Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is dropping out of the Democratic primary race against Joe Biden to launch an independent campaign for president next year, he said in a speech on Monday....
United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain took a swipe at former President Trump, saying he serves a “billionaire class,” a day ahead of Trump’s visit to Detroit, where he wi…
Would he be sent to a “club fed” style prison — or a “bad” one? Would he have Secret Service protection? And what would they make him wear? Those are some of the questions Donald Trump is asking hi…
Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Prosecutors countered a request by former President Donald Trump to get the judge presiding over his upcoming federal election interference trial to recuse herself, saying there were no grounds for her to step aside....
It’s official: Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) is scared. Recent polling has shown Democratic frontrunner Adam Frisch in the lead in Boebert’s district, and now the anti-LGBTQ+ Congresswoman is pleading with voters for help....
A network of conservative groups is gearing up for the potential reelection of Donald Trump, actively enlisting an "army" of Americans to come to Washington with a mission to disassemble the federal government and substitute it with a vision that aligns more closely with their own beliefs and ideas, according to The Associated...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed a bill into law in June that prohibited cities from passing certain local ordinances. It was widely seen as an effort to curb the power of Democrat-led cities....
Users on far-right online forums are publishing private information about members of the Georgia grand jury that indicted former president Donald Trump and 18 of his allies in a sweeping criminal case focused on alleged 2020 election interference earlier this month, leading to jurors receiving threats online....
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that he will be skipping Wednesday’s first Republican presidential primary debate — and others as well....
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy suggested Friday if elected in 2024, he would run the government like tech billionaire Elon Musk runs the social media platform X, formerly known a…
The indictment is here. I’m going to keep updating this page as I go, so refresh for the latest version. There’s a number of different people getting charged for various sub-schemes within the overall attempt by Trump and his coconspirators to corruptly overturn the Georgia election for President in 2020, so I’ll take them...
Special Counsel Jack Smith‘s investigation appears to include the reportedly millions of dollars Donald Trump‘s PAC raised – and spent – after the 2020 election, with legal experts suggesting if the massive amounts of money raised were based off fraudulent claims, the federal government might “seize” those funds or...
The white supremacist group Patriot Front is suing a left-wing activist for allegedly infiltrating the group and revealing the identities of members, USA Today reported. The lawsuit says the alleged "doxxings" cost the members their jobs and personal relationships. As USA Today points out, Patriot F...
The last major holdouts in the protest against Reddit’s API pricing relented, abandoning the so-called “John Oliver rules” which only allowed posts featuring the TV host. The article describes it as "the official end of the battle," which seems an overstatement to me, but it's the certainly the end of the initial phase....
Former Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday undermined a key pillar of his old boss’ defense in the special counsel’s probe into 2020 election interference, telling CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that Donald Trump “knew well he lost the election.”
Indictment is the first to emerge from special counsel Jack Smith’s probe of the underpinnings of the Jan. 6 riot and the campaign to reverse Joe Biden’s victory....
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Civil rights activists cheered when Ron DeSantis pardoned four Black men wrongfully convicted of rape as one of his first actions as Florida’s governor. But four years later, as DeSantis eyes the presidency, their hope that the Republican would be an ally on racial justice has long faded.
Huffmann is definitely coying his idol Elon with the verified account thingy… which he can then use to pressure advertisers into paying more, see engadget.com/x-tells-advertisers-to-spend-1000-pe…
Republican presidential candidate and North Dakota Gov Doug Burgum is offering $20 gift cards to donors who give $1 to his campaign — but some supporters of Joe Biden say they have been funneling the gift card money to the president’s re-election campaign.
Former President Donald Trump reposted a meme on Truth Social that suggested the government led the Capitol riot on January 6, despite the fact that he was president at the time....
Mastodon actually has 407K+ more monthly users than it thought ( techcrunch.com )
Open source and decentralized social network Mastodon has more users than it thought. The service, which competes with X (formerly Twitter) and other
[News] RFK Jr. launches independent bid for president, leaving Democratic race against Biden ( abcnews.go.com )
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is dropping out of the Democratic primary race against Joe Biden to launch an independent campaign for president next year, he said in a speech on Monday....
Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’ The president has repeatedly disparaged the intelligence of service members, and asked that wounded veterans be kept out of military parades, multiple sources tell The Atlantic. ( www.theatlantic.com )
[News] UAW boss says Trump works for ‘billionaire class’ ahead of visit ( thehill.com )
United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain took a swipe at former President Trump, saying he serves a “billionaire class,” a day ahead of Trump’s visit to Detroit, where he wi…
[Opinion] Trump Goes Full Deranged, Suggests Charging People He Doesn’t Like With Treason ( newrepublic.com )
This is not a joke. Donald Trump is stating very plainly what he would do if reelected.
