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☆ Trump VP contender Kristi Noem stands by killing her dog Cricket amid bipartisan ridicule
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem greets former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump before he speaks at a South Dakota Republican party rally in Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S. September 8, 2023. Republican South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem on Sunday attempted to spin a controversial anecdote about killing her puppy, revealed in her upcoming memoir, into a case for her political deftness as she vies to become Donald Trump's vice presidential pick. Noem has spent the weekend dealing with ridicule from both Democrats and Republicans since those anecdotes became public. Florida Governor and former GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis posted a call to action for people to adopt rescue dogs. In March, the South Dakota governor posted an infomercial-style video for a Texas dentist appearing to act as a commercial testimony for the business, despite holding public office.

Persons: Kristi Noem, Donald Trump, Donald Trump's, Noem, Doug Burgum, Tim Scott, Elise Stefanik, Laura Loomer, Loomer, Joe Biden's, Biden, Kamala Harris, Ron DeSantis Organizations: Republican, South, South Dakota Republican, Republican South, Guardian, Cricket, North, Florida Governor, GOP Locations: South Dakota, Rapid City , South Dakota, U.S, Republican South Dakota, North Dakota, Florida, Washington, Texas

☆ Breaking down Trump’s attacks on the daughter of the judge in his New York hush-money trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The judge ruled that Trump’s “dangerous rhetoric” threatens the integrity of the looming trial, which is scheduled to begin April 15. Here are the facts about Trump’s recent attacks against Merchan’s daughter, and how this sideshow could affect the first-ever criminal trial of a former American president. He deployed this same tactic in the New York case, but went even farther by targeting Merchan’s adult daughter, Loren Merchan. He used the image to argue that Loren Merchan and her father are biased against him. “The X, formerly Twitter, account being attributed to Judge Merchan’s daughter no longer belongs to her since she deleted it approximately a year ago,” court spokesman Al Baker said last week.

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☆ Trump shares false claims about hush-money judge's daughter in possible violation of gag order
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A gag order bars Donald Trump from public statements about his hush-money judge's family members. Related storiesLoomer's posts accused the judge's family of "anti-Trump bias" due to the daughter's consultant work on Democratic campaigns. But he failed to take down "Truths" from March 27 that had accused Merchan's daughter, by name, of political bias. A similar move earned Trump a gag order violation last year from the Manhattan judge in his civil fraud case. AdvertisementAn attorney for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the potential gag order violations.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, —, Donald Trump's, Laura Loomer, Juan Merchan, Loomer, Letitia James, Merchan's, Merchan Organizations: Trump, Service, New, Democratic, New York, Attorney, Manhattan Locations: York, New York

☆ Trump is using a loophole in his new gag order to rage against his hush-money judge's progressive daughter
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Laura Italiano | Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump wasted little time exploiting that loophole Wednesday when he used his Truth Social account to take aim at both state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan and the judge's progressive daughter, Loren Merchan. AdvertisementOn Tuesday morning, Trump "truthed" that the judge is a "certified Trump Hater" whose daughter is a "senior executive at a Super Liberal Democrat firm." AdvertisementBREAKING: Judge Merchan’s daughter, Loren Merchan, just BLOCKED ME on X and locked her account after I exposed her profile picture that has President Trump behind bars. The hush-money gag order also bars Trump from making statements about "the District Attorney's staff" or relatives of those staff members. A spokeswoman for Bragg declined to comment on Trump's attacks on the judge and his daughter.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Trump, Juan Merchan, Loren Merchan, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Adam, Shifty, Schiff, Biden, Harris, Hakeem Jeffries, Gavin Newsom, Laura Loomer, Loren Merchan's X, Merchan’s, Trump’s, Loren, soPrzWFRs8, qn8fy6cAVb, Alvin Bragg, Bragg's, Bragg Organizations: Service, Business, Democratic, Trump, Radical, California Gov, Super Liberal Democrat, Attorney's Locations: New York, Chicago

The budding love story featuring music superstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce took an unexpected turn into the world of political conspiracy theories this week after the team advanced to the Super Bowl. Pop culture and politics have long been entwined. “Pop culture people identify with this stuff, they pay attention to it. It’s attention and identity,” Joel Penney, an associate professor at Montclair State University whose research includes the intersection of politics and pop culture, said. “That question of, does this stuff work in pop culture?

