January 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM EST
Donald Trump To Be Sentenced On Jan. 10 In 'Hush Money' Case

Judge Juan Merchan has decided to sentence Donald Trump to an "unconditional discharge." It is not the erasure of Trump's 34 felony convictions but it is, The New York Times explains, "a rare and lenient alternative to jail or probation." He had been facing up to four years in jail. More from The Times:

January 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM EST
VonShitzinpants Loses It Over Flags Being Half-Staff During Inauguration

MAGA Rep. Mike Johnson appeared to be struggling to hold on to the speaker's gavel, so incoming Vice President Donald unleashed a couple of posts on Truth Social to lash out at Liz Cheney, then to claim that Democrats are "giddy" that flags are set to be at half-staff in honor of the late former President Carter. The time of the country mourning Carter's death coincides with Donald's inauguration. It seems appropriate since we will be grieving Carter's death and Donald shitting all over democracy at the same time.

January 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM EST
The Year Of The Government Worker

Bill Penzey, CEO of Penzey's spice company is coming into 2025 blazing and unafraid. A few days ago, he sent out an email touting that 2025 should be the "Year of the American Government Worker" since the Orange Felon and his criminal syndicate, especially the DOGGIE Boys, were coming for federal workers in order to use them as red meat for their base. He received so much positive and thankful feedback that he decided to make it "official:"

January 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM EST
Liz Cheney Grabs Donald By His P*ssy After Latest Attack

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) clapped back at Vice President-elect Donald after he posted a lie-filled rant on Truth Social to blast President Biden for awarding her and Rep. Bennie Thompson the Presidential Citizens Medal this week. Cheney ain't takin' Donald's shit today, thankyouverymuch. On Xitter and Bluesky, she explained to the corrupt bellend billionaire in a statement that this isn't the Soviet Union. "Donald, this is not the Soviet Union," she wrote. "You can't change the truth and you cannot silence us. Remember all your lies about the voting machines, the election workers, your countless allegations of fraud that never happened?"

January 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM EST
Mike's Blog Round Up

Mock Paper Scissors: Our failed political press missed the obvious point, again. Emptywheel: The opportunity costs of conspiracy theories about Merrick Garland.

January 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM EST
Alaska Becomes The 49th State

Sarah Palin wasn't born until five years later, but in 1959, Pres. Eisenhower made it official. In 1867, Secretary of State William Seward closed the deal acquiring Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million under Pres. Lincoln's purview. It was dubbed Seward's Folly.

January 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM EST
Fox News Top 13 'Moments' For 2024

Since its launch in 1996, Fox News has been the leading source of conservative misinformation and propaganda. As part of its mission to bolster the right and attack the left, the cable news network frequently ventures into strange territory that's more cringeworthy than politically effective. And that was truer than ever during its slanted coverage of the 2024 election. Here are 13 of the worst full-cringe moments from this past election cycle.

January 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM EST
Mexico Getting Ready To Retaliate Against Trump Admin

Scott Morgenstern, University of Pittsburgh Donald Trump has made clear his intent to supercharge his "America First" approach to foreign policy in his second term - and Mexico looks set to be at the tip of the spear.

January 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM EST
Oklahoma School Superintendent Cosplays As MAGA 'Influencer'

Ryan Walters has a career path. He's already that Oklahoma School Superintendent who wants to put Trump Bibles in the state's classrooms. And it turns out he's hired the Libs of Tik Tok psycho Chaya Raichik "to advise the state on school library policies." We can now assume she's also training him on how to be an influencer to the MAGA nutjob contingent.

January 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM EST
GOP House Committees Find 'Zero Support' For MAGA J6 Pipe Bomb Conspiracies

An investigation by House Republicans reportedly found "zero support" for MAGA conspiracy theories behind pipe bombs that were recovered by law enforcement near the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The 79-page report released by the House Judiciary and House Administration committees cited information obtained from the FBI that determined two pipe bombs were planted at the headquarters for the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Jan. 5.

January 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM EST
Wisconsin Election Officials Investigating Uncounted Ballots

Late in December, election officials in Madison, Wisconsin, announced that nearly 200 ballots went uncounted in the November election. The Wisconsin Election Commision (WEC) has ordered an investigation into how this could possibly have hapened and especially why City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl sat on the information for so long: The commission voted unanimously during a special meeting Thursday to begin the bipartisan investigation into the city clerk's office and whether "Witzel-Behl has failed to comply with the law or abused her discretion regarding the 193 uncounted absentee ballots."

January 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM EST
Fox Guest Demands GOP Vote For Trump's Cabinet Because They Voted For Biden's

I hate to break it to the Washington Examiner's Kaylee McGhee White, but it won't be hard for any Republican who actually decides to grow a spine and break from Trump on these dangerous, unqualified cabinet picks to explain their vote later if that's what they decide to do. Here's White (who's also a fellow for the right-wing think tank, The Steamboat Institute, which platforms climate change deniers and fossil fuel proponents, of course) on this Wednesday's Fox & Friends demanding that any Republican who voted for any of Biden's cabinet nominees get in line and vote for Trump's picks.