Tiffany Terrell

Former President Trump is facing backlash after dining Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago club with rapper Kanye West and Nick Fuentes, a far-right activist and Holocaust denier who has used his online platform to spew antisemitic rhetoric.

West, who is now known as Ye, recently launched his 2024 president campaign and has made his own series of antisemitic comments in recent weeks. Most notably, the sportswear manufacturer Adidas cut ties with him following his suspension from several social media platforms. The sportswear manufacturer has also launched an investigation into his conduct.

Ye posted a recap of the Tuesday meeting with Trump to Twitter, watch below:

Pro-Israel group condemns Trump's dinner with 'vile Anti-Semites’ | RawStory.TVPro-Israel group condemns Trump's dinner with 'vile Anti-Semites’ | RawStory.TV

Former president Trump posted a series of statements to his social media platform Truth Social Friday, in which he said he had “never met and knew nothing about” Fuentes before he arrived with Ye at his club.

Notably though, Trump did not acknowledge Fuentes’ long history of racist and antisemitic remarks, nor did he denounce either man’s defamatory statements.

The former president has a long history of failing to unequivocally condemn hate speech. During his 2016 campaign, Trump waffled when asked to denounce the KKK after he was endorsed by the group’s former leader, saying in a televised interview that he didn’t “know anything about David Duke.” And his rallies frequently feature inflammatory rhetoric from figures like U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who spoke earlier this year at a far-right conference organized by Fuentes.

Trump did comment on Ye in the series of posts, saying “we got along great, he expressed no anti-Semitism, & I appreciated all of the nice things he said about me on ‘Tucker Carlson.”

The right-wing pro-Israel group Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is publicly demanding Trump to rebuke antisemitism following his dinner with Ye and Fuentes last week.

The group honored former President Trump with the Theodor Herzl Medallion at ZOA’s annual gala earlier this month, and called him “the best friend Israel ever had in the White House.” The group called on Trump “to live up to his own powerful words, to condemn in the strongest possible terms Jew-hater Kanye West and avowed holocaust denying, white supremacist, Jew-hater Nick Fuentes.” They continued, “ZOA deplores the fact that President Trump had a friendly dinner with such vile anti-Semites. His dining with Jew-haters helps legitimize and mainstream antisemitism and must be condemned by everyone.”

The White House released a statement over the weekend in which spokesman Andrew Bates said: “Bigotry, hate, and antisemitism have absolutely no place in America — including at Mar-A-Lago. Holocaust denial is repugnant and dangerous, and it must be forcefully condemned.”

For his 2024 bid, Ye has enlisted alt-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos as his campaign manager. The rapper claimed to have asked Donald Trump to be his running mate.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of the imminent handover of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Trump was the first president in 40 years not to release his taxes after announcing his first presidential run. The House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee has been seeking access to Mr. Trump's taxes since 2019.

Tuesday's ruling allows a lower court's order to stand, authorizing the documents to be handed over to the committee.

Watch below to see ABC news correspondent Jonathan Karl break down the implications of the ruling:

'The Supreme Court has lost it’s honor': Donald Trump rants after SCOTUS rules he must hand over his tax returns | RawStory.TV'The Supreme Court has lost it’s honor': Donald Trump rants after SCOTUS rules he must hand over his tax returns | RawStory.TV

Trump, who launched his third campaign for the White House last week, is facing multiple investigations related to his business practices, all of which he denies any wrongdoing.

Trump, reported heavy losses from his business enterprises over several years to offset hundreds of millions of dollars in income, according to news media reporting and trial testimony about his finances. That allowed him to pay very little in taxes.

In 2020, the New York Times, citing two decades of tax return data, said Trump paid no federal income tax in 10 of the 15 years through 2017 despite receiving $427.4 million in income from his reality television program and other endorsement and licensing deals through 2018. The newspaper reported that Trump paid just $750 in federal income tax in 2016 and 2017.

Trump in 2020 called the article “fake news.” A Trump Organization lawyer in 2020 said that Trump “paid tens of millions of dollars in personal taxes to the federal government” over the prior decade.

The recent SCOTUS decision clears the U.S. treasury department to deliver tax returns from 2013-2018 for Mr. Trump and some of his businesses to the Democratic-controlled committee.

The Supreme Court's brief response did not note dissent from any of the judges, three of whom were appointed by Trump.

