NEW from me: The inside story of how the prominent media-fighting law firm Clare Locke was torn apart. nytimes.com/2024/04/10/bus…

A hot new book is out today: Isaac Arnsdorf's 'Finish What We Started,' all about Donald Trump's post-Jan 6 resurgence. Available now! amazon.com/Ground-Game-MA…

The woman who sold Ashley Biden’s stolen diary to Project Veritas for $20,000—then got caught, admitted it, missed something like 11 sentencing dates (!!!) and got a DUI on a Monday afternoon—was just sentenced to one month in prison. In “Democratic-controlled” New York.

Bad news for blundering right-wing operative Jacob Wohl — he now has to pay $1.25 mil for a racist robocall voter suppression scheme, as part of an agreement with NY AG Letitia James.

“Just then, in case Steve Bannon might have looked like nothing more than some grumpy old man shouting at the TV in his basement on a sunny, 72-degree afternoon, his phone buzzed.”

2nd excerpt of FINISH WHAT WE STARTED in VANITY FAIR vanityfair.com/news/steve-ban…

What a perfect campaign scandal. Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy says in stump speech he was shot in the arm in Afghanistan. Post finds a Ranger report of him admitting he accidentally shot himself in the arm in Glaciar National Park in 2015 and paying a $525 fine over it.…

Manosphere dating podcasts are a vital new art form. twitter.com/jackXRE/status…

New from me:

The man accused of ramming his SUV into the FBI headquarters in Atlanta on Monday shared QAnon conspiracies online and said he was looking to join a 'good militia'

wired.com/story/navy-vet…

For seven years I’ve been waiting to tell the story of what life was like on the inside of The National Enquirer during the notorious “catch and kill” campaign that now stands at the heart of Donald Trump’s first criminal trial.

My story for NYT Magazine —

nytimes.com/2024/04/03/mag…

I talked to Philip Bump about the current state of QAnon — publicly less vocal, but more at home in the GOP than ever.

The Daily Caller has retracted its story claiming the White House banned religious easter eggs

'With that additional context included, the news value of the article was significantly diminished ...'

dailycaller.com/2024/03/29/whi…

Former Steven Crowder sidekick “Not Gay Jared” has teamed up with Matt Bruenig to file an NLRB complaint against Crowder. nlrbedge.com/p/i-have-filed…

The Kim Mulkey way

The LSU coach holds grudges, battles everyone — and keeps winning. But at what cost? wapo.st/3VEht4E

After supporting Gina Carano's lawsuit against Disney over getting fired for tweets, Elon is now backing a similar employment lawsuit from Dimes Square-adjacent 'e-girl' 'Bronze Age Shawty.' twitter.com/XNews/status/1…

NEW: Matt Schlapp's accuser got $480K to drop his sexual battery lawsuit, from CPAC's insurance, sources say. The accuser also took issue with a statement CPAC released in his name, as well as Schlapp's posts celebrating the resolution. Me The Daily Beast thedailybeast.com/matt-schlapps-…

The Steven Crowder divorce drama is exploding on right-wing Twitter today, where we've learned that the court record features a threatening yam sent to Crowder.

A Qatari royal invested $50 million in right-wing cable channel Newsmax. Then Newsmax told employees to avoid covering Qatar's human rights record: 'We were not allowed to criticize Qatar.' washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03…