News: Trump’s son Barron will no longer serve as a delegate at this summer’s Republican National Convention, per a senior Trump campaign adviser & a statement from Melania Trump’s office

The stmt from Melania Trump’s office said 'he regretfully declines due to prior commitments'

Come with me down the rabbit hole of the far-reaching fallout from Trump's 2020 election lies, and the ongoing efforts by his right-wing allies to undermine the results.

Election-denying 'Kraken' lawyer Stefanie Lambert was charged this week with state crimes tied to the

NEW: Trial judge rejects Hunter Biden's bid to dismiss his gun charges on Second Amendment grounds. (He claimed the case violated his 2A rights.) Comes hours after appeals court refused to step in and shut down the case for other reasons. Trial is June 3. cnn.com/2024/05/09/pol…

JUST IN: A federal appeals court just ruled against Hunter Biden, clearing the way for him to stand trial next month on three gun felonies. He wanted the appeals court to throw out the indictment, but the judges rejected his appeal on procedural grounds. Trial is set for June 3.

The notorious far-right website Gateway Pundit grossed approx. $3.1 million last year peddling clickbait and conspiracy theories, according to a new court filing in its bankruptcy proceedings. Reliable Sources Oliver Darcy

Michigan sheriff (and 2020 election denier) Dar Leaf continues doxxing Dominion Voting Systems employees. He just posted a 200-page PDF with names, emails and cell numbers of Dominion staff. Dominion says his recent doxxing campaign led to online harassment and violent threats.

“Trump originally approved of the hiring, one source told CNN, but sources said the former president was angered after his allies pointed to clips of Spies criticizing the false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.”

JUST IN: Fox News takes down Hunter Biden 'mock trial' miniseries, one day after lawsuit threat. A surprisingly swift move from Fox, which was defending the program a few hours ago. Fox says it was scrubbed 'out of an abundance of caution in the interim.' cnn.com/2024/04/30/pol…

MORE: Chesebro offered to fly out controversial right-wing figures to DC for Jan. 6, and to pay for their Trump Hotel rooms. He offered this to Sheriff David Clarke and the founder of the Gateway Pundit conspiracy site. (No indication they took his offer) cnn.com/2024/04/29/pol…

NEWS: Michigan AG got search warrants for Twitter and Google, netting hundreds of new files for their ongoing probe into the 2020 fake electors plot. They got Ken Chesebro's private DMs..... all after CNN revealed that he hid a secret Twitter from the AG cnn.com/2024/04/29/pol…

NEW: Far-right network OAN reached a settlement with Smartmatic, the voting tech company that was falsely accused of 'rigging' the 2020 election against Trump. Neither side disclosed terms of the deal to resolve the sprawling defamation lawsuit. cnn.com/2024/04/16/med…

Bill Barr came out swinging against Donald Trump & House GOP for tanking FISA in a phone interview with CNN:

“I think it’s a travesty and reckless”

On Trump urging GOP to vote against FISA: “I think that he’s a flawed leader and this shows one of the reasons he is flawed”

For those keeping track at home. Recent Speakers and The Lost Rule Votes:

Gingrich: 6 votes in 4 years
Hastert: 2 votes in 8 years
Pelosi: ZERO
Boehner: ZERO
Ryan: ZERO
Pelosi, redux: ZERO
McCarthy: 3 votes in 8 months
Johnson: 4 votes in 6 months

A senior RFK Jr. campaign official told a private meeting of New York Republicans that her 'number one priority' was to 'get rid of Biden' (h/t Aaron Pellish Eva McKend) cnn.com/2024/04/08/pol…

It was so nice to welcome Marshall Cohen to the CNN Newsroom. He’s a very solid CNN reporter.

NEWS: Hunter Biden to face trial in JUNE for alleged tax crimes, after a judge ruled today AGAINST all of his motions to toss the case. Notably, the judge REJECTED Hunter's theory that the felony indictment was only filed because DOJ caved to GOP pressure cnn.com/2024/04/01/pol…

RFK Jr. saying wild things about voting in Erin Burnett interview. Said 2000 and 2004 elections were “stolen” from Dems — and elections are still dubious because they lack “paper ballots.” (Guess he doesn’t know 2020 had more votes cast with a paper trail than ever before, > 90%)

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