The GOP Senate, led by Mitch McConnell, will have one last chance to do what they haven’t done for four years: Hold Donald Trump accountable.
After the MAGA mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in a violent coup attempt, the phoniness of right-wing law enforcement rhetoric has been exposed.
Dominion Voting Systems has filed a defamation lawsuit against lawyer Sidney Powell for pushing blatantly false claims about the election, including that Dominion machines were compromised. Dominion says it has been the victim of a “viral disinformation campaign†that Powell mounted “to financially enrich herself, to raise her public profile, and to ingratiate herself to…
The hostage-style tape released by Trump was clearly designed to stave off a second impeachment or removal from office via the 25th Amendment.
The Patriotic Millionaires issued a statement calling for those members of the House and Senate who incited with Trump the violent, armed insurrection to be removed from office and tried for sedition.
President Donald Trump‘s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani left a voicemail with the wrong senator in a final effort to delay certifying President-elect Joe Biden‘s win. Giuliani attempted to reach Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) but he left the message on the voicemail of another senator, who has not been identified. In his message to Tuberville, Giuliani claimed…
An aide to outgoing Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler elbowed and pushed Senior Congressional Correspondent for CNN Manu Raju early Wednesday afternoon after he asked her if she thought the Georgia runoff was a free and fair election.
Trump is already spreading lies about the Georgia runoff races in the event that Democrats flip the two Senate seats.
These races are far from settled, but telling your base that the election is rigged probably isn’t a winning strategy.Â
The Democrats appear to be performing better than expected in the absentee and mail-in vote, according to the data that’s come in so far.
It is possible that Donald Trump’s post-election behavior could drive down the GOP margin in the state’s biggest red county.
Donald Trump openly suggested that he wants Vice President Mike Pence to overturn his election loss to Joe Biden.
Donald Trump Jr. devolved into a shouting and name-calling tantrum during a rally in Georgia on Monday night.
Reid ripped Donald Trump’s effort to pressure the Georgia secretary of state, calling the outgoing president a dime store dictator.
The people of Georgia may not have chosen Kelly Loeffler to be their United States Senator, but they will have the opportunity to fire her.
President Donald Trump declared the Republican Party is “weak and ineffective” for not backing his attempts to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election, which was decisively won by President-elect Joe Biden. “The ‘Surrender Caucus’ within the Republican Party will go down in infamy as weak and ineffective ‘guardians’ of our Nation, who were…
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger appeared on “Good Morning America” to discuss a phone call he had with President Donald Trump during which the president encouraged Raffensperger to help him swing the election in his favor. “I never believed it was appropriate to speak to the president,” Raffensperger said about Saturday’s call, noting that…
President Donald Trump falsely asserted that the results of the 2020 election are fraudulent after a recording of a call he had in which he urged Georgia’s Secretary of State to help swing the election in his favor. “How can you certify an election when the numbers being certified are verifiably WRONG,” the president wrote….
Over the past couple of decades Republicans have wantonly taken everything from the American people to benefit their favorite causes. Now, in an attempted coup to keep Trump in the White House, a fascist Republican cabal are attempting to take the people’s electoral voices in an undemocratic machination resembling a two-bit banana republic. Since Americans…
Blocking certification of the election results – an scheme that is doomed to fail – is such a bad idea that even Mitch McConnell opposes it.
Raffensperger repeated what he has already said for months: The election in Georgia was conducted with integrity and Donald Trump lost.
While the two runoff elections in Georgia are too close to call, Donald Trump appears to be doing his best to sabotage them for Republicans.
A GOP that elevates people like Donald Trump and Louie Gohmert is not a political party that can be salvaged.
During an appearance on CNBC, Axios co-founder Mike Allen said that some Republicans believe President Donald Trump’s erratic behavior in recent weeks is designed to “sabotage” the GOP’s chances of winning the Georgia runoff elections, which will determine which of the two major political parties will have control of the Senate. “There’s a big strain…
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) announced he would object to the Electoral College certification process and challenge President-elect Joe Biden‘s election win when Congress convenes for its joint session on January 6. “At the very least, Congress should investigate allegations of voter fraud and adopt measures to secure the integrity of our elections. But Congress has…
President Donald Trump called for Brian Kemp, the Republican governor of Georgia, to resign from office while continuing to assert that he won the swing state even though it has long certified its results for President-elect Joe Biden. “Hearings from Atlanta on the Georgia Election overturn now being broadcast,” the president wrote, directing his followers…
Stacey Abrams blasted Perdue and Loeffler for putting the interests of Trump and McConnell over the needs of struggling Americans.
