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Writing on Twitter, Senator Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) said that the “the threat” from inflation is “getting worse.” By all accounts, the threat posed by record inflation to the American people is not “transitory†and is instead getting worse. From the grocery store to the gas pump, Americans know the inflation tax is real and…
Speaking to The New York Times, Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) explained why his party has focused on former President Donald Trump amid criticism of it from Republicans who have accused Democrats of launching investigations motivated by political animus toward him and focusing much of their messaging around him ahead of next year’s midterm elections….
Joe Madison, host of SiriusXM Urban View, announced he will go on a hunger strike until Congress passes significant voting rights legislation that has languished for months. “As a political protest, I am beginning a hunger strike today by abstaining from eating any solid food until Congress passes, and President Biden signs, the Freedom to Vote Act…
Former President Barack Obama made an appearance during the COP26 climate summit on Monday, warning nations around the world that “we are nowhere near where we need to be” on responding to the challenges imposed by anthropogenic climate change. “Meaningful progress has been made since Paris,†Obama said, adding, “Thanks to your efforts here in…
Former President Donald Trump hinted he would announce a presidential run after next year’s midterm elections, which will determine if Democrats manage to retain control of both chambers of the legislature. “I am certainly thinking about it and we’ll see,†Trump told Fox News. “I think a lot of people will be very happy, frankly,…
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has been granted permission to visit Capitol rioters in jail. The D.C. Department of Corrections allowed Greene to enter the D.C. Department of Corrections to visit them. “My staff and I are writing a full report this morning on our 3+ hour long tour,” Greene wrote on Twitter earlier this…
Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) says that it’s worth Democrats passing the party’s spending bill and climate change legislation even if Democrats lose the House in next year’s midterm elections. “Of course it’s worth it if we’re making people’s lives better,†Jayapal said. “What’s the alternative? To do nothing. I mean, that’s not gonna that’s not gonna…
President Joe Biden defended his administration’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for businesses, saying that they will be good for the economy as a whole and not lead to worker shortages. The mandate applies to businesses with at least 100 employees and will go into effect on January 4, according to the Department of Labor (DOL). “As we’ve…
During an appearance on CNN, Senator Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) decried a “hostile” work environment in Congress which he says is rife with partisanship. “You want to know what’s wrong with the place? I go to work in a hostile working environment every day. If you’re a Democrat, and a Republican is up for election,…
House Democrats have put paid family leave back into their spending bill. The bill is considered crucial to codifying the Democratic agenda and to delivering a victory for President Joe Biden and his administration amid sagging poll numbers. The paid family leave provision is popular but nearly tanked the bill after Senator Joe Manchin (D-W….
Former President Donald Trump claimed that Republican Glenn Youngkin, who was declared the winner in Virginia’s gubernatorial race, would have lost the race by a significant margin had he not leaned into support from Trump and his MAGA contingent. “I’ve heard Virginia is blue, but I’ve never believed it was blue,” Trump said during an…
According to a new study from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), Breitbart is among ten publishers playing a huge role in climate denial on the internet and is responsible for 70% of the content on the topic. One example featured in the report was an article from Breitbart in March suggesting the Green…
Vice President Mike Pence claimed he took inspiration from former President James Madison when he certified President Joe Biden’s election win on January 6. Pence made the claim in an interview with CNN. He also cited the Bible, saying, “Psalm 15 says he who keeps his oath even when it hurts.” Pence was presiding over the…
The Department of Labor (DOL) has confirmed that President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for businesses will be published soon. It is being developed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is crafting an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to enact the mandate, which requires all companies with at least 100 employees to require vaccines or…
According to a new poll by NPR, just one-third, or 33% of Republicans believe the 2024 elections will be fair. While most Americans do believe the elections will be fair, Republicans are far less likely to think so, the poll found. The poll found that 58% of Americans overall trust the integrity of U.S. elections a…
Former President Donald Trump has issued a statement backing Virginia GOP nominee Glenn Youngkin in the gubernatorial race just one day before Virginians head to the polls. “The Fake News media, together with some of the perverts doing ads ad nauseam on primarily Fox (Fox shouldn’t take those ads!), are trying to create an impression…
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) urged Democrats to move ahead on immigration reform. “If my 2010 reelection to the Senate proved anything, it was that Democrats can fight and win on immigration. It makes policy sense and political sense and not just with Latino voters, but also with Americans of all backgrounds,” said Reid. “However,…