The former president trashed the right-wing majority court on his social media platform Truth Social following the ruling. He claimed, “Why would anyone be surprised that the Supreme Court has ruled against me, they always do! It is unprecedented for me to be turning over Tax Returns, & it creates terrible precedent for future Presidents. Has Joe Biden paid taxes on all of the money he made illegally from Hunter Biden and beyond. The Supreme Court has lost it’s honor, prestige and standing, & haws become nothing more than a political body, with our Country paying the price. They refuse to even look at the Election Hoax of 2020. Shame on them!"

The Ways and Means Committee is set to receive the tax records next week, following the Thanksgiving holiday. The records will not be made public and the committee will have a little over a month to review the documents before the new House is sworn in January 3, 2023.

Scheduled for argument in December, Moore v. Harper concerns the ability of state courts to enforce state constitutions and state laws in elections. Many are sounding the alarm that the decision could have a monumental effect on elections for years to come.

In the case Moore v. Harper, the U.S. Supreme Court will not only examine congressional redistricting in North Carolina — it will also be examining a far-right legal idea known as the independent state legislature doctrine. In its most severe form, the ISL, also known as ISLT, argues that only state legislatures should govern elections at the state level.

Former Secretary of State and First Lady Hilary Clinton attempted to warn the American people of the possible consequences back in October. Watch below:

Moore v. Harper decision could 'have catastrophic effects for democracy' | RawStory.TVMoore v. Harper decision could 'have catastrophic effects for democracy' | RawStory.TV

The issue in Moore v. Harper is whether the Constitution gives state legislatures the exclusive power to determine the “manner” of congressional elections, unconstrained by state constitutions. Under the independent state legislature theory advanced by North Carolina Republican legislators and their conservative allies, it does.

Because state constitutions often provide greater protection of voting rights and stronger safeguards against gerrymandering and other insidious practices than the federal Constitution does, a decision by the court removing those protections would do real damage to democracy.

This case is about gerrymandered congressional districts, but the Constitution uses the same phrase about the “manner” of appointing electors in presidential elections. So, after the unprecedented attempts at legal manipulation of the presidential election of 2020, it’s natural to wonder what the theory might mean for 2024.

If the Supreme Court were to accept the independent state legislature theory, it would seem that no court could ever review laws regulating elections for Congress, no matter how egregiously unconstitutional. It would mean, for example, that no court could review partisan gerrymandering, no matter how extreme.

A Saturday night massacre at the transgender Club Q in Colorado Springs left five people dead and twenty-five injured — the six hundred and first mass shooting of 2022.

Sunday was Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors the lives of transgender victims of hate crimes. Let’s take a look at some of the terrifying footage released over the weekend from Colorado.

roar-assets-auto.rbl.ms

Outgoing U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) condemned violent right-wing rhetoric following Saturday night's massacre at Club Q.

"As our nation marks Transgender Day of Remembrance, the House Democratic Caucus mourns the countless Americans stolen away by the scourge of transphobic violence, a crisis that continues to disproportionately harm trans people of color," Pelosi said in a statement. "Today, and every day, let us offer comfort to grieving loved ones, honor the memory of those killed and continue fighting to save lives from the wicked forces of hate."

Pelosi criticized former president Donald Trump's Make America Great Again movement, which she said scapegoats LGBTQ+ individuals and communities.

"That fight remains more urgent than ever, as right-wing extremists target transgender Americans’ most fundamental rights and freedoms," the outgoing Speaker added. "Whether spouting dangerous rhetoric from cable news desks or openly bullying schoolchildren from the halls of power, MAGA Republicans are cruelly undermining the safety and well-being of our transgender community. Horrified by such shameless bigotry, House Democrats are proud to march alongside our trans friends, neighbors and siblings as we work to uphold justice and dignity for all."

The suspected gunman was subdued by two patrons and taken into custody by law enforcement. It's since been reported that the shooter had previously been arrested just last year for threatening his family with homemade bombs and ammunition, for which he was charged with menacing and three counts of first-degree kidnapping.

United States House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California announced on Thursday that she "will not seek reelection to Democratic leadership" in the 118th Congress. The move will end a nearly twenty year historic run as the first woman to hold the title of Speaker of the House.

Watch an excerpt of her spirited speech from the House floor Thursday:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi steps down while the next generation steps up | RawStory.TVHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi steps down while the next generation steps up | RawStory.TV

Democrats lost their five-seat House majority in last week's midterm elections, handing Republicans a slim but very real edge in the lower congressional chamber.

Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-California), the current minority leader, is widely expected to be chosen as the next Speaker. On Wednesday, 188 members of the House GOP caucus nominated him for the job, which would begin when the new Congress is sworn in on January 3rd, 2022.

