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A police officer is being hailed as a hero for diverting a pro-Trump mob away from the Senate chamber during Wednesday’s attack on the Capitol building. CNN reporter Kristin Wilson identified Capitol police officer Eugene Goodman, who was spotted in video from Wednesday confronting a crowd of rioters after they first stormed the building. In […]
On Sunday, actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger took it upon himself to directly address the country following the attack on the United States Capitol. In the process, Schwarzenegger condemned President Donald Trump for his failed leadership. “We need to heal, together, from the drama of what has just happened,” Schwarzenegger said in a video on Twitter. […]
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 After the president’s remarks incited a mob of loyalists to storm the legislature, Wagner College has rescinded the degree they issued to him in 2004.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 […]
Uncertainty, once again, looms over New Jersey’s weed legalization bill. According to the New Jersey Globe, multiple lawmakers pulled their names from a so-called “cleanup bill” that was approved by the Senate Judiciary and Assembly Appropriations Committees on Thursday. The bill was seen as a compromise between the state legislature and Gov. Phil Murphy, who indicated […]
Hours after publicly conceding defeat, President Donald Trump announced Friday he will not attend Joe Biden‘s inauguration this month. And Biden has co-signed the decision. “I was told on the way over here that [Trump] indicated he wasn’t going to show up at the inauguration—one of the few things he and I have ever agreed on,” the president-elect told reporters. “It’s […]
A seven-foot fence is being put up around the U.S. Capitol following this week’s violent and ultimately fatal insurrection attempt from MAGA cult members. On Thursday, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy announced that a seven-foot “non-scalable” fence would be erected around the property and will remain in place for “at least” 30 days. The fence, per a report […]
Shopify announced Thursday that online stores affiliated with Donald Trump have been removed, a direct result of his role in inciting the violent behavior of his supporters at the US Capitol yesterday. “Shopify does not tolerate actions that incite violence,” a spokesperson said in a statement, per CNET. “Based on recent events, we have determined that the actions […]
In a statement released early Thursday, shared to Twitter by aide Dan Scavino, Donald Trump said there will be an “orderly transition” to Joe Biden’s presidency. Trump has refused to concede since the results of the election were verified, and has been fighting to overturn the results in his favor ever since. It all reached a boiling […]