A Miami private school is embroiled in controversy after sending home a letter to parents that said students who get vaccinated will need to quarantine at home for 30 days before returning to school. “Because of the potential impact on other students and our school community, vaccinated students will need to stay at home for…
Fox News anchor John Roberts has deleted a tweet suggesting that former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s death “raises new concerns” about the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines. In the now-deleted tweet, Roberts said “the fact that Colin Powell died from a breakthrough COVID infection raises new concerns about how effective vaccines are long-term.” Roberts deleted the tweet…
Rick Gallot, the president of Grambling State University in Grambling, Louisiana, announced that the university would cancel classes and impose a curfew after the school experienced two fatal shootings within a week. Classes for Monday and Tuesday have been canceled. The curfew will be imposed from 9:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. until further notice. “Our students…
The office of Vice President Kamala Harris has confirmed that she will issue remarks highlighting the impact of climate change and drought during a trip to Nevada. During her visit to Lake Mead, Harris will receive a briefing from Interior Department officials about the impact of this year’s drought. The briefing will also emphasize the…
Former President George W. Bush has issued a response following the death of Colin Powell, who served as his first Secretary of State. “Laura and I are deeply saddened by the death of Colin Powell. He was a great public servant, starting with his time as a soldier during Vietnam,†Bush said in a statement,…
Former MI6 agent Christopher Steele, the author of the controversial “Steele Dossier,” which contains allegations of misconduct, conspiracy, and cooperation between former President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russian operatives prior to and during the 2016 general election. The dossier was published in full by Buzzfeed News in January 2017. “I stand by the work we did, the sources that…
Former President Donald Trump bizarrely addressed the “golden showers” rumors that were detailed in the unverified dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele, Among the allegations in the dossier is the existence of a so-called “pee-pee tape,” which allegedly shows that Trump, while staying at the Ritz-Carlton in Moscow in 2013, hired prostitutes to perform…
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) announced it had raised $35.8 million in the third quarter of 2021, outraising Republican opponents. This number includes $14.5 million in September, marking its best off-year third quarter in committee history as fundraising moves into full swing in preparation for the 2022 midterms. “We’re winning on fundraising because our…
Scott Pio, who previously worked as an organizer for former President Donald Trump’s campaign and is now a state legislature candidate in Virginia, suggested taking boats out of the ocean to address sea level rise. “I’m curious, do you think the sea level would lower, if we just took all the boats out of the…
Lora Reinbold, a Republican who serves in the Alaska State Senate, has Covid-19. “Its my turn to battle Covid head on… game on! Who do you think is going to win? When I defeat it, I will tell you my recipe,†she posted on Facebook. She then proceeded to list the treatments she’s taking, none of…
Tim Hill, a host of “The Game†show on 107.5 FM in Columbia, South Carolina, is complaining that he was fired by Cumulus Media, the company that owns the station, after he refused to comply with its vaccine mandate. “Never thought it would come to this and am pretty sad,†Hill said in a video posted…
Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) came just shy of breaking her own $1.9 million fundraising record, raising $1.7 million in the third quarter of 2021 as she fends off a challenge from Harriet Hageman, an attorney who is running with the endorsement of former President Donald Trump. She’s raised over $5 million in total this year thus…
The state of Idaho plans to bill MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, saying he should pay for costs that were incurred from three audits that were conducted after he claimed that election fraud occurred in the state. Idaho Chief Deputy Secretary of State Chad Houck confirmed to the Idaho Statesman that he plans to bill Lindell…
Former President Donald Trump has long teased the possibility of a 2024 run for office, and his former top aide Jason Miller predicts that Trump will “ultimately” choose to do so. “I think ultimately in 2024 President Trump does run again. At least that is my hope,” Miller said on Fox Business. “But I don’t…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that the state will appeal a ruling from U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman that blocked its controversial abortion restrictions. “We disagree with the Court’s decision and have already taken steps to immediately appeal it to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said…
In a case that highlights the insidious and at times deadly impacts of conspiracy theories surrounding the Covid-19 vaccine, a Maryland man who killed his pharmacist brother told authorities that he was convinced his brother was “killing people with the Covid shot.” Jeffrey Burnham of Cumberland, Maryland., is accused of killing his brother, Brian Robinette,…
The family of Texas school shooting suspect Timothy George Simkins says he was often bulli,” that he was robbed on at least one occasion, and that he was afraid to go to school. “He was scared; he was afraid,†said Carol Harrison Lafayette, who is acting as a spokesperson for the family. “It wasn’t just…
