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Appeals Court Upholds Steve Bannon’s Conviction
Good News!!
The United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia upheld the contempt-of-Congress conviction of dirty Steve Bannon for his failure to comply with a January 6 Committee subpoena.
The court did not immediately order Bannon to begin serving his four-month prison sentence; inst
https://newsviews.online/2024/05/10/appeals-court-upholds-steve-bannons-conviction/
#CravenAssholes #ContemptOfCongress #jail #SteveBannon
VP Potential Kristi Noem Flexes Trump Cred by Bragging About Shooting Her Dog
https://twitter.com/MattieTimmer/status/1784049275472642237
Trump VP tryhard Kristi Noem included a story in a new book that she killed her domestic bird hunting dog, Cricket, a wirehair pointer, after a hunting expedition when the 14-month old pup was uncontrollable
https://newsviews.online/2024/04/27/vp-potential-kristi-noem-flexes-trump-cred-by-bragging-about-shooting-her-dog/
#CravenAssholes #KristiNoem
Senator Bob Menendez May Blame His Wife at Bribery Trial
Newly unsealed court documents indicate that New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez may blame his wife, Nadine Menendez, for the bribery charges the couple is facing by claiming that she hid information from him and led him to believe that “nothing unlawful was taking place.”
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https://newsviews.online/2024/04/17/senator-bob-menendez-may-blame-his-wife-at-bribery-trial/
#CravenAssholes #BobMenendez #Bribery #Corruption #NewJersey
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Lecterngate Audit Released, Several Law Violations Listed
An Arkansas Legislative Audit report was released on Monday, revealing several violations of state laws and irregularities with Sarah Huckabee Sanders' purchase of a $19,000 lectern.
Auditors referred the findings of their investigati
https://newsviews.online/2024/04/16/sarah-huckabee-sanders-lecterngate-audit-released-several-law-violations-listed/
#CravenAssholes #Arkansas #lectern #SarahHuckabeeSanders
After Sparring With Nicolle Wallace, John Bolton Says He Will Write In Dick Cheney
Former Trump advisor John Bolton sparred with Nicolle Wallace for around 20 minutes on Wednesday, talking about the threat of a second Trump presidency.
Bolton said that while Trump tried to disrupt the country's institutions, he didn't ruin or un
https://newsviews.online/2024/04/11/after-sparring-with-nicolle-wallace-john-bolton-says-he-will-write-in-dick-cheney/
#CravenAssholes #DickCheney #JohnBolton
Lara Trump Releases New Single, Promises More to Come
The new RNC co-chair has released another "song" and teases more to come for her "liberal friends in the media."
“Don’t think, just jump, you can’t give up,” Lara Trump sings in the three-minute song. “Know that anything is possible. Have faith, believe, just trust, you’ll see, anything is possible.”
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https://newsviews.online/2024/03/29/lara-trump-releases-new-single-promises-more-to-come/
#CravenAssholes #LaraTrump #RNC
Elon Musk and Wingnut Influencers Using Cannibal Conspiracy Theory to Smear Haitian Migrants
Elon Musk, the self-proclaimed free speech absolutist, is elevating the latest conspiracy theory among right wing nutjobs to advance their anti-immigration propaganda.
First, immigrants were rapists. They were bringing d
https://newsviews.online/2024/03/15/elon-musk-and-wingnut-influencers-using-cannibal-conspiracy-theory-to-smear-haitian-migrants/
#CravenAssholes #ElonMusk #Haiti #xenophobia
‘You’re broken in a fundamental way’: Sandy Hook lawyer rains hell on Aaron Rodgers
The Background
CNN knows of two people with whom Rodgers has enthusiastically shared these stories, including with Pamela Brown, one of the journalists writing this piece. Brown was covering the Kentucky Derby for CNN in 2013 when she was introduced to Ro
https://newsviews.online/2024/03/14/youre-broken-in-a-fundamental-way-sandy-hook-lawyer-rains-hell-on-aaron-rodgers/
#CravenAssholes #SandyHook
GOP Challenger Ridicules 17 year-old Barron Trump During YouTube Show
Conservative YouTuber Brandon Herrera has already made it to a run-off primary against Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) by painting the congressman as insufficiently far-right. But it turns out Herrera may have a problem on his right when it comes to the most important metric of conservatis
https://newsviews.online/2024/03/11/gop-challenger-ridicules-17-year-old-barron-trump-during-youtube-show/
#CravenAssholes #BarronTrump
Loser Ohio GOP Congressional Candidate Considers Dropping Out (again)
Nuff Said
J.R. Majewski, the controversial Ohio congressional candidate, has told people he plans to drop out of his battleground House race just days after early voting began in the Republican primary. Majewski, who lost his 2022 bid after news reports indicated he lied about serving in com
https://newsviews.online/2024/02/27/loser-ohio-gop-congressional-candidate-considers-dropping-out-again/
#CravenAssholes #Ohio
Alex Jones Estate Liquidation Gets Sandy Hook Families’ Vote
The families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims voted overwhelmingly in favor of a plan to wrap up Alex Jones’ bankruptcy proceedings by liquidating the right wing talk show host’s assets. Jones’ general unsecured creditors—comprised mostly of Sandy Hook families holding about $1.5 billion in
https://newsviews.online/2024/02/21/alex-jones-estate-liquidation-gets-sandy-hook-families-vote/
#CravenAssholes #SandyHookFamilies
Matt Gaetz Privately Told Colleagues His Real Motivation for Kevin McCarthy Ouster Was Ethics Probe
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has been adamant that his move to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was rooted in policy disagreements and wasn’t a personal vendetta related to the congressional ethics investigation ag
https://newsviews.online/2024/01/26/matt-gaetz-privately-told-colleagues-his-real-motivation-for-kevin-mccarthy-ouster-was-ethics-probe/
#CravenAssholes #HouseEthicsCommittee
Turtle Caves to “The Nominee” on Ukraine/Border Deal
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell told fellow Republicans that he doesn't want to undermine the likely GOP nominee's political talking point by giving President Biden a winning bipartisan deal on immigration reform at the border.
