By Zachary Stieber [Editor’s note: Calling out the blatant theft of funds from donors to the truckers’ protest has led GoFundMe to reverse course and (now) declare it will automatically refund those donations, but they have exposed their hand as grotesquely corrupt and politically biased. I have added the “Truckers’ Declaration” just published by State of the Nation.] The GoFundMe fundraising platform said Feb. 5 it will automatically refund donations made to a trucker convoy in Canada protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates after backlash. GoFundMe said Friday it was preventing the funds from…
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‘Hypocrisy’: Trump Team Shows Videos of Democrat Lawmakers During Impeachment Trial
BY ZACHARY STIEBER Former President Donald Trump’s legal team on Friday accused legislators of hypocrisy as they played lengthy video montages of elected officials speaking about committing assault against Trump, threatening his supporters, and backing protests last year that regularly turned violent. Going on the offense in their first day of presentations during Trump’s second impeachment trial, the attorneys used a strategy pushed by many conservatives. Michael van der Veen argued that Trump did not use any inciting language on Jan. 6 before the breach of the Capitol, but that numerous members of…
Trump Approves Filing Retooled Texas-Style Election Challenges: Giuliani
BY ZACHARY STIEBER President Donald Trump’s legal team is planning on filing retooled lawsuits, his lawyer said Saturday. “We move immediately, seamlessly, to plan B, which is to bring lawsuits now in each one of the states. We had them ready. They’re just a version of the one that was brought in the Supreme Court. So last night, the president made the decision,” Rudy Giuliani said during an appearance on “War Room: Pandemic.” Texas filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court against Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Michigan, alleging the elections there were…