Brandon Straka, the founder of the “Walk Away†pro-Trump social media campaign aimed at disillusioning Democrats with their party, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in connection with his involvement with the Capitol insurrection of January 6. Prosecutors dropped a felony count of impeding police during civil disorder. Straka’s plea deal requires him to cooperate…
The Dallas Morning News reports that there have been multiple injuries as a result of a mass shooting at a Texas high school. The shooting occurred at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas, which has about 1,900 students. Police responded to a shooting call about 9 a.m. The school was placed on lockdown. “This terrible…
Senator Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) says he’s opposed to abolishing the Senate filibuster as a workaround to increasing the nation’s borrowing limit, dealing a blow to more progressive members of Congress who have suggested it as a viable path to increase the nation’s borrowing limit. “I’ve been very very clear where I stand on the…
Former President Donald Trump, who has continued to openly and brazenly lie about the events of January 6, the day a mob of his supporters stormed the United States Capitol in a bid to overturn the 2020 election results, praised his former Vice President, Mike Pence after Pence appeared on Fox News and accused the…
Senate Democrats have introduced a measure to strengthen the Voting Rights Act. The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act was introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and 48 other senators. The legislation would update the Voting Rights Act to strengthen sections previously affected by Shelby County v. Holder (2013) and Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee…
The United States Capitol Police have confirmed they are investigating a suspicious vehicle near the Supreme Court this morning, a day after the Supreme Court convened for a new session. “We are investigating a suspicious vehicle in front of the Supreme Court along First Street, NE,” the Capitol Police announced on Twitter. “Please stay away…
Former President is no longer on the Forbes list of America’s richest people. According to Forbes 400, Trump’s fortune dropped to $2.5 billion, which is $400 million short of the cutoff needed to make the list. “The real estate mogul is just as wealthy as he was a year ago, when he stood at No. 339 on…
Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham, whose memoir, “I’ll Take Your Questions Now,” comes out today, told CNN that former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter, Ivanka Trump, saw themselves as a “shadow president and first lady.†“He would dive into these areas where I know he had absolutely no expertise. And,…
Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said officials in former President Donald Trump‘s administration counted on Fox News to provide favorable news coverage of the administration. “That’s just where we went to get what we wanted out,” Grisham said during an appearance on CNN’s “New Day.” “By and large, they didn’t get tough with us. They…
The Supreme Court has declined to hear a case from Washington, D.C., residents over their lack of voting rights in Congress, affirming a lower court ruling that held that D.C. residents are not entitled to voting representation in the House of Representatives. “Residents of the District of Columbia are the only adult American citizens subject…
It looks like former President Donald Trump is definitely interested in returning to the executive office, but his advisers have instructed him to wait before he makes an official announcement confirming his candidacy. According to a Washington Post report, which cited individuals familiar with the discussions, advisers who have told the impatient Trump he has…
Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) was harshly criticized after she complained about demonstrators who followed Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) into a bathroom and protested her actions that have all but halted key legislation to codify the Democrats’ social and economic agenda. “The Left is so unhinged they chased one of their own Senators into a bathroom…
Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said it was a “mistake” to work for former President Donald Trump. Grisham answered “Good Morning America” host George Stephanopolous’s question about whether it was a mistake to work for Trump with an emphatic “yes” and admitted that over time, she and others who worked in the White…
Speaking on CNN, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, stressed that immigrants are “absolutely not” responsible for the uptick in Covid-19 infections across the United States. “This is not driven by immigrants,” Fauci told CNN’s “State of the Union.” “This is the problem within our country, the same way it’s a…
Johnson & Johnson will seek authorization for a booster shot this week, according to The New York Times, which cited unidentified officials familiar with the company’s plans. The news that the company will seek authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) comes amid concerns about the efficacy of its single-shot Covid-19 vaccine. The FDA…
The Defense Department is investigating a Marine who attended a rally former President Donald Trump held on Saturday after he claimed he was the Marine who “pulled the baby over the wall” in Afghanistan, a reference to a viral clip showing a United States Marine hoisting a tiny baby girl over a razor-wire fence outside Kabul…
Infowars host Alex Jones, who often promoted conspiracy theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, was found liable for damages, according to just-released court documents. Jones had falsely claimed that the shooting, which claimed the lives of 28 people, most of them children, was a “giant hoax.” Judge Maya Guerra Gamble issued default judgments Monday…
