Remember the plaid shirt guy from Friday’s Donald Trump rally in Montana? The one who made all of those funny faces in response to Trump’s speech before he got ejected? Well, the not-quite-masked emoter’s identity has been discovered by the Daily Beast, and he spoke to the site about his viral antics. #plaidshirtguy was ANYTHING but boring! … Read more
Alex Jones, the currently besieged host of InfoWars, confronted Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) in the U.S. Capitol, after Rubio’s questioning Wednesday during the Senate’s hearing on Twitter and Facebook. Jones, along with other far-right social media stars like Jack Posobiec, Chuck Johnson, and Laura Loomer, found a seat in the front row during the hearing. While there … Read more
Michael Flynn Jr., son of President Donald Trump’s disgraced former national security adviser General Michael Flynn, may have produced the finest Colin Kaepernick-Nike ad meme yet. The ad, created by Nike, became an outrageous meme this week after Nike announced that Kaepernick would be one of several sports stars featured in its 30th anniversary “Just Do It” ad … Read more
President Donald Trump initially wrote just one word in response to the member of his administration who wrote an anonymous op-ed for the New York Times on Wednesday. And he didn’t even seem sure that it was the right word. That word is “TREASON,” which Trump punctuated in his tweet with a question mark. TREASON? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) … Read more
Far-right “citizen journalist” Laura Loomer caused a ruckus over her lack of Twitter verification during Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday. Twitter revoked Loomer’s blue checkmark signaling verification during a crackdown last November on white supremacists and users who identify as Nazis. A C-SPAN clip shows Loomer standing up during Dorsey’s hearing to make … Read more
Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum upset a crowded field of well-funded candidates in Florida’s Democratic gubernatorial primary Tuesday, a step away from becoming the state’s first black governor. His surprise victory sets up a November showdown with Republican Rep. Ron DeSantis, a favorite of President Donald Trump. Gillum’s victory could further energize black voters in a … Read more
President Donald Trump accused Google of only showing “left-wing media” in its search results on Tuesday morning, adding that the stories that come up for “Trump news” were all negative stories about him. This isn’t the first time in the past several weeks the president has blasted tech firms for a bias against conservative voices. Late last month he weighed … Read more
The Secret Service is using a right-wing video to identify and pursue antifa protesters over comments they made about President Donald Trump at a neo-Nazi rally in Washington, D.C. The agency published two press releases Wednesday seeking information on four individuals that it identified using stills from a video created and published by Daily Caller … Read more
WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain of Arizona, who has been battling brain cancer for more than a year, will no longer be treated for his condition, his family announced on Friday, a sign that the Republican war hero is most likely entering his final days. “Last summer, Senator John McCain shared with Americans the news … Read more
After Cristhian Bahena Rivera was charged in the death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts on Tuesday, anti-immigrant trolls took to Twitter to harass the dead woman for her criticism of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. The barrage of offensive tweets is a distillation of a political culture in which conservative victories hinge on—and … Read more