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'Terrible for our country!' Mike Lindell throws seven-minute tantrum against judge who ruled against him in Dominion case

Mike Lindell, along with Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, lost their motion to dismiss the lawsuit against them from Dominion Voting Systems in federal court.

Lindell is in South Dakota where he is hosting a days-long symposium where he promised to deliver evidence showing that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election.

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Expect militants to carry out 'many insurrections under the banner of Trump': counter-terrorism expert

Speaking to MSNBC's Joy Reid Wednesday, counter-terrorism expert and former Navy spy Malcolm Nance said that he can't help but notice that the right-wing extremists have now become GOP-sponsored "freedom fighters."

Addressing the continued fallout from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Nance explained that he foresaw it happening when Charlottesville happened.

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'Grow up!' MSNBC host shames Ron DeSantis as 'poster child of COVID failures'

In a commentary Wednesday, MSNBC host Ari Melber explained that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is now the "poster-child of COVID failures."

Melber accused the Florida governor of exploiting the deadly pandemic by selling merchandise on his website about his COVID efforts and attacking Dr. Anthony Fauci.

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Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell just suffered yet another stinging legal defeat

Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and Mike Lindell had hoped that a court would throw out Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against them — only to be told that it would, indeed, move forward.

While Lindell was in South Dakota conducting his so-called "Cyber Symposium" on purported "voter fraud" in the 2020 presidential election, a federal court in Washington, D.C was denying motions to dismiss the election-fraud-related defamation lawsuits brought by Dominion Voting Machines.

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'Radicalized elements of the Republican Party' causing spike in domestic terror threats: Former Trump official

Former Trump Department of Homeland Security official Miles Taylor revealed to MSNBC on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump had little interest in threats of domestic terrorism during his presidency.

In large part, he explained, it was because Trump saw them as his "political constituency." While nothing was done during the Trump presidency, Taylor said it's clear that inaction has led to increased terrorism threats today.

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GOP governors are now at risk of becoming the faces of the deadly COVID delta surge: report

A new Washington Post report on Wednesday argued that Republican governors are running the risk of becoming the face of the delta variant and the disaster it is inflicting on their states.

The report started out by showing that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is under siege for his handling of the pandemic.

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'It's too much': Election workers are still getting swamped with threats from Sharpie-obsessed Trump fans

Another casualty of President Donald Trump's election conspiracy theories is the safety and security of county clerks who run elections around the country, the Washington Post explained Wednesday.

"It used to be fun to be an election clerk, but it isn't anymore," said Michael Siegrist, clerk of Canton Township in Michigan.

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Tropical Storm Fred becomes 6th storm of revived Atlantic hurricane season

A tropical disturbance that has been swirling in the Caribbean during the past few days became more organized Tuesday night and has now strengthened into a tropical storm named Fred. Forecasters from the National Hurricane Center said the tropical storm is spinning about 45 milessouth-southwest of Ponce, Puerto Rico, and 215 miles east-southeast of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic at about 11 p.m. Tuesday. The storm was moving west at a pace of 17 mph. Fred, the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season — which got off to an active start but has been very quiet during the past ...

'Failure': Progressive group ridicules Donald Trump's infrastructure flops as Biden succeeds

What Donald Trump failed to do in four years, Joe Biden accomplished in seven months. That's how the progressive group MeidasTouch sees the success of landmark legislation that will spur job growth, fix decades of problems, deliver high-speed internet to rural America and, hopefully, carry the United States into the next century.

The first press conference was May 15, 2017 when then press secretary Sean Spicer announced infrastructure week's meetings with U.S. Chambers of Commerce.

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How Mitch McConnell went from the Grim Reaper to handing Joe Biden a victory: report

In a report Tuesday, The Washington Post noted the strange evolution of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) over the past year.

"We're confronted with severe challenges from a new administration, and a narrow majority of Democrats in the House and a 50-50 Senate to turn America into a socialist country, and that's 100 percent of my focus," said McConnell just three months ago.

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Chicago auto mechanics strike for the second week — shutting down service work at 56 new car dealerships

Those looking to get a car serviced at a Chicago-area dealership may find it will take a while. More than 800 auto mechanics are on strike after failing to reach an agreement on a new four-year labor contract, essentially shutting down service work at 56 new car dealerships in the city and the suburbs. The last Chicago auto mechanics strike in 2017 lasted for more than seven weeks before a deal was signed. “They are prepared to stay out as long as it takes to get an agreeable contract,” said Ronnie Gonzalez, a spokesman for Automobile Mechanics’ Local 701 in Carol Stream, Ill., which represent...

GOP senator tried to put Democrats on the spot with 'Defund the Police' stunt — and it blew up in his face

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) addressed the Senate floor after Republicans attempted to pass an amendment they thought would put Democrats on the spot and pigeonhole them as anti-police.

The amendment came from Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and it was a non-binding amendment to punish localities that defund the police. A non-binding bill means that it is essentially toothless and carry no actual penalties.

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Ron DeSantis doesn't 'give a damn' about Floridians' lives: Lincoln Project's Rick Wilson

Speaking to MSNBC on Tuesday, Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson said that he thinks Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis simply doesn't care about the people dying in his state.

Strangely, DeSantis told one of the worst counties that he was "happy" about the trends. The trends there are increasing in every respect. Once students get into schools the virus will spread among them, sending them to fill up hospital beds.

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