In her new book, former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham describes former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as “Rasputin in a slim-fitting suit.†Grisham’s book, I’ll Take Your Questions Now, comes out Tuesday. She recalls that when it was decided that Trump should address the nation in regard to Covid-19, that Kushner had worked with Trump’s speechwriter…
Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for Covid-19, a rare breakthrough infection. He had been fully vaccinated since January. He is currently not showing symptoms of the virus. “Justice Kavanaugh’s wife and daughters are also fully vaccinated, and they tested negative on Thursday,†spokeswoman Patricia McCabe said. “As a precaution, Justice and Mrs. Kavanaugh…
The conservative group Heritage Action for America is urging Republican members of Congress to vote against the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, charging that to do so would allow Democrats to successfully pass their $3.5 trillion spending package.   “Not only is the deal bad policy, but it is also a bad process, as it is…
Senator Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) has demanded that an expansion of Medicaid that Democrats want to pass as part of a $3.5 trillion spending plan must include the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal agencies, including Medicaid, from paying for abortion expenses. “Yeah, we’re not taking the Hyde Amendment off. Hyde’s going to be on,†Manchin told National…
According to a OH Predictive Insights poll, conducted from September 7 to September 12, nearly one-third, or 30% of Arizona Democrats, view Senator Kyrsten Sinema unfavorably. 56% hold favorable views of the senator, who has in recent months received negative press for her opposition to abolishing the filibuster and for her objections to legislation necessary…
Jobless claims have risen for the third consecutive week after millions lost their federal pandemic unemployment benefits, according to data released Thursday by the Labor Department. Seasonally adjusted initial claims for unemployment insurance are at 362,000 Â in the week ending Sept. 25. That’s 11,000 more applications than the previous week. Claims without seasonal adjustments fell…
For the first time, a majority of Republicans say they’ve received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, the largest monthly gain since April. That’s according to a new Gallup poll released today. 75% percent of respondents said they were vaccinated against Covid-19 a six-point gain from August. Additionally, 80% said they either are…
Chief J. Thomas Manger, the new chief of the United States Capitol Police, says lawmakers have never been at greater risk of threats against their lives, noting that officers “cannot afford to be complacent.” We have never had the level of threats against members of Congress that we’re seeing today,” Manger told The Associated Press….
Former President Donald Trump plans to sue to block the release of White House records related to the January 6 Capitol riot, the day a mob of his supporters attacked the United States Capitol in a failed bid to overturn the 2020 general election result. Trump wants to sue the House select committee tasked with…
President Joe Biden will meet with Democratic Senators Joe Machin (W. Va.) and Krysten Sinema (Ariz.) to discuss how to move forward with the Democrats $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill and codify the Democrats’ economic agenda. This is the third time in as many weeks that Biden has met with the two senators, two moderate Democrats…
Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said working under former President Donald Trump was “terrifying” because of the anger he often directed at her and others. “When I began to see how his temper wasn’t just for shock value or the cameras … I began to regret my decision to go to the West…
In a letter to lawmakers this morning, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the United States has just three weeks before it defaults on its debts. “We now estimate that Treasury is likely to exhaust its extraordinary measures if Congress has not acted to raise or suspend the debt limit by October 18. At that…
Senate Republicans are preparing to block a bill that would keep the government funded, provide billions of dollars in hurricane relief and keep the United States from defaulting on its debts. The vote, expected later today, is sure to deal a “death blow” to the bill, according to The Washington Post, and will force Democrats…
Senior officials inside the CIA and the Trump administration considered kidnapping WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2017, even weighing whether or not to assassinate him to prevent him from making an escape. This information comes from a report published by Yahoo! News, which cited conversations with over 30 former U.S. intelligence and security officials. These conversations revealed that…
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has threatened Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) with legal action over Venmo rent payments she made from her campaign account. Boebert reimbursed her campaign for the $6,650 worth of payments. A spokesperson for the FEC says Boebert can still face legal action for use of personal funds even if they are…
The House of Representatives will vote tomorrow on a measure to uphold abortion rights. Although the bill has little chance of passing through the Senate and becoming law, it reflects the consensus among Democrats and could resonate through next year’s midterm elections. The announcement comes amid controversy surrounding a Texas law that bans virtually all…
Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) is being harshly criticized after complaining about “government control” in a tweet. “Good morning to everyone except those who believe the government should have more control of our daily lives,” she wrote this morning. https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1441027755680878592 Boebert’s actions have largely impeded the government’s pandemic response. She has often claimed that vaccine mandates…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has made clear to her colleagues that she will not move a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill seen as key to codifying much of the Democratic agenda into law through the House without an assurance that it will pass the evenly-split Senate. “I have promised members that we would not…
Florida Representative Webster Barnaby (R) has filed the “Florida Heartbeat Act,” legislation that would prohibit abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, only allowing them to be performed if the mother’s life is in danger. The bill would empower citizens to sue anyone who induces or performs an abortion against the bill’s guidelines. #BREAKING– HB…
Washington Governor Jay Inslee (D) criticized Idaho leadership, saying that Idaho Governor Brad Little’s (R) disregard for the Covid-19 pandemic is “clogging up†Washington’s hospitals. “Today in my state, Washington citizens in many cases cannot get heart surgery, cannot get cancer surgery that they need, because we are having to take too many people of…
Dean Heller, a GOP candidate who is running in Nevada’s gubernatorial race, refused to acknowledge that President Joe Biden is, in fact, the president, a sign that the Republican Party refuses to let the “Big Lie” of election fraud go. “I still know who the president is, but I do believe we have a problem…
According to a Marquette Law School survey released today, fewer than one-third of Americans want to see Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that protects a pregnant woman’s right to choose reproductive healthcare without excessive government restriction, overturned. The survey found just 20% of the public favors overturning Roe v. Wade, with 50% opposed to overturning…
With just days until the deadline, House Democrats have unveiled legislation that will avert a government shutdown and keep the government funded through December 3. The bill will also suspend the debt limit into next year. The House will vote on the bill later today. It is expected to swiftly pass the House but could run…
Former President Donald Trump was often criticized for both representing and exhibiting an unprecedented extension of presidential power and now House Democrats are looking to curtail presidential powers in the post-Trump era. The group Protect Democracy, formed by former members of the executive branch who are dedicated to ensuring that the United States government doesn’t…
Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy criticized President Joe Biden for riding a bike, calling the activity a “senior break†while showing footage of Biden exercising. “You teased the segment by saying the world is falling apart, and I think Joe Biden is falling apart,†she told host Harris Faulkner. “Being the leader of the free world…
Speaking to CNN, Alejandro Mayorkas, the Secretary of Homeland Security, says he is “horrified” by images of United States Border Patrol agents on horseback confronting Haitian migrants. Agents could be seen on video whipping migrants with a cord. “I was horrified by what I saw,” Mayorkas told CNN’s Brianna Keilar on “New Day.” “I’m going…
Writing in a column for MSNBC, former White House Counsel Richard Painter called for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to appoint a special prosecutor to hold former President Donald Trump accountable for the events of January 6, the day a group of Trump’s supporters attacked the United States Capitol on the false premise that the…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a deal with former President Donald Trump’s administration not to fact check Trump’s political posts in exchange for the administration’s word that it would not impose regulations that would affect the company. The information comes way of excerpts from The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power published by New York Magazine….
The Biden administration announced it will ease travel restrictions for vaccinated foreign travelers in November. According to White House coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients, all foreign visitors must be fully vaccinated and must show proof of vaccination before boarding flights bound for the United States. They will also be required to provide a negative test no later…
Speaking on CNN, Representative Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) says he “totally understands” why his Republican colleague, Representative Anthony Gonzalez (Minn.) has chosen not to run for re-election amid security fears. “There’s extremist chatter about kidnapping lawmakers. What is your fear when you hear that?,” CNN’s Brianna Keiler asked. “We’re human beings. We have families. We happen…
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in Tallahassee blocked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s anti-protest bill, saying that the backlash from officials to people celebrating Juneteenth and engaging in peaceful protest mirrors the racist backlash to protests against Jim Crow laws during the 1960s. The Florida law was enacted in April and received harsh criticism for…
CNN’s Don Lemon expressed his frustration with unvaccinated Americans, accusing them of prolonging the Covid-19 pandemic and saying that it’s time to “shun” them for their inaction. Lemon added that they were “harmful to the greater good.” “I think we have to stop coddling people when it comes to … the vaccines, saying ‘Oh you…
The Supreme Court’s job approval rating has hit an all-time low. That’s according to a new survey from Quinnipiac University. The poll was conducted shortly after the Supreme Court voted not to block Texas from implementing the most restrictive abortion law in the nation in a 5-4 ruling that has drawn criticism of the court’s…
