Jon Stewart, the famed former host of “The Daily Show,” found himself trending on Twitter on Wednesday.
“Trending??…I didn’t realize I was still alive!!” the comedian tweeted.
Continue reading “Remember When Tucker Carlson Got Eaten Alive By Jon Stewart On National TV?”
The United States now supports waiving protections on the intellectual property behind COVID-19 vaccines as a way of quickening the end of the global pandemic, the U.S. trade representative said Wednesday.
Continue reading “U.S. Supports Waiving Vaccine IP During Pandemic, Trade Rep Says”
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Wednesday offered a lukewarm defense of Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) as House Republicans suggest that the third-ranking Republican’s ouster is in the cards. Continue reading “Ernst Offers Lukewarm Defense Of Cheney Amid Silence From Most GOPers”
Some of Trump’s closest “Big Lie” allies along with one of his former lawyers are launching a new advocacy group to try to further cement former President Trump’s false claims about a stolen election into reality.
Information about the criminal investigation into Rudy Giuliani continues to drip out, most recently in the form of a request from the Justice Department for a special master to sort through evidence in the case.
The letter making the request gives a few hints as to the nature of the probe into Giuliani.
Continue reading “What We Can Glean From The Latest DOJ Filing In Its Giuliani Probe”
As we touched on in a story Tuesday about how 2020 election truthers believe that Arizona recount will be the first of a series of audits that will reverse President Trump’s defeat, the conspiracy theories around mass fraud seem to have shaped the rules the Arizona auditors have put forward about their review.
Continue reading “Traces Of Wacky 2020 Conspiracy Theories Pop Up In Arizona ‘Audit’ Rules”
House Republican leadership turned against Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) very quickly. Muffled grumbles of discontent grew into leaked hot mic denunciations and public endorsements of possible replacements.
Amid House Republicans’ threats to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) as the caucus’ conference chair, former President Trump continues to attack prominent Republicans who certified Joe Biden’s electoral victory after the deadly Capitol insurrection he incited on Jan. 6 — including his former Veep. Continue reading “Trump Revives Post-Insurrection Attacks Against GOPers Who Refused To Contest Biden’s Win”
Volunteer observers of the GOP’s shady “audit” of Maricopa County, Arizona’s 2020 election results are being required to sign non-disclosure agreements, local station ABC 15 reported Tuesday night.
Continue reading “Report: Observers Of GOP’s Sketchy Arizona Election Audit Required To Sign NDAs”
I publish many great TPM Reader emails here. They’re one of the best things we offer as a site. But it’s seldom that I publish one that captures so palpably something I’m feeling or states more resonantly what I had, less coherently, had in my mind. As TPM Reader JG notes here I mentioned on Twitter yesterday that The Atlantic seems to have cornered the market on these tut-tutting articles about liberals or blue staters who apparently aren’t letting down their COVID guards quick enough.
From TPM Reader JG …
I saw your tweets re: the Emma Green article in The Atlantic earlier and wanted to contribute some brief thoughts as a long-time resident of Somerville, Massachusetts. Specifically, I wanted to push back on the idea that it’s progressive politics and not the experience in the region that is the main reason for the attitudes of many COVID behavior.