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), the second-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, followed Pelosi's lead on Thursday, announcing he will also step aside from House Democratic leadership, and "continue [his] service in a different role."

State Newsroom senior reporter Jennifer Shutt shared Hoyer's message on Twitter. “ … I have decided not to seek elected leadership in the 118th Congress,” Hoyer said in a press release. “I do intend to continue my service in Congress and return to the Appropriations Committee as a member to complete work in which I have been involved for many years."

Shutt reports Hoyer is throwing his support behind Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for Democratic leader. The day after Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she would step aside, Jeffries announced his own history-making bid to become the first Black American to helm a major U.S. political party in Congress as leader of the House Democrats.

The 52-year-old Jeffries gave nod to the “legendary figures” before him, Pelosi and her leadership team, while encouraging his colleagues to embrace this “once-in-a-generation opportunity to further unleash our full potential as a team.”

“The House Democratic Caucus is the most authentic representation of the gorgeous mosaic of the American people,” Jeffries said in a letter to colleagues.

Pelosi told reporters she would not be making any endorsements, believing it's better not to “anoint" new leaders but allow them the confidence of rising on their own. But on Friday, she heartily backed the potential new leaders.

“With pride, gratitude and confidence in their abilities that I salute Chairman Hakeem Jeffries, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark and Vice Chairman Pete Aguilar for being ready and willing to assume this awesome responsibility,” Pelosi said in her own statement Friday.

On Wednesday the U.S. Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act by a vote of 62-37. The bipartisan legislation attempts to keep the status quo on marriage equality by requiring states to recognize all legal marriages of same-sex and interracial couples. It does not require states to allow same-sex couples to marry.

Watch some of the debate prior to the vote on Wednesday:

Franklin Graham riles up his base with false claims about the Senate’s same-sex marriage protection bill | RawStory.TVFranklin Graham riles up his base with false claims about the Senate’s same-sex marriage protection bill | RawStory.TV

Despite its sponsors extreme efforts to ensure existing religious rights are not compromised, far-right-wing Christian activist Franklin Graham is making extremely false claims about the legislation and riling up his supporters on social media.

The bill and its accompanying amendment do such a good job of protecting religious liberties that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormon Church, has issued a statement supporting it.

“We are grateful for the continuing efforts of those who work to ensure the Respect for Marriage Act includes appropriate religious freedom protections while respecting the law and preserving the rights of our LGBTQ brothers and sisters,” the LDS Church said, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.

The bipartisan legislation includes two Republican U.S. Senators as original co-sponsors: Rob Portman of Ohio, and Susan Collins of Maine.

Democratic U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein of California is the original sponsor of the bill, and Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, also an original co-sponsor, is taking the lead for the Democrats.

A joint press release that also includes Senators Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Thom Tillis (R-NC), states an amendment to the bill, which Republicans fought for, ensures no religious rights will be impacted.

The amendment, their statement says, “Protects all religious liberty and conscience protections available under the Constitution or Federal law, including but not limited to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and prevents this bill from being used to diminish or repeal any such protection.”

It also “Confirms that non-profit religious organizations will not be required to provide any services, facilities, or goods for the solemnization or celebration of a marriage,” and “Guarantees that this bill may not be used to deny or alter any benefit, right, or status of an otherwise eligible person or entity – including tax-exempt status, tax treatment, grants, contracts, agreements, guarantees, educational funding, loans, scholarships, licenses, certifications, accreditations, claims, or defenses – provided that the benefit, right, or status does not arise from a marriage. For instance, a church, university, or other nonprofit’s eligibility for tax-exempt status is unrelated to marriage, so its status would not be affected by this legislation.”

Here’s how Franklin Graham characterized the legislation.

“The deceitfully named Respect for Marriage Act will be voted on by the U.S. Senate this week, as early as Wednesday,” he writes overnight to his 10 million Facebook followers.

The bill is being prioritized because the House this summer already passed a similar bill, and should Republicans take the majority it’s unlikely it would even be allowed to go to the floor for a vote, much less pass.

As NCRM reported earlier, supporters also want the Senate to act quickly, given U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has encouraged marriage equality opponents to bring cases that could allow the Court to strike down its ruling in Obergefell. As many Americans learned this summer when the Court struck down its 49-year old ruling in Roe v. Wade, laws that remain on the books can go back into effect immediately.

Donald Trump’s 66-minute speech announcing his third consecutive run for president was thoroughly panned Tuesday night by experts and critics but one reporter’s video appears to redefine the term “captive audience.”

