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- Ex-Trump Secretary Blows Up Over President’s Endorsement of Texas AG, Who Agre...
AP Photo/Steve Helber, File Former Texas Governor Rick Perry, who served as President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Energy in the first term, shredded the president’s latest endorsement. On Tuesday, Trump finally waded into the U.S. Senate race in Texas between Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton, who will face each other in a runoff on Tuesday after neither candidate received a majority of the votes in March’s Republican primary. Trump endorsed Paxton, who, even conservative pundits have acknowledged, has baggage that could actually put the seat in jeopardy. The winner of the runoff will face Democratic state Rep. James Talarico in November. Paxton has a scandal-plagued record that includes an impeachment by the GOP-controlled Texas House of Representatives for abusing his office. Those impeachment articles allege that Paxton used his office to assist a donor, Nate Paul, who was the subject of a federal investigation. At the behest of Paxton, Paul also employed a woman who was having an affair with the attorney general. On Thursday, Perry, who was governor of the Lone Star State from 2000 to 2015, weighed in on X, where he quote-tweeted a Texas Tribune article about Paxton cutting a lenient deal with an admitted child molester. “Ken Paxton initially offered a plea deal to a MAN WHO ADMITTED TO MOLESTING a child to serve only ONE DAY IN JAIL,” Perry wrote. Ken Paxton initially offered a plea deal to a MAN WHO ADMITTED TO MOLESTING a child to serve only ONE DAY IN JAIL. #txsen https://t.co/badHYF3p8m — Rick Perry (@GovernorPerry) May 21, 2026 The linked article noted that three years ago, Paxton’s office took over the case of Adam Hoffman, a Waco attorney who had been charged with continuous sexual abuse of a young child. Hoffman went on trial last year, and the case resulted in a hung jury, after which prosecutors decided to cut a deal. The prosecutors in the case defended the arrangement, stating that the child, whose age was not mentioned in the plea agreement, wanted the ordeal to be over. “The child emphasized that he preferred to move on with his life and prioritize his mental and emotional health,” prosecutors Brenda Cantu and Dorian Cotlar wrote. Upon hearing the plea deal, the judge in the case was incredulous: “One day. Seriously? Somebody has to sell me on the wisdom of it,” said Judge Roy Sparkman, according to a transcript of… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - ‘Utterly Stupid’: Mitch McConnell Joins Mounting Group Of GOP Officials Agai...
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) slammed President Donald Trump’s “anti-weaponization fund” on Thursday after a meeting with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that saw widespread Republican opposition to the move. Blanche sat down with lawmakers on Thursday to discuss his department’s new $1.776 billion fund set up as part of a settlement of Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the 2019 leak of his tax returns. The meeting seemingly did not go well, with Semafor’s Burgess Everett reporting that it was “being described as a ‘sh*tshow’ per people familiar with it.” A number of Republicans have spoken out publicly against the fund, with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) one of its most vocal critics, refering to the policy on Thursday as “stupid on stilts.” Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) said she did not believe that the fund should go towards paying those who were convicted of violence against police officers, and Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) told reporters she too would have a problem with that possibility. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) vowed to try to “kill” it and went so far as to introduce a bill to block the fund from using taxpayer dollars, while Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) called it a “slush fund.” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) told CNN’s Manu Raju that “the decision to unveil $1.8B fund now (when they’re trying to pass the bill) was a giant mistake,” adding, “Somebody described it as a galactic blunder, and I think that’s probably true.” McConnell joined the chorus on Thursday as well, calling out Blanche specifically in a strongly worded statement that called the fund “morally wrong.” “So the nation’s top law enforcement official is asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops? Utterly stupid, morally wrong – Take your pick,” he said. The opposition to the fund reportedly led to Thune sending his colleagues home on recess without a vote on a reconciliation bill that would have funded tens of billions of Trump’s immigration enforcement policies. Watch above via CNN.The post ‘Utterly Stupid’: Mitch McConnell Joins Mounting Group Of GOP Officials Against Trump’s ‘Slush Fund’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Candace Owens Apologizes To Hunter Biden: ‘I’m Sorry, I Feel Sh*tty’Candace Owens apologized to Hunter Biden in their interview on Thursday, telling the former president’s son she “felt sh*tty” about contributing to the media storm surrounding his drug addiction. Biden sat down with the controversial podcaster to talk about his past scandals and the state of politics in America as a whole. During a conversation surrounding religion, Biden claimed to have made peace with his previous missteps through appreciating the place he reached in later life. “Like I wouldn’t be here, we couldn’t have this honest conversation. I couldn’t get to know you as a human being if every single thing didn’t occur behind it,” he said. “And it’s that piece of life that like the only way I got it is when they just tore off all my clothes, tart and feathered me, and put me in the center of town and said, ‘Look at him.’ And I survived.” Owen then expressed her regret at previous comments she had made about the younger Biden, calling her part in condemning him in the past “gross.” She said: I feel like I have to say, like I’m really sorry that I contributed to that. Like I just feel really sh*tty. Like, I feel guilty because like hearing you talk about I mean, basically, having the worst moments of your life. Like I always speak about on my show, how a lot of these kids growing up aren’t going to even know what it was like before social media, where you could just make a mistake and like have that be over, and you got to grow up. And now it’s like they’re digging and they’re finding people’s tweets from when they’re 17. They’re an idiot. They wrote the n-word once, and they like want to hang them when they’re 40, and I just saw you as a caricature, and it was definitely, like I said, like feeling gaslit by the political machine, convinced that it was just the left that partook in this political machine. And I just like really want to say like, genuinely like I’m so sorry that I just didn’t even consider, he’s a crackhead, and like you know, like that’s actually a very relatable thing, and he shouldn’t be, you know, like to have that is just unbelievable to consider every worst thing that you have ever done. […] But I do, I just feel like I my it’s… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