55% of women say listening to Joe Rogan is a red flag ( changeresearch.com )
Various nuggets of interest in this survey of Gen Z and millennials
Trump Privately Frets He Could Be Headed to Prison ( www.rollingstone.com )
Would he be sent to a “club fed” style prison — or a “bad” one? Would he have Secret Service protection? And what would they make him wear? Those are some of the questions Donald Trump is asking hi…
Trump Says He Hopes Meadows Will Remain ‘Loyal’ to Him in Election Case ( www.nytimes.com )
How is this not a violation of Trump's release?!?...
[News] Prosecutors: 'No valid basis' for Trump election interference judge to recuse herself - UPI.com ( www.upi.com )
Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Prosecutors countered a request by former President Donald Trump to get the judge presiding over his upcoming federal election interference trial to recuse herself, saying there were no grounds for her to step aside....
[Poll Analysis] Lauren Boebert begs supporters for help after admitting her campaign is flailing ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
It’s official: Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) is scared. Recent polling has shown Democratic frontrunner Adam Frisch in the lead in Boebert’s district, and now the anti-LGBTQ+ Congresswoman is pleading with voters for help....
[Opinion Analysis] Meet the white Trump official behind the launch of Black America for Immigration Reform ( www.politico.com )
The new effort will look to advance the argument that more immigration is bad for Black workers.
[News] “Dark” right-wing network recruits MAGA “army” to replace 50K federal workers Trump plans to purge ( www.salon.com )
A network of conservative groups is gearing up for the potential reelection of Donald Trump, actively enlisting an "army" of Americans to come to Washington with a mission to disassemble the federal government and substitute it with a vision that aligns more closely with their own beliefs and ideas, according to The Associated...
[News] Mississippi elects openly gay lawmaker for first time in state’s history ( www.theguardian.com )
The US state of Mississippi has elected an openly gay person to its legislature for the first time ever....
[News] A Texas judge has declared unconstitutional a law championed by Gov. Greg Abbott that limits the power of Democrat-led cities ( www.businessinsider.com )
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed a bill into law in June that prohibited cities from passing certain local ordinances. It was widely seen as an effort to curb the power of Democrat-led cities....
[News] "Hit list": Trump grand jurors face violent threats after names and addresses shared on QAnon forums - Salon.com ( www.salon.com )
Users on far-right online forums are publishing private information about members of the Georgia grand jury that indicted former president Donald Trump and 18 of his allies in a sweeping criminal case focused on alleged 2020 election interference earlier this month, leading to jurors receiving threats online....
Bail for Trump Set at $200,000 in Georgia Election Interference Case ( www.nytimes.com )
Mr. Trump was told not to intimidate or threaten any witnesses or co-defendants in the case.
[News] Trump says he will skip GOP presidential primary debates ( apnews.com )
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that he will be skipping Wednesday’s first Republican presidential primary debate — and others as well....
[News] Ramaswamy suggests he would run government like Musk does X ( thehill.com )
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy suggested Friday if elected in 2024, he would run the government like tech billionaire Elon Musk runs the social media platform X, formerly known a…
The Georgia Indictment ( www.pwnallthethings.com )
The indictment is here. I’m going to keep updating this page as I go, so refresh for the latest version. There’s a number of different people getting charged for various sub-schemes within the overall attempt by Trump and his coconspirators to corruptly overturn the Georgia election for President in 2020, so I’ll take them...
Analysis: “She’s a Kyrsten Sinema Wannabe”: How a House Democrat Sold Out ( slate.com )
Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez is nothing like her backers expected.
[NEWS] SENTENCED: GOP sex trafficker's sentence is greater than victims' ages ( washingtonpress.com )
Right-wing activist Anton Lazzaro has been sentenced to 21 years after being convicted of sex trafficking minors.
Analysis: A Quick Guide to Justice Clarence Thomas’s Ethics Scandals ( nymag.com )
We’re keeping track of the recent pileup of revelations regarding secret financial arrangements between the justice and his rich friends.
[Opinion] ‘Might have to give those millions back’: Legal experts say Jack Smith could seize Trump's fundraising cash ( www.rawstory.com )
Special Counsel Jack Smith‘s investigation appears to include the reportedly millions of dollars Donald Trump‘s PAC raised – and spent – after the 2020 election, with legal experts suggesting if the massive amounts of money raised were based off fraudulent claims, the federal government might “seize” those funds or...