Trump lashed out at states, saying they are to blame for the frustratingly slow pace of his already-bungled COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
It’s likely that Donald Trump’s life will become a living nightmare immediately upon his exit from the Oval Office.
U.S. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff torched incumbent GOP Sen. David Perdue on Monday for having the nerve to oppose $2,000 relief checks.
The move by the Democratic-controlled House is good for the American people, but it puts the Republican Party in a tough spot.
President-elect Joe Biden has named the newest White House staff members––these will round out digital operations––as the incoming administration prepares to conduct the majority of its public communications digitally as the nation continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic. Biden has appointed Rob Flaherty, who worked as the digital director of the Biden campaign, as…
Trump lashed out at his own country on Saturday morning, calling the U.S. a third world country because he lost the election to Joe Biden.
Trump blasted the COVID relief bill and insisted that he would come up with better legislation in his fantasy second term.
If Trump doesn’t leave on Jan. 20, Rep. Waters would like to see him marched out of the White House by the U.S. military or Secret Service.
With the Christmas holiday just days away, Vice President Mike Pence appeared to do his best Ebenezer Scrooge impression on Tuesday.
Newsmax cut off the MyPillow guy on live TV just as he was starting to spew crackpot conspiracy theories about Dominion voting machines.
The mess Biden is set to inherit will only worsen as Trump spends his final days in office ranting and raving instead of working.
Whether Trump likes it or not, the election is over. Voters hired Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to lead the country out of these crises.
The Republican Party’s attempt to have courts reject absentee ballots in the state of Georgia failed after the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a lawsuit to change “how election officials check absentee ballot signatures,” according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “A three-judge panel ruled unanimously Sunday against the lawsuit brought by the political campaigns…
Whether Trump accepts Joe Biden’s victory is a moot point. On Jan. 20, 2021, he will be forced to leave the White House one way or another.
Donald Trump finally broke his silence on the massive Russian cyber attack by calling it fake news and blaming China.
After Trump’s Supreme Court issued a death blow to his ploy to “legally overturn†the 2020 presidential election it is likely he will seriously consider doing what no small number of anti-democracy Trump acolytes have asked him to do. No doubt the various Republican appeals begging Trump to suspend the U.S. Constitution and declare martial…
Chris MIller, the acting Secretary of Defense, has ordered the Pentagon to halt President-elect Joe Biden’s transition briefings. A top Biden transition official was unaware of the move. Meetings between the Pentagon and members of Biden’s transition team have continued to meet since President Donald Trump allowed the transition to proceed after weeks of delay,…
President Donald Trump lashed out at Republican leadership, saying that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his fellow senators need to get “tougher” or risk losing relevance: “You won’t have a Republican Party anymore,” the president wrote. “We won the Presidential Election, by a lot,” the president added, furthering his false claims that the…
President Donald Trump called out Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R), wondering aloud why Kemp has not called a special session to address his false claims about election fraud in the state. A special session would be “So easy to do, why is he not doing it?” Trump wrote on Twitter. “It will give us the…
The fact that the GOP is more interested in tossing out ballots than reaching out to voters is a clear sign that they’re terrified of losing.
Earlier this morning, President Donald Trump claimed that “Just released data shows many thousands of noncitizens voted in Nevada,” though he did not provide any evidence to support his claim. “They are totally ineligible to vote!” the president wrote. Just released data shows many thousands of noncitizens voted in Nevada. They are totally ineligible to…
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) took to Fox News earlier this morning to express his concern that soliciting votes from “traditionally non-voters” will change the outcome of the upcoming Georgia Senate runoffs. The segment started off with Fox host Maria Bartiromo spreading long-debunked conspiracy theories about voting in the state. Bartiromo claimed, among other things, that…
President Donald Trump accused Fox News of playing a role in the difference between the results of the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, again pointing to his popular vote increase as proof of a disparity. Fox News has, like other news networks, recognized Joe Biden as the president-elect after the Electoral College certified his election…
President Donald Trump claimed that Fox News is “dead” after allegedly appeasing “Radical Left Democrats.” The president said Fox, which has often come under fire for its fawning, often deferential reporting about him, is now “in limboland” following a decline in ratings. Can’t believe how badly @FoxNews is doing in the ratings. They played right…
When asked if he acknowledged Biden as the president-elect, Republican House Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy ran and hid from reporters.
