Author: Reporter

As Donald Trump increasingly infuses his campaign with Christian Nationalism while coasting to a third Republican presidential nomination, his support is as strong as ever among fanatical Evangelicals and other rightwing conservative Christians. “Trump supports Jesus, and without Jesus, America will fall,” said Kimberly Vaughn of Florence, Kentucky, as she joined other supporters of the former president entering a campaign rally near Dayton, Ohio. Many of the T-shirts and hats that were worn and sold at the rally in March proclaimed religious slogans such as “Jesus is my savior, Trump is my president” and “God, Guns & Trump.” One...

“I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.” – Liz Cheney (R) Embracing Donald Trump’s strategy of blaming the U.S. justice system after his historic guilty verdict, Republicans in Congress are fervently enlisting themselves in his campaign of vengeance and political retribution in the GOP bid to reclaim the White House. Almost no Republican official has stood up to suggest Trump – a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist Trump – should not be the party’s presidential candidate for the November...

Donald Trump, a convicted criminal and adjudicated rapist, addressed his 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in what prosecutors have called a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election by paying hush money to silence the accounts of women who claimed to have extramarital sex with him on May 31. While presenting his public rant he repeated numerous false or unsupported claims that he has made during the trial and while campaigning for a second term as president. His lies, made from Trump Tower, ranged from blaming the Biden administration for orchestrating the hush money case to other...

“Drag is joy, but it’s under attack. Our very existence, our self-expression, our art … all of it is being threatened. And we’ve had enough.” That was the opening salvo of Qommittee, a group of drag performers banding together to protect and promote their art form, as it announced its formation for June’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month. “We’ve always had to fight tooth and nail for our place in this world,” the group said in a news release. “But now, we’re also battling a tidal wave of hate — doxxing, harassment, death threats, armed protests, bombings, and even shootings.” Qommittee...

Target confirmed that it would not carry Pride Month merchandise at all stores in June after the discount retailer experienced a backlash and lower sales over its collection honoring LGBTQ+ communities. In May of 2023, right-wing media outlets helped to radicalize a handful of efforts by Conservative activists to bash Target for selling “tuck-friendly” women’s swimsuits that allowed some trans women to hide their genitalia. False rumors were also spread online that the products were made for children, and offered in various kid sizes. The ignored truth was the swimsuits were only made for adults. The manufactured outrage was...

Donald Trump sought to move past his historic criminal conviction on May 31 and build momentum for his bid to seize the White House with fierce attacks on the judge who oversaw the case, the prosecution’s star witness, and the criminal justice system as a whole. Ranting from inside his namesake tower in Manhattan in a symbolic return to the campaign trail, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee delivered a message aimed squarely at his most loyal supporters. Defiant as ever, he insisted without evidence that the verdict was “rigged” and driven by politics. “We’re going to fight,” Trump said...