Appearing on CNN, Representative Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) criticized the Republican Party’s ongoing audit of election results in the state, saying that there is a straight line connecting the “lies” that culminated in the events of January 6 and the audit itself. “There is no question about that,” he told host John Berman. “There is a…
Conservative political operative Roger Stone was served with papers relating to a Capitol riot lawsuit while live on radio. At the time, Stone was answering a question about whether former President Donald Trump, who had urged his supporters to march on the United States Capitol, should run for office in 2024. “Hold on a second,…
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk confirmed that a man who worked during the California recall effort who showed up to his post wearing Trump merchandise has been dismissed. “The election worker was contacted and advised that the attire was inappropriate and unacceptable,†the county clerk’s office tweeted. “Based on his response and reports that other…
President Joe Biden will meet separately with Democrats Joe Manchin (W. Va.) and Krysten Sinema (Ariz.) to hear their concerns about the $3.5 trillion spending plan Democrats are trying to pass this fall. The meetings will take place at the White House, according to a source who is familiar with the plans. Sinema will meet…
Capitol security officials have advised lawmakers and their staff to avoid the United States Capitol ahead of Saturday’s pro-Trump rally to avoid a repeat of January 6, the day a mob of former President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the building in a bid to overturn the results of the 2020 general election. “Unless required to…
According to Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), hospitals are not running out of beds as Covid-19 continues to spread around the country. She is wrong: The highly transmissible Delta variant has only exacerbated an existing problem. “We are not running out of hospital beds, we are running out of nurses to care for people,” Greene…
Niviane Petit Phelps, a former Florida nurse, has pleaded guilty to threatening to kill Vice President Kamala Harris. She faces a five-year prison term. Phelps made multiple threats to Harris’s life shortly after Harris and President Joe Biden were sworn into office in January. “Kamala Harris, you are going to die. Your days are numbered…
According to a new Axios-Ipsos poll, the majority of Americans––that’s 60%––support President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates. The mandates will affect roughly 100 million Americans. It will include a vaccine mandate for all federal workers and contractors, in addition to a requirement that large companies must mandate vaccines or regular testing for employees. Respondents were asked…
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough ripped into conservative radio host Larry Elder after Elder urged his supporters to report any instances of voter fraud on an online form in a bid to challenge the results of California’s recall election. Elder’s claim is pre-emptive, noted Scarborough, who referred to Elder and his supporters as “whiners.” “What whiners. What losers….
Former President Donald Trump, whose administration ignored or downplayed the severity of the Covid-19 pandemic from the start, claimed President Joe Biden is to blame for vaccine hesitancy. He also pushed back against vaccine mandates, calling them “unnecessary.” “If you remember, when I was president, there were literally lines of people wanting to take it,”…
The hosts of “Fox and Friends” are pushing unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud ahead of California’s recall election, which will determine whether incumbent Governor Gavin Newsom will remain in office amid conservative backlash against Covid-19 restrictions. “The degradation of that state under his [Newsom’s] leadership is really quite apparent,” one of the hosts said during…
Even though Covid-19 has surged across Arkansas in recent weeks, the state’s Republican Governor, Asa Hutchinson, insisted that President Joe Biden’s recent vaccine mandate for employers will only “harden resistance” among those who have refused to get vaccinated against the virus in the first place. “We have to overcome resistance,” Hutchinson said during an interview…
The Texas legislature has approved a law that bars social media companies from banning users for their “political viewpoints,” a victory for Republicans who have accused them of stifling conservative thought on social media platforms. “Social media websites have become our modern-day public square,” said Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican. “They are a place…
The majority of Californians are opposed to recalling Governor Gavin Newsom, according to a new poll. The poll, conducted by the University of California-Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies for the Los Angeles Times, found that 60% of California voters would reject recalling Newsom compared to just 39% who say they support removing Newsom from office….
Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized President Joe Biden’s sweeping Covid-19 vaccination requirements. Pence lent himself to hyperbole, saying the announcement was “unlike anything I have ever heard from an American president.” “To have the president of the United States say that he’s been patient, but his patience is wearing thin, that’s not how the…
South Dakota Kristi Noem (R) has vowed to fight President Joe Biden’s sweeping Covid-19 vaccination requirements. Noem has explicitly refused to follow the guidance of medical experts throughout the pandemic, actions that resulted in South Dakota harboring one of the worst outbreaks in the United States. “This is not a power that is delegated to…
