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The new right celebrates Trump at a conservative conference and sidesteps inconsistencies

PHOENIX — As Washington heaved over the possibility of a partial government shutdown, leading far-right figures gathered with thousands of Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters and, for the most part, gloried in splintering the president-elect’s party. Jennifer Pacheco, a 20-year-old student from Southern California, said she embraced Turning Point because she likes Kirk’s unapologetic Christianity and believes “we need to …

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1 day, 19 hours ago

Fetterman: Patel pledged to not go after political enemies

Politico

When Patel was nominated, a quote from him on a 2023 podcast interview with Steve Bannon was widely circulated. “We’re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens, who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections,” Patel told Bannon then. Patel’s 2022 book, “Government Gangsters,” listed 60 potential targets for a new Trump administration. “But …

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1 day, 23 hours ago

Shutdown saga exposes new fault lines for Speaker Johnson and tests his grip on the gavel

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — One of the most turbulent sessions of Congress in the modern era is about to make way for the next one. Johnson’s shaky grip on the gravel Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, are listen during a U.S. Capitol Hanukkah event with a ceremonial Menorah lighting to commemorate …

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2 days, 18 hours ago

Trump ally seeks 'dramatic increase in corporate taxes' — until 'they start squealing'

Raw Story

One of President-elect Donald Trump's longtime confidants is calling on him to inflict "pain" on the wealthiest Americans and corporations in the form of higher taxes during his second term in the White House. In a wide-ranging Friday interview with Semafor reporter David Weigel, Steve Bannon — who was Trump's former chief White House strategist — indicated he wanted the …

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2 days, 20 hours ago

'Never-ending chaos': Ex-GOP lawmaker says Musk and Trump on a 'collision course'

Raw Story

A Republican former lawmaker said Donald Trump and ally Elon Musk appear to be on a "collision course" and warned Americans that another close adviser of Trump's is promising "never-ending chaos." Former Rep. Charlie Dent told CNN anchor Jake Tapper on "The Lead" that Steve Bannon is "essentially promising never-ending chaos." Dent later said he suspects Trump and Musk are …

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Steve Bannon Falsely Suggests Trump Could Run For President Again In 2028

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Steve Bannon suggested falsely that President-elect Donald Trump could run for president again in 2028, despite the Constitution’s two-term limit on the office. In a speech, Bannon mentioned the pro-Trump lawyer Mike Davis, saying Davis noted that the Constitution doesn’t explicitly say the two-term limit applies to presidents who serve non-consecutive terms. “Since it doesn’t actually say …

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1 week ago

‘Trump ’28, come on, man!’: Bannon calls for third term

Raw Story

Steve Bannon, the “far-right political provocateur,” strategist, podcaster, and longtime Trump advisor, over the weekend suggested that the President-elect should pursue a third term—despite constitutional experts affirming that the U.S. Constitution explicitly prohibits anyone from being elected to more than two terms. “I suspect I won’t be running again unless you say, ‘He’s so good we’ve got to figure something …

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1 week, 2 days ago

How Italy’s PM Meloni could bridge the gap between Trump and Europe

CNN

Rome CNN — A few years ago, it would have been unimaginable that Italy would be home to one of the most stable governments in Europe. But a series of factors, including government crises in relatively stable countries like France and Germany, and the roaring popularity of Italy’s current coalition led by far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, in power since …

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1 week, 2 days ago

'Shove it!' Steve Bannon unleashes profane attack on billionaires cutting checks for Trump

Raw Story

Far-right Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon laid into tech billionaires who are donating money to Trump's inaugural fund on his "War Room" podcast Friday — accusing them of being fair-weather friends who are only trying to suck up to Trump because they weren't able to defeat him in the election. Bannon's rant came at the tail end of fantasizing that …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Kari Lake vows to promote Trump's reign as 'golden era' in new administration role