Persons: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Swift, Joe Biden, Vivek Ramaswamy, Laura Loomer, Alison Steinberg, Kelce, ” Joel Penney, Donald Trump's, Penney, Biden, “ Young, ”, Henry Jenkins, they’re, Phil Bredesen, Jim Cooper, Marsha Blackburn, Blackburn, Kamala Harris, ” Kelce, Bill Clinton, Johnny Cash, Mary Tyler Moore, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, ” Penney Organizations: Kansas City Chiefs, Super, Chiefs, Republican, America News Network, Montclair State University, University of Southern, Tennessee’s Democratic, Democratic House, U.S . Rep, V, Centers for Disease Control, Pfizer, MTV, White Locations: Las Vegas, U.S, University of Southern California, America, Arkansas

☆ Right-wing media targets Taylor Swift with Super Bowl conspiracy theory ahead of the Super Bowl
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Oliver Darcy | Andrew Kaczynski | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Right-wing media is burning red at Taylor Swift. “Taylor Swift is an op,” Benny Johnson, a right-wing media personality who boasts millions of followers across different social media platforms, wrote on X. You’re being played.”“The Democrats’ Taylor Swift election interference psyop is happening in the open,” added Laura Loomer, a self-described Islamophobe who has been embraced and promoted by Trump. “It’s not a coincidence that current and former Biden admin officials are propping up Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. They are going to use Taylor Swift as the poster child for their pro-abortion GOTV Campaign.”“The NFL is totally RIGGED for the Kansas City Chiefs, Taylor Swift, Mr. Pfizer (Travis Kelce),” agreed Mike Crispi, a Salem Media host.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Joe Biden, Swift, Jesse Watters, Travis Kelce, Biden, ” Vivek Ramaswamy, ” Ramaswamy, Jack Posobiec, Roseanne Barr, Posobiec, ” Donald Trump, Barr, “ Taylor Swift, ” Benny Johnson, You’re, ” “, ’ Taylor Swift, ”, Laura Loomer, “ It’s, “, Mike Crispi, ‘, ’ Joe Biden, Kelce, ” Crispi, drivel, Jared Holt, ” Holt, they’re Organizations: New York CNN, Kansas City Chiefs, Media, NFL, Democratic Party, Fox News, Pentagon, Chiefs, Pfizer, The New York Times, Super, Trump, Biden, Salem Media, KC, MAGA Media, Republican Party Locations: New York, Salem

What started as a campaign event to promote support from Florida sheriffs ended with DeSantis skewering Trump in a series of rejoinders that make clear his intentions to recast the race around the former president’s perceived shortcomings. Still, the sharp-tongued attacks from DeSantis on Thursday were striking in what they signaled for the weeks ahead. DeSantis later questioned Trump’s fundraising numbers – which the Trump campaign announced Wednesday just hours after DeSantis released his. The Trump campaign reported it brought in more than $45.5 million during the period that spanned July 1 to September 30, compared to the DeSantis campaign’s $15 million. DeSantis has a super PAC that was seeded with nearly $83 million left over from his 2022 gubernatorial campaign.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, DeSantis skewering Trump, DeSantis, “, Joe Biden, ”, Laura Loomer, John Kennedy, wouldn’t, Trump, ” DeSantis Organizations: CNN, Florida Gov, GOP, Trump Locations: Florida, Tampa, DeSantis, Mexico

☆ Neo-Nazis parade swastika flags in Florida, chanting 'We are everywhere'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

White supremacist hate groups staged a neo-Nazi rally in Florida. The extremist hate groups Blood Tribe and The Goyim Defense League paraded in the Orlando area on Saturday. The Goyim Defense League is an antisemitic hate group that has been known to harass Jews. According to videos of the rally posted on social media, the groups were able to muster a few dozen supporters for the event. On the same day, a separate far-right group called the Order of the Black Sun protested outside Disney World.