“A crowd has formed by the exit of the ballroom as some try to leave Trump’s announcement speech before he has finished,” tweeted ABC News’ Olivia Rubin. “But security won’t let them.”

Watch below:

Trump cronies fled ahead of his 2024 announcement, as did the crowd at Mar-a-Lago | RawStory.TVTrump cronies fled ahead of his 2024 announcement, as did the crowd at Mar-a-Lago | RawStory.TV

The video was posted minutes after Trump’s speech ended, but it clearly was taken during his speech as the audio makes clear he was still addressing the crowd at Mar-a-Lago. MSNBC’s Katie S. Phang, an attorney, anchor, and legal contributor responded: “‘Captive’ audience there.”

“The speech attendees shown on the video weren’t the only ones who appeared to grow weary at Mr. Trump’s low-energy remarks,” The Independent notes. “Several networks – including his once-beloved Fox News – cut away from the speech before it was over, while many of his once-loyal supporters – including family members – chose not to attend at all.”

A majority of voters say former President Trump should definitely not run for president again, according to a new poll released Tuesday.

A Politico-Morning Consult poll showed that 53 percent of registered voters believe he definitely should not run, while 12 percent said he probably shouldn’t. Less than 20 percent of respondents said he should definitely run, while only 12 percent said he probably should.

The former president has received criticism from members of his own party for the GOP’s performance in some of the most high profile midterm races. He has backed candidates who were more loyal to him but seen as weaker competitors in a general election than some of their primary opponents.

Billionaire and GOP megadonor Ronald Lauder won’t help finance Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign for president, his spokesman told CNBC on Wednesday.

Lauder, an heir to the Estée Lauder fortune, is the latest Republican megadonor to distance himself from Trump as the former president launches a third bid for the White House. Lauder contributed almost $100,000 to the Republican National Committee in 2019 when the political organization was helping Trump get reelected, according the nonpartisan campaign finance watchdog OpenSecrets.

Though his spokesman did not say who Lauder would support in 2024, Florida campaign finance records show that the billionaire businessman donated $10,000 last year to a political action committee supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ successful reelection campaign.

DeSantis has not ruled out running against Trump in a Republican primary for president.

In an article published by The Bulwark on November 14, Never Trump libertarian and conservative journalist Cathy Young slammed MAGA Republicans who are blaming single women for the outcome of the 2022 midterms.

After a disappointing election, many Republican pundits have taken to blaming unmarried women and young voters for the lack of the “red wave” they were expecting.

A viral example of this type of thinking came from conservative FOX news host Jesse Waters discussing the exit polls following the midterms. Watch below:

'They will vote to ruin your life': MAGA Republicans blame single women for the 2022 midterms | RawStory.TV'They will vote to ruin your life': MAGA Republicans blame single women for the 2022 midterms | RawStory.TV

After the heavily predicted "red wave" in the 2022 midterm elections turned out to be an illusion, it was really no mystery why Republicans failed to capitalize on the political tailwinds that — according to conventional wisdom and political history — should have given them much bigger wins.

Blame Donald Trump and Justice Samuel Alito, for the one-two punch of inciting an insurrection (which was wildly unpopular) and overturning the right to abortion (which was highly popular). Americans, it turns out, are protective of democracy and their basic human rights and turned out in huge numbers to vote for Democrats or, more precisely, to vote against Republicans, who are a threat to both.

The smart thing for Republicans to do is clear enough: Stop stoking Trump's election lies and scale back the tsunami of racism, sexism and homophobia currently fueling their party.

But there's no chance that will happen, of course. Let's remember that Republicans also flirted with moderating their message after losing the 2012 election, only to go in precisely the opposite direction by nominating Donald Trump in 2016. Looking inward and engaging in self-reflection is the antithesis of everything the modern GOP stands for. So instead, the right is looking outward for someone besides themselves to blame, and they've landed on a favorite scapegoat: Single women. Worse, in blaming single women for their own political failure, conservatives are wallowing in a ludicrous conspiracy theory based on the premise that having an "F" on your driver's license renders you incapable of autonomous thought.

Yes, it's true: Republicans are big mad that single women voted for Democrats, and their explanation for this is that Democrats of brainwashing those hapless, unfortunate women who don't have husbands to make their decisions for them.

Fox News host Jesse Watters, in the most viral example of this talking point, said that "Democrat policies are designed to keep women single" and implored male viewers to get the ladies under control: "Guys, go put a ring on it." How male Fox News viewers are supposed to talk these unruly Democratic-voting women into marrying them was left unexplained, although Watters has previously hinted at the usefulness of coercion when it comes to romance.

