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Donald Trump has been stripped of yet another honorary degree in the wake of the Capitol riot Wednesday. After the president’s remarks incited a mob of loyalists to storm the legislature, Wagner College has rescinded the degree they issued to him in 2004. The college gave Trump the degree after he spoke to their graduating class […]
As if we needed anymore proof that Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud were totally bogus, an additional call has surfaced via the Washington Post where the president told a chief investigator in Georgia to “find the fraud.” This call precedes his call to Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger, who Trump pressured to “find” […]
Authorities in Pinellas County, Florida arrested 36-year-old Adam Johnson on Friday. They believe Johnson to be the man seen carrying Nancy Pelosi’s lectern in a viral photo from the Capitol riot on Wednesday. After the photo began to spread, the Bradenton Herald identified Johnson as a resident of nearby Parrish, FL. According to the paper, he […]
UPDATED 1/6, 7:05 p.m.: Twitter made the decision to delete an incendiary tweet from Trump that baselessly spewed his ludicrous claims of election fraud and rationalized the violence that has been occurring in his name. The company is also locking Trump’s account for the next 12 hours. The company also deleted Trump’s recently posted video message in […]
Joe Biden has reiterated his support for $2,000 stimulus checks, but says he needs Americans’ help to make it happen. During a Monday night rally in Atlanta, the president-elect urged Georgia residents to vote blue in the state’s Senate runoff elections, claiming a failure to do so would prevent another round of much-needed stimulus payments. Biden’s comments came […]
President-elect Joe Biden struck a more aggressive tone Monday when talking about his soon-to-be predecessor Donald Trump during a rally in Atlanta on the eve of the pivotal Georgia Senate runoffs. “This administration has gotten off to a God-awful start,” Biden said of Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, per Deadline. “The president spends more time whining and […]
Nancy Pelosi has been reelected as Speaker of the House despite a slim margin of victory, CNN reports. Of the 216 votes that Pelosi received, one notable name who stayed in her corner was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has been lukewarm about having her serve another term. Ocasio-Cortez told The Intercept last month that she’s prepared to […]
Audio of Trump pleading and threatening Georgia’s secretary of state has surfaced, where the sitting president implores Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn Biden’s victory. In the hour-long call, Trump said, “There’s nothing wrong with saying, you know, um, that you’ve recalculated.” The Washington Post first acquired a recording of the conversation, where […]
Nearly a dozen Republican senators and senators-elect are still trying to prevent President-elect Joe Biden from being certified as the election victor. CNN reports that the lawmakers revealed Saturday that they oppose counting electoral votes next week when it’s anticipated that Congress will certify Biden’s win, even though there’s no valid proof of extensive voter fraud […]
Palm Beach residents are banding together to bar Donald Trump from using Mar-a-Lago as a residence. All indications, including the fact that he changed his legal address to his private club, seem to point toward Trump moving into Mar-a-Lago after he leaves the White House. At issue is the fact that Trump signed an agreement with […]
