Former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, has been partially closed after staff members tested positive for the coronavirus. That’s according to several people, including one familiar with club operations, who said Mar-a-Lago had “partially closed” a section of the club and quarantined some of its workers …
Read More »Thousands Of Students Will Have Their Student Loan’s Forgiven
The U.S. Department of Education announced that 72,000 students would have their student loans erased under the Borrower Defense to Repayment program. The relief will go to students who attended for-profit schools and were already approved by the Department of Education for Borrower Defense relief. While the move amounts to roughly …
Read More »Texas Republicans Are Trying To Change The Voting Process In Houston
Texas Republicans are working to shake up things in Houston by changing the voting process. Republican lawmakers introduced two dozen bills to suppress votes. “We must pass laws to prevent election officials from jeopardizing the election process,” Gov. Greg Abbott said. The bills will disable counties from sending absentee ballots …
Read More »Donald Trump Recommends Supporters Get COVID-19 Vaccine
Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would urge his supporters to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but acknowledged that some of them may refuse in the name of “freedom.” “I would recommend it, and I would recommend it to a lot of people that don’t want to get it,” Trump …
Read More »Trump Requests Mail-In Ballot For Municipal Election In South Florida
After months of claiming that mail-in ballots contributed to election fraud, former president Donald Trump has request one for a municipal election in South Florida. The Palm Beach Post reports that a mail-in ballot was requested for the president’s residence at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach. In August, Trump praised Florida’s …
Read More »Trump State Dept. Appointee Arrested For Role In Capitol Riot
A former State Department aide appointed by former President Donald Trump has been arrested and charged with multiple felonies related to the deadly U.S. Capitol riot on January 6. Federico G. Klein, 42, a staff assistant at the State Dept. who previously worked for the Trump campaign, was arrested Thursday. …
Read More »Watchdog Group Says Ronny Jackson Drank While Working And Harassed Staff
While working at the White House as a physician, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) drank alcohol, took sleeping medication, and sexually harassed a female staffer, according to a report released by Pentagon’s inspector general. The 37-page report concluded that Jackson’s “overall course of conduct toward subordinates disparaged, belittled, bullied, and humiliated them.” …
Read More »McConnell ‘absolutely’ Would Support Trump If He’s GOP Nominee In 2024
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that he would “absolutely” support Donald Trump if he’s the 2024 GOP nominee for president. The Kentucky Republican said he will support any Republican who wins the nomination, even if that’s Mr. Trump. “The nominee of the party? Absolutely,” McConnell said on Fox …
Read More »Liz Cheney Says Republicans Need ‘To Make Clear We Aren’t The Party Of White Supremacy’
Liz Cheney, the third-ranking GOP member in the House, on Tuesday called on the Republican party to “make clear we aren’t the party of white supremacy.” Cheney’s remarks came during an event hosted by the Reagan Institute. “It’s very important for us to ignore the temptation to look away,” Cheney …
Read More »Supreme Court Allows Release Of Trump Tax Returns To NY Prosecutor
The Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch bid by former President Donald Trump to keep his financial records, including years of his tax returns, out of the hands of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. The decision, the second time the nation’s highest court has refused to block a grand jury subpoena …
Read More »Georgia GOP Voting Bill Will Disenfranchise Black Voters
The Georgia GOP refuse to accept their defeat in the 2020 presidential election and the subsequent congressional runoffs. Georgians choose a Black man, a Jewish man, and a Catholic man over the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant candidates that have always represented the state. To the GOP, this can only mean that …
Read More »Trump To Speak At CPAC In First Post-White House Appearance
Donald Trump will be making his first post-presidential appearance at a conservative gathering in Florida next weekend. Ian Walters, spokesman for the American Conservative Union, confirmed that Trump will be speaking at the group’s annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 28. Trump is expected to use the speech to …
Read More »Georgia GOP Attempts To Change State Constitution To Protect Donald Trump From Prosecution
Donald Trump believes Georgia is the epicenter of his presidential election loss. The twice impeached president has spewed riot-inducing rhetoric, lambasted Republican Governor Brian Kemp, and pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find votes” so he could win the state. These indiscretions were enough for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis …
Read More »Trump Attacks Mitch McConnell In New Statement
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in a blistering new statement just days after the Kentucky Senator voted to acquit Trump during his Senate impeachment trial. While McConnell voted along with 42 other Republican Senators to acquit Trump, he took to the floor after …
Read More »Mississippi Congressman Files Suit Against Trump For Capitol Insurrection
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump and others on Tuesday that seeks damages for the emotional distress he suffered during the Jan. 6 mob attack on the Capitol. Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus whose …
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