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Failed Arizona candidate Kari Lake said she would promote President-elect Donald Trump's next administration as a "golden era" after he picked her as the next director of Voice of America, an international news broadcaster funded by the U.S. government. "Can you imagine if what's about to happen, the incredible resurgence in this new golden era is covered in the same …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Steve Bannon: GOP Congress means 'massive tax cuts for the wealthy and the billionaires'

Raw Story

Right-wing influencer Steve Bannon asserted that Republicans in control of Congress would push "massive tax cuts for the wealthy for the billionaires." During a Tuesday interview with Rep. Chip Roy, Bannon argued that the Department of Government Efficiency should pursue a significant restructuring of government spending instead of tax cuts for the wealthy. " "They want to get to a …

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1 week, 5 days ago

'Bannon did 4 months for that clown show': MAGA lawmaker threatens jail for J6 panel

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MAGA allies on Tuesday continued threats of jailing members of the House committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Chris Salcedo, who hosts a show on the right-wing Newsmax channel, interviewed Rep. Tim Burchett on Tuesday, opening his segment by slamming "America last" Republican former Rep. Liz Cheney, of Wyoming, and Benny Thompson. An investigation of …

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54 years, 11 months ago

The Case Against Joe Biden Pardoning Everyone on Trump’s Enemies List

Slate

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. It is reported that President Joe Biden is considering issuing a significant number of what might be called preemptive pardons to current government officials and others who may be targets of the incoming administration’s promised campaign of “retribution” against …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

'I talk a lot of trash on TV': Dems defend Biden pardons — and say they may need one too

Raw Story

Democrats went on the offensive Wednesday night during a discussion on CNN about whether President Joe Biden ought to preemptively issue pardons to possible targets of President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to seek retribution once he takes office. When anchor Abby Phillip asked whether it would be a good idea for Biden to issue pre-emptive pardons, Democratic strategist Chuck …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

'Pretty out there': MSNBC's Chris Hayes plays brutal supercut of Trump pick's conspiracies

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump's selection of Kash Patel, a former House GOP staffer and longtime MAGA loyalist, to serve as FBI director, means the nation's top law enforcement agency will be in the hands of an avowed conspiracy theorist, warned MSNBC's Chris Hayes on Wednesday. "That is Kash Patel, the man Trump's nominated to run the FBI," said Hayes. "We're going …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

'What the hell is going on?' Steve Bannon panics as Pete Hegseth nomination crumbles

Raw Story

Right-wing influencer Steve Bannon lashed out at President-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago advisers after word leaked that former Fox News host Pete Hegseth could be replaced as nominee for defense secretary. "This morning, Pete's mom came on Fox and Friends, sat on the curvy couch to make a defense of her son," Bannon noted. "President's got too much burden on him, …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

'5-alarm fire': Report shares 3 weapons Trump could use to immediately silence media

Raw Story

Donald Trump has threatened to target journalists he describes as "the enemy of the people," and a new report warns he'll have three very powerful tools at his disposal. The Justice Department could also use broadly drawn espionage statutes, which Trump himself was accused of breaking in the Mar-a-Lago documents case, to target journalists who publish damaging information about the …

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3 weeks ago

"An absolute disgrace": Trump picks Kash Patel to pursue his enemies as head of the FBI

Salon

Kash Patel spent years preparing for this moment. Whether out of sincere devotion or just cynically acting in his own self-interest, Patel has repeatedly demonstrated his subservience to Donald Trump, from publishing a kid's book claiming the president-elect was a victim of a "deep state" plot to lying to congressional investigators about the Jan. 6 insurrection. A former aide to …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Ellen DeGeneres accused of 'infesting the Cotswolds' by Donald Trump ally after fleeing to multi-million farmhouse with Portia di Rossi following election

Daily Mail

Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon has accused Ellen DeGeneres of 'infesting the Cotswolds' after she fled America following the election. The former White House chief strategist, 71, accused the talk show superstar and her wife Portia De Rossi of 'whining like little children'. Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon has accused Ellen DeGeneres of 'infesting the Cotswolds' after she fled America …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

'Deep state' critic Kash Patel nominated by Donald Trump to head FBI as Charles Kushner tapped as French envoy