While Republican politicians have generally been a bit more circumspect in their language, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri tipped his hand on a not-that-subtle endorsement of this conspiracy theory, retweeting conservative sociologist Brad Wilcox — who prominently drew attention to single women's Democratic leanings — complaining that "fewer adults are opening their hearts, lives, and minds to marriage and children."

In the real world, of course, what's going on is painfully simple. Single women are a constituency that benefits enormously from equal pay, equal education and reproductive rights. (Married women benefit from these things, too, but a lot of them are cross-pressured to keep the peace with Republican husbands, and/or are voting their resentments toward their single counterparts.) Understanding that they have a built-in advantage with single women, Democrats have constructed a platform designed to appeal to them.

But accepting that straightforward narrative means accepting the radical notion that women have minds of their own. That will clearly never do in the GOP universe. So a nefarious and unnecessarily complicated conspiracy theory must be created that reimagines basic constituent appeal as manipulation and brainwashing.

As with most accusations made by Republicans, the claims that Democrats somehow "control" women are pure psychological projection. It's pretty obvious that Republicans are the ones who want to control women, and when they start talking about "incentivizing" marriage, what they really mean is various forms of coercion. Stripping women of reproductive rights and economic equality is about trying to create a society where women feel they have to get married in order to survive, or at least to have any financial security. As a not-so-hidden bonus, a woman who is financially dependent on her husband is likely to feel even less room to disagree with him politically or vote her own conscience.

In fact, the theory that Democrats are brainwashing women into staying single is directly linked to the "great replacement" conspiracy theory, a white supremacist fiction proposing that liberal "elites" are somehow "importing" people of color to "replace" white conservatives. In both cases, the presumption that people who are not white men are lesser beings, incapable of independent thought.

As with the Big Lie, this is all about Republicans telling themselves that entire groups of Americans are not legitimate voters or citizens, and don't deserve a say in government. Conservatives' bitter retreat into this conspiracy theory after their disappointing midterm results strongly suggests that the Republican Party has no inclination to moderate anything about its policies or messaging. Instead, we can expect the right to double down on the fascistic assumption that people like them are the only real Americans, and nobody else gets to vote.

The Republican Party is in total turmoil after incumbent Democratic United States Senator Catherine Cortez Masto was reelected to a second term by Nevada voters late Saturday night. Thanks to Masto's win, Democrats will maintain their Senate majority in 2023, and they may pick up an additional seat if incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia defeats Trump-endorsed right-wing candidate Herschel Walker in their December 6th runoff election.

Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida, the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, proclaimed on Fox News that the midterms were a "complete disappointment." Scott added that the GOP "didn't have enough of a positive message," despite it being his job to get Republicans elected. Watch below:

'In awe of the incompetence': Mitch McConnell bombarded after Democrats gain Senate majority | RawStory.TV'In awe of the incompetence': Mitch McConnell bombarded after Democrats gain Senate majority | RawStory.TV

The GOP and McConnell hoped to flip the Senate in last week’s election, but that didn't happen. That means McConnell, whom Senate Republicans are expected to keep as their top official, is set to remain Senate minority leader ― a leadership role he got demoted to in January 2021 after Democrats won a razor-thin majority.

Here's what that means for the kind of power he'll be able to wield.

The majority leader has the ability to determine which proposals do and don't come up for a vote in the Senate.

Thanks to Democrats' victory, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is lined up to keep setting the agenda instead.

Democrats didn't win a 60-seat Senate majority, so McConnell and other Republican senators retain their ability to block most legislation.

Thanks to the filibuster — a 60-vote threshold senators must meet to advance most bills — Democrats need support from several Republicans, at least, to pass plenty of proposals. That gives McConnell and his team influence over what bills succeed and which ones fail.

They can't block everything, though. Senate Democrats can keep approving President Joe Biden's nominees to the federal judiciary even without any Republican colleagues' support, for example, because those nominations can advance with just 51 votes.

When McConnell lost the majority leadership, University of Kentucky political science professor Stephen Voss said that didn't put the commonwealth in danger of seeing a big drop in federal assistance.

Kentucky generally receives a disproportionate share of federal dollars compared with other states partly because of its significant poverty levels, Voss said. Plus, McConnell remains one of Congress' top four leaders.

In fact, McConnell noted in a January 2021 interview that he'd "still be one of the Big Four," saying: "When you end up in a big negotiation at the end of the year, each of the four of us have a veto power over what goes in and what doesn't."

