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7+ min ago (275+ words) The attorney representing a MAGA clerk who was convicted of state charges related to her efforts to subvert the 2020 election was elated on Thursday after President Donald Trump announced a "pardon" for his client, according to a new report. Tina Peters, the former county clerk in Mesa County, Colorado, was convicted of seven charges for her actions to help Trump allies access the county's voting systems. She was sentenced to nine years in state prison in 2024. In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump announced he was granting a "full Pardon for her attempts to expose Voter Fraud in the Rigged 2020 Presidential Election." "Democrats have been relentless in their targeting of TINA PETERS, a Patriot who simply wanted to make sure that our Elections were Fair and Honest," Trump posted. "Tina is sitting in a Colorado prison for the 'crime…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago (247+ words) President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Thursday that he is pardoning Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk who was convicted of sharing passwords to her county's election system with unauthorized parties. Trump announced the pardon on Truth Social, which does not constitute an official pardon. It is unclear whether the administration has applied to the U.S. Pardon Attorney for Peters' release. "Democrats have been relentless in their targeting of TINA PETERS, a Patriot who simply wanted to make sure that our Elections were Fair and Honest," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Tina is sitting in a Colorado prison for the 'crime' of demanding Honest Elections. Today I am granting Tina a full Pardon for her attempts to expose Voter Fraud in the Rigged 2020 Presidential Election!" Peters is the latest in a long line of people involved…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago (283+ words) Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith (R) said the Trump administration threatened the state if the Republican-controlled legislature failed to gerrymander its congressional map. Before the vote, the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, issued a cryptic warning to Indiana lawmakers. "President Trump has made it clear to Indiana leaders: if the Indiana Senate fails to pass the map, all federal funding will be stripped from the state," Heritage's X account posted. "Roads will not be paved. Guard bases will close. Major projects will stop. These are the stakes and every NO vote will be to blame." While the president had threatened recalcitrant Republicans with primary challenges, imperiling federal funding was not something the White House had publicly said was on the table. On Thursday night, Beckwith said the Trump administration had made it clear to lawmakers what would happen in the…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago (420+ words) New court filings make clear that the US government is now explicitly attempting to rebrand Yaa'kub Ira Vijandre, a resident of Dallas, Texas, as a "terrorist" on the basis of his political beliefs and speech opposing genocide in Gaza, prison abuse at Guantanamo Bay and the US police-military-intelligence apparatus. Vijandre, 38, was seized at gunpoint by Immigration and Customs Enforcement thugs on October 7 of this year, one day after speaking at a Richardson, Texas City Council meeting in defense of another resident who had been abducted by immigration authorities. Marium Uddin, Legal Director of the Muslim Legal Fund of America and a member of Vijandre's legal team, underscored the far-reaching implications of the case in a statement included in the filings: If it is "legal" for the federal government to detain a DACA recipient for social media posts about Islam, prison…...

1+ hour, 35+ min ago (348+ words) Bonnie Blue, the 26-year-old porn star who had sex with more than 1,000 men in a single day, has endorsed Trump ally Nigel Farage for prime minister in the UK. In an article for'The Spectator'titled, "I stand with Nigel Farage," Blue praised the Reform Party leader's "sensible positions on immigration and inheritance tax." "I am not knowledgeable about politics, but I do know the UK is very messed up," wrote Blue, whose real name is Tia Billinger. "The tax system is terrible and it's smart to leave if you have money. There are too many people here, we are too accommodating, and it is causing problems. I worked for the NHS, and most people have no idea where the money goes." She argued, "You shouldn't have to pay any inheritance tax, as you've already been taxed on that money. When my…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago (348+ words) To join the fight for rank-and-file committees, fill out the form at the end of the article. The strike by more than 650 Libbey Glass workers in Toledo, Ohio, is approaching its fourth month with rank-and-file workers resisting efforts by the company and the United Steelworkers (USW) to impose a contract that would destroy long-standing rights and conditions." On the picket line earlier this week, workers spoke with the"World Socialist Web Site"about their strike, the broader political issues confronting the working class, and the strategy needed to break the isolation of each separate struggle and unify them in a common fight against the corporate-government war on the working class." On November 19, Libbey workers overwhelmingly defeated an attempt by the USW International to ram through management's demands. The USW bureaucracy, however, is continuing to isolate the strike while it searches…...

1+ hour, 46+ min ago (542+ words) Following the US seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday, the Trump administration has pledged to further escalate its campaign of piracy against the government of Venezuelan President Nicol's Maduro. Reuters reported Thursday that the administration is preparing to seize more oil tankers, citing six sources familiar with the matter. The news agency reported that "the U.S. has assembled a target list of several more sanctioned tankers for possible seizure" and that "the U.S. Justice Department and Homeland Security had been planning the seizures for months." "Further direct interventions by the U.S. are expected in the coming weeks," Reuters added. In other words, the Trump administration is initiating a blockade of Venezuela, which is typically treated as an act of war under international law. In an interview Tuesday, President Donald Trump refused to rule out sending ground troops,…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago (264+ words) Former GOP speechwriter Tim Miller, host of "The Bulwark Podcast," on Thursday roasted a MAGA star's recent remarks about conservative activist Charlie Kirk's murder in September. Tucker Carlson, a MAGA media personality, appeared on a recent episode of "This Past Weekend," a podcast hosted by comedian Theo Von. During the episode, Carlson told the audience that they shouldn't trust the FBI's investigation, and floated theories suggesting a foreign government may have been involved. Those comments piqued Miller's interest considering that Carlson is friendly with several people in President Donald Trump's administration, including the people with direct involvement in the investigation. "This is crazy," Miller said on a episode of "Bulwark Takes" on Thursday. "How can anybody accept this? If Tucker is concerned that they're not taking this investigation seriously, he should call [FBI Director] Kash Patel, who he's friends with,…...

1+ hour, 58+ min ago (304+ words) Powell Says Trump Is Drastically Overstating Job Numbers Fed Chair Jerome Powell pointed on Wednesday to a job-market risk that economists have been worried about for months: Official statistics could be drastically overstating recent hiring. Posted by reinheitsgebot at 11:30 PM | 4 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | The Trump regime may have stopped BLS monthly job reports to hide bad numbers, but can't hide the job market from the public. Vibes might be able to convince people the job market is worse than it really is, but it's very hard to sell the idea that the job market is much better than it really is.[image or embed] When Pres Trump soils his pants and fires a person for reporting statistics he does not like, that casts a pall over any subsequent statistics that may be released by the Trump administration....

1+ hour, 58+ min ago (196+ words) Rep. Bennie Thompson sharply confronted DHS Secretary Kristi Noem during a nationally televised hearing over which administration approved the asylum of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, accused of shooting two National Guardsmen in D.C. Noem repeatedly credited the Biden administration's vetting process, frustrating Thompson, who pressed her to acknowledge any Trump-era involvement. When Noem deflected, Thompson turned to National Counterterrorism Center official Joe Kent, highlighting the tense standoff over accountability for a high-profile security failure.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag. DHS Secretary Noem pressed over Trump role in asylum of DC shooter DHS Secretary Noem pressed over Trump role in asylum of DC shooter Rep. Bennie Thompson sharply confronted DHS Secretary Kristi Noem during a nationally televised hearing over which administration approved the asylum of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, accused of shooting two National Guardsmen in D.C. Noem repeatedly credited…...