Persons: Christopher Polhaus, Hitler, League's, Ron DeSantis, Anna Vishkaee Eskamani, Heil, Laura Loomer, Ryan Palmeter Organizations: Nazi, Service, Labor, Mail Online, Goyim Defense League, Defamation League, Extremism, ADL, Black Sun, Disney, Daily Locations: Florida, Jacksonville, Wall, Silicon, Orlando, FL

☆ 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli claims that he's made more than a dozen accounts on X, but Elon Musk keeps taking them down
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Martin Shkreli claims that under Elon Musk's leadership more than a dozen of his X accounts have been taken down. In total, he's tried to create up to 20 new accounts since his original was suspended in 2017, he told Fox Business. AdvertisementAdvertisementSo-called "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli claims that he's made himself more than a dozen accounts on the social-media platform X since Elon Musk took over, but that the site has subsequently taken them all down. "Elon preaches free speech, but his actions are showing the opposite," Shkreli told Fox Business. Shkreli told Fox Business that it was a "teasing war" and a "silly mistake."

Persons: Martin Shkreli, Elon, he's, Shkreli, Bro, Elon Musk, he'd, Musk, Daraprim, Letitia James, Kanye, Laura Loomer, Lauren Duca, Grimes Organizations: Fox Business, Morning, Elon, Twitter, Federal Trade Commission, New York, Facebook

☆ Trump's Georgia jailhouse mug shot makes history
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Unlike the other authorities, who gave him a pass, Georgia opted to process him like any other criminal defendant, including fingerprints and a mug shot, in a case stemming from Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. Trump wasted little time using the mug shot for fundraising purposes, posting it on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, as well as on his own social media platform, Truth Social. Outside the Fulton County Jail on Thursday, some Trump supporters questioned why a mug shot was needed. "The mug shot isn't necessary and is done to hurt him. "We want them to take a mug shot.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, mugshot, Elon Musk, Malcolm Davis, Mona Lisa, Laura Loomer, Joseph Ax, Andy Sullivan, Rich McKay, Howard Goller Organizations: Former U.S, Sheriff's, Fulton County Sheriff's, U.S, Capitol, Republican, Thomson Locations: Georgia, Atlanta, U.S, Fulton, Atlanta , Georgia, Fulton County, Manhattan

P01135809, according to Fulton County Jail records - was captured glaring at the camera in the mug shot. His campaign website featured the mug shot along with a message from Trump defending his actions and asking for donations. TRIAL DATE WRANGLINGWillis originally proposed a trial date of March 4 but moved it up for Chesebro after he asked that his trial start by October. In the Georgia case, Willis has requested that arraignments begin the week of Sept. 5, though defendants in Georgia are permitted to waive those appearances and plead not guilty via court filing. Trump agreed to post $200,000 bond and accepted bail conditions that would bar him from threatening witnesses or his co-defendants in the Georgia case.

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That trial date will not necessarily apply to Trump or the other 17 defendants. Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York mayor, was stone-faced in his mug shot while lawyer Jenna Ellis smiled. TRIAL DATE WRANGLINGWillis originally proposed a trial date of March 4, but moved it up after Chesebro asked that his trial start by October. Trump is due to enter a plea on Sept. 5 and has pleaded not guilty in the other three other cases. About a dozen Trump supporters, some holding flags, gathered outside the jail awaiting his arrival.

Persons: Donald Trump, Evelyn Hockstein, Trump, Meadows, president's, Trump's, Scott McAfee, Kenneth Chesebro, Fani Willis, Joe Biden, Al Capone, Frank Sinatra, Mona Lisa, Laura Loomer, Rudolph Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Mark Meadows, Willis, Chesebro, Steven Sadow, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jack Smith, Bragg, Bob Kunst, Tucker Carlson, I've, Jack Queen, Jacqueline Thomsen, Kanishka Singh, Rami Ayyub, Andy Sullivan, Will Dunham, Scott Malone, Howard Goller Organizations: Fair, REUTERS, White House, Trump, Republican, Democratic, New, Manhattan, Attorney, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S . Justice Department, Republicans, . House, Miami Beach, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Georgia's Fulton County, ATLANTA, New Jersey, Atlanta, Georgia, Bedminster , New Jersey, Fulton, Jail, Fulton County, Manhattan, New York, Atlanta , Georgia, Lowlife, Washington, Miami, Milwaukee

It will be a more popular image than the Mona Lisa," said Laura Loomer, 30, a Republican former congressional candidate who mingled with other Trump supporters outside the jail on Thursday morning. In the Georgia case, Trump faces 13 felony counts including racketeering, which is typically used to target organized crime, for pressuring state officials to reverse his election loss and setting up an illegitimate slate of electors to undermine the formal congressional certification of Biden's victory. Trump, 77, is due to enter a plea in the Georgia case on Sept. 5 and has pleaded not guilty in the other three other cases. Trump has agreed to post $200,000 bond and accepted bail conditions that would bar him from threatening witnesses or his 18 co-defendants in the Georgia case. 'I'M APPALLED'About a dozen Trump supporters, some holding flags, gathered outside the jail awaiting his arrival.