Donald Trump lashed out at Mitch McConnell on Sunday as more Republicans turned against the former president after the party's underperformance in the midterm elections.

Mr. Trump has been blamed for his party's worse-than-expected showing on November 8 after he endorsed hundreds of extremist candidates who proved unpalatable.

They included many "election deniers" who were pushing his false claims that an elaborate, nationwide conspiracy was to blame for his defeat to Joe Biden in 2020.

"It's Mitch McConnell's fault," Mr. Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, which is very similar to Twitter but with far fewer users.

He said "everyone despises" the senior Republican senator and used what Chinese Americans consider a racist slur against his Taiwan-born wife, Elaine Chao.

A local columnist blasted Trump-endorsed Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake after she dubbed her own state a “banana republic” — a racist, derogatory term.

“This is just an embarrassment," Lake, a 2020 election denier, said on Newsmax Thursday. "People of Arizona are just sick and tired of elections being run like some banana republic.”

“We won’t have it anymore,” she insisted.

“We’re going to win this, everybody in this state knows we’re going to win it – I was running against a basement candidate who didn’t even campaign,” Lake falsely claimed.

On MSNBC Wednesday, Vaughn Hilliard reported that since Lake began her campaign, she has been alleging fraud, but has refused to report anyone to authorities. In August, Hilliard had a heated interview with Lake, challenging her to provide proof of her claims of fraud. She did not.

roar-assets-auto.rbl.ms

At the Arizona Republic, columnist Laurie Roberts wrote, “Oh, grow up, candidates. There’s a reason Arizona election results are taking forever.”

“Kari Lake was vowing to call the Arizona Legislature into a special session because she didn’t get a balloon drop on election night,” Roberts added. “Do you need a timeout? That’s what I used to ask my toddler sons when they’d throw themselves onto the floor, kicking and screaming, because they didn’t get their way.”

Roberts also mocked Lake, seemingly suggesting she does not know how the government of the state she wants to run works.

“Kari Lake was on Fox, complaining about ‘shoddy elections that are run by imbeciles’ and vowing a special session of the Legislature – though I’m not sure why a special session would be needed given that the Legislature will convene just seven days after our new governor takes office,” Roberts continued.

“Grow up,” Roberts repeated. “For the adults in the room, what’s happening now with the delay in counting was entirely expected. It’s the product of close races and an early ballot system created by Republicans and run by Republicans — a process that was made difficult because of the very Republicans who are now pitching a fit.”

Kayleigh McEnany, former White House Press Secretary under the Trump administration, has a clear warning for former President Donald Trump. According to McEnany, now a Fox News television personality, the former president should hold off on announcing his 2024 presidential bid.

Here's a look at what she had to say Wednesday following the midterm elections:

Kayleigh McEnany issues clear warning to Trump about the 2024 presidential election | RawStory.TVKayleigh McEnany issues clear warning to Trump about the 2024 presidential election | RawStory.TV

As midterm elections come to a close, Trump has danced around the possibility of a “major announcement” being shared on Nov. 15. However, Trump's remarks came prior to the Republican Party's overall midterm election performance, which is a bit worse than anticipated.

Because of the unexpected outcome, McEnany weighed in on the impending announcement saying she believes Trump should “put it on pause.”

Instead of turning the party's focus to Trump, McEnany believes the main focus should be the upcoming Senate run-off between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) and Trump-backed Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker (R), which is scheduled for Dec. 6.

“There’s a very real likelihood it could all come down to Georgia. And what does that give you heebie-jeebies of? It gives you the heebie-jeebies of last time around in 2020,” said McEnany.

"Every ounce of Republican energy, every last ounce needs to go into that Georgia race because it could potentially be what makes or breaks the Senate,” she continued. “Getting Herschel Walker over the finish line, I know there’s a temptation to start talking about 2024. No, no, no, no, no. 2022 is not over.”

McEnany went on to make her stance clear saying, “I think he (Trump) needs to put it on pause. Absolutely.”

However, McEnany admitted that she is aware that the former president would ultimately “make his own decision.”

“But if I’m advising any contender, (Florida GOP Gov. Ron) DeSantis, Trump, whomever … no one announces 2024 until we get through Dec. 6.”

Speaking to the Associated Press, Jason Miller, a former advisor for Trump, admitted he agrees. “I’ll be advising him that he move his announcement until after the Georgia runoff,” he told the news outlet. “Georgia needs to be the focus of every Republican in the country right now."

A majority of Republican nominees deny or question the 2020 election results. Heading into the midterm elections which will be held Tuesday across the United States, this has many concerned that some candidates may not concede even if they lose their elections.