ABC

US president-elect Donald Trump aims to make loyalist Kash Patel the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in a move that would mean replacing the agency's current leader. A son of Indian immigrants, Mr Patel served in several high-level posts during Trump's first term, including as a national security advisor and as chief of staff to the acting …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

'He rolled us': Steve Bannon warns Mitch McConnell is 'time bomb' against Trump nominees

Raw Story

Far-right podcast host Steve Bannon warned of a "ticking time bomb" in the U.S. Senate that could sink President-elect Donald Trump's nominations. On his Wednesday War Room podcast, Bannon blasted Sen. Mitch McConnell as the major roadblock to the nominations of former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "The Matt's Gaetz situation …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

‘Weak-willed do nothing’: War Room co-host launches insult-laced attack on key Trump ally

Raw Story

A co-host on Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast went after House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday – a central GOP figure that will be key to seeing through President-elect Donald Trump’s next agenda. “I think we need to watch out for something called autocratic breakthrough,” Maddow said in the clip, a concept she described as occurring when the party in …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Trump prepares to block funding for sanctuary cities in pursuit of mass deportation

Salon

President-elect Donald Trump's advisors are drawing up plans to strip federal funding from cities that do not comply with the administration's deportation policies, three sources familiar with the conversations told The Washington Post. “I’m certainly not going to compromise our local police department’s work by adding a component of their work that is not just.” We need your help to …

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4 weeks ago

'Battle for heart of the Republican Party': MAGA's mastermind refocuses target

Raw Story

After he was released from prison and returned to his "War Room" podcast, Steve Bannon had a decidedly vengeful tone. The former White House chief strategist made it clear that for the MAGA movement, taking revenge against those who had crossed President-elect Donald Trump would be a top priority. But Slate's Molly Olmsted, in an article published Monday, emphasizes that …

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The new right celebrates Trump at a conservative conference and sidesteps inconsistencies

Fetterman: Patel pledged to not go after political enemies

Shutdown saga exposes new fault lines for Speaker Johnson and tests his grip on the gavel

Trump ally seeks 'dramatic increase in corporate taxes' — until 'they start squealing'

'Never-ending chaos': Ex-GOP lawmaker says Musk and Trump on a 'collision course'

Steve Bannon Falsely Suggests Trump Could Run For President Again In 2028

‘Trump ’28, come on, man!’: Bannon calls for third term

How Italy’s PM Meloni could bridge the gap between Trump and Europe

'Shove it!' Steve Bannon unleashes profane attack on billionaires cutting checks for Trump

Kari Lake vows to promote Trump's reign as 'golden era' in new administration role

Steve Bannon: GOP Congress means 'massive tax cuts for the wealthy and the billionaires'

'Bannon did 4 months for that clown show': MAGA lawmaker threatens jail for J6 panel

The Case Against Joe Biden Pardoning Everyone on Trump’s Enemies List

'I talk a lot of trash on TV': Dems defend Biden pardons — and say they may need one too

'Pretty out there': MSNBC's Chris Hayes plays brutal supercut of Trump pick's conspiracies

'What the hell is going on?' Steve Bannon panics as Pete Hegseth nomination crumbles

'5-alarm fire': Report shares 3 weapons Trump could use to immediately silence media

"An absolute disgrace": Trump picks Kash Patel to pursue his enemies as head of the FBI

Ellen DeGeneres accused of 'infesting the Cotswolds' by Donald Trump ally after fleeing to multi-million farmhouse with Portia di Rossi following election

'Deep state' critic Kash Patel nominated by Donald Trump to head FBI as Charles Kushner tapped as French envoy

'He rolled us': Steve Bannon warns Mitch McConnell is 'time bomb' against Trump nominees

‘Weak-willed do nothing’: War Room co-host launches insult-laced attack on key Trump ally

Trump prepares to block funding for sanctuary cities in pursuit of mass deportation

'Battle for heart of the Republican Party': MAGA's mastermind refocuses target