WASHINGTON — False reports about the jury instructions in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial have been spreading across right-wing media, leading to threats against the judge overseeing the case. Several conservative news personalities, including some affiliated with Fox News, falsely claimed that Judge Juan Merchan, as one Fox News anchor put it in […]
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. The jury might still be deliberating, but Donald Trump’s media allies have already delivered a verdict to their audiences Throughout the duration of the Manhattan hush-money trial, Fox News […]
YORK COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — After months of contention, the York County School Board has removed its controversial right-wing board chair and appointed her longtime ally to the position. Lynda Fairman was removed as chair in a 3-2 vote Tuesday afternoon in a special meeting at York Hall. Fairman and board member Zoran Pajevic voted […]
To hear Donald Trump tell it, America’s cities are in dire shape and in need of a federal intervention. “We’re going to rebuild our cities into beacons of hope, safety and beauty – better than they have ever been before,” he said during a recent speech to the National Rifle Association in what has become […]
A Lake County judge gave a publisher of right-leaning websites until Monday at 5 p.m. to remove personal voter information from its sites. As of Tuesday afternoon, it had mostly met the standards of the agreed order. Included on its 20 websites statewide, Local Government Information Services, Inc., has published a series of stories detailing […]
Right-wing Israeli activists attempted to block the transport of aid via Jordan to the Gaza Strip by holding up trucks at the border between the West Bank and Israel on Monday, Israeli and Palestinian media reported. The Times of Israel reported that four activists of the Tzav 9 group, which opposes sending aid to the […]
The day after Darren Bailey won the 2022 Republican governor primary, he and his campaign manager made an urgent, unscheduled helicopter trip from downstate to meet political operative and right-wing radio show host Dan Proft for a closed-door meeting to talk about “serious” campaign funding. At a Chicago-area country club, Proft met both men at […]
Mark Meadows has requested Supreme Court to recognize immunity for president’s subordinates. He’s criminally charged alongside Trump for a plot to erase Biden’s electoral win in Georgia. One of Trump’s own Supreme Court appointees seemed to draw the opposite conclusion. Before the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in former President Donald Trump’s immunity case, Mark […]
The Gateway Pundit, a rightwing website known for spreading election conspiracies, will declare bankruptcy as it faces lawsuits for defamation. The site’s parent company, TGP Communications, will file for bankruptcy in Florida “as a result of the progressive liberal lawfare attacks against our media outlet”, founder Jim Hoft wrote on the website. Those lawsuits include […]
WASHINGTON – Just days after returning from a two-week recess, right-wing fury – spurred on by former President Donald Trump – brought the House to a standstill in a significant blow to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., as he grapples with a threat to his leadership post. Nineteen House Republicans shot down a procedural step […]
Far-right operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman have agreed to pay New York Attorney General Letitia James‘ office up to $1.2 million for a robocall campaign they put together to suppress the Black vote ahead of the 2020 election. “Wohl and Burkman orchestrated a depraved and disinformation-ridden campaign to intimidate Black voters in an attempt […]
This article was published in partnership with Votebeat, a non-profit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the US. At the local discount cinema in Tempe, Arizona, this winter, a crowd of about 100 people took their seats for something different from the typical Sunday matinee. The man standing in front of […]