While McConnell has been advocating for more aid for Ukraine, the reporting
https://newsviews.online/2024/01/25/turtle-caves-to-the-nominee-on-ukraine-border-deal/
#CravenAssholes #BorderDeal #SenateGOP
Video Shows Homeless Person Scrambling as Nonprofit Worker Sprays L.A. Sidewalk With Water Hose
The Urban Alchemy website states in part:
We’re a social enterprise that engages with situations where extreme poverty meets homelessness, mental illness and addiction.When a neighborhood, street or intersection earns a reputation as a plac
https://newsviews.online/2024/01/20/video-shows-homeless-person-scrambling-as-nonprofit-worker-sprays-l-a-sidewalk-with-water-hose/
#CravenAssholes #LA
Trump Uses Mobster-Turned-Rat as Character Witness
Donald Trump would like to thank former mob boss Salvatore Gravano aka “Sammy the Bull” for his support. In a post on Truth Social, Trump shared an old interview with the former Gambino crime family mobster, who lamented that he couldn’t do business with the ex-president. “Forget about Trump,” the Bull said, “he’s a legit
https://newsviews.online/2024/01/13/trump-uses-mobster-turned-rat-as-character-witness/
#CravenAssholes #SammyTheBull
Ammon Bundy arrested in trespassing case at St. Luke’s after police take 10-month-old
After losing his Idaho home and falling off the radar for weeks, militia leader Ammon Bundy has popped his head up to issue thinly veiled threats against those he blames for losing a massive defamation lawsuit. Bundy, an anti-government agitator wh
https://newsviews.online/2023/12/24/ammon-bundy-arrested-in-trespassing-case-at-st-lukes-after-police-take-10-month-old/
#CravenAssholes #AmmonBundy #Idaho
George Santos Says He Expects to be Expelled
George Santos said he felt like the “it girl” when he was first elected in 2022 and that everybody wanted him, “until nobody wanted me.”
On Friday the New York Rep said he won't resign from Congress, but does expect to be expelled from the House, as he lashed out with salacious accusations at other members of Congress,
https://newsviews.online/2023/11/25/george-santos-says-he-expects-to-be-expelled/
#CravenAssholes #ethics #GeorgeSantos
McConnell Was Behind the Scenes in Manchin’s Exit of the Senate
Mitch McConnell worked for a year to make Senate Republicans' dreams come true when West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin announced his retirement. It's a decision that puts Republicans on the precipice of a majority that’s eluded them for two straight election cycles.
Turtle himse
https://newsviews.online/2023/11/12/mcconnell-was-behind-the-scenes-in-manchins-exit-of-the-senate/
#CravenAssholes #JoeManchin #MitchMcConnell
Nancy Mace’s Playbook Set Quotas for Television Appearances
Nancy Mace wrote a staffer handbook that has more to do with television appearances than lawmaker policy.
It does appear the plan is working.
https://twitter.com/michael_b_moore/status/1719355273570095212
Inside the playbook, the responsibilities of staff included sending out at least one press
https://newsviews.online/2023/11/04/nancy-maces-playbook-set-quotas-for-television-appearances/
#CravenAssholes #NancyMace
Senate Republicans Unload on Tuberville
Nine months of Tommy Tuberville's hold on military promotions finally led to an extraordinary battle between the Alabama football coach/senator and his Republican colleagues on the Senate floor last night.
