Politics

Michigan Sec. of State Jocelyn Benson said that Ronna McDaniel endangered the state’s election workers by pushing Trump’s lies. McDaniel defended participating in Trump’s attempted coup on Meet The Press: New NBC News hire Ronna McDaniel goes on Meet The Press and defends helping Trump with his coup, “I regret the fact that people are

MSNBC faced a backlash from its own anchors and employees that caused it to decide not to have Ronna McDaniel on the network. The Wall Street Journal reported: Rashida Jones, the cable network’s president, has been seeking to address internal backlash in the wake of an internal Friday announcement by NBC News regarding McDaniel’s hiring

The Trump campaign touted a new ad this week, but the ad wasn’t new. It was recycled from the 2020 campaign. The Biden campaign caught Team Trump trying to pass off the ad as new for 2024: Trump campaign unveils their new “Latinos for Trump” ad that’s… the exact same ad from 2020, when they

Lawrence O’Donnell explained that Trump’s wealth is the fundamental lie behind his political success and that lie has been destroyed. Transcript via MSNBC/”The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell:”O’DONNELL: The Trump lawyers explained to the court just how thoroughly Donald Trump failed in coming up with the money. The lawyer said, quote: These diligent efforts have

Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba, didn’t deny that Trump was trying to get $454 million for his fraud bond from Russia or Saudi Arabia. Habba said on Fox News, “There’s rules and regulations that are public. I can’t speak about strategy that requires certain things and we have to follow those rules. Like I said, this

Donald Trump has only visited one battleground state since Super Tuesday because he can’t afford to campaign. CNN reported: Joe Biden has been to every top battleground state but one since the Super Tuesday primaries. He has also been on unannounced calls pushing negotiators toward a Gaza ceasefire, among other official White House duties. Donald

New York Attorney General Letitia James has made an initial filing that would be the first step in seizing Trump’s assets. ABC News reported: New York Attorney General Letitia James has taken an initial step toward laying the groundwork for a possible seizure of former President Donald Trump’s assets in New York’s Westchester County as

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel said that the biggest loser of all due to Trump’s lack of money is his wife, Melania, who is going to get half of nothing. Kimmel said: The great white supremacist has until Monday to come up with a $464 million bond, or the state may seize and sell his property. Trump

President Biden has been a loud and vocal supporter of unions, resulting in a record pay increase for workers. Biden Helps Unions Deliver Record Pay Increase Bloomberg reported: Union contracts negotiated in 2023 gave workers an average first-year wage increase of 6.6%, the highest average pay raise for any year since Bloomberg Law began tracking

Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) took back her comment that the California Senate primary that she lost was rigged. NBC News reported: Rep. Katie Porter says she regrets claiming that billionaires tried to “rig” the California Senate primary after she failed to advance to the general election. “Obviously I wish I’d chosen a different word,” said

If Trump doesn’t raise nearly half a billion dollars by Monday, New York Attorney General Letitia James can start the process of seizing his bank accounts and properties. Here is how CNN’s Erin Burnett Outfront discussed what could happen next: BURNETT: All right. So, Ryan, quickly, it gets Stephanie in here, what happens then if

Donald Trump tried to pick another fight with Jimmy Kimmel, and the late-night host destroyed him again. Jimmy Kimmel said, “By the way, I was at any niece and nephew’s music recital when I got this video. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. Donald Trump has said I’m not talented so many times, Eric is

A new poll shows that a criminal conviction in Manhattan would gravely wound and potentially doom Trump’s presidential candidacy. Politico asked Ipsos to poll the American people on Trump’s criminal cases and the Supreme Court, and they found some very bad news for Trump with Independents. This is what Politico reported: A plurality of respondents

On HBO’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver discussed student loans and how President Biden has delivered more student loan debt relief than any president in history. Oliver said: I do have some good news because while the Supreme Court struck down Biden’s big $ 400 billion plan to his credit he’s managed to get other

Trump called for Liz Cheney to be criminally prosecuted, but the former vice chair of the 1/6 Committee called out his lie. The former president called for Cheney to be criminally prosecuted on Truth Social, “SHE SHOULD BE PROSECUTED FOR WHAT SHE HAS DONE TO OUR COUNTRY! SHE ILLEGALLY