Michael Flynn and George Papadopoulos Are Scheduled to Speak at a Conference Organized by a QAnon Supporter
Alex Wong/Getty, Alex Wroblewski/Getty Michael Flynn and George Papadopoulos, two former Trump foreign policy aides who both agreed in late 2017 to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, appear to have found some new allies: QAnon conspiracy theorists. Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general and former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, briefly served…
Trump Called Baltimore “Vermin Infested” While the Federal Government Fails to Clean Up Rodents in Subsidized Housing
A man walks near the Gilmor Houses housing project.Patrick Smith/Getty Images This story was originally published by ProPublica. President Donald Trump launched a multiday Twitter tirade last month directed at U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, sharing video footage of derelict Baltimore neighborhoods and asking why the Democratic congressman wasn’t doing more to address the “disgusting, rat…
It’s Not Just Fox Pumping Out the Racist “Replacement” Conspiracy. Here Are 15 Republicans Fanning the Flames.
J. Scott Applewhite / AP Earlier this month, a mass shooter killed 22 and injured 24 others at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, specifically targeting Latino immigrants; the shooter had a manifesto, in which he mentioned multiple times the “great replacement,” a racist theory—popular among white supremacists—that white people will be replaced by people…
Republicans Already Had a Chance to Address White Supremacy. They Failed.
Republicans used an April congressional hearing on white extremism to defend President Donald Trump’s claim that there were “very fine people on both sides” of the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally.Evelyn Hockstein/The Washington Post via Getty Hours after a racist, anti-immigrant fanatic carried out a gruesome massacre in El Paso, Texas Land Commissioner George P.…
“I Couldn’t Afford Anything”: Title X Transformed This Woman’s Life, But It May Not Be an Option for Much Longer
Abortion rights supporters stand on both sides of a street near the Gateway Arch as they take part in a protest in favor of reproductive rights on May 30, 2019, in St. Louis.Jeff Roberson/AP Late last month, Emma Bosley and dozens of Planned Parenthood volunteers and staff members descended on Capitol Hill to plead their…
Trump Retweets Conspiracy Theory That Implicates Clintons in Jeffrey Epstein’s Death
Chen Mengtong/China News Service Hours after Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent death by suicide, President Donald Trump retweeted a conspiracy theory alleging the Clinton family’s involvement in killing the accused sex trafficker. “Died of SUICIDE on 24/7 SUICIDE WATCH ? Yeah right!” read the post from comedian Terrence K. Williams. “#JefferyEpstein had information on Bill Clinton &…