A staffer gave us notice that we had to vacate the suite. “I did want to ask you,” she said to Raskin, “there is an influencer next door doing special coverage, they said they have 5 million followers. They’d love to talk to you.…” “Can we take three more minutes?” Raskin asked her. In Democratic […]
Ivanka Trumpdespite existing for years in positions of great public prominence, unmissable thanks to the shenanigans, crimes, and presidency of her father, Donald Trumpis something of an enigma. The once-and-future first daughter, who served as a senior adviser during Dear Old Dad’s first term, rarely gives interviews but sat for nearly two hours with the […]
A device capable of intercepting phone signals was likely deployed during the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, WIRED has learned, raising critical questions about who authorized its use and for what purpose. The device, known as a cell-site simulator, was identified by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a digital rights advocacy organization, after […]
One minute, President Barack Obama is calling President-elect Donald Trump loopily old, saying “If your grandpa was acting like this, you’d be worried,” referring to him as “a fucking lunatic,” and taking the stage to diss him at the Democratic National Convention. The next minute, he appears to be laughing at the guy’s jokes and […]
If you needed more confirmation that most of President-elect Donald Trump’s complaints about the media are psychological projectionslook no further than a forthcoming book reporting he was fed questions from a Fox News insider ahead of the network’s Iowa town hall last January. Then-candidate Trump sat down with Fox anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum […]
Perhaps in part due to this strategy of exclusion, the audiences Republicans reached were far more engaged with the content than Democratic viewers. A recent study from People First and Infegy found that conservative-leaning podcasts hosted by figures like Rogan and Theo Von recently had anywhere from 25 to 33 percent higher engagement compared to […]
President-elect Donald Trump continued his hit parade of political appointments for extended family, Fox News alums, and other assorted goobers Wednesday night on Truth Socialannouncing Kari Lake as his pick for director of Voice of America, the government-funded international news outlet. There’s just one (several) tiny (significant) problem(s): The VOA, which is part of the […]
Karoline Leavitt has already made history in her position with President Elect Donald Trump’s administration, the recent announcement of her appointment cementing her as the youngest White House press secretary in history at 27 years old. But if Trump’s second term in office is anything like his first, riddled with inter-office maneuvering and grudge-holding that […]
Tischauser believes that the decision by Hate Club 1488, which is based out of St Louis, Missouri, to rally in Columbus, was one that had been carefully calculated to stoke fears and associate themselves with Trump’s victory. “It was a well-timed march. They picked their location, an island of blue in a sea of red,” […]
In just over one hour on Friday evening, President-elect Donald Trump announced nine new appointments on his social media site Truth Social—including Russell Voughta longtime ally and key figure in Project 2025, who is set to serve as the incoming head of the Office of Management and Budget. His Friday appointments spree comes as the […]