John Oliver focused on election subversion during his Sunday evening show, opening with a clip of Georgia's Mike Collins who shot a trash can with a sign on it saying "voting machine" watch below:

'That man is ridiculous': John Oliver goes on the offensive against GOP election liars | RawStory.TV'That man is ridiculous': John Oliver goes on the offensive against GOP election liars | RawStory.TV

Election subversion is what Oliver wanted to focus on, however. He explained that's when people try to eliminate votes after they've happened to try and change the election.

Playing a clip of Donald Trump demanding 11,780 votes in a call to Georgia officials.

While that incident is easy for folks to remember, in Michigan there was Wayne County, where Trump supporters tried to simply eliminate Detroit voters.

"I propose this simple solution. I would be open to certifying communities other than the city of Detroit," Monica Palmer, Republican County Board of Canvassers said.

Norman Shinkle was another Republican who refused to certify Joe Biden's win in Michigan. The panel could have been deadlocked, except for a "boring guy in glasses" named Aaron Van Langevelde, who voted to certify the vote while quoting John Adams.

"But in state after state, we were very lucky that a small group of people in key positions stood firm," said Oliver.

He went on to show the video of Doug Ducey refusing a call from President Donald Trump and certifying the election in Arizona. That might not happen with a governor like Kari Lake. In fact, she's made it clear she'll refuse to certify it.

He explained that the "guardrails that protect our democracy were heavily tested" in 2020 and since then there has been an attempt to bring down these protections. So, there's a very real chance that the 2022 election will end in a nation filled with insanity.

After a debunking of "2,000 Mules" by "bullsh*t artist Dinesh D'souza" who used maps of Moscow to prove that the mules were going by drop boxes. In one clip, the filmmakers have a freakout over a person walking a dog putting their ballot in a drop box outside of the voting location. The person takes their phone out of a bag, then takes the ballot out of the bag, and takes a photo of the ballot as they're putting in the ballot box.

This is something many people, on both sides of the aisle, do to show off that they've voted as a way to indicate they're excited about voting. In the film, the "investigators" censor the person's face as well as the dog, for their own personal privacy.

Oliver closed with the help of actor Nick Offerman, who did his own video like Mike Collins of Georgia, in a red short-sleeved shirt and a massive gun.

He began by saying that he can pull off a red Polo shirt without making it look like his mommy picked it out for him.

"And this is a trash can," he explained. "I have labeled it a trash can because it is a trash can. I actually labeled it twice so there wouldn't be any mix-ups. But obviously, that's unnecessary because we're all adults and we do know the difference between a trash can and a godd*man voting machine. Far-right Republican extremists have been running their dry mouths claiming that any election in which they receive less votes than the opposition must be rigged. Well I've got some news for you, actual patriots are sick and tired of shameless opportunistic charlatans who invent dangerous conspiracies, peddle mendacious propaganda, and worse, censor good, good dogs. Because if you're afraid to show a dog's face."

Offerman went on to show his dog, sitting off to the side.

"You can't stop us from showing dogs just like you can't keep us from voting. We're going to do it not because it's fun, because it's not really fun," Offerman continued. "But because it's the right thing to do America. And guess what, we're going to look one-f*ck-of-a-lot better than you while we do it. One shot. No cuts."

Offerman then blows up the trash can.

"Vote," he closed.

Following its recent purchase in late October by Tesla founder Elon Musk, the popular social media platform Twitter has undergone constant internal turmoil. Mass layoffs are expected on Friday after Musk already terminated the company’s top leadership, including the CEO, CFO and nine other board members.

The staff has so far said there has been "absolutely zero" communication from the company's top leadership since Musk's takeover — about the days off or anything else.”

In addition to the internal changes, Musk’s self proclaimed title as a ‘free speech abolitionist’ has alarmed researchers and rights groups that Twitter could become a platform for extremist and hate speech.

Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts discussed her concerns surrounding the $44 billion purchase on the Late Show Wednesday night, watch below:

‘Absolutely zero' communication from Twitter as layoffs expected in Elon Musk’s takeover |RawStory.TV‘Absolutely zero' communication from Twitter as layoffs expected in Elon Musk’s takeover |RawStory.TV

Twitter’s offices will be closed Friday to prevent staff from entering the building until the layoffs are announced.

According to an internal email, the social media company said the cuts are "an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path".

Twitter has not made a profit in several years and its number of users has remained fairly static at around 300 million a month.