- GOP Rep. Says January 6 Was ‘Made Up’: ‘That Was A Staged Thing’
Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) said on Thursday that the January 6 insurrection was “made up,” claiming that the event was “staged” by those who opposed President Donald Trump. Norman was asked by press about the Department of Justice’s new $1.776 billion fund set up as part of a settlement of Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the 2019 leak of his tax returns. The Department claimed the fund was meant “for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress,” leading many to question whether Jan. 6 rioters could receive money through the fund. When pressed on this possibility, Norman claimed that the insurrection had not taken place in the way it remembered, seen on video, and spoken about by those who saw or actively took part in the riot. NORMAN: Look, January 6th was an issue that was made up in the first place. REPORTER: Made up, sir? NORMAN: That was a staged thing from day one. REPORTER: The riot was staged? NORMAN: When you had police officers letting people in the building, when you had people that’s not being prosecuted– Ray, I forget his name. There’s no excuse for that. REPORTER: Your colleagues, though, your Republican colleagues ran for their life and barricaded themselves in their chamber. You think they were acting? NORMAN: No, there was a riot there but it was a self made riot by members who hate Trump. It was made up, in my opinion. More than 140 police officers were injured on January 6, including sustaining traumatic brain injuries and other lasting ailments. The attack caused approximately $3 million in damage to the Capitol. Trump pardoned approximately 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants and prisoners– commuting the sentences of 8 more– in the first month of his second term, many of whom have gone on to commit serious crimes. Rep. Norman: January 6th was an issue that was made up in the first place. Reporter: Made up? Norman: That was a staged thing from day one. Reporter: The riot was staged? Your Republican colleagues barricaded themselves in their chamber. You think they were acting? pic.twitter.com/txEnKwNso9 — Acyn (@Acyn) May 21, 2026 Conspiracy theories that the mob that attacked the Capitol was engineered in some way, or was the act of far-left actors, have been widely debunked by a swath of sources– including the… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago - ‘You Guys Don’t Have the Guts or the Balls!’ McGovern Fumes at Republicans...Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) blasted Republicans on Thursday after GOP leadership canceled a vote on whether to rein in President Donald Trump amid his war on Iran. The war powers measure would require Trump to seek congressional approval for the ongoing war, which is currently in a tenuous ceasefire. Trump has criticized the idea, saying he does not need Congress’s permission. On Tuesday, the Senate advanced its own resolution in a rebuke of Trump. House Republicans, meanwhile, canceled a scheduled vote on a war powers resolution. Sources told Politico House leadership nixed the vote because, due to “absences and defections, the measure likely would have been approved.” On Thursday, McGovern rose for a parliamentary inquiry and asked why the House was not holding a vote on the war powers resolution. “Mr. Speaker, can you explain to the members of the chamber what is happening with the Iran war powers resolution that was scheduled to be voted on this evening?” he asked. “Does the gentleman have a parliamentary question?” the chair asked. “Well, that is my parliamentary inquiry,” McGovern fired back. “I just want to know what has happened with the Iran war powers resolution.” “The gentleman may consult with your leadership regarding scheduling,” came the reply. McGovern lost it: Mr. Speaker, further parliamentary inquiry. Are we not voting on it because the American people are sick and tired of this illegal war that is costing tens of billions of dollars?! Gas prices are through the roof! People can’t afford– people can’t afford their groceries! Is that why you’re pulling it?! You guys don’t have the or guts or the balls to vote on this! “The House will be in order,” the chair said, as Democrats cheered uproariously. “The House, this House will be in order!” Watch above via C-SPAN.The post ‘You Guys Don’t Have the Guts or the Balls!’ McGovern Fumes at Republicans on House Floor as Democrats Go Wild first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
- ‘Piece of Crap’: Jessica Tarlov Tears Into ‘Shoddy’ Democratic AutopsyFox News host Jessica Tarlov tore into the Democratic Party’s autopsy of the 20204 election released on Thursday, calling the document a “piece of crap” full of unsourced claims and shocking gaps. Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin’s release of the report on Kamala Harris’s failed 2024 presidential bid against Donald Trump came after months of anger from within the party over the chair’s December announcement that the committee was scrapping the long-awaited document. The choice to finally share the autopsy, which Martin noted did not meet his standards, reportedly came after a call with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) last week, where the governor “rattled” the chair with his displeasure with the choice to keep the report private. “For full transparency, I am releasing the report as we received it, in its entirety, unedited and unabridged,” Martin told CNN, which first published the full document. “It does not meet my standards, and it won’t meet your standards, but I am doing this because people need to be able to trust the Democratic Party and trust our word.” In her discussion with co-hosts on Thursday’s The Five, Tarlov echoed Martin in noting that it drew far more attention to hide the report than it would have to simply release it last year. “The time to look at it was a year ago, when it was available for release. They made it into a scandal when it wasn’t,” she said. “We’ve had a number of autopsies that have come out since the election, and they all say basically the same thing.” When asked by co-host Joey Jones why the DNC hadn’t chosen to release it sooner, Tarlov did not hold back, excoriating the autopsy and its author. She said: Because it’s a piece of crap. I mean, the fact we spent our money on this, the DNC dollars that could have gone to, you know, knocking on doors or whatever else, on an unfinished piece of shoddy work. There were no citations. It would be like, you know, X, Y, or Z happened, or this interview, and then no cites. You don’t know who said it. You don’t know how he came up with his numbers. So Ken Martin had to go in and redline the whole thing and say on the side, in the brackets– what’s it called– in the margins. He says, “No evidence for this, no evidence for this.” So he didn’t release it… [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago
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