Darin Smith is only one of many federal prosecutors who have messed up things so badly that he didn’t just lose a case, but had a slate of his cases dismissed due to his errors. AlterNet reported last week that Smith botched a prosecution so badly that a “slam dunk” murder case had to be rejiggered …
Last week, Elon Musk’s SpaceX released its IPO prospectus in preparation for going public in June, and now that experts have had a chance to pore through its 277 pages, one analyst has bad news for interested investors: the company is a “trainwreck.”This is according to Ed Elson, a prominent financi…
The stress cracks are undeniably starting to show in the White House, if explosions from White House staff are an indicator.MS NOW anchor Nicole Wallace cited White House spokesperson Steven Cheung’s social media response to Mike Pompeo criticism of a deal being negotiated by the Trump administratio…
The White House went on the attack on Tuesday, lashing out at CNN and others for questioning the president’s health after he went to Walter Reed for his third checkup in 13 months.The Rapid Response 47 social media account, an official Trump White House account, posted numerous screenshots of CNN re…
Republican Richard J. Cash, who has been serving in the South Carolina State Senate since 2017, is decidedly conservative. But according to South Carolina Post and Courier reporter Nick Reynolds, Cash “may have just marked the death knell for redistricting” in his state.South Carolina, a deep red st…
President Donald Trump went on the attack against the media and Democrats on Tuesday, furious over coverage of his repeated claims that a deal to end the Iran war was near.He suggested that even if Iran surrendered unconditionally, the media and “Dumacrats” would claim Iran had won.“If Iran surrende…
President Donald Trump’s $1.776 billion “slush fund” is a “multitool for corruption and maintaining MAGA discipline,” argues The Bulwark‘s editor, Jonathan V. Last, suggesting there are multiple ways Trump can use the fund — all involving corruption.One of the obvious ways is bribery, writes Last. B…
Social media pounced the Trump administration’s proposal to force all employees to sign non-disclosure agreements to prevent leaks to media organizations.The new requirement proposed by President Donald Trump in a Tuesdy draft notice, states that “federal employees do not have discretion to disclose…
On Tuesday, the House Armed Services Committee released the draft of its annual defense policy bill ahead of the panel’s marathon National Defense Authorization Act markup next week, and Punchbowl News defense reporter Briana Reilly has revealed that the $1.15 trillion proposal explicitly bans the c…
The announcement that President Donald Trump’s IRS lawsuit settlement could result in the creation of a $1.8 billion “slush fund” for the benefit of J6 rioters has drawn no shortage of outrage, including from some surprising critics. One example came Tuesday morning, when famed podcaster Joe Rogan n…