For more than four hours, various Republican senators unleashed their fury on Tuberville while trying to confirm d
https://newsviews.online/2023/11/02/senate-republicans-unload-on-tuberville/
#CravenAssholes #SenateRepublicans #TommyTuberville
Former President Trump Expected to Testify in Civil Trial on Monday Nov. 6
The former president's testimony has long been expected, though the exact timing of when it would happen remained unclear until now. His under-oath appearance is scheduled to take place exactly one year before Election Day 2024, when the GOP's frontrunner for the party's president
https://newsviews.online/2023/10/27/former-president-trump-expected-to-testify-in-civil-trial-on-monday-nov-6/
#CravenAssholes #NewYork
Trump Fraud Trial: Judge Accuses Ex-President Of Violating Gag Order—Again
Judge Engoron who is presiding over the civil fraud trial of Donald J. Trump on Wednesday signaled that he might again punish the former president for violating a gag order that bars Mr. Trump from attacking court staff.
During a break in the proceedings on Wednesday, Tr
https://newsviews.online/2023/10/25/trump-fraud-trial-judge-accuses-ex-president-of-violating-gag-order-again/
#CravenAssholes #JudgeEngoron
Sarah Sanders signs Executive Order to ban “woke” and “anti-women” words from state documents
“Today, we’re taking a stand against woke nonsense,” she declared."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv0UODDRaIs
The Huffington Post reports that Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Governor of Arka
https://newsviews.online/2023/10/22/sarah-sanders-signs-executive-order-to-ban-woke-and-anti-women-words-from-state-documents/
#CravenAssholes #WOKE #Arkansas #CultureWars #SarahSanders #WokeWords
San Marcos Texas Settles Lawsuit Over Law Enforcement Response to 2020 ‘Trump Train’ Incident
A second lawsuit related to the incident remains pending.
A civil lawsuit filed against a city in Texas over the police non-response to the “Trump Train” convoy’s tailing in October 2020 of a Biden-Harris campaign bus on I-35 between Austi
https://newsviews.online/2023/10/19/san-marcos-texas-settles-lawsuit-over-law-enforcement-response-to-2020-trump-train-incident/
#CravenAssholes #Texas
Pro-Hamas Account Using Trump Speech as Propaganda
As Israelis are thanking President Biden, Iranians are celebrating our former idiot president's speech in which he called Hezbollah very smart.
An anti-Israel, pro-Hamas X account called Iran Observer, which calls itself an Iranian news outlet, shared the clip of Trump's speech on Wednesday when he said Israel is not
https://newsviews.online/2023/10/12/pro-hamas-account-using-trump-speech-as-propaganda/
#CravenAssholes #treason #Trump
‘Nail in the Coffin’ for Trump’s Truth Social After Nearly $200M Investment Cancelled
NEW YORK, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC), the blank-check acquisition company that plans to merge with former U.S. President Donald Trump's social media firm, said on Thursday it would return to investors $533 million raised f
https://newsviews.online/2023/10/12/nail-in-the-coffin-for-trumps-truth-social-after-nearly-200m-investment-cancelled/
#CravenAssholes #TRUTHSocial
Several House GOPers Introduce Resolution to Boot George Santos; Santos Threatens Them With Political Mortality
The embattled and pathological lying congresscritter from New York faces even more indictments after federal prosecutors issued Sant
https://newsviews.online/2023/10/12/several-house-gopers-introduce-resolution-to-boot-george-santos-santos-threatens-them-with-political-mortality/
#CravenAssholes #Congress #CravenAssholes #garbage #GeorgeSantos #indictments #Resolutions #Threats
Forbes Editor Calls Trump’s Bluff After Tantrum
This was a headline in The Daily Beast yesterday.
Trump Wildly Claims Forbes Is a ‘China Propaganda Machine’ After He’s Removed from 400 Richest Americans List
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1711409057083314518?s=20
Trump demanded a "full" apology: Today, Forbes editor Dan Alexander responded and bitch slapped
https://newsviews.online/2023/10/11/forbes-editor-calls-trumps-bluff-after-tantrum/
#CravenAssholes #Forbes
GOP Senator Claims Matt Gaetz Crushed E.D. Medicine To Enhance His Stamina
The GOP Senator from Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, had some wild claims about Matt Gaetz in a CNN interview last night.
Mullin said that Gaetz openly detailed his sexual adventures to fellow lawmakers before he was married.
“He bragged about how he would crush E.D. medi
https://newsviews.online/2023/10/05/gop-senator-claims-matt-gaetz-crushed-e-d-medicine-to-enhance-his-stamina/
#CravenAssholes #GOP #MattGaetz
Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Effort to Delay Trial in NY Fraud Case
Donald J. Trump’s civil fraud trial over accusations that he inflated the value of his properties by billions of dollars could begin as soon as Monday after a New York appeals court rejected the former president’s attempt to delay it.
The appeals court, in a terse two-page order Thursda
https://newsviews.online/2023/09/28/appeals-court-rejects-trumps-effort-to-delay-trial-in-ny-fraud-case/
#CravenAssholes #TrumpLaw