2020-election
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In January of this year, the U.S. Capitol was violently stormed amid efforts to overturn the defeat of Donald J. Trump in the 2020 presidential election against former VP Joe Biden. Ahead of the riot, Trump and several of his most prominent supporters had publicly reiterated false claims about the veracity of the election results, […]
On Friday, Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News over claims that Dominion helped rig the 2020 election. The Associated Press reports that Dominion has argued the right-wing cable news channel targeted the company with a series of misleading or straight-up false claims of election fraud after Trump lost the 2020 election to Biden. […]
Capitol police are boosting security at the Capitol building this week due to what’s described as “concerning intelligence” in connection with a far-right conspiracy theory centered on the erroneous belief that single-term POTUS Donald J. Trump will resume his presidency. More specifically, the conspiracy theory asserts that March 4—a date which held inaugurations for many years […]
As many of you suspected, Kanye West’s 2020 presidential campaign was largely self-funded. As pointed out by People magazine, West’s final Federal Election Commission report confirms he had contributed about $12.4 million of his own money toward the failed campaign. The “Birthday Party” candidate racked in approximately $2 million from outside donors, bringing his total campaign contributions to $14,538,989.74. West’s […]
Dominion Voting Systems is planning to file a lawsuit against Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO whose MAGA-supporting behavior includes the spreading of baseless election fraud claims. Speaking with the Daily Beast on Tuesday, Tom Clare—an attorney repping Dominion—said the company expects to file the suit in question “imminently” and noted Lindell’s repeated instances of false […]
Mike Lindell was shut down, once again. During an interview with Newsmax on Tuesday, the MyPillow CEO and ardent Trump supporter was asked about his recent permanent suspension from Twitter. Lindell, who is known to spew baseless conspiracy theories, immediately began ranting about cancel culture and how he was being targeted for revealing “evidence” of election fraud. “Well, first mine was taken […]
Pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood, who has challenged Georgia’s election results, is now being investigating after potentially voting illegally in the state. According to a report from WSB-TV, Georgia launched an investigation into whether or not Wood was eligible to cast a vote in the state, and if he broke the law by doing so. “The […]
You’d be forgiven for naively treating 2021 like a magic button that made the MAGA cult disappear from the news cycle. If the first week of the new year is any indication, and it most likely is, we are going to be stuck with them—in some form or another—for a very long time. On Tuesday, […]
With After Hours currently enjoying a multitude of well-earned appearances across a litany of year-end lists, The Weeknd is giving fans some insight on where he’s at creatively during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In an interview with TMRW as part of a special limited edition 100-page zine project, Abel reflected on how the pause of touring […]
President Donald Trump, who still hasn’t officially conceded after losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden, has allegedly threatened not to leave the White House. A new report from CNN on Trump’s closing days as president reveal he’s told some aides he might refuse to leave the White House on Inauguration Day. While few of these […]
