GOP official who claimed 2020 was stolen voted illegally nine times, judge rules  —  A Georgia Republican official who pushed false claims that the 2020 election was “stolen” was found to have voted illegally nine times, a judge ruled this week.  —  Brian Pritchard, first vice chairman …

These 50 companies have donated over $23 million to election deniers since January 6, 2021  —  Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.  —  Then, according to the report of the bipartisan January 6 Commission, Trump engaged in a “multi-part conspiracy to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 Presidential election.”

Kentucky bill strips governor of power to appoint senator  —  The Kentucky Senate sent a bill to Gov. Andy Beshear (D) Thursday that would strip him of his power to appoint people to the U.S. Senate.  —  The bill seeks to hold special elections for Senate vacancies in Kentucky, according to The Associated Press.

RNC weighs limiting NBC's access at this summer's convention  —  It is the latest fallout from Ronna McDaniel's ouster from the network.  —  The Republican National Committee is weighing whether to restrict NBC's access to this summer's convention, following the network's decision …

GOP Michigan state rep mistakenly claims Gonzaga team buses are for ‘illegal invaders’  —  A Republican state legislator in Michigan railed against buses of “illegal invaders” landing at his local airport Wednesday, but garnered criticism after it was discovered the buses carried a college basketball team.

The slow death of Twitter is measured in disasters like the Baltimore bridge collapse  —  Twitter, now X, was once a useful site for breaking news.  The Baltimore bridge collapse shows those days are long gone.  —  Line up a few years' worth of tragedies and disasters …

Trump's Unbearable Temptation to Dump His Truth Social Stock  —  Remember in Godfather II when the mobster Hyman Roth tells Michael Corleone, his co-investor in President Fulgencio Batista's Cuba, “Michael, we're bigger than U.S. Steel”?  U.S. Steel is no longer the colossus it was in 1958, when that scene takes place.

South Carolina to use congressional map deemed unconstitutional  —  The Supreme Court heard arguments on the redistricting case in October but has yet to rule, essentially running out the clock for this year's election  —  A federal court ruled Thursday that time had run out to draw …

Trump calls his globe-trotting ex-diplomat ‘my envoy.’ Neither is in office.  —  Richard Grenell is meeting with far-right foreign leaders, attacking President Biden and offering a glimpse at what U.S. foreign policy could be like in a second Trump term  —  After an anti-corruption crusader …

Trump attends NYPD officer's wake as he highlights crime on the campaign trail  —  President Biden will also be in the state for a fundraiser with Obama, Clinton.  —  Former President Donald Trump arrives for the wake for New York Police Department (NYPD) Officer Jonathan Diller in Massapequa, Long Island, N.Y., March 28, 2024.

Trump aims to outraise Biden-Obama event with $33mn fundraiser  —  US president's team says rival star-studded New York gala on Thursday will pull in $25mn  —  Donald Trump's campaign is expected to raise $33mn from a blockbuster fundraiser next week in Florida, according to two people familiar …

Republican: ‘Outrageous’ for Biden to promise feds will pay for Baltimore bridge  —  Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.) criticized President Biden on Thursday for pledging that the federal government will pay for the replacement of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which collapsed earlier …

RFK Jr.'s vice presidential pick calls IVF 'one of the biggest lies being told about women's health'  —  She has weighed in on in-vitro fertilization many times through her nonprofit work.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate has been a harsh critic of in-vitro fertilization …

States moving to require schools to show inaccurate fetus video  —  At least four states are considering legislation to follow North Dakota in mandating the showing of an animated fetal development video in elementary school classrooms.  —  The particular video suggested, Meet Baby Olivia …

US Census changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity  —  Story at a glance  — The census will include checkboxes for “Hispanic or Latino” and “Middle Eastern or North African” starting in 2030  — Revisions mark the first change to ethic and racial demographic collection since 1997.

With 3rd Democratic senator opposed, Biden judicial nominee in jeopardy  —  White House, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J) continue to back lawyer Adeel A. Mangi's nomination to 3rd Circuit appeals court  —  President Biden's pick to be the first Muslim American appeals court judge appears …

Trump Bibles make a mockery of Christianity — and that's exactly why MAGA will eat them up  —  Faith without morality or theology, much less that “soyboy” Jesus?  Sign MAGA Republicans up!  —  Earlier this week, Donald Trump unveiled his newest grift to squeeze money out of his cult followers: Trump-branded Bibles.

NBC Proves the Media Can't Save Democracy  —  The decision to hi former RNC chair is a symptom of a larger problem  —  Sometimes, a piece of news pops up that is so up my alley that I have so much to say/write/Tweet/Thread about it that I become paralyzed.

James Comer sums up his ‘evidence’ of Biden crimes.  It's scant.  —  The Fact Checker  —  In an interview Monday with conservative talk radio host Jimmy Failla, Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, provided an unusually succinct description of his case against President Biden.

Liz Cheney warns U.S. can't ‘survive’ another Donald Trump presidency  —  Rep. Liz Cheney, a one-time Wyoming lawmaker turned fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, said the Republican party is currently threatening democracy and that the nation is undergoing a political shift during …

A ship crashed into a Baltimore bridge and demolished the lies about immigration  —  From the day in the mid-2000s when a then-20-year-old Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval crossed the border into America, he never stopped working.  The youngest of eight children, Suazo was fleeing numbing poverty …

Elon Musk gets SLAPPed  —  He got his ass handed to him in federal court for — irony alert! — trying to stifle speech.  —  Read →  —  Top First  —  CCDH: X provides ads appearing next to neo-Nazi content on the site.  —  MEDIA MATTERS: X provides ads appearing next to neo-Nazi content on the site.

Here's What It Would Look Like to Remove Judge Cannon  —  THE JUDGE PRESIDING OVER Donald Trump's classified documents prosecution just gave Special Counsel Jack Smith a gift that he desperately needed: a fresh opening to seek her removal from the case.  —  Last week, Judge Aileen Cannon …

Tale of a Tampon  —  Scenes from a sit-in at Vanderbilt.  —  Let me tell you about some Vanderbilt girl's tampon.  —  It all started yesterday morning, when a wave of undergrad students rushed Kirkland Hall, where Vanderbilt's chancellor's office is located.