MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell confirmed on Monday that his products had been dropped from several major retailers after the pro-Trump executive sought to relentlessly spread false claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Bed Bath and Beyond, Kohl’s, HEB Stores, the Canadian Shopping Channel and Wayfair were among a group of retailers who […] More
Former Attorney General Bill Barr totally saw this coming, really! On Monday, Barr told ITV News that he was “sad to see but not surprised” by the pro-Trump insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, asserting that loss of faith in the elections was “the thing that precipitated” the violence. However, the former attorney general […] More
The FBI has discovered that adherents of the bogus “QAnon” conspiracy theory, which alleges that President Donald Trump is secretly fighting a cabal of pedophiles in elite circles, have discussed ways to potentially disguise themselves as some of the National Guard troops that have been assigned to watch over President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January […] More
President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration plans to block an effort announced by President Trump on Monday to lift bans on travel from Europe, the U.K. and Brazil amid a coronavirus pandemic that has killed nearly 400,000 people as Trump prepares to leave office. “With the pandemic worsening, and more contagious variants emerging around the world, […] More
OOPS! Or, should we say… GOOPS!!! Gwyneth Paltrow and the folks at Goop aren’t having the best time ever right now after a UK woman reported the company’s infamous “This Smells Like My Vagina” candle allegedly exploded and nearly burned her house down! (Yes, that’s totally a sentence we thought we’d be writing here in 2021! LOLz!) […] More
The Michigan Republican Party has moved to replace the Republican member of the Board of State Canvassers who defied the President and certified Joe Biden’s victory in the state in November. Aaron Van Langevelde withstood immense political pressure from the President and others in the Republican Party in November, when he sided with two Democrats […] More
Lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems, the company which has become the heart of many MAGA-verse election conspiracy theories, sent a letter to MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell warning him formally to stop defaming the company and promising “imminent” litigation. “Last week we sent letters to Sidney Powell and various media entities, demanding retraction of their myriad […] More
Rudy Giuliani will not be on President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team. The President’s personal attorney said his own involvement in the “Stop the Steal” rally that turned into a mob — Giuliani demanded “trial by combat!” shortly before Trump spoke on that fateful Jan. 6 morning — made him a witness to the offense […] More
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Monday demanded that the Pentagon halt the installation of a White House official and Trump loyalist as the top lawyer at the National Security Agency. But the Pentagon has offered no such assurance. In a letter to Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller, Pelosi said the last-minute onboarding of Michael […] More
Jana Kramer is walking things back… The effervescent host of the popular podcast Whine Down opened up in this week’s latest episode about her not-so-generous thoughts and feelings towards Rachel Uchitel — you know, Tiger Woods‘ former mistress who was one of the focal points of this month’s two-part HBO documentary on the golfer’s personal struggles and inner […] More
Members of President Donald Trump’s campaign helped organize the “stop the steal” rally in Washington D.C. that transformed into the Capitol riot, according to the Associated Press. The rally was hosted by Women for America First alongside other groups, and the permits include the names of a handful of people that just weeks prior were […] More
Census Director Steve Dillingham will be stepping down on Jan. 20, cutting short by nearly a year the five-year director term, which was scheduled to expire on Dec. 31. Dillingham announced his resignation plans in an internal Census Bureau email obtained by TPM. Dillingham’s tenure atop the bureau was plagued by myriad controversies since his […] More
