Trump Tries to Throw Gasoline on France’s Fuel Riots
Nicolas LiponnNurPhoto via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A series of violent protests that have rattled France in recent weeks have caught the eye of Donald Trump. Earlier today, @realdonaldtrump retweeted a post from Charlie Kirk, the founder of conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA, which attributed the “riots in…
A Republican Party Server Was Hacked in April. Oddly, Though, Nothing Was Leaked.
Was Russia being the GOP server hack? I have no idea. Really. But I’m going to use this sinister stock illustration of Vladimir Putin and a shaky American flag anyway.Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From Politico: The House GOP campaign arm suffered a major hack during…
The Stock Market Is Really Jittery Right Now
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Yesterday the stock market surged, supposedly on news that a trade deal with China was in the works. Today, the stock market has plummeted, supposedly on news that Trump lied about how likely a deal really is. If all this is actually true, it means…
Chart of the Day: Wisconsin Gerrymandering Was Awesome
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Check out the results of Wisconsin’s gorgeous, computer-generated Republican gerrymander: In other Wisconsin news today, the state posted the official 2018 Assembly election results. It’s a beautiful gerrymander. Dems got 190,000 more votes but Reps got 63/99 seats. Key is assuring many GOP districts get…
Republicans Finally Uncover Some Election Fraud
This is not North Carolina. It’s not even 2018. It’s a rally against election fraud in Brooklyn in 2017. But it was the best I could do.Sachelle Babbar/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s a super-short North Carolina explainer: A Republican candidate for Congress hired a guy who then hired…
Republicans Finally Have an Election Fraud Scandal. And None of Them Want to Talk About It.
People arrive for early voting at a polling place in Charlotte, North Carolina, ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. Chuck Burton/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the weeks following the midterm elections, President Donald Trump and several Republican members of Congress became obsessed with the possibility of election fraud.…