misquoted the president during a December call with Georgia‘s top election investigator. The Post originally reported President Trump as instructing …
Read More »Nearly 90 Percent of Republicans in Congress Will Not Admit Biden Won, Report Says
It’s been a month since the presidential election and an overwhelming majority of Republicans in Congress continue to refuse to utter the words President-elect Joe Biden. According to a Washington Post survey of 249 Republicans in the House and Senate, nearly 90 percent “will simply not say who won the …
Read More »Make 'Y.M.C.A.' Great Again
It’s time to make “Y.M.C.A.” great again. People in the streets of Philadelphia are dancing to “Y.M.C.A.” in celebration of the news that Joe Biden has taken the lead in Pennsylvania. That means he’s nearly clinched the presidential race — hopefully to be called tonight. The Village People’s Seventies disco …
Read More »Marjorie Taylor Greene Becomes First QAnon Congressperson
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the GOP congressional candidate who has endorsed the baseless conspiracy theory QAnon, has won the 14th congressional district of Georgia, making her the first congressperson to officially endorse the conspiracy theory. Taylor Greene, the projected favorite, won in an overwhelming victory against Democratic candidate Kevin Van Ausdal, …
Read More »Trump's Last Enemies Before Election Day: Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, and Jon Bon Jovi
President Donald Trump spent the day before the election insulting some of the biggest names in music, thereby ensuring that — should he win — his inauguration will once again be utterly bereft of talent. Per Forbes, Trump held a rally in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Monday during which he lit into …
Read More »Campaign Says Using Plexiglass at Debate Shows 'Bias' Against Trump
In a trainwreck of an interview, Trump Campaign National Press Secretary Hogan Gidley gave little insight into his candidate’s debate prep for Thursday night’s event but did share his thoughts on the well-known liberal bias of plexiglass. After refusing to answer simple and fundamental pre-debate questions from MSNBC’s Hallie Jackson …
Read More »Indecline Debuts 'The Art of Protest' Documentary
When Indecline started work on their documentary The Art of Protest in late 2018, they wanted to tell the history of resistance art. Over the previous two years — since they broke onto the national consciousness with their naked-Trump, guerilla-art instillation The Emperor Has No Balls, the activist-artist collective has …
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