A photo went viral Wednesday of an employee sleeping on the floor of her office in an attempt to meet the new deadlines imposed by Musk. Product director Ester Crawford retweeted the image of herself with the caption “When your team is pushing round the clock to make deadlines sometimes you #SleepWhereYouWork”

Musk's style of leadership is not one that looks to avoid burnout. At Tesla and SpaceX, workers are known to work grueling hours as the billionaire strives to hit lofty goals. The CEO has said in the past he has slept on Tesla's factory floor and worked 120 hour weeks to meet his targets.

He's ordered people working on "Elon-critical projects," like getting a new subscription model for verification, to work "literally 24/7" and in 12-hour shifts around the globe to get the work done on an incredibly tight timeline, according to an internal memo seen by Insider. Overall, people are expected to work at a "maniacal" pace and pitch Musk directly with new "cool" ideas, if they would like to keep their jobs.

There is speculation that as many as half of Twitter's staff are on the chopping block, as mass firing is expected to begin today.

Laid-off employees have now begun to post to Twitter with the hashtags #lovewhereyouworked and #oneteam.

In the 2022 midterms, MAGA election deniers haven’t necessarily been as overt as Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake or her Pennsylvania counterpart Doug Mastriano. Some have never acknowledged that President Joe Biden legitimately won the 2020 election but avoid discussing the Big Lie. In Wisconsin, however, Democrats are slamming Republican gubernatorial nominee Tim Michels for saying “the quiet part out loud” and essentially promising that if he defeats Democratic incumbent Governor Tony Evers on November 8, he would simply throw out any election results that he doesn’t like.

A recording of Michels surfaced Wednesday from an event in Jefferson County, Wisconsin on Halloween, in which he makes a very bold statement, watch below:

'The quiet part out loud': Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial nominee makes bold statement if he wins | RawStory.TV'The quiet part out loud': Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial nominee makes bold statement if he wins | RawStory.TV

Evers and the liberal group American Bridge 21st Century have tweeted a recording of Michels, during an event in Jefferson County, Wisconsin on Halloween, telling the crowd, “Republicans will never lose another election in Wisconsin after I'm elected governor.”

The liberal group American Bridge 21st Century, in response, tweeted, “GOP #WIGov nominee Tim @MichelsForGov said the quiet part out loud: ‘Republicans will never lose another election in Wisconsin after I'm elected governor.’ Democracy is on the line in Wisconsin. Michels must be stopped.”

In response to Michels’ promise to throw out election results he doesn’t like, Evers tweeted, “Folks, we’ve known this for a while – Tim Michels is a danger to our democracy. When you head to the polls on Election Day, remember that we’re fighting to protect our democracy, voting rights, and free, fair, and secure elections.”

Democratic strategists and organizers have grown worried over what they’ve been seeing in polls of statewide races in Wisconsin. Incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson has had single-digit leads over Democratic challenger Mandela Barnes in a long list of recent polls, and the governor’s race is tight. Fox News and Data for Progress polls released during the second half of October found Michels leading Evers by 1 percent.

Michels, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, is a far-right MAGA candidate who has trafficked in conspiracy theories and promoted the Big Lie. And Evers isn’t shy about calling Michels “a danger to our democracy.”

Business Insider’s Hannah Getahun, in an article published on November 1, reports, “Michels, a candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has questioned the results of the 2020 election and has declined to answer questions as to whether or not he would certify presidential election results as governor should a Democrat win the state in a national election. Michels also suggested that he could pursue an unconstitutional effort to decertify (President Joe) Biden's 2020 win in Wisconsin once he became governor, telling local station WKOW that he would ‘need to see the details.’”

Evers spokesperson Sam Roecker told Business Insider, “Democracy is on the ballot in this election. Tim Michels has made it clear he will do anything in his power to make it harder for Wisconsinites to vote and could even overturn the fair results of our elections if he doesn't like the outcome.”

A variety of political voices, from election law expert Rich Hasen to “Real Time” host Bill Maher to Never Trump conservative and former GOP strategist Tim Miller, have been sounding the alarm about how perilous things could become in the United States in 2024 if enough “Stop the Steal” Republicans and MAGA election deniers win gubernatorial and secretary of state races in 2022. The fear is that if a Democratic presidential nominee wins the popular vote in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Wisconsin and/or Michigan in 2024’s presidential election, Republicans could refuse to certify the election results and try to give the electoral votes to the Republican candidate — thus setting off a major constitutional crisis and widespread unrest. Maher has commented that post-election, late 2024/early 2025 might be a good time to be away from the United States.