This Texan bends a knee to dictatorial Donald Trump:  [x] Abbott “has certainly been very loyal to former President Trump, so he has that going for him”. [x] “[T]here is very little chance that Abbott would try to outshine Trump.” [x] “[H]e has acted like someone positioning himself for national office.” [x] “He has almost…

Spending hundred of millions, so much dark money backing long-debunked lies about Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, and supporting campaigns to derail direct democracy efforts in multiple states Who benefits? Trump and Trump enablers CPI, the Election Integrity Network, The Heritage Foundation, the Federalist Society, Mark Meadows,  Steven Bannon, MTG and many more

Under the guidance of Trump lawyer Cleta Mitchell, the “Election Integrity Network” has built what it calls “permanent election integrity infrastructure” in swing states staffed with people fully committed to election conspiracies. After recruiting thousands of election workers and poll watchers in the 2022 cycle, Election Integrity Network coalitions are now mobilizing far-right activists to…

“Marble Freedom Trust is Leonard Leo’s billion-dollar slush fund to erode democracy” In 2018, during a live event, Justice Clarence Thomas joked about how honored he was to be sharing the stage with Mr. Leo, calling him “the No. 3 most powerful person in the world.” In 2020, Leo left the leadership of the conservative…

CPI: “Breeding ground for the next generation of Trump loyalists,” an engine of voter suppression Funded by?  The Council for National Policy (CNP), also known as the “Secret Hub of the Radical Christian Right.”  Founded/directed by?  Jim DeMint, CNP member & former president of The Heritage Foundation. Led by? Trump enabler & co-conspirator Mark Meadows,…

Ken Cuccinelli, again Emerging as Public Face, and Irritant, of Homeland Security 2025? If the White House adviser Stephen Miller is the architect of Mr. Trump’s effort to restrict both legal and illegal immigration, Mr. Cuccinelli has emerged as its public face. As a state senator, Cuccinelli introduced a proposal that would have sheltered employers who fired…

Rubio dismisses Trump’s NATO comments: ‘Zero concern’ Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) attempted to defend Trump’s comments at a rally on Saturday, where the former president said he warned a foreign leader that if that country didn’t contribute enough to the alliance, then Russia can “do whatever the hell they want.”

The New York Young Republican’s Club? A combative young Republican group in the state, firmly on the right and Trump-friendly, the club’s 29-year-old president, presiding. Mr. Wax’s kindred spirit? Vish Burra, the director of operations for Representative George Santos, the New York Republican whose long history of lies has been festooned with a nascent embrace…

“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy, Republican-California, said, according to a recording of the 15 June 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Representative Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia.

If there is a madness, slight or otherwise, in Kennedy’s bid, it is not confined to his hubris. He is roiling with conspiracy theories: S.S.R.I.s like Prozac might be the reason for school shootings, vaccines cause autism. There are many. To prepare for the conversation, I listened to some of Kennedy’s podcast sessions with the likes of…