[News] Trump Pushes Total Lie About Georgia Prosecutor Sleeping With Gang Member ( www.rollingstone.com )
The former president baselessly accused Fani Willis, who is investigating his 2020 election meddling, of having an “affair” with a “gang member”...
NEWS: Patriot Front sues left-wing activist who infiltrated the hate group and named members ( www.rawstory.com )
The white supremacist group Patriot Front is suing a left-wing activist for allegedly infiltrating the group and revealing the identities of members, USA Today reported. The lawsuit says the alleged "doxxings" cost the members their jobs and personal relationships. As USA Today points out, Patriot F...
Why is lemmy.world down? ( kbin.social )
Is lemmy.world down? When I tried to open it, the websites says "...
The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won. ( gizmodo.com )
The last major holdouts in the protest against Reddit’s API pricing relented, abandoning the so-called “John Oliver rules” which only allowed posts featuring the TV host. The article describes it as "the official end of the battle," which seems an overstatement to me, but it's the certainly the end of the initial phase....
According to Roman, the comments made by many Russians in these street interviews are skewed by their fear of punishment if they say anything bad about Putin and/or the war. ( www.youtube.com )
News: Barr obliterates Trump's defense: 'He knew well that he had lost the election' ( www.cnn.com )
Former Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday undermined a key pillar of his old boss’ defense in the special counsel’s probe into 2020 election interference, telling CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that Donald Trump “knew well he lost the election.”
Maybe it's fine to leave some people behind... ( lemmy.ca )
Trump’s Plan to Save Himself: Scapegoat His Coup Lawyers - Analysis ( www.rollingstone.com )
“John [Eastman] and Rudy [Giuliani] gave a lot of counsel,” one Trump advisor says ominously. “Other people can decide how sound it was”
News: Trump charged in probe of Jan. 6, efforts to overturn 2020 election ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Indictment is the first to emerge from special counsel Jack Smith’s probe of the underpinnings of the Jan. 6 riot and the campaign to reverse Joe Biden’s victory....
[News] Trump rally interviewer backpedals after man calls to "kill them all" ( www.newsweek.com )
Matthew Alvarez distanced himself from the violent comments, adding: ""That is not something that I agree with, obviously."
Reddit calls for “a few new mods” after axing, polarizing some of its best ( arstechnica.com )
Will Reddit get quality replacements? "Not a snowball's chance in hell."
Analysis: DeSantis is defending new slavery teachings. Civil rights leaders see a pattern of 'policy violence' ( apnews.com )
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Civil rights activists cheered when Ron DeSantis pardoned four Black men wrongfully convicted of rape as one of his first actions as Florida’s governor. But four years later, as DeSantis eyes the presidency, their hope that the Republican would be an ally on racial justice has long faded.
[News] Whitmer signs bills banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youth ( www.newsnationnow.com )
Andrew Dorn...
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Reddit Tests is Own Verification Markers with ‘Official’ Profile Tags ( www.socialmediatoday.com )
Huffmann is definitely coying his idol Elon with the verified account thingy… which he can then use to pressure advertisers into paying more, see engadget.com/x-tells-advertisers-to-spend-1000-pe…
News: McConnell says he's 'fine' after freezing during news conference | CNN Politics ( www.cnn.com )
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters that he’s “fine,” after freezing during a news conference on Wednesday.
Lemmy and Kbin: The Best Reddit Alternatives? ( www.pcmag.com )
Love Reddit but tired of what's happening to it? We check out Lemmy and Kbin, two open-source fediverse alternatives that are growing fast.
News: White House slams Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld for saying ‘useful’ Jews survived Nazi camps ( www.independent.co.uk )
Museum on site of former concentration camp said host wasn’t being historically accurate
Boost for Lemmy is coming! Same author as Boost for reddit, I double checked just to be sure, it's the same author! ( media.kbin.social )
Threads is rolling out its Following feed ( www.theverge.com )
Now you can scroll through posts from only people you follow.
News: Biden supporters exploit Republican’s $1 donation cashback campaign pledge: ‘I gave $1 to you and $20 to Biden’ ( www.independent.co.uk )
Republican presidential candidate and North Dakota Gov Doug Burgum is offering $20 gift cards to donors who give $1 to his campaign — but some supporters of Joe Biden say they have been funneling the gift card money to the president’s re-election campaign.
News: Trump confuses by sharing meme blaming government for Jan 6 despite holding office ( www.independent.co.uk )
Former President Donald Trump reposted a meme on Truth Social that suggested the government led the Capitol riot on January 6, despite the fact that he was president at the time....
[News] DeSantis defends Florida curriculum that suggests slaves benefited from forced labor ( www.independent.co.uk )
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