Ex-GOP strategist Steve Schmidt said on Tuesday that the Republican Party in its current form must never again win a presidential election.
Given how afraid he is of being labeled a loser, it’s surprising that Trump would pursue a path that repeatedly confirms his loss.
President Donald Trump doubled down on his claims that voter fraud played a role in the 2020 presidential election results, insisting that there is “tremendous evidence” that the activity took place. “There has never been anything like this in our Country!” the president claimed. Tremendous evidence pouring in on voter fraud. There has never been…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) congratulated President-elect Joe Biden after the electoral college certified the results of the 2020 presidential election, marking the first time that he has acknowledged his victory. “The Electoral College has spoken, so today I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden. The president-elect is no stranger to the Senate. He’s…
President Donald Trump asserted that voting irregularities in the 2020 presidential election were the result of faulty machine machines, continuing a string of false claims about the voting process a day after the Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden as the president-elect. “Tremendous problems being found with voting machines. They are so far off it is…
A growing number of Republican lawmakers are telling Donald Trump that it’s time to accept Joe Biden’s victory and move on.
The outgoing president could be on the verge of a pardon spree – for himself, his family members and his crooked friends.
To explain his victory to the American people, all Joe Biden had to do was use Donald Trump’s own words from 2016.
Trump’s presidency – and his hopes for remaining in office, despite Biden’s decisive victory – came crashing to the ground on Monday.
Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson, a Republican, has informed Governor Ron DeSantis that he will miss today’s Electoral College vote in the state after testing positive for Covid-19. “In advance of the Electoral College meeting scheduled for this afternoon, last night I tested for COVID-19, and my test came back positive,” Simpson wrote in a…
The Michigan legislature has pulled GOP member Representative Gary Eisen (R-St. Clair Township) from his committee assignments after he hinted he was “part of a group that sought to disrupt or otherwise undermine the Electoral College vote slated to happen at the Capitol this afternoon,” according to The Detroit Free Press. The news comes after the Michigan legislature…
Presidential adviser Stephen Miller claims “an alternative” group of electors will vote to certify President Donald Trump as the winner of the 2020 election on the morning ahead of the electoral college vote that will certify President-elect Joe Biden’s election win. “The only date in the Constitution is January 20, so we have more than…
Senator Kelly Loeffler’s campaign denied that she knew she was taking a photo with a former Ku Klux Klan leader at a campaign event Friday. Loeffler was photographed with KKK leader Chester Doles, who spent decades with the organization and was imprisoned in 1993 for the beating of a Black man. “Kelly had no idea…
The Michigan state legislature’s office buildings have closed as a result of “credible threats of violence” ahead of today’s electoral college vote. “The Senate has closed its own workspaces tomorrow based upon recommendations from law enforcement,†said Amber McCann, a spokesperson for state Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey (R). “The decision was not made because…
Stacey Abrams said that Democrats have got the level of engagement in place to win the Georgia Senate runoffs.
The MyPillow guy interrupted the national anthem on Saturday during a MAGA march to say that the SCOTUS decision was all part of God’s plan.
Ex-GOP strategist Steve Schmidt said on Saturday that the fight to save American democracy has only just begun with Donald Trump’s defeat.
The outgoing president of the United States reportedly invited a Proud Boys leader to the White House on Saturday.
Trump was in usual, unhinged form on Saturday morning, taking to Twitter to unload after the Supreme Court handed him his latest defeat.
Preisdent Donald Trump lashed out at Democrats and claimed, without providing evidence, that they have expressed a desire to expand the Supreme Court to 26 justices. The president said the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died in September, would “strongly opposed” calls to expand the nation’s highest court. “Now it turns out that the…
President Donald Trump claimed, without evidence, that President-elect Joe Biden’s administration “will be a scandal plagued mess for years to come” in a tweet this morning, asserting that it will be “much easier for the Supreme Court of the United States to follow the Constitution and do what everybody knows has to be done.” Now…
Donald Trump is holding maskless, indoor events with hundreds of attendees as America’s COVID death toll surpasses roughly 3,000 per day.
Black turnout was crucial for Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in Georgia in last month’s presidential election.
Trump appears to be laser-focused on making sure his closest friends and allies get access to treatments that regular folks aren’t getting.
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace tore into the Republican Party on Thursday for fully transforming into an organized crime family.
