Getty Image Despite Matthew McConaughey delivering a powerful and emotional speech calling for bipartisan, common-sense gun laws following the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, it was back to politics as usual as Republicans quickly began to attack the actor for daring to suggest even the slightest restrictions on gun ownership. Well, Guardians of the …
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‘I’m still squarely on Team Depp’: Right-wing blog spent thousands on Facebook ads to discredit Amber Heard during trial
The right-wing Daily Wire spent thousands of dollars on ads discrediting Amber Heard. A joint investigation by media nonprofit the Citizens and Vice World News found that the the outlet founded by Ben Shapiro spent upward of $47,000 on Facebook and Instagram ads promoting misleading claims about the sensationalized trial. Johnny Depp is suing Heard, …
Human Events, Post Millennial join together in big right-wing media merger
On Wednesday, Human Events announced that it has acquired right-wing outlet the Post Millennial. The acquisition brings some of the most notorious members of the far-right media landscape together under one digital roof. Canada-based the Post Millennial has courted controversy in recent years with what many describe as its biased coverage and for employing far-right …
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‘He would now have a weapon with which to battle Musk.’: Trump’s floundering Truth Social partners with popular right-wing YouTube alternative
In the two months since its botched rollout, Truth Social has encountered one stumbling block after another. The biggest problem former President Donald Trump’s social media platform has faced is its inability to onboard accounts, leaving more than 1 million registered users waiting in a seemingly endless queue. A right-wing YouTube alternative has just thrown …
Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider Thinks It’s ‘Hilarious’ That A MAGA Politician Bizarrely Thinks ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ Is Some Sort Of Right-Wing Anthem
Getty Image There’s been this odd attempt by a certain group of people, right-wingers especially, to create a new narrative behind Twisted Sister’s highlight song, “We’re Gonna Take It.” One attempt came earlier this year when Dee Snider, the band’s lead vocalist, allowed Ukrainian supporters to use “We’re Gonna Take It” as a theme song …
John Oliver Returned To The Air With A Merciless Debunking Of The Rightwing Hoopla Over Critical Race Theory
Three months have elapsed since John Oliver’s last episode of Last Week Tonight, and so much has changed. There’s been another COVID wave. Russia might be invading Ukraine. There were the Olympics that, again, not enough people watched. Former president Donald Trump both soft-launched his long-threatened Twitter clone and might lose all his income save …
A Right-Wing Platform Has Offered Joe Rogan $100 Million To Leave Spotify
Getty Image The Joe Rogan Spotify saga isn’t going away anytime soon, folks. Today, a right-wing platform just offered Rogan the same $100 million that Spotify paid him for the exclusive rights to broadcast his The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, because of course they did. The company that has approached Rogan with the offer is …
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Joe Rogan Received A $100 Million Offer From Right-Wing Video Platform Rumble To Ditch Spotify
Getty Image After Spotify pulled 70 episodes of Joe Rogan‘s podcast (and counting) as he apologized for repeatedly using the N-word amidst a growing controversy sparked by Rogan’s spreading of COVID misinformation, the right-wing video platform Rumble has entered the fray in an effort to Rogan away from his current home. While Spotify CEO Daniel …
Rightwing Star Dan Bongino Has Been Permanently Banned From YouTube After Trying To Circumvent What Had Merely Been A Suspension
Getty Image Earlier this month, rightwing radio and Fox News star Dan Bongino — who is not to be confused with former Trump staffer Dan Scavino — was suspended on YouTube after he kept recklessly spreading misinformation about the pandemic. At the time, Bongino was vague about whether he would ever return, claiming he would …
Jan. 6 committee tries to debunk major right-wing conspiracy about Capitol riot
Almost immediately after the Capitol riot unfolded, supporters of President Donald Trump attempted to deflect the blame for their incursion into Congress. They chose to pin the violence that day on left-wing agitators and undercover federal officers, despite all evidence pointing right back to them. The most popular person to come under suspicion was a …
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Tucker Carlson Got Into Some Rightwing In-Fighting By Torching Ted Cruz For Calling Jan. 6 A ‘Violent Terrorist Attack’
Getty Image The first anniversary of Jan. 6, when violent Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building, is upon us, and Republicans have no idea how to commemorate it. Trump, who helped foment the attack, announced what would have almost certainly been an unhinged press conference, but pulled out at the last second. Meanwhile, Fox News …
A Rightwing Radio Network Doesn’t Care That Mike Lindell Pulled MyPillow Ads In A Huff
FRANKSPEECH Mike Lindell has been waging war against an unexpected source: rightwing media. Last week, MyPillow Guy, who’s so ride-or-die for Trump he’s willing to lose his entire fortune over baseless voter fraud claims, fomented a protest against Fox News. Almost no one showed up. Then he failed to pull off a 96-hour Thanksgiving marathon …