‘What the hell is a Blizzard?’: Trump reveals he’s never been to a Dairy Queen
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Donald Trump will headline the first of a two-day conference organized by the right-wing political activist group Turning Point USA alongside far-right lawmakers, candidates and pundits including Tucker Carlson and Matt Gaetz.
The inaugural Tipping Point Action Conference begins as the former president’s legal team pushes Georgia courts to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from investigating him for election interference and to overturn the final report of a special purpose grand jury recommending indictments against the Trumps. circle
Attorneys filed similar motions in both the Georgia Supreme Court and Fulton County Superior Court after a grand jury was sworn in to hear evidence about attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Meanwhile, the Justice Department special counsel investigating the former president threatened possible criminal charges against a Trump Organization employee suspected of lying to investigators, according to sources speaking to ABC News.
Jack Smith passed on a letter to a staffer indicating he may have perjured himself in an appearance before the federal grand jury that eventually indicted Mr. Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents, the sources said.
The letter appears to indicate Mr. Smith’s interest in handling surveillance footage and efforts to avoid sharing footage with investigators.
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Loyal Fox viewer’s lawsuit attacks network’s ‘blatant lies’
For the past two years, Ray Epps has been living a surreal nightmare, born out of the same conspiracy theory universe that launched a riot in the halls of Congress, hundreds of criminal investigations and a defamation suit against one of the most influential cable networks in the country.
The man at the center of the right-wing conspiracy theory around Jan. 6 has accused Tucker Carlson of amplifying a “fantasy” story that has destroyed his family and business, accusations that echo a landmark $787 million deal between Fox and Dominion Voting Systems. which accused the network of spreading defamatory statements about the company after the election.
“It’s certainly possible that we’re demonstrating a pattern of disregard for the truth,” attorney Michael Teter told The Independent.
“I think this case is ripe for punitive damages, not only because of the willingness to lie about Ray and the egregious lies, but also because there is past conduct here of contempt for the truth,” he says.
Alex WoodwardJuly 15, 2023 11:00 p.m
Vivek Ramaswamy accuses the “censorship” of January 6
Vivek Ramaswamy, a Trump booster among the Republican candidates vying for the 2024 Republican nomination, painted an apocalyptic view of the state of the country in remarks to a bemused crowd at the Turning Point Action Conference in Florida on Saturday .
The 37-year-old far-right figure blamed “awakening, transgenderism and climateism” for the “poison” filling what he characterized as a void in American society.
“At a time in our national history when the things that used to fill our void, faith, patriotism, hard work, family, those things are gone, and that leaves a black mark in its wake,” he said. to say.
His remarks largely echoed other speakers at the conference and statements by other far-right pundits who deny the accelerating climate crisis and scapegoat trans people for what he believes is the american decline
Ramaswamy also concocted a baseless narrative about the January 6 attack, which he did not blame on false conspiracy theories or the actions of people who refused to accept the result of a democratic election.
“The truth is this: January 6 was the result of a pervasive culture of censorship across the country,” he said. “When you tell people they can’t scream, that’s when they start tearing things down.”
Post-it notes are attached to the faces of the GOP candidates for the 2024 presidential nomination at the Turning Point Action Conference in Florida on July 15.
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Alex WoodwardJuly 15, 2023 10:28 p.m
Turning Point speakers present an anti-trans agenda
The lineup of speakers at Turning Point USA’s Turning Point Action conference in Palm Beach, Fla., wasted no time in addressing transgender rights on their list of grievances to rally attendees and fuel the 2024 campaigns.
Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk and attorney Harmeet Dhillon, who ran unsuccessfully for Republican National Committee chairman, opened the lineup with a series of inflammatory claims about trans people and their families.
Ms Dhillon claimed schools are “inflicting powerful psychological indoctrination on vulnerable children” and compared doctors who provide gender-affirming health care to Nazis.
He called transitional health care “Mengele-like experimentation on American children.”
Republican US Rep. Byron Donalds also falsely claimed that the “radical left” wants to “drive a wedge” between parents and children” by affirming the gender of children.
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Alex WoodwardJuly 15, 2023 9:50 p.m
Tucker Carlson turns his Christian summit with GOP contenders into a platform for Putin
Tucker Carlson is back on the political stage at the Tuning Point Action conference a day after an evangelical-run Republican presidential showcase for the former Fox News pundit, who spoke to several Republican candidates who aren’t Donald Trump.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dominated the event, as Carlson pressed the candidates with a line of questions that questioned whether Ukraine was the aggressor and took a position that appeared to side with Putin’s.
He will return to the stage this evening just before Trump delivers keynote remarks at the far-right conference hosted by Turning Point USA.
More from Josh Marcus and Ariana Baio’s Friday event:
Alex WoodwardJuly 15, 2023 8:45 p.m
Lincoln Project releases new ad calls Tuberville ‘a traitor’
Republican anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project has criticized Sen. Tommy Tuberville for blocking Senate confirmations of all senior military officers to protest a Defense Department policy that pays for travel when a service member must leave the country. status for abortion or other reproductive care. .
Thanks to the senator, the US Marine Corps is leaderless for the first time in 150 years. In a new announcement from the group, the Lincoln Project says the Marines’ proud legacy is being tarnished by Mr Tuberville, calling him a “domestic enemy and a ‘traitor'”.
Oliver O’ConnellJuly 15, 2023 7:45 p.m
Biden slams Tuberville’s ‘ridiculous’ block on military promotions
President Joe Biden on Thursday criticized Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s months-long effort to block the upper house from moving forward hundreds of military officer promotions and nominations for key positions in the U.S. armed forces, calling the position of the “ridiculous” Republican lawmaker and a threat to national security.
Oliver O’ConnellJuly 15, 2023 6:45 p.m
Glitter really gets everywhere…
A Republican lawmaker has a strange new label for Hunter Biden: glitter.
In a House Judiciary Committee hearing with FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday, Rep. Wesley Hunt compared President Joe Biden’s son to the shiny stuff.
“Hunter Biden to me is like glitter. He’s in everything and you can’t get rid of him,” she gushed.
Oliver O’ConnellJuly 15, 2023 4:45 p.m
New Mexico’s top election official met with federal prosecutors to investigate a special counsel
The top elections official in New Mexico is among several state officials who have spoken to federal prosecutors as part of the special counsel’s investigation into the 2020 election.
New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver spoke with prosecutors at some point in recent months as Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith investigates Donald Trump’s lobbying campaign to repeal the election results in the states he lost.
Prosecutors have subpoenaed state election officials and correspondence with Trump-linked officials.
Alex WoodwardJuly 15, 2023 3:30 p.m
Cassidy Hutchinson, key witness at the Jan. 6 land registry settlement hearings
A former White House aide to President Donald Trump who became a prominent congressional witness against him and his allies in the wake of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol siege has a book deal. “Enough” by Cassidy Hutchinson will be released on September 26 by Simon & Schuster.
“With ‘Enough,’ she offers a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman in the midst of a national crisis,” according to the publisher’s announcement.
Oliver O’ConnellJuly 15, 2023 2:45 p.m
GOP’s weak midterm showing and recent court ruling put US House majority at stake in 2024
After an anemic midterm showing, Republicans have virtually no cushion in their quest to retain control of the House, further complicated by a surprise U.S. Supreme Court decision last month that will likely carry two new Democratic districts safely. Democrats need only five seats to control the House.
Oliver O’ConnellJuly 15, 2023 12:45 p.m
