I Couldn’t Find Anyone in Iowa Who Wants Michael Bloomberg in the Presidential Race
Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press Just when the Democratic presidential primary field was finally small enough to fit on one stage, it’s starting to expand again. In November, Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire media tycoon and ex-mayor of New York City, filed paperwork to enter the Alabama Democratic primary, a first step toward a presidential bid. A week…
Fiona Hill Tears Down One of Trump’s Favorite Ukraine Conspiracy Theories
Caroline Brehman/ZUMA Since the start of the Ukraine scandal, President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have steadily pushed a debunked theory suggesting that it was Ukraine—not Russia, as the entire US intelligence community has concluded—that meddled in the 2016 presidential election. Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the ranking House intelligence committee member, floated the discredited…
Tell Your Brazilian Friends: No, Trump Wasn’t Poisoned
Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images Trump’s recent and unexpected trip to Walter Reed Hospital just outside of Washington, D.C. kicked off a new round of online misinformation that, despite not catching much traction in America, has gone viral in Brazil, ending up on the Twitter feed of Eduardo Bolsonaro, a son of Brazilian President Jair…
How Twitter and YouTube are Helping a White Nationalist Build a Community Fueled by Hate
A supporter of President Trump yells at counter protesters outside a book promotion by Donald Trump Jr. at the UCLA on November 10, 2019. Photo by MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images In an incredible twist of irony, Donald Trump Jr. was heckled off stage last week during a talk about his new book “Triggered” after…
Roger Stone Wants a Pardon. He Previously Tried to Get One for Assange.
Roger Stone leaves court in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Roger Stone’s conviction Friday on charges of lying to Congress, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering has drawn widespread speculation about whether President Donald Trump will pardon his longtime adviser. Trump, after all, publicly cheered Stone’s promise not to testify against the president in special…
Joe Biden Claimed to Have the Support of the Only Black Woman Senator. He Forgot About the One on Stage.
Former Vice President Joe Biden greets the audience after the Democratic Presidential Debate at Tyler Perry Studios November 20, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.Alex Wong/Getty Last week at a town hall in Las Vegas, former vice president and presidential candidate Joe Biden affirmed his stance against legal marijuana—it’s a gateway drug, he reasoned. Tonight, those words…