Persons: Donald Trump, Evelyn Hockstein, Trump, Joe Biden, Al Capone, Frank Sinatra, Mona Lisa, Laura Loomer, Fani Willis, Rudolph Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jack Smith, Steve Sadow, Willis, Bragg, Bob Kunst, Trump's, Tucker Carlson, I've, Biden, Jack Queen, Andy Sullivan, Will Dunham, Scott Malone, Howard Goller Organizations: Fair, REUTERS, Rights, Republican, Democratic, Trump, Mafia, Manhattan, Attorney, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S . Justice Department, Republicans, . House, Miami Beach, U.S, Capitol, Authorities, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Atlanta, Georgia, Manhattan, Fulton County, New York, Washington, Miami, Manhattan , Miami, Milwaukee

☆ Marjorie Taylor Greene slams Steve Bannon after he calls for primary challenge, saying she's 'done' with him in fiery texts to Matt Gaetz
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Jake Swearingen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the controversial House Republican from Georgia, blasted Steve Bannon and other far-right figures in a series of messages to Rep. Matt Gaetz, according to texts obtained by The Daily Beast. "Steve and I aren't patching things up," Greene texted to Gaetz, per the Daily Beast. "She took a job from me when she publicly accused me of being crazy," Loomer said to The Daily Beast. She told Gaetz her town hall got "standing ovations" and that "Steve, Loomer, and anyone else coming after me won't beat me." When reached for comment, Rep. Gaetz said, "I fully support Marjorie Taylor Greene's re-election and am eager to campaign alongside her.

Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Steve Bannon, Matt Gaetz, Greene texted, Trump, Kevin McCarthy, Steve, Greene, McCarthy, Chip Roy, Lauren Boebert, Bannon, MAGA, Laura Loomer, Donald Trump, Loomer, Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene's Organizations: Republican, Daily, Caucus, GOP Locations: Georgia, Gaetz

☆ GOP's early 2024 pickle: Support 1 of 3 minority candidates for president or stick with the aggrieved white guy who could be a convicted felon by Election Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Republican Sen. Tim Scott has inched closer to challenging Donald Trump in 2024. Current polling casts Trump, who is battling multiple investigations, as the odds-on favorite. Market research firm Morning Consult shows both Scott and Ramaswamy polling at only 1%, and Haley polling at 4%. And that's after he was arraigned on 34 counts of falsifying business records, charges Trump and his House GOP defenders assert are politically motivated. "Our divisions run deep, and the threat to our future is real," Scott said of the existential crisis at hand.

☆ The GOP risks blowing its 2024 chances by enlisting fringe pols and pushing issues normal voters don't care about
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The New York Times reported Trump wanted to hire far-right xenophone Laura Loomer to his campaign. The potential hire shows how far the Republican Party has moved from the median voter. It's just another example of how out of touch the Republican Party has become with the average voter. The Republican Party has yet to win the popular vote in presidential elections since 2004. Should the party keep hiring oddballs and pursuing culture war issues while failing to address substantive issues affecting the country, it's unclear that will change.

☆ Marjorie Taylor Greene warns Trump against hiring far-right activist Laura Loomer, calling her 'mentally unstable and a documented liar'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Georgia Republican warned Trump not to hire Laura Loomer to work on his 2024 campaign. Greene and far-right activist Loomer once publicly praised one another, but they are now feuding. The New York Times reported that Trump wanted to hire Loomer, but sources said the plan was scrapped. Greene took to Twitter on Friday to say Loomer is "mentally unstable and a documented liar" who "can not be trusted." Loomer responded with multiple tweets attacking Greene, calling her a liar and describing her behavior as "not very "Christian."

