Tag: Steve Bannon

Trump Allies Mash Hunter Biden And QAnon Conspiracy Theories Into One Horrible Mess

By Matt Shuham | October 21, 2020 2:25 p.m.

‘Highly Inflammatory’ Posts From We Build The Wall Founder Could Taint Jury Pool, Feds Say

By Matt Shuham | August 28, 2020 3:19 p.m.

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 21: Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf speaks during a press conference on the actions taken by Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security agents in Portland during continued protests at the US Customs and Border Patrol headquarters on July 21, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Chad Wolf

Trump Admin And Camp Continue Distancing Themselves From Bannon’s Border Wall Scheme

By Summer Concepcion | August 23, 2020 5:24 p.m.

on May 22, 2018 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Report: Bannon Claims He’s Been Talking To Trump In Recent Months

By Zoe Richards | August 21, 2020 5:39 p.m.

Why Steve Bannon And Brian Kolfage Joked About Ripping People Off To Buy A Boat: A Brief History

By Matt Shuham | August 21, 2020 4:11 p.m.

Bannon Calls Charges Against Him A ‘Political Hit Job’

By Zoe Richards | August 21, 2020 1:21 p.m.

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 26: Vice President Pence speaks after leading a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Health and Human Services on June 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. Cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are rising in southern and western states forcing businesses to remain closed. (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images)

Pence Distances Himself From Bannon’s Border Wall Scheme

By Cristina Cabrera | August 21, 2020 11:51 a.m.

MAGA-Land Loved The ‘We Build The Wall’ Gambit That Trump Is Now Trying To Eschew

By Tierney Sneed | August 20, 2020 3:56 p.m.

Bannon Still Faces Another Probe Separate From Border Wall Scheme

By Josh Kovensky | August 20, 2020 3:38 p.m.

Where Things Stand: A TPM Piñata

This is your TPM afternoon briefing.

By Nicole Lafond | August 20, 2020 2:03 p.m.

TPM reporter Matt Shuham has been on the story surrounding the “We Build The Wall” project for months. At one point during the bluster of breaking news this morning he likened covering the story of former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s arrest, and all the absurd developments surrounding it, to “hitting a TPM piñata” — every time you smack it with a bat, something better falls out.

I couldn’t have said it better myself.