Tag: Backfired

Josh Hawley’s bid to win labor support just backfired

GOP Sen. Josh Hawley has positioned himself as a populist ally of workers. That’s included rallying with striking auto workers with the UAW last year. But the UAW just backed his likely Democratic opponent, Lucas Kunce, while calling Hawley a “joke.” In recent years, Sen. Josh Hawley has sought to position himself as populist Republican and […]

Hapless House Republicans weaponized impeachment. It backfired

Maybe I’m going out on a limb here, but the hapless House Republicans have finally achieved something big: an end to tit-for-tat impeachments. Of course, that’s the opposite of the achievement they promised two years ago, ahead of the midterm elections that gave them control of the House. Back then, some chest-beaters were vowing to […]

Billionaire Courted Singapore’s Political Elite. It Backfired.

(Bloomberg) — Ong Beng Seng has a penchant for schmoozing with the elite. That’s led him to business partnerships with actor Sylvester Stallone and Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, while his decades-long friendship with Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has been credited with bringing the night race to Singapore. Most Read from Bloomberg Now Ong’s […]

Mary Trump Awards GOP Lawmaker ‘Top Gaslighter’ For ‘Lie That Backfired’

Mary Trump has seen enough to call Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) the “top gaslighter” of the GOP. The niece of former President Donald Trump caught the Republican lawmaker in an embarrassing “lie that backfired spectacularly” Monday after Stefanik quoted a misleading post on X, formerly Twitter, about Trump’s ongoing E. Jean Carroll defamation trial. Carroll […]