“Fox and Friends” host Brian Kilmeade criticized YouTube after the streaming platform announced it would remove claims disputing President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election. YouTube’s policy announcement came after the “safe harbor deadline,” when enough states had certified their results to determine Biden is the president-elect. “Given that, we will start removing any…
President Donald Trump was flagged under Twitter’s civic integrity policy for claiming that President-elect Joe Biden “lost the election by hundreds of thousands of legal votes in each of the swing states.” “How can a country be run by an illegitimate president?” he asked. How can you give an election to someone who lost the…
President Donald Trump stressed that his election fraud lawsuits, which have been tossed out of court for lack of credible evidence and have become emblematic of his crusade to overturn the results of an election that President-elect Joe Biden decisively won, would soon teach American voters about “courage” and “saving our Country.” “I received hundreds…
President Donald Trump continued to push false claims about the November 3 general election, insisting that the election was fraudulent even after the United States Supreme Court rejected a suit to toss out ballots in the states of Pennsylvania. The president said another lawsuit, this one filed by Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General, has…
MAGA world’s reaction to the SCOTUS decision ranges from amusing to disturbing, but it shows just how far removed they are from reality.
Representative Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) accused President Donald Trump of orchestrating an “attempted coup” in his bid to overturn the results of the November 3 general election, which he has continued to insist, despite all evidence to the contrary, was fraudulent. “This is an attempt to overthrow our government. You may not call it a coup,…
Late last night, ex-Senator Jeff Flake, a Republican who represented the state of Arizona until he announced he would not seek reelection in 2018, criticized President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the results of the November 3 general election. “There is long-term damage when this kind of behavior is normalized. It is not normal, and…
Joe Biden is set to make even more history this week as he will reportedly choose retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to be his Secretary of Defense.
Trump has urged GOP lawmakers in Georgia, Michigan, and now Pennsylvania to overturn the will of the people and throw out Biden’s victories.
Donald Trump personally urged the speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the state.
President-elect Joe Biden has announced who will join his administration as key members of the health team tasked with addressing the Covid-19 pandemic, which has claimed the lives of more than 280,000 Americans to date. The individuals joining the upcoming administration include Xavier Becerra, the Attorney General of California, who has a history of championing…
President Donald Trump lashed out Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) for informing lawmakers that he will not call a special session to overturn election results despite Trump’s insistence that he appoint Republican electors who would support him despite having lost the state. “The Republican Governor of Georgia refuses to do signature verification, which would give…
A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit seeking to overturn the election results in the state of Michigan. The lawsuit was brought by President Donald Trump’s electors in the state, who have continued to claim that the November 3 election was fraudulent, a claim rejected by United States security agencies and international observers. Judge…
When President-elect Joe Biden won the state of Georgia, he became the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state since 1992. That achievement was in large part due to the efforts of former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, whose organization, Fair Fight, helped register a slew of new voters in the state. The Georgia…
The former head of US cybersecurity, Chris Krebs said that Trump is waging a coordinated disinformation campaign against US elections.
Donald Trump’s MAGA rallies at the end of the 2020 presidential campaign actually appeared to give Democrats a boost.
An overwhelming number of congressional Republicans refuse to admit what has already been clear for weeks: Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump.
Both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are set to campaign for the Georgia Senate runoffs, which will determine which political party will control the chamber. President Trump will travel to Georgia tomorrow. He is set to deliver a speech in Valdosta, accompanied by Republican incumbents David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. Republicans in…
John Ratcliffe, the Director of National Intelligence, says foreign adversaries are amplifying President Donald Trump’s voter fraud falsehoods. Their goal, he says, “to undermine public confidence in our democratic processes.†Ratcliffe noted that there is no indication foreign actors had the ability to change the results of the 2020 presidential election but that all of…
President-elect Joe Biden’s popular vote lead over President Donald Trump continues to grow. Biden now leads the incumbent by over 7 million votes as states continue their counts. Biden has thus far received 81,238,188 votes to Trump’s 74,189,097 votes, according to CNN’s Presidential Election Tracker. President Trump has insisted over the last few weeks that…
President Donald Trump cited the pro-Trump One America News Network (OANN), which has been known to publish conspiracy theories, while claiming that the United States Postal Service (USPS) “is responsible for tampering with hundreds of thousands of ballots.” “This long time Democrat stronghold got rid of massive numbers, especially in swing states, during and before…
Maddow said that one of the best things the American people can do right now is to ignore Donald Trump and listen to health officials.
Control of the U.S. Senate hinges on what happens in the pair of runoff races in Georgia next month, and Donald Trump isn’t helping.
