By Bob Brigham U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta voiced frustration with former Trump White House advisor Peter Navarro during a Friday hearing. Navarro was indicted in June on two counts of contempt of Congress, for failing to produce documents and…
Herschel Walker claimed he could ‘beat’ undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in 1988: ex-teammate
By Bob Brigham As a Pro Bowl NFL running back in 1988, Herschel Walker thought he could beat boxer Mike Tyson, who at the time was the undisputed world heavyweight champion. Walker’s view was recounted by former Dallas Cowboys teammate Michael Irvin, w…
Trump demands release of all Jan. 6 ‘protesters’ in new Truth Social rant
By Bob Brigham Donald Trump on Friday demanded amnesty for everyone involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump made his comments after the chairman of his 2017 inauguration, Tom Barrack, was found not guilty of working as an unregistered …
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ‘disingenuous’ attacks on Ukraine funding torn apart
By Tom Boggioni In an analysis for the Washington Post, Philip Bump suggested that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s continuing attacks on U.S. funding to Ukraine to stave off the Russian invasion is less about international affairs and more about providin…
Elon Musk complains about Twitter advertisers — and gets fact checked by his own platform
By Brad Reed Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Friday angrily lashed out after seeing his new company suffer a massive drop in advertising revenue — and then had to see his own platform offer a fact check to his claims. In a tweet posted Friday morning, Musk c…
‘The election was unconstitutional’: Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes testimony goes off the rails
By Brad Reed Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes took the witness stand on Friday and declared that he supported a “right to riot” while also declaring the 2020 presidential election “unconstitutional.” Politico’s Kyle Cheney reports that Rhodes, who is…
Wisconsin GOP threatening to resurrect 146 bills the Dem governor vetoed if they win a super-majority: report
By Tom Boggioni According to a report from the New York Times, Republicans in Wisconsin may soon have a super-majority in both state chambers which could make incumbent Gov. Tom Evers (D) irrelevant because they will be able to override any vetoes he m…
Judge scolds ‘rioter and insurrectionist’ after he tries to portray himself as a mere ‘observer’
By Brad Reed A man who breached the United States Capitol building on January 6th, 2021 got a scolding from a judge on Thursday after he tried to portray himself as a mere “observer” who was there to document the deadly riots. As reported by NBC News’ …
DOJ grants Kash Patel immunity to force his testimony about Mar-a-Lago docs
By Bob Brigham One of Donald Trump’s official representatives to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has been granted criminal immunity and is set to “soon testify” before the federal grand jury investigating the Mar-a-Lago document…
Trump lawyer’s emails show he was worried about false election claims and potential criminal prosecution
By Sarah K. Burris John Eastman’s emails are continuing to be released after a judge agreed that they met the “crime/fraud” exception to attorney/client privilege. In the latest batch, Eastman confessed that he was concerned about Donald Trump’s false …