☆ There was little love in New York for Trump, but at home at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, the MAGA faithful rallied around him
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Aditi Bharade | Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump delivered a defiant speech in Mar-a-Lago after his arraignment in New York on Tuesday. Trump allies like Roger Stone, Mike Lindell, Kari Lake, and Marjorie Taylor Greene were there. GOP lawmakers like Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene made it down to Mar-a-Lago to cheer Trump on. Greene — who earlier on Tuesday gave a short 10-minute speech at a mini pro-Trump protest in New York — tweeted about the Mar-a-Lago event. Trump on Tuesday was arrested in New York, and later in a Manhattan courtroom pleaded not guilty to 34 low-level felony charges.

Security analysts who monitor far-right chatter on social media, said initially the impulse of Trump's followers was to heed his call and hit the streets. But by Monday, the tone had shifted, according to the analysts and messages on several social media platforms examined by Reuters. "QAnon-related folks and some MAGA adherents are talking about how this is one big trap in some cases, that this is an operation intended to get (Trump's) supporters in trouble," Segal said. Almost immediately thereafter there was a second wave of, 'Don't protest, it's a trap just like January 6th,' that really overtook the first," Burghart said. Activist Laura Loomer, a prominent Trump supporter in Florida, called on Saturday for a "peaceful" Tuesday protest outside Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

☆ Ron DeSantis posed with a handmade snowflake. It had the word 'fascist' written all over it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ron DeSantis was given a framed snowflake at an event in Iowa, where he was promoting his new book. The word "fascist" was hidden in every branch of the snowflake. Every branch of the snowflake had the word "fascist" hidden in the design. "At a Republican political rally in Davenport, Iowa today someone gave @GovRonDeSantis and @IAGovernor Kim Reynolds a handmade 'snowflake' with the word 'Fascist' secretly embedded in it," Goffman tweeted. Read the snowflake," tweeted Laura Loomer, a pro-Trump, right-wing commentator.

☆ Ron DeSantis posed with a handmade snowflake. It had the words 'fascist' written all over it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ron DeSantis was given a framed snowflake at an event in Iowa, where he was promoting his new book. The word "fascist" was hidden in every branch of the snowflake. Ron DeSantis was photographed posing with a cutout of a white snowflake in Iowa. Every branch of the snowflake had the word "fascist" hidden in the design. Read the snowflake," tweeted Laura Loomer, a pro-Trump, right-wing commentator.

☆ Elon Musk says Twitter's decision to hire a law firm that he'd previously criticized and boycotted was the result of an employee 'error'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Twitter hired a law firm that CEO Elon Musk publicly criticized last month and said "thrives on corruption." Musk told Reuters on Friday that hiring law firm Perkins Coie was "an error on the part of a member of the Twitter team." He added that the firm "will not be representing Twitter on future cases." Musk told Reuters on Friday that Twitter's hiring of Seattle-based law firm Perkins Coie was "an error on the part of a member of the Twitter team." Musk didn't immediately respond when asked if Perkins Coie would continue to represent Twitter in those cases, Reuters said.

Musk's email said hiring Perkins Coie was "an error on the part of a member of the Twitter team." A Perkins Coie spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Musk tweeted on Dec. 8 that Twitter "isn't using Perkins Coie" as outside counsel and urged other companies to boycott the firm. He singled out a former Perkins Coie lawyer, Michael Sussmann, who advised Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign while at the firm. In May, Musk tweeted that Perkins Coie and another large law firm were made up of "white-shoe lawyers" who "thrive on corruption."

☆ Twitter hires Seattle law firm that Elon Musk previously boycotted and criticized for 'thriving on corruption'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Twitter is using a law firm that Elon Musk has previously condemned. Musk said nobody should use Perkins Coie and that the firm "thrives on corruption." Perkins Coie is representing Twitter in a lawsuit filed by a far-right activist, per court filings. Reuters reported that Perkins Coie was working with Twitter on at least six other cases before Musk took control of the company in late October. Twitter, Perkins Coie, and Jenner & Block didn't immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider.

On Thursday, Twitter accounts for at least nine journalists and one left-leaning political pundit were suspended. That is the real problem here.”According to Musk, Thursday’s suspensions were related to new rules around sharing real-time location information, which he tied to an alleged stalking incident. Musk said, “Any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation. On Wednesday, Musk tweeted that legal action would be taken against Sweeney. Andrew Torba, founder of the far-right social platform Gab, also criticized Musk and touted his company as an alternative to Twitter.

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